Forced to make up Thursday’s conference games with North Franklin, the Coffee County Middle School basketball teams tangled with the Gators and Lady Gators in a pair of home and home matches on Monday night.   The Lady Raiders played host to the Lady Gators falling 36 to 30.  The Red Raiders traveled to North and captured a 44 to 32 win. Leading by 2 points entering the 4th quarter, the Lady Raiders were held to 4 points in the final frame as they suffered their 2nd conference loss of the season.  Coffee County trailed 16 to 15 at the...

Celebrating Senior Night on Monday night, the Coffee County Raider Wrestling team welcomed Eagleville and Smyrna to “The Dojo” at the Coffee County Raider Academy for a 3 way duals match.  Celebrating the careers of seniors Andrew Lawson and Alicean Stottlemyer, Coffee County got a split on the night. Opening up with Eagleville, the Raiders won 39 to 36.  Coffee County fell to Smyrna by a score of 65 to 18. In the Eagleville match, Coffee County got off to a hot start.  The Raiders got 7 wins in the first 10 matches losing only 3 matches to forfeit. ...

Due to numerous schedule conflicts, the Coffee County Youth Basketball League has moved up the dates for their post season tournament.  The tournament semifinals will now be held on Thursday evening with the finals to take place on Saturday.  Attached is the new...

Playing a rare afternoon district game, Coffee County traveled to Lawrenceburg on Friday to take on Lawrence County.  With the girls’ game tipping off at 4 PM, a small crowd was on hand to watch Coffee County fight to a split of the district doubleheader.  The Lady Raiders rolled to a 56 to 27 win while the Red Raiders fell 54 to 40. After leading by 4 points at the end of the first quarter, the Lady Raiders outscored Lawrence County 44 to 19 in the final 3 periods to claim the season sweep over the Lady Cats.  The...

Celebrating 8th Grade Night on Saturday night, the Coffee County Middle School basketball teams welcomed Harris to the CCMS Gym.  After a slow start, the Lady Raiders finished strong in a 32 to 13 win.  The Red Raiders executed their game plan to near perfection but ending up falling 32 to 24. After being held to 8 points in the first half and 2 points in the 2nd quarter, the Lady Raiders owned a lead of 8 to 5 at the half thanks to their defense.  After trading baskets to begin the 3rd quarter, the Lady Raiders went on a...

The Temple Baptist Christian School Eagles traveled to Cleveland on Friday afternoon for a JV/varsity doubleheader with Shenandoah Baptist Academy.  The junior varsity team fell 29 to 15.  The varsity team came up short 75 to 37. The junior varsity team was held to a single free throw in the first half as they fell behind 13 to 1.  The Eagles played even with Shenandoah but could not overcome the first half deficit.  Temple was led in scoring by Alex Gloden who had 9 points. In the varsity game, Shenandoah got off to a blazing hot start scoring 40...

The Coffee County Youth Basketball League opened up their postseason tournament on Saturday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The quarterfinal round consisted of 3 boys and 3 girls’ games.  Following Saturday’s action, the semifinals will take place on Saturday with the Finals being held on February 3rd. In girls’ action, North Coffee blasted Deerfield 31 to 2.  East Coffee held off College Street 16 to 10 and Hillsboro edged Westwood 19 to 18.  In boys’ play, Westwood dropped East Coffee 29 to 12, Hillsboro clobbered North Coffee 42 to 9 and New Union held off Deerfield 31...