The Westwood Rockets opened the 2017 basketball season on Tuesday night at the Joel Vinson Gym.  The Rockets and Lady Rockets welcomed Fayetteville to town for a conference doubleheader.  The Lady Rockets opened the season with a 37 to 25 win while the Rockets fell 32 to 29. In the girl’s game, Westwood outscored the Lady Tigers 15 to 5 in the 2nd quarter to ease away to the win.  The Lady Rockets were 9 of 10 from the free throw line.  Elizabeth Brown led Westwood in scoring as she had 14 points including 2 three pointers.  Kasen Holt,...

The Coffee County Middle School 6th grade basketball team traveled to Decherd on Tuesday night for a doubleheader with North Franklin.  The Lady Raiders were pushed to overtime before winning 34 to 30.  The Red Raiders dropped a 40 to 35 decision. Trailing by 2 at the half, the Lady Raiders tied the game in the 3rd quarter and ended the game in regulation tied at 26.  In the overtime period, Coffee County held North to just 4 free throws as they outscored the Lady Gators 8 to 4.  Samantha Kirby led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 9...

Viktor Arvidsson and Roman Josi each scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night. Colton Sissons and Austin Watson also scored for Nashville, which has won three of their last four. Filip Forsberg and Alexei Emelin each had two assists and Pekka Rinne made 20 saves to earn his third victory of the season. Nathan MacKinnon had the lone goal for Colorado, losers of two straight. MacKinnon scored the game’s first goal at 4:09 of the second. With the Avalanche on a power play,...

The Temple Baptist Christian School volleyball team wrapped up their season on Saturday with a runner-up finish in a tournament in Louisville, Kentucky.  The Lady Eagles finished the tournament with a record of 5 and 2 with both losses coming to eventual tournament champion Faith Christian out of Elizabethton, Kentucky.  Temple finishes the year with an overall record of 32 and 7. The Lady Eagles, who do not lose a player to graduation, were 2 and 1 in pool play on Friday before advancing to the finals on Saturday.  In pool play, Temple got wins over Bluegrass Christian and...

Quarterback Marcus Mariota returned, and earned praise for his toughness. And in dramatic fashion on Monday Night Football, the Titans returned to their winning ways, beating the Colts 36-22 before an enthusiastic crowd at Nissan Stadium. “It’s a huge boost for us,” linebacker Brian Orakposaid. “We haven’t beaten this team in a long, long time. Now we are back in the hunt, back at 3-3. Beating this team was a huge boost for our confidence. We can finally move on. It’s a whole new era with this Titans team, and that’s one thing I’m very proud of.” It wasn’t...

In spite of a strong start on Friday night, the Coffee County Red Raiders dropped their Pink Out Night game with Riverdale.  Coffee County marched down the field to score a touchdown on the first offensive series on a 35 yard touchdown reception by Dearron Rozier.  From that point, Riverdale scored 42 unanswered points as they went on to win 56 to 21. Trailing 42 to 7, Coffee County got their second touchdown on the night with 8:12 left in the 3rd quarter when Alontae Taylor scored on a 63 yard keeper.  Darius Rozier added the final score on...

Three boats from the Coffee County Bass Club made the long trek to Jefferson City on Saturday to compete in the 2nd stop of the season for the Tennessee BASS Nation High School Trail series.  Competing in a field of 72 boats, the Raider anglers represented Coffee County well with a pair of Top 25 finishes. Leading the way for Coffee County was the team of Brandon and Dawson Wells as they landed a 3.87 pound largemouth to finish in 13th place.  The team of Isaiah Owens and Garrett Davis came in 23rd place as they caught a 2.34...