The Red Raider football team of Coffee County Middle School ended their season on Tuesday might on a winning note in Sparta.  The Red Raiders defeated White County Middle 38 to 18 to end the 2017 season with 2 consecutive wins. Coffee County got off to a fast start as Kelby Walker scored on the first play from scrimmage.  Lined up as the quarterback in the Wildcat formation, Walker ripped off a 69 yard touchdown run to give Coffee County all the momentum they would need.  The Raiders also got touchdowns from Ethan Baker and Conner Shemwell.  White County...

There’s a chance that R.A. Dickey made the last start of his career Tuesday, and if so then he finished in impressive if not entirely satisfying fashion. The 42-year-old Braves knuckleballer, who hasn’t decided whether he’ll continue pitching after this season, took a two-hit shutout to the seventh inning before allowing two runs and getting no decision in 4-3 loss against his former Mets team at Citi Field. The Braves blew an early three-run lead and gave up four runs in the final three innings, losing on Travis Taijeron’s walk-off hit over Jace Peterson’s head with one out in...

The Coffee County Middle School Cross Country team qualified 3 runners for the TMSAA state cross country meet with a strong performance on Saturday.  Competing in the middle Tennessee Sectional Meet at Riverdale, Coffee County’s Greenlee Woods, Jacob Rutledge and Ethan Welch all posted qualifying times to advance to the state meet in Clarksville. Coach Nathan Wanuch was ecstatic with the performance of all of his young runners. Facing a field of 113 runners from more than 16 schools, 6th grader Greenlee Woods ran a time of 14:31 over the 2 mile course to finish in 7th place and...

The Coffee County CHS soccer team was back at home on Monday night for a showdown with defending district champion, and state tournament qualifying, Lincoln County.   Despite outshooting the Lady Falcons and controlling possession in the game, Coffee County dropped their first district match of the year 3 to 1. Lincoln County scored 3 goals in the first half as they found the back of the net in the 6th, 16th and 31st minutes to lead 3 nil at the half.  Coffee County got their lone goal in the 66th minute as Sam Ellison converted an assist from Jenna...

The Coffee County Middle School soccer season came to a close on Monday night.  The Lady Raiders fell in the preliminary round of the CTC soccer tournament at Harris.  The shorthanded Lady Raiders were not able to counter the Eaglettes’ defensive pressure as they fell 4 to 1. After a scoreless first half, Harris got on the board in the 34th minute with their first goal and added another one 2 minutes later.  Coffee County got their goal in the 43rd minute as Alyssa Gipson knocked home a crossing pass from Katie Cotton to make the score 2 to...

The Motlow State Lady Bucks will go in search of their first win over a community college team from Mississippi this weekend after suffering a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Meridian Friday afternoon at Lincoln County High School in Fayetteville. The Lady Bucks (2-3-1) will travel to Senatobia on Friday for a 3 p.m. match against Northwest Mississippi, then turn around and go to Tupelo on Saturday for a rematch with Itawamba Community College. Motlow fell to Itawamba 3-1 in Winchester on Sept. 9. Motlow was unable to generate any offensive consistency against Meridian on Friday. The two teams had...