The Red Raider football team traveled to Cookeville on Friday night to take on the Cavaliers in a region contest.  Despite 3 Coffee County touchdowns in the second half, the Red Raiders could not overcome a 31 to 0 lead by the Cavaliers at the half.  The talented and athletic Cookeville team shut down a pair of promising first half drives by Coffee County as they won by a final score of 45 to 21. In spite of putting up 150 yards in the first half, Coffee County could not get on the scoreboard before intermission.  The Red Raiders...

Competing in a field of 134 boats, the Coffee County Youth Bass Club entered 5 teams in Saturday’s State Open Tennessee BASS Nation Trail Tournament at Nickajack.  A pair of Raider angler teams finished in the top 70 as the Red Raiders nabbed 39th and 69th place finishes. The team of Isaiah Owens and Garrett Davis continued the hot start to the season as they were the top Coffee County team.  The due landed 3 fish, weighing in at 4.35 pounds, to claim 29th place.  The team of Shannah Frame and Ceygan Thomas took home 69th place as they...

Despite a hat trick by Katie Cotten, the Coffee County Middle School JV soccer team could not advance to the semifinal round of the Central Tennessee Conference junior varsity tournament on Saturday.  The Lady Raiders were 0 for 2 in the preliminary pool play round which was not good enough to advance to the semifinals.  Coffee Middle dropped matches to North Franklin and Harris. The Lady Raiders opened play on Saturday morning taking on the host Lady Gators of North.  The Lady Raiders could not find the back of the net as they fell 3 nil.  In Saturday’s second...

It was a tough day for all four of the MYFL Red Raider age groups as they faced the Franklin County Rebels.  The Manchester Raiders took on the teams from Franklin County at Dyer-Bouldin Field at Westwood Middle School on Homecoming.  . In the Pee Wee Division Kayleb Morris led the team with three touchdown runs of 40 yards and one for 30 yards and an extra point and Hayes Shemwell added a 30 yard touchdown run as the Red Raiders fell to Franklin County Rebels 36-31. In Division 1 Gavin Smith, Will Barlow and Jacoba Fells led the...

A fistfight turned into a shootout on Sunday at Nissan Stadium, and the Titans had more bullets. A strong second half lifted the Titans to a 33-27 win over the Seahawks, and a 2-1 record. Quarterback Marcus Mariota completed 20-of-32 passes for 225 yards and two touchdowns in the game. Running back DeMarco Murray ran for 115 yards and a touchdown – a 75-yard run. After a defensive battle in the first half, the Titans provided a bunch of fireworks in the second half. It started with a 55-yard touchdown pass from Mariota to receiver Rishard Matthews, who picked...

Highlighted by Kevin Fiala’s magnificent tally, the Nashville Predators finished their road preseason schedule with a 5-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday afternoon. Filip Forsberg, Miikka Salomaki and Pontus Aberg also scored for the Preds before Fiala added an empty netter to give them their second victory of the exhibition slate, while goaltender Anders Lindback turned aside 23 shots through two periods before Juuse Saros finished things out. “I thought as the game went on, the second period and third period, I thought we were able to play a better game and generate more offense,” Head...

As they neared the end of their respective rookie seasons on Sunday afternoon at SunTrust Park, Nick Pivetta and Luiz Gohara staged a pitchers’ duel that was decided by a Maikel Franco homer. His fifth-inning moonshot propelled the Phillies to a 2-0 win over the Braves. Franco turned on a first-pitch changeup and deposited it over the left-field wall to begin the fifth. His 21st homer of the season provided sufficient support for Pivetta, who scattered five hits over six scoreless innings. The Phillies’ right-hander avoided damage after Ender Inciarte began the bottom of the first and sixth innings...

Lady Raider soccer team of CHS traveled to Murfreesboro to take on Central Magnet.  After allowing an early Lady Tiger goal on a penalty kick, Coffee County roared back to capture the non-district win.  The Lady Raiders won by a final score of 4 to 1. Central scored on a penalty kick in the 18th minute.  Interestingly enough, that shot was one of only 2 shots the Lady Tigers could get on frame in the match.  Coffee County tied the match in the 24th minute on an unassisted goal by Jenna Garretson.  Allie Amado gave Coffee County the lead...