The Coffee County CHS volleyball team welcomed Columbia to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym on Thursday looking for a season sweep over the Lady Lions.  A win would also guarantee a regular season district title and a number 1 seed in the district tournament.   For the second match in a row, the Lady Raiders dropped a 5 set match after holding a lead. On Thursday night, Coffee County led 2 sets to none after capturing the first and second set by scores of 25 to 22 and 25 to 18.  Columbia roared back to grab the last 3...

WMS Cross Country teams closed out their season on Tuesday in Fayetteville at Don Davidson Park.  The Rocket and Lady Rocket harriers ended the year on a high note as they each captured high individual finishes and strong team finishes.  Lady Rocket Patricia Barrera won the girls’ race while Bodey Todd had a 2nd place finish for the Rockets. The Westwood Rockets won the team championship outdistancing 2nd place Culleoka.  Todd’s ran a time of 9:55 to capture 2nd place a mere 4 seconds off the race winner.  Louie Frazier(with a time of 10:04) finished in 3rd place followed...

Ozzie Albies’ leadoff single ignited a two-run fourth inning that held up for starter R.A. Dickey’s 10th win in the Braves’ 3-2 victory over the Nationals on Thursday at SunTrust Park. Albies reached third base on a throwing error by catcher Matt Wieters on a pickoff attempt and raced home on a Freddie Freeman sacrifice fly — Freeman’s team-leading 71st RBI of the season — to give the Braves a 2-1 lead. Johan Camargo added an insurance run with his RBI single three batters later. Dickey rediscovered the command of his knuckleball against the Nationals. He shook off a...

The Motlow State Lady Bucks captured the first win in school history, then followed that with their second consecutive road shutout victory, raising their record to .500 heading into Friday’s home game rematch against Meridian (MS) Community College. Motlow (2-2-1) traveled to St. George’s High School in Memphis and beat Southwest Tennessee Community College 4-0 last Friday behind a three-goal hat trick from Tullahoma’s Anastasia Wellington. Monday, Motlow shut out Hiwassee College 7-0 in Madisonville, with six different players scoring goals for the Lady Bucks. “We’ve asked our players to set the tone of the match from the first...

The Motlow Bucks will begin defense of their Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) regular season championship when they travel to Jackson to face Jackson State on Friday, Nov. 10. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., or 20 minutes following the women’s contest. The TCCAA conference opener is just one highlight of Motlow’s 2017-18 men’s basketball schedule. JUCO basketball teams can begin official practice on Oct. 1, and the first game of the season can be played Nov. 1. The Bucks, who also won the TCCAA/Region VII Tournament title and advanced to the national tournament final eight, are expected...

The Westwood soccer team hosted Fayetteville on Wednesday evening for 8th Grade Night.  In a match originally scheduled for September 5th, the Lady Rockets were looking to build on the momentum of Monday’s blowout win over Liberty as they march toward the postseason.  Westwood did exactly that as they captured a 3 to 0 win. Westwood got 3 first half goals to claim their 2nd consecutive conference win.  Diana Ramirez opened the scoring in the 4th minute as she scored an unassisted goal to give Westwood the 1 to 0 lead.  Ramirez once again found the back of the...

Lady Raider soccer team of CCMS traveled to Shelbyville on Wednesday to take on Harris.  The match, originally scheduled for September 11th, served as the final regular season match of the year for Coffee Middle.  The shorthanded Lady Raiders could not muster an offense against the Eaglettes as they fell 2 to 0. The Lady Raiders are back in action the next 2 weekends in the Junior Varsity and Varsity CTC tournaments.  The varsity tournament will be held on Saturday, September 30th at Warren County.  The JV tournament will be this Saturday and will be hosted by North and...

The Coffee County CHS Cross Country teams were set to visit Normandy on Tuesday for a meet at the notoriously difficult Arrowhead Ranch course.  Storms in the early afternoon, and the threat of slippery conditions and possible bad weather forced the cancellation of the meet. The Raider runners hit the trail again on Tuesday when they host a meet at the Old Stone Fort Golf Course.  The race will feature races for middle and high school squads.  The first race will get underway at 4...