It was a fantastic start and a frantic finish on Saturday night for the Coffee County Lady Raider soccer team.  In a physical district contest with Columbia, Coffee County had to settle for a 4 to 4 tie.  After the Lady Raiders got off to a 2 goal start, Columbia turned up intensity as they were assessed 3 yellow cards in the match. Jessica Barrera got the scoring started in 6th minute off an assist from Emilee Roberson.  Sam Ellison added a goal in the 7th minute off a pass from Jenna Garretson.  That seemed to awaken the Lady...

The Westwood Middle School cross country teams traveled to Rutherford County on Saturday to take part in the Milton Invitational.  Facing off against 15 teams from all over middle Tennessee, Westwood still garnered Top 10 individual finishes in both the boys and girls races.  The Rockets finished 5th in the team standings while the Lady Rockets finished 7th. In the boys’ race, Bodey Todd was the leading runner for the Rockets as he finished in 7th place with a time of 13:07.34.  Louie Frazier came in 17th at 13:44.44.  Other varsity runners, with their places in parentheses, for Westwood...

The Westwood soccer team traveled to Community to take on the Vikqueens in a conference match in Unionville on Friday.  Despite a hat trick from Diana Ramirez, the Lady Rockets fell by a final score of 4 to 3. Trailing 1 to 0 at the half, Westwood got their offense on track in the second half as Ramirez found the back of the net 3 times.  Each f the goals for Ramirez were unassisted.  Unfortunately for Westwood, Community was able to score 3 goals in the second half. The Lady Rockets are back in action on Monday when they...

The Coffee County Middle School soccer team traveled to Putnam County on Friday to tangle with Algood in a non-conference friendly.  Still short-handed due to injury, the Lady Raiders dropped the contest 4 to 1. After surrendering a goal in the 27th minute to Algood, the Lady Raiders leveled the match 3 minutes later.  Katie Cotten notched an unassisted goal to send the non-district tied at the half.  Algood turned up the pressure on their home pitch in the second half to tally the final 3 goals of the game. Coffee Middle returns home on Monday at 5 PM...

The Titans weren’t necessarily looking for revenge. On their first trip back to EverBank Field since last year’s costly loss to the Jaguars in December, the Titans instead came looking for a chance to set a tone early in the season. They wanted to put their goals for 2017 in motion, and begin their quest to rule the AFC South. “It’s a brand new year,” quarterback Marcus Mariota said. “Our main focus, our main concern was being better in our division.” On this day, mission accomplished. The Titans beat the Jaguars in impressive fashion here on Sunday, rolling up...

Jose Reyes tripled and the Mets took advantage of Julio Teheran’s shaky control as they constructed a two-run first inning and rode Robert Gsellman’s strong start to a 5-1 win over the Braves on Sunday afternoon at SunTrust Park. “We just had a good series and I was glad to see that,” Mets left fielder Brandon Nimmo said. “I was glad to win the series as those guys are talented over there.” On the way to claiming their first road series win since Aug. 13, the Mets took advantage of the early struggles endured by Teheran, who issued three...

After spanking Shelbyville 4 to 0 three weeks ago on their home pitch, the Lady Raiders of Coffee County needed to rally from behind to stop the Eaglettes 3 to 2 on Thursday night in Shelbyville.  The win improves Coffee County to 4-1-1 on the season and 2 and 0 in district play. After a scoreless first 20 minutes, Shelbyville got on the board first in the 27th minute to make it 1 to 0.  The Lady Raiders answered one minute later as Reyna Flores banged home a pass from Emilee Roberson to level the match at 1.  Shelbyville went...

The Temple Baptist Christian School Lady Eagle volleyball team soared through pool play on Thursday at their home tournament.  Hosting the 6th Annual Lady Eagles Invitational Classic, Temple captured the top seed in their pool heading into Friday’s double elimination tournament bracket.  Both the Temple varsity and junior varsity teams were a perfect 3 and 0 on the day.  Temple captured wins over Shenandoah( Cleveland), Victory Baptist(Shelbyville) and Madison Baptist(Alabama) . In the opening match of the tournament, the Lady Eagles won by set scores of 25 to 9 and 25 to 13 over Shenandoah.  Brooke Clark served for...