Fighting the rain, a slick field and the #2 team in the state, the Coffee County Red Raider football team traveled to Murfreesboro to take on Blackman on Friday night.  While much could be said for the devastating rainfall by the remnants of Harvey, Blackman running back Master Teague was devastating in his own way as he rushed for 217 yards to lead Blackman to the 49 to 14 win. Teague, an Ohio State verbal commitment, carried the ball 17 times to amass the 217 yards as he scored 4 touchdowns. Colton Prater had Coffee County’s first touchdown of...

In his first Major League start, rookie lefty Max Fried combined with four Braves relievers to end the Cubs’ winning streak at six games. The lefty scattered four hits, including a solo homer by Ian Happ, over five innings in the Braves’ 5-1 victory over the Cubs on Sunday at Wrigley Field. With the loss and the Brewers’ win over the Nationals on Sunday, the Cubs’ lead in the National League Central is 3 1/2 games. Chicago had outscored its opponents, 49-19, in the six games before Sunday. “With the short looks we had [at Fried], I didn’t really...

by Jim Wyatt, Senior Writer/Editor – TitansOnline.com The Titans trimmed their roster to 53 players on Saturday. The players released included cornerback Manny Abad, tight end Jace Amaro, fullback Joe Bacci (waived injured), defensive lineman Angelo Blackson, nose tackle DeAngelo Brown, tight end Jerome Cunningham, long snapper Ryan DiSalvo (waived injured), quarterback Tyler Ferguson, cornerback Demontre Hurst, receiver Darius Jennings, safety Denzel Johnson, running back Akeem Judd (waived injured), receiver Jonathan Krause, receiver KeVonn Mabon, offensive lineman Tyler Marz, offensive lineman Josue Matias, receiver Tre McBride, tackle Steven Moore, running back Khalfani Muhammad, receiver Giovanni Pascascio, tackle Jonah Pirsig,...

The Cubs’ second-half offensive surge continued on Saturday at Wrigley Field as Rene Rivera smacked his first career grand slam, Anthony Rizzo reached 100 RBIs with a bases-clearing triple and Javier Baez added a solo home run and RBI double to post a 14-12 victory over the Braves for Chicago’s sixth straight win. It wasn’t easy, as the Braves scored eight runs in the final three innings. Cubs manager Joe Maddon said he felt the momentum starting to shift in the ninth, and he had to call upon closer Wade Davis in a non-save situation to get the final...

Trailing by a pair of runs and a Sound on every base in the ninth inning, Jaff Decker roped a bases-clearing double to put the Sounds in front for good. Nashville overcame the New Orleans Baby Cakes 8-6 Saturday evening at The Shrine on Airline. The Sounds entered the ninth trailing 6-4 and for the second time in the ball game plated four runs in an inning. A single, walk, fielder’s choice, and a hit-by pitch loaded the bases for Decker, who came through in a big way. Yairo Muñoz added an insurance run for the Sounds with a...

Holding the visiting Vikings scoreless in the 2nd half, the Westwood Rockets’ football team stunned Community on Thursday night at Dyer-Bouldin Field.   A Cameron Ballard interception with 4 minutes  left in the 3rd quarter sparked a 2nd half defensive resurgence and helped lift Westwood to the 22 to 8 win.  The win is the first win of the season for the gritty Rocket squad. With the Vikings driving in a tie game, pressure from the defensive line forced a hurried throw that was intercepted by Ballard inside the Vikings Red Zone.  Westwood quarterback Will Partin connected on a 3rd...

The Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team tangled with district foe Franklin County on Thursday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  Coming off an impressive district win on Tuesday in Columbia, the Lady Raiders roared to a four set win over the Rebelettes.  Coffee County won by set scores of 25-17, 19-25, 25-14 and 25-21. Coffee County was led in kills by Alliyah Williams who finished with 15 of the 44 kills for the Lady Raiders.  Lexi Bryan added 9 and Sarah West had 7 kills.  Amanda Mukai led the team in aces with 5 to go...

Inclement weather forced the postponement of both prep soccer matches scheduled for Thursday night.  The Coffee County Middle School friendly with North Franklin was cancelled.  Since the match was scheduled as a non-conference matchup, the match will be made up if each team can find a compatible schedule date.  The CCMS Lady Raiders are back in action next Thursday, September 7th, when they travel to Winchester to take on South Franklin.  That conference match is scheduled to begin at 5 PM. The Coffee County CHS Lady Raiders’ match at Community High School was postponed until Monday, September 18th.  That...