The Coffee County Central High School boys’ golf team welcomed district foes Lincoln County, Franklin County and Tullahoma to Willowbrook on Monday for a 4 way team match.  Battling periods of light showers, the Raiders held off their 3 competitors to get the team win.  Austin Farris had the low round of the day as he shot a 1 under par 71 for the 18 hole match. Coffee County shot a 310 on the day outdistancing second place Franklin County by 19 strokes.  Tullahoma was 3rd on the day with a 388.  Lincoln County had the high round as...

The Coffee County Central High School volleyball team opened the 2017 season at home on Monday night.  The Lady Raiders welcomed the always tough Lady Cougars of Middle Tennessee Christian School to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  After rallying back from a set point in the first set, Coffee County fell in the 4 set match by set scores of 26-24, 22-25, 16-25 and 21-25. The Lady Raiders hurt themselves with unforced errors as they had 19 service errors and 28 hitting errors on the match.  Senior Odalis Garcia led the Lady Raiders in kills with 10 while...

Coffee County Middle School volleyball hit the road on Monday night for a conference match in Shelbyville.  The Lady Raiders matched up against Harris Middle in a Central Tennessee Conference match.  The Lady Raiders fell in 3 sets by set scores of 15-25, 25-19 and 6-15. The Lady Raiders are back in action on Monday when they welcome Warren County to CCMS for their first home match of the year.  Coach Malaysha Hickerson said after the match that Coffee Middle will need to work on their communication and hustle prior to that match.  The varsity match will get underway...

Rockies right-hander Chad Bettis wasn’t defeated by testicular cancer, and he wouldn’t let the Braves beat him Monday night. He threw seven scoreless innings in his first Major League outing since being diagnosed in November, and the Rockies came through when Charlie Blackmon tripled and scored in the eighth inning for a 3-0 victory at Coors Field. Bettis, who underwent surgery Nov. 29 but in March had to undergo chemotherapy treatments, gave up six hits, but struck out two and forced 12 ground-ball outs. But his most important outs may have been fly balls to center, by Ozzie Albies...

The Memphis Redbirds continued their winnings ways with a 3-1 win over the Nashville Sounds on Monday night at First Tennessee Park. Three of the four runs on the night came in the first inning when Memphis got on the board early on Tyler O’Neill’s two-run homer to deep left field. The Sounds came back with a run of their own with a two-out rally in the home half of the inning. Joey Wendle singled and raced home on Renato Nuñez’s double down the left field line. It stayed 2-1 in favor of Memphis as both starting pitchers settled...

The Coffee County Red Raider football team completed their preseason workouts with a “dress rehearsal scrimmage” against Heritage Christian out of Dalton, GA on Friday night.  Three Alontae Taylor touchdowns lifted the Red Raiders to a 20 to 14 win in the one half scrimmage between varsity squads.  The Red Raider defense added a safety to get in on the scoring action. The Raiders scored on their first possession after going 89 yards following an interception in the end zone by Hayden Skipper.  Taylor scored that first touchdown with 5:06 left in the first quarter after hauling in a...

Fighting a battle that extends beyond the soccer pitch, the CCMS Lady Raider soccer team hosted their annual “Kickin Cancer PlayDay” on Saturday.  The event serves as a final tune up for the regular season for the young Lady Raider squad.  It also serves as a fund raising and awareness raising event for everyone involved as a portion of the proceeds is donated to the Middle Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition. Donning pink jerseys and using a pink ball, the Lady Raiders battled their way to a 2 and 0 record on the day with wins over North Franklin and...