The Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team will be holding a benefit car wash on Friday.  From noon to 5 PM you can get your car washed and support the Lady Raiders as they raise money to attend a team camp at Cumberland University in July.  The car wash will take place at Advance Auto Parts in Manchester which is located at 1751 Hillsboro...

It was a sloppy Thursday night in Nashville between the Sounds and the Iowa Cubs in front of 10,469 fans at First Tennessee Park. A total of six runs scored but just two were earned in Iowa’s 4-2 victory. The first two batters of the ball game reached on base hits for the Sounds. Franklin Barreto came around to open the scoring on a sacrifice fly from Matt Olson. Nashville starter, Paul Blackburn was superb through the first five innings but things unraveled for him in the sixth. Stephen Bruno reached on an error by the shortstop Franklin Barreto....

Former Coffee County Lady Raider Tori Bell will continue her high school softball career for another 2 weeks after a standout performance at Tuesday’s Tennessee Softball Coaches Association(TSCA) All-Star Classic.  Bell was 4 for 6 at the plate and won the Home Run Derby.  Bell was selected for the Tennessee/Kentucky All Star Game to be held on June 28th. Playing for the Middle Tennessee All-Star squad, Bell helped lead the Middle squad to a win and a loss in the round-robin event as the East Tennessee All-Stars beat Middle Tennessee before Middle Tennessee beat West Tennessee.  Bell had 2...

The Coffee County Red Raider basketball team completed Day #3 of the MTSU team camp on Wednesday with a record of 2 and 1.  The Red Raiders got a win over Alexander, GA and an overtime win over Ider, AL.  The lone blemish on the day was a 9 point defeat at the hands of LaVergne.   The Red Raiders are now 7 and 2 this week in Murfreesboro.  The freshman team was a perfect 3 and 0 on the day while the JV Raiders were 1 and 2. Coach Micah Williams praised his team once again for their...

The Braves erupted for 16 hits — including four from Brandon Phillips — to defeat the Nationals, 13-2, at Nationals Park for their first series victory in Washington since 2014. The top of Atlanta’s lineup — Ender Inciarte, Phillips and Nick Markakis — combined to hit 10-for-16 with seven runs scored and six RBIs. Julio Teheran put together his second consecutive strong start by allowing two runs in seven innings, handing the Nationals their fifth loss in six days. Both runs came in the second inning when Brian Goodwin notched his third home run in four games. Tanner Roark...

The Nashville Sounds got timely hitting and solid pitching in a 6-1 win over the Iowa Cubs in front of 5,930 fans at First Tennessee Park Wednesday night.   Matt Olson and Mark Canha crushed home runs and Corey Walter turned in a quality start to help the Sounds (33-30) even the four-game series at one game each.   Nashville used small ball to manufacture the first two runs of the game in the second. Canha walked to start the inning and sprinted to third on a base hit by Joey Wendle. Moments later, Wendle swiped second before Ryan...

The 14th annual Crethan Hansert Memorial Baseball Tournament, established to honor the late Red Raider and raise funds for Central High School baseball team, opens play on Thursday at Central High School’s Powers Field. The tournament honors former Red Raider Crethan Hansert who passed away in 2003 as the result of an automobile accident. Proceeds from previous tournaments have gone to build and maintain the Crethan Hansert Hitting Facility at CHS and support the Coffee County Red Raider baseball team. Eight teams make up the field for the tournament that runs from Thursday afternoon through Sunday. Each team will...

The Coffee County Red Raider basketball team went 3 and 0 on their second day of a 4 day team camp at MTSU.  The Raiders got wins over McGavock, Tallulah Falls, GA and Pope John Paul II to run their record to 5 and 1 on the week.  The JV team was 1 and 2 on Tuesday while the freshman team was 2 and 1. In all 3 wins, Coach Micah Williams was pleased with the offensive improvement.  “Offensively we played really well and continued to eliminate the scoring droughts from last week, “ said WIlliams.  He went on...