With needs at defensive back and wide receiver, the Tennessee Titans drafted to their needs in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night in Philadelphia.  Here is a first round recap from TitansOnline’s Jim Wyatt Titans select Western Michigan WR Corey Davis in first round (5th overall) of 2017 NFL Draft. Corey Davis hoped the Titans would pick him in the NFL Draft. Even before Thursday, the Western Michigan receiver declared Marcus Mariota his favorite quarterback in the league. He said his pre-draft visit to the Titans earlier this month felt like home. Davis got his...

Sonny Gray struck out seven batters over six shutout innings in the Nashville Sounds’ 9-2 win in front of 9,291 fans at First Tennessee Park Thursday night. Pitching for the first time in a Sounds uniform, the Nashville native cruised through his six frames, allowing only two hits along the way. The right-hander did not walk a batter in the winning effort. Franklin Barreto didn’t waste any time giving Gray and the Sounds (7-11) an early lead. The 21-year-old led off the bottom of the first inning with his team-leading fourth homer of the season. Ryan Lavarnway got in...

CHS Tennis(boys) defeated Shelbyville – 5 to 2(District 8AAA Team Semifinals) CCMS Baseball lost to Tullahoma 4 to 3 CCMS Softball defeated Tullahoma – 11 to 5 CCMS Soccer lost to Harris – 8 to 0(CTC Tournament) CHS Baseball lost to Tullahoma – 7 to 6(8...

The Red Raider baseball team invaded Tullahoma on Wednesday night attempting to ride the momentum of an extra inning win over the Cats on Tuesday.   After another late inning comeback, the Red Raiders forced a second straight extra inning game.  But six Coffee County errors produced 4 unearned runs for Tullahoma as Coffee County fell 7 to 6 in 8 innings. Tullahoma got on the scoreboard first as they plated 3 runs in the 1st inning helped in part by the Raiders first error of the game.  Coffee County bounced back in the 2nd with a pair of runs...

The Red Raider tennis team hosted Shelbyville on Wednesday afternoon at the Raider Academy in the semifinals of the District 8AAA Team Tennis Tournament.  Coffee County, who entered the tournament as the #2 seed, was striving to advance to next week’s finals as they took on the 3rd seeded Eagles.  The Red Raiders took care of business by a final score of 5 to 2. Coffee County got wins in singles play from Joseph Sadler(8-5), Reid Lawrence(8-1), Shlip Patel(8-4) and Jonah Rollman(8-3).  The Raiders missed a chance at the singles sweep when top-seeded Grey Riddle’s racket broke just before...

The Coffee County Middle School softball closed out the regular season on Wednesday when they played host to Tullahoma. The Lady Raiders, coming off a rain shortened 7 to 2 win over Tullahoma on April 17th, were looking for the season sweep over their west Coffee neighbors. Coffee County plated 9 runs in the first inning to set the stage for the 11 to 5 win. After Coffee County pitcher Macie Campbell set down Tullahoma in order to start the game, The Lady Raiders sent 13 batters to the plate in the bottom of the first inning. In the...

The Coffee County Central High School track team welcomed nearly 240 runners to the track on Tuesday for a home meet. Teams from Cookeville, Notre Dame, Cascade, Upperman and Warren County were in attendance at Carden-Jarrell Field for the mid-week event. Missing several athletes due to injury and other commitments, the Lady Raiders and Red Raiders were each able to score 2nd place finishes behind Cookeville. In the relay races, the Red Raiders finished 3rd in the 4×100 and 3rd in the 4×800. Individual point winners for the Red Raiders were: James Lynn – 1st – 3200M; 5th –...