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CCMS Baseball Falls to Tullahoma
The Coffee County Middle School baseball team welcomed Tullahoma to the CCMS campus on Wednesday for the second game in their season series. After fighting to a 4 to 0 win in extra innings on Tuesday, Coffee County saw Tullahoma rally for 4 runs in the last 2 innings to spoil 8th Grade Night with a 4 to 3 win. Coffee Middle got off to a fast start using a trio of walks and a pair of singles to score 3 runs in the 1st inning. Tullahoma clawed their way back into the game with single runs in the...
CMS Soccer Falls to Harris to End Season
The Coffee County Middle School soccer team fell in the semifinals of the CTC conference tournament on Wednesday afternoon in Shelbyville. The Red Raiders drew the tough task of trying to knock off perennial power Harris on their home pitch. Building on their continued improvements over the last few weeks was not enough as the Raiders fell 8 to 0. A much quicker Harris team was able to score in the 16th, 24th and 27th minutes to take a 3 to 0 lead into the halftime intermission. A pair of goals early in the second half put the game...
Fiddler, Subban Star as Preds Take Game One Against Blues
Vernon Fiddler had the perfect touch. P.K. Subban recorded three points and Fiddler tallied the game-winner with just over five minutes left in regulation, and the Nashville Predators defeated the St. Louis Blues in Game One by a 4-3 final on Wednesday night at Scottrade Center. The win gives the Predators a 1-0 series lead in Round Two and a perfect 5-0 record in these playoffs. The first postseason meeting between the Predators and the Blues had a little bit of everything, and after St. Louis mounted a third-period comeback, it was a 36-year-old veteran who put Nashville on...
Teheran, 5-run 1st Help Braves Thump Mets
The Braves carried a six-game losing streak into Citi Field on Wednesday, while the Mets came into the night having lost four straight. Both streaks could not remain intact. In the end, Julio Teheran’s years-long mastery of the Mets trumped any more recent trends. The Braves starter held New York to two runs in 6 1/3 innings of an 8-2 victory, snapping Atlanta’s funk while sending the Mets to their fifth straight defeat. All the offense Teheran needed came in the first inning, when the Braves jumped on Mets starter Robert Gsellman for five of the six runs against...
Red Raider Baseball Rallies to Stun Tullahoma
Trailing by 3 runs entering the bottom of the 7th inning, the Coffee County Red Raiders found a way to tie the game, scoring 2 runs with 2 outs. In the 9th inning, Coffee County loaded the bases and Noah Anderson lifted a sacrifice fly to right field to score Jacob Duncan with the winning run as Coffee County defeated Tullahoma on Tuesday night 4 to 3. The Raiders welcomed Tullahoma to Powers Field on Tuesday night for Senior Night. Red Raider seniors Noah Anderson, Jacob Duncan, Garrett Eldridge, Cade Giles, Davis Green and Grant Sadler were honored before...
CHS Soccer Blanks Ooltewah
The CHS soccer team welcomed Ooltewah to the Raider Soccer Field for a non-district friendly on Tuesday night. The Raiders, looking for their 6th straight win, got off to a fast start with 3 first half goals to capture a 3 to 0 win. The Raiders got on the board first when Chase Harper corralled a rebound and popped it in the goal in the 8th minute. Breyer Taylor’s shot had hit the crossbar and deflected back at the feet of Harper. Harper fired another shot which hit the post and deflected out to Miquel Mendoza in the 12th minute. ...
CHS Softball Sweeps Doubleheader at Columbia
Trying to shake off the disappointment of a loss to Cascade on Thursday, and a pair of rainouts since then, the Coffee County CHS softball team traveled to Columbia on Tuesday for a district doubleheader. The Lady Raiders had little trouble quieting the Lady Lions as they swept the doubleheader. Coffee County won the first game 9 to 0 before completing the sweep with a 12 to 1 decision in the nightcap. In game #1, Kaylee Skipper tossed a complete game no-hitter as Coffee County hammered out 15 hits in the 9 to 0 win. Katie Rutledge had 4...
CCMS Baseball Blanks Tullahoma in 8 Innings
The Coffee County Middle School baseball opened up the final regular season series of the year on Tuesday in Tullahoma. The Red Raiders squared off against their rivals from Tullahoma at Waggoner Park. In a game that saw no runs scored in the first 7 innings, Coffee Middle exploded for 4 runs in the 8th inning to grab a 4 to 0 rivalry win. Coffee County had been held to 3 hits in the game entering the top of the 8th inning with the top of the order coming to bat. Kyle Farless led off with a hit and...
