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CCMS Soccer Falls to Tullahoma
The Coffee County Middle School soccer team traveled to Tullahoma on Monday for a conference match with the Wildcats. In a match started early due to the threat of bad weather, the Raiders fell by a final score 4 to 0. The Raiders got off to a slow start as Tullahoma was able to score a goal early to put Coffee County on the defense. A Coffee County own goal put the Raiders in an early 2 to 0 hole. The Raider offense was able to make some effective offensive attacks but were unable to find the back of...
Swanson’s Walk-off Hit Secures Sweep
After Austin Hedges quieted SunTrust Park on Monday night, Freddie Freeman capped a memorable two-homer game and Dansby Swanson halted his early-season woes with a two-out, ninth-inning single that gave the Braves a 5-4 win over the Padres. Swanson’s bases-loaded walk-off single to left field against Brandon Maurer enabled the Braves to open their new stadium with a four-game sweep and even their record to 6-6 with a fifth straight win. Freeman supplied most of the highlights by collecting four extra-base hits, including a game-tying homer in the eighth. But it was Atlanta’s rookie shortstop, who entered the game...
CHS Baseball Finishes Grundy County Tournament with a Saturday Split
The Red Raider baseball team completed play in the King of the Mountain tournament in Grundy County on Saturday with a win and a loss. The Red Raiders ended the weekend with a record of 3 and 1 heading into a busy week of non-district games. Coffee County opened Saturday with an 11 to 3 win over South Pittsburg before dropping a 12 to 4 decision to Marshall County. Opening the day against South Pittsburg, Coffee County built a 4 to 0 lead before the Pirates battled back to make it a 4 to 3 game entering the 5th...
CCMS Cheerleaders Take 2nd Place in National Competition
The Coffee County Middle School cheerleaders captured a 2nd place finish on Saturday at the COA Ultimate Nationals cheer competition in Florida. The CCMS team competed in the intermediate division and was crowned runners-up in the middle school division. The event was held at the Gaylord Palm Resort in Kissimmee and featured teams from across the nation, The CCMS cheer team is coached by Tami Baumstein Weaver who took her team down to the Orlando area in time for a practice round on Thursday. The team competed in 2 rounds on Friday and Saturday and learned of their accomplishment...
Predators Shut Out Blackhawks Again, Win Game 2
One year ago, former Predators captain Shea Weber surveyed the team’s 2-0 first-round series lead against the Anaheim Ducks, the first such advantage in franchise history. Two road wins to open the playoffs had to mean something, right? “Nothing yet, to be honest,” said Weber when asked. Weber is gone, but his former teammates, who celebrated Nashville’s 5-0 Game 2 victory against the bewildered Blackhawks on Saturday, are in the same position to the surprise of practically everybody. So let’s ask the same question. What does this mean? It means that the Predators return to Nashville with history on...
CHS Baseball Has a Good Friday at Grundy County Tournament
The Coffee County baseball team got a great start to the King of the Mountain Tournament on Friday in Grundy County. The Red Raiders opened up with a pair of games in Coalmont taking on Grundy County and Sequatchie County. The Raiders needed a 7th inning rally to drop Grundy County 4 to 2 and scored in every inning to beat Sequatchie County 10 to 5. In the tournament opener, Coffee County squared off against the host Yellow Jackets of Grundy County. After taking a 1 to 0 lead in the 1st inning, Coffee County gave up the lead...
Bats Back Colon as Braves Win Fourth Straight
Bartolo Colon surrendered one hit over seven dominant innings and the Braves erased Trevor Cahill’s no-hit bid with a middle-inning offensive flurry that propelled them to Sunday afternoon’s 9-2 win over the Padres at SunTrust Park. On the way to winning their fourth straight game and remaining undefeated in their new stadium, the Braves saw Colon surrender Ryan Schimpf’s solo homer in the second inning and then retire 16 of the final 17 batters he faced. The 43-year-old right-hander gained his first lead of the day courtesy of Tyler Flowers’ go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth inning. “Trevor wasn’t...
Funk Continues as Sounds’ Skid Hits Five Games
The Nashville Sounds managed just four hits as the offensive funk continued in a 5-1 loss to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in front of 6,324 fans at First Tennessee Park on Easter Sunday. In six games on the current homestand, Nashville (3-8) has scored a total of eight runs as their home record fell to 1-5 with the setback. After topping Oklahoma City in the home opener, the Sounds have lost five straight games. Sky Sox (7-3) starter Josh Hader was sharp from the start as he retired the first six batters he faced. The 23-year-old allowed one...
