The Coffee County Middle School baseball team welcomed Lincoln County to CCMS on Wednesday.  Trailing 3 to 0 entering the bottom of the 6th inning, the Raiders exploded for 6 runs to seemingly put the game on ice with 3 outs left to get.  But Lincoln County erupted for 5 runs in the 7th to steal a heart-breaking 8 to 7 win over Coffee County. After entering the bottom of the 7th trailing by 2, the Raiders scored one run and had the bases loaded before the Falcons coaxed a game ending groundout.  Braxton White led the Raiders in...

Attempting to avenge an early season loss to Tullahoma, the Westwood soccer team welcomed Tullahoma to Dyer-Bouldin Field on Wednesday.  After 60 minutes of intense action, the Rockets and the Wildcats had to settle for a 1 to 1 draw. Westwood got their lone goal from John Martinez.  He was assisted by Angel Gonzales. The Rockets will travel to Fayetteville on Thursday night for the final regular season game of the year with the Tigers.  The opening kick is set for 4:30...

Despite playing an even 2nd half with South Franklin, the Coffee County Middle School soccer team gave up 3 first half goals as they fell to the visiting Trojans 5 to 3 on Wednesday night in Manchester.  The Red Raiders struggled to find an offensive attack in the first half as South led 3 to 0 at the intermission. In the second half, Aidan Abellana scored on a penalty kick and Jamie Norris added a goal on an assist by Isaiah Campbell.   Coffee County gave up a pair of goals themselves in the 2nd half in spite of controlling...

The Westwood baseball team traveled to Huntland on Wednesday night attempting to get a season split with the Hornets.  Huntland exploded for 5 runs in the first inning and built a 7 to nothing lead over Westwood before the Rockets could cross the plate.  The Hornets used that advantage to capture the 12 to 7 win. Westwood banged out 12 hits on the night led by Brady Nugent and Brett Johns who each finished with 3 hits.  Johns finished with a single and a double while Brady Nugent scored twice.  Wyatt Nugent had 2 hits including a triple. Westwood...

Giancarlo Stanton blistered a pair of two-run homers, and Ender Inciarte matched the power with a two-home run game of his own. But on a night when both clubs combined for five home runs, it was a wild pitch and Tyler Flowers’ two-out single in the ninth that rallied the Braves to a 5-4 win and a two-game split with the Marlins on Wednesday at Marlins Park. Stanton, who hadn’t gone deep in his first 28 at-bats of the season, belted two home runs off Jaime Garcia, and Inciarte’s second shot in the eighth inning off Junichi Tazawa pulled...

The Nashville Sounds managed just five hits in a 5-0 loss to the Oklahoma City Dodgers in front of 6,815 fans Wednesday night at First Tennessee Park. Oklahoma City (3-4) used a four-run first inning against Nashville (3-4) starter Daniel Gossett to take control of the game. Leadoff hitter Chris Taylor walked to start the contest and quickly moved to third on Willie Calhoun’s base hit to right field. Gossett struck out O’Koyea Dickson, but a fielding error by right fielder Andrew Lambo allowed Taylor to score, and another batter to reach. Alex Verdugo knocked in a run with...

The Red Raider baseball team traveled to Columbia for a key district matchup with the Lions on Tuesday afternoon.  After taking a 2 to nothing lead in the first inning on a Nathaniel Tate home run, Coffee County could not hold off the Lions.  The Red Raiders fell 9 to 6 in the district matchup in Columbia. Tate’s 2 run homer gave Coffee County a lead in the top of the first but Columbia quickly tied it in the bottom of the 1st.  Columbia got their first lead of the game with a 2 run 3rd inning only to...

The Coffee County Central High School soccer team traveled to Winchester on Tuesday night for a district matchup with Franklin County.  After a scoreless first half, Breyer Taylor scored a pair of goals in a 2 minute span of the second half to lift Coffee County to the 2 to 0 district win. Taylor poked a rebound out of a crowd of people in the 56th minute for the first goal of the game as Coffee County crashed the net.  The senior added his second goal in the 58th minute to allow Coffee County to claim their second district...