An 8 run outburst in the 3rd inning by the Coffee County Middle School Lady Raiders lifted them to a 10 to 1 win over Whitworth-Buchanan on Thursday night at CCMS.  Keri Munn had the big knock in the 3rd as she came with 3 feet of hitting a grand slam before settling for a 3 RBI double.  The non-conference win broke a 2 game losing skid for the Lady Raiders and sends them into Spring Break with a solid record of 7 and 2. After surrendering a run on a pair of hits and a hit batter in...

After damage to their home courts from Tuesday night’s storms, the Coffee County tennis teams were forced to move their home opener to Lawrenceburg on Thursday as the Raider netters took on district foe Lawrence County.  The boys kept their season record perfect with a 6 to 1 win while the Lady Raiders were swept by Lawrence County. The Red Raiders got wins from Joseph Sadler(8 to 3 score), Grey Riddle(8 to 6), Shlip Patel(8 to 4) and Reid Lawrence(8 to 2) in singles play.  In doubles, the team of Sadler and Patel won their match 8 to 4...

The Coffee County Central High School softball team spilt their first 2 games on Thursday night at the Lady Warrior Southern Classic at Riverdale.  Coffee County opened the night with a 4 to 2 loss to Plainfield out of Illinois.  The Lady Raiders bounced back with 10 to 4 win against Heritage High School out of Arkansas. Five Lady Raider errors was not the recipe for success in game #1 against Plainfield East out of Illinois.  Coffee County outhit the visitors from the North 6 to 4 on the night but the 2 unearned runs allowed proved to be...

Five errors by the Coffee County Central High School baseball team on Thursday night led to 10 unearned runs for Blackman in a 15 to 5 loss to the Blaze.  Coffee County committed 3 errors and walked 2 batters in the 3rd inning that allowed Blackman to plate 8 runs and race out to a 12 to 3 lead.  The loss ended a 3 game winning streak for the Red Raiders. After spotting Blackman a pair of runs in the bottom of the first, Coffee County rallied to take a 3 to 2 lead in the 2nd inning on...

The Coffee County Middle School baseball bats went cold on Thursday as they opened play in the Blackman Challenge at Middle Tennessee Christian.  Facing the Cougars of MTCS, the Red Raiders were held to 4 hits on the night as they dropped a 7 to 2 decision. MTCS was able to plate a pair of runs in the 1st inning, 2 in the 3rd inning and 3 more in the 6th inning.  Marshall Haney swung the hot bat for the Raiders as he was 2 for 3 on the game.  Haney had a part in both Raider runs as...

A bad first 10 minutes and a bad last 10 minutes were how CCMS soccer coach Kenny Lockhart described Thursday night’s match with North Franklin.  The visiting Gators controlled the time of possession during those crucial time frames to blank Coffee County 3 to 0 on Thursday night at the Raiders’ home pitch. North used pressure in the final minutes of the first half to score goals in the 26th and 28th minutes and send the match to the half with the Raiders trailing 2 nil.  North tacked on their last goal in the 37th minute to put the...

In a game with crucial playoff implications, the Predators defeated the Calgary Flames 3-1 at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday. The Predators trimmed their deficit in the Western Conference wild-card race, now trailing the Flames by one point. Nashville also kept pace with St. Louis, which won Thursday to maintain the teams’ tie for third place in the Central Division at 85 points. Wild West: With Western Conference playoff seeding far from decided, Thursday’s game between the West’s two wild-card teams held significance. Combining for 18 goals in their first two meetings, the Predators and Flames waited until the second period to arrive offensively,...

Wednesday’s Prep Results CCMS Baseball lost to North Franklin – 6 to 4 CCMS Softball lost to North Franklin – 6 to 2 WMS Baseball defeated Moore County – 8 to 3 WMS Soccer lost to Lincoln Co – 1 to 0 WMS Softball defeated Liberty – 8 to 1 CHS Baseball defeated Lincoln County – 3 to 2 CHS Softball defeated Franklin County – 11 to...