The Coffee County CHS soccer team hosted their home opener on Monday night as they played host to Cleveland.  A pair of late goals by the visiting Blue Raiders dropped the Red Raiders by a final score of 4 to 2. Coffee County got off to a great start as Paco Barrera netted a goal in the 2nd minute to give the Red Raiders an early 1 to 0 lead.  Cleveland answered in the 19th minute with the equalizer before tacking on a goal in the 27th minute to take a 2 to 1 lead into the half.  Breyer...

The Red Raider baseball team of Coffee County Middle School hosted North Franklin on Monday night in a conference matchup.  The Red Raiders were held to 2 hits on the night as they lost a 1 to 0 nail-biter. North Franklin was held to 6 hits, but was able to string 3 of the together in the 4th inning to push across the game winner.  Nick Watkins and Lane Spry had the 2 hits for the Raiders as Coffee County was hand cuffed by 9 strikeouts.  Braden Brown went the distance on the mound to take the hard luck...

Coffee County Middle School softball team played host to North Franklin on Monday night.  The Lady Gators pushed a run across with 2 outs in the top of the 5th inning to drop Coffee County to their first loss of the year by a score of 4 to 3.  The Lady Raiders were held to 2 hits on the night, both by Jayden Scheller as she finished with 2 RBI. After falling behind 2 to 0 in the top of the first inning, Kiya Ferrell led off the bottom half with a walk and came around to score on...

Ryan Ellis scored twice, Pekka Rinne made 25 saves and the Nashville Predators beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-1 on Monday night. Viktor Arvidsson also scored for the Predators, who have won four of five. Craig Smith added two assists. Oliver Ekman-Larsson had the lone goal and Mike Smith stopped 28 shots for Arizona, which has lost three straight. Rinne was lightly tested in the first period, making just five saves, but the action picked up after that as the Finn made 11 saves in the second and nine in the third. His best sequence came midway through the second,...

A grand slam by freshman Sarah West highlighted a Lady Raider comeback on Friday night as Coffee County dropped Shelbyville 9 to 3.  After a sluggish start, Coffee County got the bats going with a 7 run eruption in the 5th inning.  From there, Kaylee Skipper locked down the win in the circle as the Lady Raiders open the season with a record of 2 and 0. Shelbyville jumped out to a 1 to nothing lead in the 1st inning and stretched that lead to 3 after 3 innings.  Coffee County was held to 3 hits through the first...

The Red Raider soccer team of Coffee County CHS opened the 2017 season in the Smoky Mountain Cup at Rocky Top Sports World in Gatlinburg on Friday and Saturday. Coach Robert Harper was pleased with his team’s performance in the 3 matches as the Red Raiders finished with a record of 2 and 1. Coffee County opened tournament play on Friday night taking on Dickson County. The Red Raiders, whose season opener on Tuesday was washed out, got a 2 to 1 win over the Cougars to open tournament play. The Red Raiders scored a goal in each half to...

The Coffee County Middle School baseball team used good pitching and timely hitting to grab a crucial conference sweep this weekend over Harris. The Red Raiders scratched out a 5 to 4 win on Friday night before blasting the Eagles at home on Saturday by a 15 to 0 score. After grabbing an early lead, the Coffee County Middle School baseball team needed a run in the 6th inning to claim a 5 to 4 win over Harris on Friday night in Shelbyville. The Raiders scratched out 7 hits and used 7 walks to claim the important road conference...

The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider softball team had little trouble on Friday night as they dispatched Harris 17 to 1 in a game shortened to 4 innings.  The Lady Raiders scored in every inning as they blasted 15 hits on the contest.  The win is the 6th straight for the Lady Raiders to open the season. Keri Munn was dominant in the circle for Coffee County as she threw a 2 hitter allowing a single unearned run.  Offensively, Munn had 3 hits, including a double and a 3 run home run, scored 4 times and finished with...