The NHL® Centennial Fan Arena, a traveling fan experience and main pillar of the NHL’s year-long Centennial celebration, is making its stop in Nashville Feb. 11-12 on its tour through NHL markets across North America. Stop by before or after the match-up against Florida on Saturday (1 p.m. CT) and Dallas on Sunday (5 p.m. CT) for a touring tribute to a century of hockey thrills! Fans can visit with Nashville Predators alumni including Greg Johnson and Tomáš Vokoun in between checking out the Fan Arena’s weekend-long attractions, including the opportunity to seeing the Stanley Cup® in person! The...

In Coffee County’s final trip to the Hardy Loyd Gym in Columbia, the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders came away with a split on Tuesday night in district basketball action.  The Lady Raiders got a big second quarter to tame the Lady Lions 63 to 36.  The Red Raiders dropped a 75 to 52 decision as they lost back to back games for the first time all year. In the girls’ game, Columbia got off to a hot start taking an early 9 to 4 lead before the Lady Raiders could work up a sweat.  Coffee County rallied to tie...

Patric Hornqvist scored twice against his former club, and the Nashville Predators fell by a 4-2 final to the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday night. The result in Nashville’s first game out of the All-Star Break sees their five-game point streak come to an end, but still features an impressive 7-2-1 mark in their last 10. Solid first and third periods bookended a middle frame that saw the Preds allow three goals, a 20-minute stretch that Head Coach Peter Laviolette called “awful.” “They’re a good team, and they’re going to make good plays… but for our...

The Coffee County swimmers enjoyed another splendid weekend in the water as the high school and middle school swimmers competed at the regional championships in Nashville.  The high school swimmers hit the water on Friday in their final meet prior to the state meet in February. On the day, 8 new personal bests were recorded and all 4 relay teams set new school records.   The highest medalist honor of the day came from Jack Beachboard who finished in 6th place in the 200 yard IM with a new personal best time of 2:06.48.  Beachboard also set a new personal...

The Coffee County freshman Red Raider basketball team welcomed the Ninth Grade Academy of Lincoln County to the Raider Academy on Monday night.  The Red Raiders struggled to keep the Falcons off the boards on the night and struggled with turnovers at critical times as they fell 55 to 24. Coffee County trailed by 2 at the end of a balanced 1st quarter before falling behind by 10 at the half.  The Falcons opened the 2nd half on a 14 to 0 run to put the game out of reach.  Shawn Anderson led the Raiders in scoring with 12...