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Titans GM Jon Robinson Looking for Talent and More at Senior Bowl.
Jon Robinson has watched film, and plenty of it. Even before heading to the Senior Bowl today for the start of week-long practices that begin on Tuesday, the Titans general manager has already written at least 100 reports on college prospects for this year’s NFL Draft. Robinson has also observed a large number of prospects in person, during stops to college stadiums before NFL games. During the fall, he attended matchups like Florida State-Miami, Alabama-Texas A&M, Illinois-Northwestern, Florida-Vanderbilt and Tennessee-Nebraska, just to name a few. Last week, he was on hand for East-West Shrine Game practices in St. Petersburg,...
Raiders Win, Lady Raiders Fall on Tuesday Night in Huge Basketball Doubleheader
In the biggest district basketball doubleheader in Manchester in at least 10 years, the Raiders and Lady Raiders welcomed Lawrence County to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym on Tuesday night. All 4 teams entered the night in the Top 3 in the district standings. When the dust settled, Coffee County earned a split with Lawrence County as the girls lost 67 to 40 while the boys won 75 to 48. In the girls’ game, it was a disastrous 2nd quarter that saw the visiting Lady Cats outscore Coffee County 16 to 6 to steal the momentum and earn...
CCMS Red Raiders Season Ends in CTC Tournament Quarterfinals
The Red Raider basketball team of Coffee County Middle School put their 5 game winning streak on the line Tuesday night when they opened play in the Central Tennessee Conference postseason tournament. Coffee County, who had won 6 of their last 7 games opened tournament play against North Franklin. Despite a strong 2nd quarter rally, the Red Raiders saw their season come to an end in a 44 to 29 loss to the Gators. After trailing by 8 points after the 1st quarter, Coffee County outscored North 11 to 4 in the second period to head to intermission down...
Buffalo Ends Predators Win Streak in Overtime
The Predators blew the chance to string together their longest win streak of the season Tuesday night when Buffalo rallied for a 5-4 overtime win at Bridgestone Arena. The loss snapped Nashville’s win streak at three games. The Predators had gone 4-0-1 on a road trip that ended Sunday. Defensive collapse: The Predators’ defense gave Buffalo fits through most of regulation, but suffered a meltdown late. After James Neal gave Nashville a 4-2 lead midway through the third period, the Sabres scored three goals over a span of 7:35. The Predators left Brian Gionta wide open from the left...
CCMS Lady Raiders Roll Into CTC Basketball Semifinals
The Lady Raider basketball team of Coffee County Middle School opened the defense of their CTC conference title on Monday night taking on Warren County. As has been the case for most of the year, the Coffee County defense led the way in the CTC tournament opening round win. The Lady Raiders found their scoring touch early as they dropped Warren County 46 to 26 to advance to Friday night’s semifinal round. After a back and forth first 2 minutes, Coffee County forced 6 Warren County turnovers in the first period to race out to a 17 to 4 lead...
CHS Wrestlers Finish 3rd at Border Battle Duals Meet
The Red Raider wrestling team of Coffee County Central High School hosted the annual Border Battle 4-way duals match on Friday night at the Coffee County Raider Academy. The Raider team picked up a team win over Franklin County 33 to 30 while barely falling to Shelbyville 30 to 19. Coffee County had few answers for the depth of the Tullahoma team in a 63 to 6 decision. Joseph White(132 pounds), Rein Bozich(138), Owen Teague(145) and Reid Lawrence(160) all had good nights getting wins in 2 of their 3 matches. Against Tullahoma, White(132) got the lone points for Coffee...
Sophomores Watkins, Abernethy and O’Neal lead Motlow State Lady Bucks into 2017 softball season
After compiling a winning season under first-year head coach Janice Morey last year, Motlow State’s softball program is on the rise. Sophomores Ashton Watkins, Caroline Abernethy and Riley O’Neal will be expected to lead the Lady Bucks when the 2017 campaign gets underway this weekend. Motlow will open the season Jan. 27, when it travels to Clearwater, Fla., to begin three days of competition against some of the nation’s top JUCO softball programs. The highlight is Saturday morning at 11 a.m., when the Lady Bucks will play Central Florida, which finished last season ranked second in the nation. The...
Coffee County Basketball Splits at Shelbyville on Friday Night
Hitting the road for the 2nd time this week, the Coffee County Central High basketball teams visited Shelbyville on Friday night for a district doubleheader. After a hot start, the Lady Raiders saw Shelbyville pull away in the final minute to defeat Coffee County 42 to 35. The Red Raiders broke open a close game late in the second quarter to coast to a 67 to 36 win. Turnovers and missed shots at the rim doomed the Lady Raiders bid to upset district leading Shelbyville. Coffee County turned the ball over more than 20 times in the game including...
