The first meet of 2017 for the Coffee County Central High School wrestling team turned out to be their best dual meet of the season so far. Hosting LaVergne and Warren County on Tuesday night, the Raider team got strong performances from the middle of their order to capture a split in the 3 way dual meet. Coffee County dropped Warren County 27 to 24 while losing to LaVergne 42 to 33. Against Warren County, the Raiders got a pinfall win from Rein Bozich(at 138 pounds) and a major decision win by Reid Lawrence(170). Noah O’Shields(126), Owen Teague(145) and...

Motlow State Community College will open its 27th season of softball competition on Friday, Jan. 27, when it travels to Clearwater, Fla., where it will spend three days playing six games against some of the nation’s top junior/community college programs. The Lady Bucks will play two games Friday, three Saturday and one Sunday. Motlow State Lady Bucks softball Head Coach Janice Morey will begin her second season leading the program when her team opens the 2017 season. Morey led the Lady Bucks to a 28-24 record her first season, including a three-day run in the conference postseason tournament. Motlow’s...

The Tennessee Turfgrass Association (TTA) has named First Tennessee Park and Nashville Sounds Head Groundskeeper Thomas Trotter as the recipient of the 2016 TTA Professional Sports Field of the Year Award. Trotter accepted the award at the 51st Annual Tennessee Turfgrass Conference and Tradeshow Tuesday night in Murfreesboro. Trotter recognized Sounds Assistant Groundskeeper Shay Adams and seasonal employees during the ceremony. First Tennessee Park was chosen as the winner among all professional sports fields in the state of Tennessee with a natural grass playing surface which was nominated by industry peers. “Thomas Trotter and his crew are deserving of...

Hitting the road for the first time in 2017, the Coffee County Central High School basketball teams visited Winchester on Tuesday night to take on Franklin County. In a gym that has been incredibly tough to get a victory, both Raider teams broke losing streaks to Franklin County to get the crucial district road sweep. The Lady Raiders won 59 to 47 while the Red Raiders got a dramatic 46 to 43 win on a Garrett Booth buzzer beater. An impressive 15 to 3 run in the final 4 minutes of the game lifted the Lady Raiders to the...

After a layoff of 26 days due to weather and the holiday break, the Coffee County Middle School basketball teams returned to the hardwood on Tuesday. The Raiders and Lady Raiders welcomed Warren County to CCMS gym in a rematch of their November 14th doubleheader. Neither team showed signs of rust as each team pulled out to 1st quarter leads. The Lady Raiders closed the game strong in a 45 to 26 win while the Red Raiders came up short in the upset bid falling 39 to 38 to the unbeaten Pioneers. Defensively, the Lady Raiders shut down Warren...

Calle Jarnkrok scored a short-handed goal with 1.5 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night. With time ticking down in the extra frame, Roman Josi blocked a shot from Troy Stecher just outside the crease of Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne. Josi immediately took possession of the puck and went up ice on a 2-on-1 with Jarnkrok. In the low slot, Josi slid a pass to his right, where Jarnkrok was there to one-time the puck past Vancouver goalie Ryan Miller. Austin Watson had the other Nashville...

As many of you local sports fans know, former Coffee County Central High School softball coach Terry Floyd has battled serious health issues for the last several years. Currently, Coach Floyd is experiencing liver failure and is anxiously awaiting a liver transplant. His condition has forced him to stop working due to poor health and hospital visits. His current treatments take place in Birmingham at the University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital and involve considerable expense in time and travel. With these considerations, a special account has been set up at Coffee County Bank to help support Terry and his family...

When you think of the Nashville Predators throughout their 19 year history in Nashville, a lot of things probably come to mind. Maybe it is the sight of Barry Trotz behind the bench, the memory of the train whistles as Jordan Tootoo came on the ice, the distinctive sounds of “Fang Fingers” or Tim McGraw belting out “I like it, I love it, I want some more of it.” The names throughout the history of this franchise include Mike Dunham, Tom Fitzgerald, Tomas Vokoun, Kimmo Timonen, Scott Hartnell, David Legwand, Shea Weber, Paul Kariya or Pekka Rinne. One name...