The Westwood Rockets and Lady Rockets may not have collected a victory on the court on Thursday night but they more than made up for that in terms of the Christmas spirit. Cascade visited the Joel Vinson Gym for the annual Teddy Bear toss game where more than 200 stuffed animals were donated. In years past, the stuffed toys collected have been donated to local first responders to use as “comfort toys” for local children involved in a tragic event. This year, the decision was made to donate the 214 toys donated to the East Tennessee Toys for Tots...

The Coffee County Middle School welcomed West Tullahoma to the CCMS gymnasium on Thursday night for a CTC basketball doubleheader.  The Lady Raiders avenged an early season loss beating the Lady Bobcats 40 to 30.  The Red Raiders completed the doubleheader sweep AND season sweep of West with a 33 to 20 win. Unlike the first meeting which saw the Lady Raiders struggle to score early, Coffee County jumped out to a 16 to 4 lead in the first quarter and never looked back in the win.  The Lady Raiders turned their full court press defense into points as...

“Not only is (Freed-Hardeman University) getting a great athlete, a great student and a great golfer; they are getting a great young man.”  Those were the words of Mike Ray, head golf coach at Coffee County Central High School on Tuesday as senior John Parigger signed a national letter of intent to play his college golf at the Henderson, TN university.  Parigger, the first 2 time state tournament participant for the boys’ golf program at Coffee County, becomes the 16th athlete to sign to play college golf in the last 9 years from CHS and the 21st student athlete...

The Coffee County Central High School wrestling team fared well in matches at Smyrna on Tuesday night.  Fielding wrestlers in 8 of the 14 weight classes, Coffee County was unable to get team match wins but did get strong individual performances and several individual wins. Against Antioch, Coffee County fell in the team match by a score of 54 to 21.  Joseph White(at 138 pounds) and Dustin Duke(113) scored forfeit wins.  Owen Teague(152) scored a pinfall win and Rein Bozich(145) scored a decision win to account for the Raiders points. Against Smyrna, the Raiders dropped a 60 to 18...

Ryan Johansen and Austin Watson each had a goal and an assist, leading the Nashville Predators to a 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night. Viktor Arvidsson, Mike Fisher and Kevin Fiala also scored, and Roman Josi had two assists for the Predators. Pekka Rinne stopped 37 shots, improving to 17-7-2 in his career against the Avalanche. He also finished the month 9-1-2. Johansen and Watson scored in the first 2:42 of the third period to put Nashville up 5-2. The Predators have won eight of 11. Mikko Rantanen and Rene Bourque each had a goal and...

The Red Raiders and Lady Raiders of Coffee County basketball traveled to McMinnville on Monday night for a battle with their old rivals from Warren County.   Those in attendance saw a pair of great games and when the dust had settled, the Lady Raiders got a 47 to 40 win to improve to 5 and 0.  The Red Raiders took the Pioneers to the final horn before falling 57 to 54 for their first loss of the year. The Lady Raiders hit 8 of their 10 free throws in the 4th quarter to hold off a Lady Pioneer rally...

The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams opened their post-Thanksgiving schedule as they welcomed North Franklin to the CCMS gym on Monday night.  The Lady Raiders had to rally after trailing by as many as 5 points in the first half to capture a 43 to 38 win.  The Red Raiders blew a 17 point halftime lead in a 45 to 44 defeat at the hands of the visiting Gators. After a sluggish first quarter that saw the Lady Raiders held to 6 points, Coffee County trimmed the Lady Gators 5 point lead to 2 points by the intermission. ...