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CHS Volleyball Advances to Region Tournament
The Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team punched their ticket to the Region 4AAA volleyball tournament on Thursday night before falling in the District 8AAA finals. Coffee County earned the region berth with a semifinal win over Lincoln County before dropping the finals match-up to Lawrence County. The semifinals and finals were held in Lawrence County. In the semifinals, the 3rd seeded Lady Raiders dropped 2nd seeded Lincoln County 3 sets to 1. The Lady Raiders dropped the first set at 19 before winning the next 3 sets at 18, 19 and 16 behind an aggressive service game. Coffee...
Former Lady Raider Golfer Named OVC Female Golfer of the Week
Coming as no surprise, Tennessee Tech’s Hollee Sadler was named the adidas® Ohio Valley Conference Female Golfer of the Week Wednesday morning, the first such honor for the sophomore member of the Golden Eagle women’s golf team. A native of Manchester, Tenn., Sadler earned her first career individual medalist honors while helping the Golden Eagles win the Starmount Forest Fall Classic in Greensboro, N.C. The youngster carded a career-low 74-72-73=219 to defeat Winthrop’s Ashley Sloup by a full three strokes. Her 54-hole score of 219 marked the third-lowest in program history, falling just one stroke shy of the record...
Motlow State Cheer Squad Tryouts on Oct. 14
Cheerleading is returning to Motlow State Community College. Cheer squad tryouts will be held on Friday, Oct. 14, on the Moore County campus inside Nisbett Center beginning at 1 p.m. “We are excited to bring cheerleading back to Motlow State because our athletes and our athletic programs as a whole need our support,” said Bertha Smith, cheerleading sponsor at Motlow State. “We are fortunate to have some of the most talented athletes in the world right here in our community, and they deserve to know the work they are putting into their sport matters to us.” Smith is a...
Raider Cross Country Competes at Sewanee
The cross country teams of Coffee County CHS and Coffee County Middle School closed out the regular season on Tuesday in Sewanee. In spite of missing several runners due to the school system being on fall break, the Raiders and Lady Raiders still got some good performances from the runners that remained. For the Red Raiders, Andrew Godwin led the way as he finished in 2nd place. Larson Meltzer captured a 9th place finish, Neil Slone was 21st, Eric Randolph was 34th and Joe Melton was on his heels in 35th. For the Lady Raiders, co-captains Sarah Pearson and...
1st National Bank and Thunder Radio to Broadcast Middle School Basketball
1st National Bank and Thunder Radio will once again combine forces this fall and winter to continue to highlight more and more local athletes. The highly acclaimed 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series will bring you a series of 12 Westwood Middle School and Coffee County Middle School basketball games beginning on October 18th and continuing into January. Thunder Radio’s Lucky Knott will bring his 34 years of experience to these broadcasts that you can hear exclusively here on Manchester’s only hometown radio station. Lucky, a veteran of sports broadcasting who has experience in broadcasting sports from preps to...
CHS Volleyball Sweeps Franklin County; Advances to District Tournament Semifinals
Making quick work of Franklin County, the Coffee County Central High School volleyball team advanced to Thursday’s District 8AAA semifinals with a straight set win over the Rebelettes. Coffee County won by set scores of 25-9, 25-13 and 25-16 to set up a matchup with Lincoln County on Thursday night in Lawrenceburg. The Lady Raiders used a strong net game as they stunned Franklin County with 47 kills on the match. Coffee County was led at the service line by Bailey Morgan who served up 4 aces. Kaylee Skipper had 3 aces while Aerial Williams and Rachel Henley each...
CHS Golfer Wins Big Junior Tournament on Sunday
Coffee County Central High School sophomore Ashley Gilliam used a bogey free back 9 on Sunday to win the Toyota Music City Junior, a 36-hole stroke-play event conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at Richland Country Club. Gilliam rose from an 8th place tie after Saturday’s round to the top of the leader board on Sunday after carding a 3-under-par 69 in the final round. Gilliam, a Mississippi State verbal commit, went bogey-free in her back nine finishing with a tournament total of 3-over-par 147. Gilliam drained 5 birdies in Sunday’s final round to end up on top...
CCMS Volleyball Closes Out Season in Warren County Tournament
The Coffee County Middle School volleyball team ended their season on Saturday with a 4th place finish in the Lady Pioneer Invitational in McMinnville. The Lady Raiders finished the day with a 3 and 3 record as they won 2 pool games and the first game of the single elimination tournament. In pool play, Coffee County got wins over Warren County and Algood while losing to White County and Prescott. The Lady Raiders opened tournament play with a win over Upperman before losing to Prescott again to be eliminated. The Lady Raiders finished the regular season with a record...
