The Westwood Rockets football season came to a close on Thursday night at Fayetteville as the Rockets dropped a 46 to 12 decision to the Tigers. Trailing 8 to 6 at the end of the first quarter, Westwood saw Fayetteville explode for a pair of touchdowns in the 2nd quarter to race out to a 24 to 6 halftime lead. Fayetteville added three 2nd half touchdowns to put the game out of reach. The Rockets got a 1st quarter touchdown from Henry Garcia as he raced 90 yards on a sweep for Westwood’s first score. Quarterback Will Partin ran...

After rescheduling their meet from Tuesday due to facility conflicts, the CHS and CCMS Cross Country teams hosted a small meet on Wednesday afternoon on the campus of the Raider Academy. Both the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders captured the top 3 finishes in both the boys and girls races. The CCMS runners also finished high in the final home meet of the year. For the Coffee Middle runners, Jacob Rutledge had the best finish in the boys’ race as he crossed the line in 12:49 for a 2nd place finish in the 2 mile race. Ethan Welch was...

The Coffee County Middle School volleyball team celebrated 8th grade night on Wednesday with a straight set win over North Franklin. The Lady Raiders dispatched the Lady Gators by set scores of 25 to 12 and 25 to 7. The win raises the Lady Raiders record to 8 and 4 on the year as Coffee County has won 8 of their last 9 matches. The Lady Raiders will finish the conference schedule with record of 5 and 3. 8th graders Lexi Bryan, Maci Head, Maddie Husted, Amelia Parker, Sydney Shipley and Kaylee Smartt were honored after the match as...

The MTSU Softball team will be coming to Manchester on Saturday and local fans can come out to meet the team AND watch them play at Terry Floyd Field. Fans can come out and get their picture made with the players and get autographs as Coach Jeff Breeden and the Lady Blue Raiders will be available to meet the public after a 10 inning game with Motlow. At 10:45; Coach Breeden will be a guest on the Coffee Coaches Show to talk about their fall season and look ahead to the spring. The game will begin at 2 PM as the Lady...

Dansby Swanson recorded a pair of extra-base hits through the first three innings and Matt Kemp provided Mike Foltynewicz more cushion with a two-run home run that accounted for just a portion of the damage the Braves produced against Adam Morgan in Wednesday night’s 12-2 win at Turner Field. After Swanson tripled during a two-run second inning and doubled during a three-run third inning, Kemp highlighted a four-run fourth with his 34th home run of the season. The abundance of support was more than enough for Foltynewicz, who allowed one run and two hits over five innings. That lone...

Celebrating Senior Night in the most appropriate manner, the CHS volleyball swept Franklin County on Tuesday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The Lady Raiders used 35 kills and 21 aces to drop the Rebelettes 25-9, 25-17 and 25-20. The win improves Coffee County’s record to 19 and 13 overall and 8 and 3 in district play. Senior Aerial Williams had another splendid performance as she had 7 kills to move into 2nd place all time in Lady Raider volleyball history for a career. The senior now has 325 kills. Williams also added a block to improve...

The Westwood soccer team opened play in the Central Tennessee Soccer Conference tournament on Tuesday night with a 3 to 0 win over Fayetteville at Dyer-Bouldin Field. With the win the Lady Rockets advance to Friday’s tournament semifinals. Faith Willoughby opened the scoring for Westwood in the 27th minute with a goal to allow the Lady Rockets to go into the half ahead 1 to nothing. In the 2nd half, Diana Ramirez scored in the 44th minute to give Westwood some breathing room before Willoughby notched her second goal in the 54th minute to close out the scoring. Westwood...

The Coffee County Middle School football team ended their season on a high note with a 30 to 26 win over White County on Tuesday night at Carden-Jarrell Field. The win also secured a win on 8th grade night as the Red Raiders closed out the season winning 2 of their last 3 games. Marshall Haney had 2 rushing touchdowns, 1 passing touchdown and three 2 point conversions to lead the Red Raiders. After a scoreless 1st quarter, Haney scored from 10 yards out and added the PAT to give the Raiders an early 8 to 0 lead. After...