3 big plays accounted for 3 Red Raider touchdowns as Coffee County closed out the spring football season with a 3 to 0 win over Franklin County on Monday in Winchester. The Red Raider defense was spectacular as Deaaron Rozier scampered 60 yards on a fumble recovery for a touchdown and Reese Pratt returned an interception 35 yards for a score. The Raider defense held the first string Rebel offense to 80 yards on 30 plays for a 2 .67 yards per play average. Additionally, the defense forced 6 fumbles and recovered 3 while intercepting 2 passes and had...

The 10U Longshots Baseball team based out of Manchester traveled to Pigeon Forge this past weekend to the Ripken Experience to participate in the Ripken Big Bend State Tournament.   On Saturday, the Longshots went 2-0 during pool play.   On Sunday in the single elimination portion of the tournament, the Longshots went 3 and 0 to claim the title. On Sunday, the Longshots defeated the North Georgia Bulldogs 2-0 in the opening round game. In the semifinals, they dropped the Carolina Reds 8-1 for a berth in the championship game.  In the title game, the Longshots were matched up against...

The Braves rediscovered the long ball Monday night, but some early small ball and Matt Joyce’s late homer led the Pirates to an 8-5 win at PNC Park. Given a rare start with Starling Marte on the paternity list, Joyce took advantage of the opportunity. The outfielder punctuated Pittsburgh’s three-run first inning with an RBI single to right field off Braves starter Williams Perez. In the seventh inning, he tagged his fifth homer, a two-run shot, into the right-field seats to cap a three-hit day. “It felt good off the bat. I got it up in the air to...

The Nashville Sounds took full advantage of a huge error in the sixth inning on their way to a 4-1 win over the Fresno Grizzlies in front of 4,971 fans Monday night at First Tennessee Park. With two outs and the bases loaded in a 0-0 game in the bottom of the sixth, Fresno left fielder Jon Kemmer dropped a fly ball hit by Rangel Ravelo that would have ended the inning. Chad Pinder, Renato Nunez and Jake Smolinski raced around to score the first three runs of the game. For good measure, catcher Bryan Anderson rifled a double...

After losing in the first round of the District 8AAA softball tournament on Monday, the Coffee County Lady Raiders needed 4 wins to advance to the Region tournament and 5 wins to claim a district title. That long quest came up just short on Friday night as the Lady Raiders ran into a hot hitting Tullahoma squad and was eliminated 13 to 4 in the semifinals of the tournament held at Franklin County High School. After getting wins on Tuesday and Wednesday, rain forced a potential triple-header for the Lady Raiders on Friday. Needing a win over Tullahoma in...

The Coffee County Central High School track team qualified 8 athletes to compete in this week’s Sectional track meet on Thursday and Friday at the TSSAA Section 2 Sub-Sectional Meet last Thursday and Friday hosted by Riverdale. For the Lady Raiders, the familiar names continued their strong season as Diana Davis, Karson Young and Sarah Pearson all qualified in individual events.  Additionally, the 4x800M relay team of Renee Martin, Emily St.John, Makenzie Webb & Byanka Woods got a 4th place finish which will advance them to Tuesday’s sectional meet at Riverdale.   Davis won the pole vault at 10’ to...

At the conclusion of Friday night’s District 8AAA soccer championship, members of the District 8AAA All-District 1st and 2nd teams were honored and recognized.  Representing Coffee County on the First team were: Breyer Taylor, Paco Barrera and Ben Reid.  Joining those Raiders as 2nd team selections were Tyler Walker, John Parigger and Victor Ramirez.  The Red Raiders finished the regular season as the 2nd place team before being eliminated in the semifinals of the district...

Coffee County senior basketball player Wyatt Day signed a letter of intent to play college basketball next season with Martin Methodist on Friday at a ceremony at Central High School. Day, used mostly at the win g this past year, is projected to compete as a combo guard at Martin. Coach Micah Williams was effusive in his praise for Day saying: “Wyatt has had a great career here at Coffee County and his signing represents a huge accomplishment for him.” Williams went on the say that Martin was impressed with Wyatt’s scoring ability and obvious offensive talents. “Wyatt understands...