In a rematch from last season’s thrilling Region 4AAA semifinals, the Coffee County soccer team traveled to Murfreesboro on Tuesday for match with Oakland. The Patriots scored on a penalty kick in the 8th minute to take a 1 to 0 lead as they shut out the Red Raiders 3 nil at Ray Hughes Stadium. The penalty kick was awarded to the Patriots when a Coffee County defender slipped inside the 18 yard box and had the ball bounce off his hand. Oakland converted the PK opportunity and added a 2nd goal in the 19th minute to take a...

The Coffee County Lady Raider tennis team lost in the first round of the District 8AAA team tennis tournament on Tuesday as Lincoln County dropped the Lady Raiders 4 to 3 in Fayetteville. The Lady Raiders got wins in singles from Ali Shelton(8 to 3) and Kayla Wright(8-3) plus a victory from the doubles team of Anna Harrell/Kayla Wright(8-6) for their 3 match wins. Coach Mike Ray expressed his admiration for his team after the match. “I’m very proud of our girls effort today; they played every point, every game with all their heart. They just fell a little...

David Price matched a career-high 14 strikeouts and tossed eight strong innings with the benefit of the early lead Travis Shaw provided when he highlighted a five-RBI game with a three-run, first-inning homer in Tuesday night’s 11-4 win over the Braves at Turner Field. Price struck out each of the final five batters he faced and recorded eight of his final nine outs via strikeout. The former American League Cy Young Award winner surrendered three consecutive singles and issued a walk with two outs in the first inning before escaping a bases-loaded threat by striking out Drew Stubbs. Matt...

Chad Pinder’s double scored Joey Wendle in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Nashville Sounds a 7-6 win in walk-off fashion over the New Orleans Zephyrs in front of 4,695 fans at First Tennessee Park Tuesday night. It was a back-and-forth game that featured five lead changes between the two teams. With the game tied 6-6 to start the bottom of the ninth, Wendle hit a popup on the infield that fell untouched. Pinder got a 1-0 pitch from Greg Nappo and rifled it down the left field line. Wendle, celebrating his 26th birthday, scored just...

Kaylee Skipper held the Columbia Lady Lions to 2 hits on Monday night as the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team got an 11 to 0 win in the district match-up in Columbia. The Lady Raiders built a 6 to 0 lead heading to the fifth before a 5 run outburst ended the game early due to the mercy rule. Coffee County banged out 12 hits on the night led by Haley Hinshaw who was 3 for 3 with a walk, 2 doubles and 3 runs scored. Raven Rogers also had a pair of doubles in 3 at bats with a...

The Coffee County Middle School track team closed out the regular season when they hosted a tri-meet with North Franklin and South Franklin on Monday at Carden-Jarrell Field. With the conclusion of the CCMS soccer, softball and baseball seasons last week, the track team had its full complement of team members on hand as they spilt the meet with the visitors from Franklin County. The girls had strong showings in the field events as they won the meet 54 to 47 over South. North came in 3rd at 23. Despite a personal best in the discus from Brandon Jernigan, The...

Maci Lawrence shot the low round of 60 on Monday as the Westwood Middle School Lady Rockets edged Coffee County Middle School at WIllowbrook in a 4 team match. North Franklin finished in 3 place and South Franklin was 4th. Olivia Lewis had the second lowest round of the day as she shot a 67 for Coffee County. Also for Westwood, Elizabeth Brown carded a 70 and Brayden Gray finished with a 78. For Coffee County, Olivia Howell came in at 75.   For the boys, the Westwood Rockets got a 6 stroke advantage over Coffee County to finish...

The Coffee County Middle School tennis teams made their final road trip of the season on Monday as they traveled to McMinnville to take on Warren County and came away with a split. In singles action, Anna Amado(by a score of 5-1) and Alexis Clark(5-4) got match wins while the doubles team of Macy Brown/Mary Anne Walker(5-1) won in doubles as the Lady Raiders fell by a final score of 4 to 3. In bonus matches, the Lady Raiders got 3 victories as the teams of Caitlin Callahan/Lindsey Cauble(5-4), Lexie Bryan/Arianna Hanson(5-0) and Sydney Bell/Mary Anne Walker(5-2) all got wins....