The Coffee County Lady Raider track team used 4 first place finishes in the 6 field events on Tuesday at the District 8AAA Track Meet at Tullahoma to capture the district title. The Lady Raiders also swept the hurdle races in the dominate performance.  The Lady Raiders rolled up a staggering 207 points to far outdistance 2nd place Franklin County who finished with 136. Event winners for the Lady Raiders were: Carlie Barnes – Shot Put, Karson Young – Triple Jump, Diana Davis – Pole Vault, Sarah Pearson – High Jump, Sarah Pearson – 300M hurdles, Karson Young 100M hurdles, Emily St....

Five errors by the CHS baseball team allowed Columbia to escape Powers Field on Tuesday night with a 9 to 3 win over the Red Raiders. The visiting Lions touched up Red Raider starter Kohl Young for 5 unearned runs in the 4th and 5th innings to spoil an otherwise solid pitching performance. The Raiders did rally for 3 runs in the final 2 innings but could not fight their way back to a district win. Wyatt Day and Cade Giles each had 2 hits, an RBI and a run scored. Giles hit a triple and Day had a...

A seven run 5th inning capped off a disappointing night of softball in Lawrenceburg for the Lady Raiders of Coffee County Central as they fell 11 to 1 to Lawrence County. The Lady Raiders fell behind 1 to 0 in the bottom of the first but quickly tied the game in the 3rd on an RBI single from Rhianna Roberson. In the 4th inning, the Coffee County defense committed 2 errors leading to a pair of unearned runs for Lawrence County. In the 5th, Lawrence County pounded out 7 hits to plate the 7 runs needed to end the...

The Coffee County Middle School baseball team had the winning run at 3rd base in the 6th and 7th innings but was unable to push that run across as they fell 6 to 4 to Tullahoma on Tuesday night in 10 innings. The game, originally scheduled to be played in Tullahoma, was moved to CCMS on Tuesday afternoon. Tullahoma added 2 unearned runs in the 10th to drop Coffee County’s district record to 5 and 6 on the season. Garrett Davis led Coffee County in hitting as he was 3 for 5 with 2 runs scored and a triple....

A 3 run rally with 2 out in the 3rd inning gave the Tullahoma Middle School softball a 3 to 1 win over the Coffee County Middle School Lady Raiders on Tuesday night at Tullahoma. The Lady Cats strung together 4 singles to plate their 3 runs after opening the inning with a pair of groundouts. The Lady Raiders had 6 hits on the night, but a pair of base running mistakes ended 2 innings prematurely for Coffee County. Keelie Hillis had 2 singles in 2 trips to the plate and scored Coffee County’s only run in the 4th...

Lincoln County scored a goal in the last minute of the first half and made it hold up in a 1 to 0 defeat of the Coffee County Middle School soccer team. Coach Kenny Lockhart called the match the “best of the season” for the Raiders. Coffee County will return to the pitch on Thursday night when they host Tullahoma in a 5:30 PM match at...

The Coffee County Middle School tennis teams fought hard in a pair of matches in Shelbyville on Tuesday against Harris. The Lady Raiders got a pair of singles wins and a tie as they fell by a score of 4-2-1. Jayda Wright and Anna Amado captured the singles wins while Kylie Brown fought to a 6-6 tie. In boys action, Joseph Sadler and Ben Davis captured victories in singles action while the doubles team of Sadler and Luke Irwin Took a 6-0 decision in doubles as the Red Raiders fell 4 to 3. Coffee County is back on the...

The Coffee County Middle School golf teams opened their season on Tuesday when they joined Westwood to take on Liberty and Harris in Shelbyville at the Riverbend Country Club. Facing heavy graduation losses, the Raiders and Lady Raiders both came home with 3rd place finishes on the day. He Lady Rockets finished in 2nd place while the boys settled for a 4th place finish. Macie Lawrence shot a low round of 70 for Westwood as Elizabeth Brown finished at 72. For the Lady Raiders, Olivia Howell shot a 79 while Olivia Lewis cared an 80. For the Red Raiders,...