The Coffee County Central High School soccer team and soccer booster club is hosting the 2nd annual Red Raider Invitational Soccer tournament beginning Friday here in Manchester.  The tournament will feature 12 middle school boys teams this year, including Westwood Middle and Coffee County Middle.  The games begin at 5 PM on Friday and all the games will be held at the Raider Soccer Field and at Carden-Jarrell Field.  Both venues are behind the Coffee County Raider Academy and a paid admission will get you into BOTH venues.  A copy of the schedule is found below.  You can also...

Wilson Ramos’ two-out chopper led to a couple of defensive mistakes that spoiled Bud Norris’ otherwise impressive Braves debut and enabled the Nationals to complete a two-game season-opening sweep with a 3-1 win on Wednesday night at Turner Field. Matt den Dekker capped Washington’s three-run seventh with a two-run double, but he would not have had the pinch-hit opportunity had the Braves not added to the defensive mistakes that cost them on Opening Day. Shortstop Erick Aybar grabbed Ramos’ chopper and made an off-balance and off-target throw to Freddie Freeman, who then saw his relay throw to prevent Ryan...

The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club begins its 2016 season on Thursday, April 7 when they welcome the Oklahoma City Dodgers on Opening Day. Thursday’s 6:35 p.m. game is the start of a season-opening eight-game homestand at First Tennessee Park. Following the four-game series with the Dodgers, the Sounds welcome the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, for a four-game series scheduled for April 11-14. Below is a preview for each game of the homestand: Thursday, April 7 vs. Oklahoma City – 6:35 p.m. • Gates open at 5:00 p.m. • Opening Day Celebration at...

It might be a small thing, but it was a first for local prep sports on Tuesday as the 2 middle schools in Manchester met on the tennis courts for the first ever meeting between the 2 teams in tennis. Westwood, in its 2nd season as a program, played host to Coffee County Middle School, in its 1st season as a program, on Tuesday at Fred Deadman Park. In a fitting tribute, the boys’ match was decided by a pair of tiebreakers in the doubles competition. The Coffee County doubles team of Joseph Sadler and Zach Leroux got a...

Four plus three equals seven. It was just that easy on Tuesday night as Haley Hinshaw had a home run and a triple to lift the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team to a 7 and 0 district record with a 3 to 2 win at Shelbyville. Hinshaw hit a 2 run homer in the top of the first to drive home Claire Spellings, who was in as a courtesy runner for Tori Bell, to give the Raiders a 2 to 0 lead until the 4th inning. With 1 out in the 4th, Hinshaw laced a 1 out triple...

Davis Green pitched 6 strong innings as the Coffee County Red Raider baseball team completed the season sweep over district rival Franklin County with an 11 to 2 win on Tuesday night in Winchester. Davis got the win after scattering 8 hits and walking 3 while fanning 5 Rebel batters. Coffee County tallied an 8 run 4th inning highlight by 6 walks and a 3 RBI Duncan double from Gavin Husted. Jacob Langham continued his hot hitting streak as he was 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI. Alan Rob, Wyatt Day, Deandre Wakefield and Cade...

Paco Barerra had a goal and an assist and John Parigger was perfect in net as the Red Raider soccer team got a 3 to 0 win over Franklin County on Tuesday night at the Raider’s home pitch. Breyer Taylor started the scoring in the 11th minute as he redirected his own rebound, off a feed from Barrera to make the score 1 nil. Barrera got his goal in the 17th minute when he put his own rebound into the back of the net to give Coffee County the 2 goal lead at the half. In the second half,...

An opening match round of 52 by Christopher Robinson was good enough to lift the Westwood Rocket golf team to a win in their first match of the season. The Rockets and Lady Rockets traveled to Fayetteville on Tuesday for each team’s first middle school match of the season. The Rockets, behind the low round of the day by Robinson, edged Fayetteville by a score of 183 to 210. Nicholas Johnson shot a 61 for Westwood while Andrew Green carded a 70 and Gavin Prater fired a 74 for the 9 hole match. The Lady Rockets were not as...