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CCMS Baseball Drops Conference Game to Warren County on Monday
The Warren County Middle School Pioneers used a 4 run outburst in the 6th inning to hand the Coffee County Middle School baseball team a 7 to 2 loss on Monday night in McMinnville. Leading 3 to 2 entering the last of the 6th, Warren County was able to string together 5 hits and a walk to hand the Raiders their first loss of the season. Coffee County managed to plate a pair of runs on only 2 hits on the night, including a run in the 1st inning when Blanton Brown drove in Hayden Skipper to give Coffee...
CCMS Softball Falls to Warren County on Monday
Nine runs in the bottom of the 1st inning by Warren County spelled doom for the Coffee County Middle School softball team on Monday night as they fell 14 to 3. The Lady Pioneers drilled 9 hits as they sent 12 batters to the plate to rock the Lady Raiders in that pivotal 1st inning. Coffee County was able to string together 6 hits on the night, but could never match the initial offensive onslaught of Warren County. Amanda Mukai was 2 for 2 for Coffee County while Sarah West had a triple, a single, and an RBI, in...
Westwood Softball Opens Season with a Loss in a Slugfest
The Westwood Lady Rocket softball team banged out 10 runs on 10 hits Monday night but it was not enough as they fell 17 to 10 to Riverside Christian in their season opener in Fayetteville. Hallie Wimberley led the Rockets as she was 3 for 3 with a walk and 4 runs scored. Haidyn Campbell was 3 for 5 from the plate with a run scored. Amber Smith was 2 for 3 with a walk and 2 runs scored and Talia Dillard was 1 for 3 with 4 RBI. The Lady Rockets will play again on Tuesday as they...
CHS Soccer Wraps up Preseason Action In Mt. Juliet on Monday
Mt. Juliet got 2 quick goals on Monday night as they dropped the CHS Soccer team 6 to 1 in Mt. Juliet. Breyer Taylor had the lone goal for Coffee County in the Raiders last scrimmage game of the spring. The Red Raiders open the regular season on Tuesday, March 15th when they play host to LaVergne at the Raider Soccer Field. That non-district match will kick off at 7...
Motlow State Bucks End Season with Narrow Loss in TCCAA/Region VII Title Game
One of the best seasons in the 47-year history of Motlow State Community College men’s basketball came to a disappointing end Friday afternoon when the Bucks fell to Southwest Tennessee 73-68 in the championship game of the TCCAA/Region VII Tournament in Gallatin. Under first-year head coach J.T. Burton, the Bucks (25-7) led 43-41 at halftime and 61-57 with nine minutes to play. However, late foul trouble and a difficult day shooting three pointers (2-15) allowed the Saluqis to escape with the victory and advance to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Tournament, which begins Mar. 14 in Hutchinson,...
Monday’s Prep Schedule
5:00 PM – CCMS Baseball at Warren Co 5:00 PM – WMS Baseball at Huntland 5:00 PM – CCMS Softball at Warren Co 5:00 PM – WMS Softball at Riverside Christian 7:00 PM – CHS Soccer at Mt....
Coffee County CHS Loses a Coaching Icon
The Coffee County coaching community was stunned on Saturday morning with the news of the passing of Coach Phil Bonham. Coach Bonham passed away early Saturday morning at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga after suffering a stroke on Thursday. Coach Bonham, who had retired from the classroom a couple years ago, was currently serving as an assistant track coach at CHS. Bonham came to Central High School in the 1980’s where he served as head girls’ basketball coach and assistant football coach. During his tenure at CHS he served as an assistant boys’ basketball coach and as head girls’ track...
CHS Baseball Pounds out 2 Scrimmage Wins on Saturday
The Coffee County Central High School Baseball team banged out 28 runs and 24 hits in a pair of scrimmage wins on Saturday at Powers Field. The Red Raiders used a big 9th inning in a 14 to 1 defeat of Grundy County in a 10 inning scrimmage to open play on Saturday morning. Nathanial Tate was 2 for 5 with 2 RBI and DeAndre Wakefield was 1 for 4 with 3 RBI. Against Cumberland County, the Raiders took advantage of a pair of errors to score 5 runs in the 4th inning to shoot down the Jets by...
