The Coffee County Central High School wrestling team hosted Blackman and Tullahoma on Thursday night at the Coffee County Raider Academy in a big region dual meet. The Red Raiders had their hands full with a pair of the top teams in the Region visiting “The Meat Grinder.” With the odds stacked against them, the Raider grapplers fared pretty well in the underdog role.   Against Blackman, Coffee County started slow dropping their 1st four matches, 2 by forfeit and 2 by 1st round pins. At 132 pounds, Rein Bozich took his opponent to the 3rd round in a...

The Coffee County Youth Basketball League postseason tournament gets underway on Saturday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym at CHS. The quarterfinal round is set to get underway at 9 AM. The schedule is as follows: 9:00 – East Coffee vs Hillsboro – Girls 10:00 – North Coffee vs College Street – Boys 11:00 – Deerfield vs New Union – Girls 12:00 – East Coffee vs Westwood – Boys 1:00 – North Coffee vs College Street – Girls 2:00 – Deerfield vs New Union – Boys 3:00 – Westwood vs Hickerson – Girls 4:00 – Hillsboro vs Hickerson...

Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced Tuesday that the team has acquired center Ryan Johansen from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for defenseman Seth Jones. “Ryan is a big, young center that can score, set up goals, win faceoffs,” Poile said. “He’s a No. 1 center who is still growing his game and has the size and skill that we have been looking for to match up with the best in the League.” Johansen, 23 (7/31/92), played in all 82 of Columbus’ games in 2013-14 and 2014-15, first setting a career high in goals...

The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club and Nashville Sounds Foundation are excited to launch a new program set to reward four scholarships to area high school students. The program is designed to award four deserving Nashville and Middle Tennessee graduating high school seniors who plan to attend college in the fall of 2016. Each recipient will be awarded with a scholarship of $2,500 to be used for their college tuition. “We’re very proud of this scholarship program that has been fueled by the many fundraising initiatives of our community relations team dating back to Opening Day of 2015. Our fans...

The Motlow Bucks will begin the second half of their basketball season tied at the top of the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) standings with a legitimate opportunity to win the conference regular season and/or tournament title and make an appearance in the National Junior College Athletic Association tournament in J.T. Burton’s first season as head coach. The Bucks (13-3, 6-1) ended the first half of the campaign with an 80-71 win over TCCAA rival Roane St. on Dec. 5 in Harriman. Their next conference game will be Friday, Jan. 15, when Southwest Tennessee visits Copperweld Arena for...

A cold shooting spell in the 2nd quarter, coupled with an injury to Coffee County sophomore post player Alliyah Williams, combined to lift the Lincoln County Lady Falcons to a come from behind, 61 to 43 win on Tuesday night in high school basketball. Williams injured her knee 2 minutes into the game as she collided with a Lady Falcon player and missed the remainder of the contest. She will be evaluated on Wednesday to attempt to determine the severity of the injury. Following her injury, Coffee County put together a 10 – 0 run as they built a 7...

Alontae Taylor claimed yet another honor on Monday as he was named to the 2015 MaxPreps Football Sophomore All American Team. Taylor, a Vanderbilt commitment, just completed his second season as the starting quarterback for Coffee County CHS. Taylor was one of only 2 Tennessee players named to the team as he joined Camron Johnson of Brentwood Academy on the 2nd team offense. Taylor, who is listed as an athlete on the squad, rushed 206 times for 1,547 yards and 19 touchdowns this past season for Coffee County. Taylor accounted for 2,346 total offensive yards and 22 touchdowns as...