The Westwood Lady Rocket basketball team roared out to a 19 to 0 lead after 1 quarter of play on their way to a 42 to 8 win at Fayetteville on Thursday night. Eleven different Lady Rockets tallied points as Coach Angela Houck emptied her bench. Ashley Starks was the leading scorer for Westwood as she netted 9 points and Karen Medina added 7 with each playing limited minutes in the game. The win improves the Lady Rockets Record to 5 and 1 on the year.   Trailing by 2 points entering the final period, the Rockets held Fayetteville...

The Coffee County CHS Cross Country season came to a close on Thursday afternoon in the Region 4AAA meet in Smyrna.  The Raider and Lady Raider harriers continued to show improvements in their personal best times but no one qualified for next weekend’s state meet.  The Red Raiders placed 4 runners in the top 50 of the crowded field.   James Lynn was again the high finisher for Coffee County as he finished in a time of 18:02.3 for a 22nd place finish.  Bradley Kishpaugh finished in 39th place at 19:14.7, Andy Rosson was 43rd at 19:36.2, Edgar Marceleno finished...

A series of transition baskets in the 2nd quarter lifted the CCMS Lady Raider 6th grade basketball team to a 24 to 12 win over the Lady Gators of North Franklin on Thursday night. Defensively, the Lady Raiders were able to hold North to 3 points in each quarter with their stifling pressure. Coffee County was led in scoring by Marley Perry who finished with 7 points while Kiya Ferrell added 5 for the Lady Raiders. The win improved the Lady Raiders record to 7 and 0.         At least a half a dozen missed shots...

The Coffee County Middle School varsity basketball teams advanced to the tournament finals of the Woodbury Border War preseason tournament on Thursday night with a pair of wins in the semifinals. The Lady Raiders blew open a close game in the 2nd quarter in beating North Elementary of Altamont 55 to 16. After taking a 10 to 7 lead after the first quarter, the Lady Raiders held North to 9 points the rest of the way. Julia Duncan led Coffee County in scoring with 16 points and Bella Vinson added 11. Coffee County will take on Woodland on Friday...

Coming off a heartbreaking loss on Tuesday, the Westwood Rockets 6th grade team traveled to Tullahoma to take on the 6th graders of West Middle School. The Rockets used a 17 point second quarter to drop the Bobcats 26 – 23. Westwood got a pair of 3 pointers in that 2nd quarter rally from Bodey Nugent and Keiton Sherrill to carry them to a seven point halftime lead. Nugent led Westwood scoring with 9 points and Sherrill finished with 5.   The varsity Rockets and Lady Rockets are back in action on Thursday night as they travel to Fayetteville for...

Click Here for Pete Weber’s Report   Eric Nystrom scored early, Calle Jarnkrok scored late and the Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 Wednesday night.   ”We’re checking the top line and there’s nothing better when the game ends you keep a line like that off the scoresheet,” Nystrom said. ”That’s the way we look at it. Scoring a goal is a nice bonus.”   Pekka Rinne stopped 20 of 21 shots for the win. He had lost four of his previous five games against the Sharks.  ”Once we started taking care of the puck we started playing a little...

The College Street Elementary Lady Cougar Cross Country team had a strong showing in the Knoxville Youth Cross Country State Championship on Saturday. Greenlee Woods had the best time for College Street as she finished in 13th place with a time of 6:19. Jorja Waggoner finished at 7:10.2 for a 103rd place finish. Auburn Johnson raced home in 7:45.93, Rylee Clark had a time of 8:19.08 and Katie Lawrence finished at 9:37.55. With the placement, the Lady Cougars finished in 12th place in the state. For her performance, Woods was named to the All State Team. For the Cougars,...

The Coffee County Middle School 6th grade teams swept a pair of games against Harris on Tuesday night.  In the girls’ game, The Lady Raiders raced out to a 20 to 4 halftime lead as they defeated Harris 34 to 7.  Leigha Insell led Coffee County in scoring with 8 points as 9 different Lady Raiders scored on the night.  Olivia Evans added 6 points.     In a fast and physical boys’ game, the Red Raiders battled their way to an 18 to 5 halftime lead on their way to a 30 to 13 win over the Eagles.  Joseph Duncan...