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CHS Cross Country Has Strong Showing at Warren County on Tuesday

The Red Raider Cross Country team got another strong performance from James Lynn as they finished in 4th place at the Warren County meet on Tuesday afternoon in McMinnville. Lynn, who ran a time of 19:24, finished in 5th place in the boys race to lead Coffee County to a 4th place finish. Andy Rosson finished in 12th place with a time of 20:23. The Lady Raiders finished 2nd in the ladies meet paced by Byanka Woods who finished in 6th place at 25:30. Makenzie Morgan finished in 9th place with a time of 27:14. The CCMS Raiders got...

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CHS Volleyball Loses in Straight Sets at Columbia

Facing their second tough district road match of the week, the Lady Raider volleyball team traveled to take on district leading Columbia on Tuesday.  The Lady Raiders dropped the 3 set match 22-25, 15-25 and 22-25 to see their district record fall to 2 and 2.  Diana Davis led Coffee County in kills with 10 and digs with 7.  Aerial Williams added 9 kills and Kaylee Skipper had 6.  Peyton Nicoll had 6 digs for the Lady Raiders while Makayla Morgan added 4.  Maddie Taylor led Coffee County in assists with 9 while Bailey Morgan added 5. The Lady...

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Westwood Football Falls to Cascade on Tuesday

The Westwood Rocket football team dropped a 48 to 14 decision on Tuesday night at Cascade. The game, moved up from Thursday night due to the Walking Horse Celebration, forced the young Rockets into their 2nd game in 5 days and their 3rd game in 12 days. Dylan Koon got a first half touchdown for the Rockets and Trent Thompson added a 2nd half score for Westwood. Kaiden Mullican added a 2 point conversion for the Rockets. The Rockets will host Community on Thursday, September 10th at Dyer-Bouldin Field. Kickoff is set for 6:30...

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Lady Raiders Drop Warren County on the Links on Monday, Red Raiders Finish 2nd.

After falling to the Lady Pioneers twice already this season, the Coffee County Lady Raider golf team exacted some revenge on Monday with a 10 stroke win over Warren County at Willowbrook. The Lady Raiders were led by junior Savannah Quick who shot an even par 36 over the 9 hole match. Sophie Vinson fired a 40 and Teagan Perry carded a 43 as the Lady Raiders won by a score of 76 to 86 over a Warren County team that many expect to compete for a state title. With the win, Coffee County improves to 42 and 5 on...

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Coffee County CHS Set to Host Pink Out Game on September 18th

September 18th is going to be the 5th Annual Team Up to Tackle Breast Cancer event at the home football game versus Riverdale at 7 p.m. Farm Bureau Insurance is sponsoring the event of the night by purchasing pink jerseys for the football team to wear during the game. All other participants of the night such as the cheerleaders, dance team members, and band members will also be sporting pink for the night. Fans are encouraged to participate by purchasing the t-shirt designed for the event. Anyone wishing to purchase a shirt can contact any Coffee County CHS FBLA...

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CCMS Soccer Blanks Warren County on Saturday

A first half goal was all the scoring that Coffee County Middle School soccer team would need on Saturday as they blanked Warren County in a crucial CTC Conference match in McMinnville.  The lone goal was scored on a build up between Jenna Garretson and Julia Duncan as Duncan netted a shot at the 20 minute mark.  The Lady Raider defense was spotless on the afternoon, even after losing center back Kyleigh Harner to injury just before the half.  Duncan was moved to center back in the second half as the Lady Raiders pitched a shutout to improve their...

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CHS Cross Country Finish Strong in Season Opener

The CHS Cross Country team, along with close to 70 other teams and 700 runners, opened their 2015 season at the Voyles Classic in Smyrna on Saturday. The boys team had an impressive day as they finished 39th out of 61 teams besting region foes Smyrna, Tullahoma, Franklin County and Lincoln County. James Lynn was the top runner for Coffee County as covered the 3.2 mile course in a time of 19:26.70. Other times for Coffee County were: Andy Rosson – 20:45.4, Edgar Marceleno – 20:56.68, Neil Slone – 21:37.18, Ryan Farless – 22:27.45, Rueben Chaput – 23:22.47 &...

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Coffee County Falls to Pope John Paul II on Friday Night

Mistakes cost the Red Raider football team on Friday night as Coffee County fell to Pope John Paul II by a final score of 34 to 21. The Raiders had 2 drives stopped inside the 5 yard line, 2 blocked punts and 3 turnovers on the night, but still found themselves in striking range of the visiting Knights in the 4th quarter. Speaking on the Friday Night Thunder post game show, Coach Ryan Sulkowski was upbeat about his team and their progress. “When you have correctable mistakes you can work with that. … 9 out of 10 times we...

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