After receiving inquiries from several middle school parents, the Coffee County Middle School has agreed to add Cross Country to their sports offerings this fall. Students at CCMS who wish to participate in Cross Country will be coached by CHS Cross Country coaches Robert Harper and Nathan Wanuch. The team will train alongside the high school team but compete against other middle school teams at the same meets attended by the high school. CCMS athletic director Kyle Harris was pleased to add the sport which will directly benefit the CCMS Track team in the spring along with the high...

The Coffee County CHS Volleyball team will extend signups thru Saturday for the Youth Volleyball League. Girls in grades 4th thru 6h can sign up this Saturday from 9 AM to Noon at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The league will play its games on Saturdays this fall and will be coached by the CHS volleyball coaches and players. For more information, contact Coach Andrew Taylor via email at: taylora@k12coffee.net ————————————————————- There will be a softball skills camp for outfielders held this Sunday at Terry Floyd Field at Coffee County Central High School. The camp, which will run...

Three touchdowns in the first 7 offensive plays, and a punt return for a touchdown on their next possession gave the Coffee County Middle School Raider football team a 30 to 0 lead after 1 quarter as they opened their season on Tuesday night with a 38 to 8 win over Whitwell. In a game broadcast on Thunder Radio, the Raiders rolled up 113 yards of offense in the first half. The Red and Black defense forced a turnover and held Whitwell to 4 yards of offense in the first half in the convincing win. Hayden Skipper scored the...

Five 1st half goals by the Westwood Lady Rocket soccer team powered the ladies in blue to a season opening win at Liberty on Tuesday night.   The Lady Rockets got goals from 6 different players as Westwood got the 10 to 0 win over their conference rivals from Shelbyville.  Beatris Barrera, Faith Willoughby, Jimelda PenaLoza, Clarrisa Barrera, Reyna Flores and Nayeli Ramirez all found the back of the net for Westwood.   Westwood will play their first home match of the season on Thursday, August 20th as they welcome Cascade to Dyer-Boulding Field for a conference match.  Kick...

Maintaining their momentum from this past weekend, the Coffee County Middle School volleyball team opened the regular season with a straight sets win over Fayetteville on Tuesday night.  The JV Lady Raiders also won their matchup as each team starts the season with perfect marks.  The Lady Raiders will be back on the road on Thursday as they travel to Shelbyville to take on Harris.  First serve in that match is scheduled for 6:00 PM.  They follow that up with a trip to Fayetteville on Friday and Saturday for the Lincoln County...

An effective passing performance lifted the Coffee County Central High School Lady Raider soccer team to a 3 to 0 win over Ooltewah on Tuesday night in scrimmage action. The varsity Lady Raiders used their final scrimmage of the preseason to polish up their offense in the convincing win. Effective play on the back line kept the talented Lady Owls off the scoreboard for the night. The Lady Raiders are set to open the regular season on Monday at Riverdale in a 7:00 PM contest. The JV Lady Raiders will complete their preseason scrimmage action this weekend as they...

The Raider and Lady Raider golfers hit the road on Monday to take part in the Early Bird Tournament in Cookeville. The Lady Raiders shot an impressive 150 as a team only to finish three strokes behind tournament winner Walker Valley. Sophie Vinson and Savannah Quick each fired a 75 to lead Coffee County to a 2nd place finish in the field of 9. The finish is the first tournament loss for the Lady Raiders this season. The Red Raiders played their best round of the season with shooting a 296 to claim a 3rd place finish out of...

Nashville Sounds utilityman Ryan Roberts has been named the Pacific Coast League’s Player of the Week for the August 3-9 period. The 34-year-old batted .360 (9-for-25) with four home runs, eight RBIs, and a league-best 24 total bases and .960 slugging percentage in six games during the past week to earn the honor. Roberts’ best effort of the week came on August 4 at Omaha, when he went 3-for-5 with four RBIs and two home runs, including a go-ahead roundtripper in the top of the 12th inning to lead Nashville to an 8-6 victory. The veteran has been swinging...