A spectacular performance in the service and passing phases of the game powered the Coffee County Middle School varsity volleyball team to a 5 and 0 record and the championship of the inaugural Coffee County CHS Middle School Play Day held at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The Lady Raiders swept through pool play with 3 wins which slotted them into the semifinals of the single elimination tournament.  In the semifinals, Coffee County dismantled Rock Springs 25-16 and 25-2.  In the second set, Elizabeth Proffitt served 17 times in a row without a service error as Rock Springs...

A Warren County goal in the 29th minute spoiled a perfect play day record for the Coffee County Middle School varsity soccer team on Saturday at CCMS. The Lady Raiders got a goal on their Pioneer rivals in the 19th minute from 6th grader Anna Amado to give the Lady Raiders a lead two-thirds of the way through the contest. Warren County got a one on one breakaway on a beautiful through ball to knot the score with a minute remaining to achieve the 1 to 1 draw. The varsity got a 3 to 0 win earlier in the...

A week of practice to correct some problems from last Friday’s scrimmage at Rock Springs was the winning recipe for the Coffee County Middle School football team on Saturday. The Red Raiders defeated Grundy Co Middle and Flintville in 3 sessions of varsity scrimmage action in preparation for Tuesday’s season opener. Coach Brock Freeze was pleased with his offense’s performance and the performance of his defensive front 7. Grundy Co had some success in the passing game, but a Blanton Brown touchdown pass and 2 point conversion were the difference as the Raiders claimed an 8 to 6 win...

“Thunder and Lightning” came to Grundy County on Friday night in the form of the Red Raider football team. The Coffee County Central High School team competed in their first scrimmage action of the year as the Red Raiders defeated Grundy County and Bledsoe County in the 3 way scrimmage. Between the inside running of Mill Harner and Gavin Husted(Thunder) and the outside speed of Tyrese McGee, Malik Scott and Deaaron Rozier(Lightning) the Raiders were able to put up 2 touchdowns on Grundy County and one touchdown on Bledsoe County in claiming the 2 wins. The Coffee County defense...

After creating a fourth-inning eruption that influenced Jose Fernandez’s early exit at Turner Field on Friday night, the Braves backed Julio Teheran with a four-run seventh inning that propelled them to a 6-3 win over the Marlins. Nick Markakis’ two-run single off Mike Dunn highlighted the decisive seventh that was aided by two Adeiny Hechavarria errors and a misstep by Marlins catcher Jeff Mathis. Mathis’ inability to make contact with the plate on Daniel Castro’s game-tying fielder’s choice helped the Braves erase the three runs they surrendered when Teheran suddenly encountered trouble in the top of the seventh. “It...

A pair of Shawn Anderson touchdown runs in the first quarter was all the offense that Westwood needed on Thursday night as they stopped conference rival Moore County 14 to 0 in Lynchburg. The muggy conditions produced a swarm of gnats, corn flies and mosquitoes but it was no match for the swarming Rocket defense which held the Blue Raiders to 55 yards in the game and only 4 yards in the second half. The ground control offense of Westwood kept the ball away from Moore County for all but 2 plays in the 4th quarter and 8 plays...

Rain, lightning and a scorecard playoff were not enough to deny the Lady Raider golf team from claiming their 2nd straight Murfreesboro Invitational title on Thursday at Champions Run.   Coffee County, which is perfect in match play this season, got a 70 from Savannah Quick along with a career best 79 from Teagan Perry and an 81 from Sophie Vinson to tie Riverdale for first place.  The Lady Raiders were crowned champions after a scorecard playoff of the tournament that was delayed several hours due to lightning in the Eagleville area.  Quick tied Riverdale Reagan Kinnie for low individual score...

The Coffee County CHS volleyball team got a pair of victories on Thursday night in scrimmage action at Cumberland County.  The varsity team claimed a 3 to 1 win over the host Lady Jets while the JV team claimed a 2 set sweep.  In varsity play, the Lady Raiders dropped the first set, only to roar back and take the next 3 sets and the match.  Set scores were 15-25, 25-10, 25-18 and 25-22.  Coach Andrew Taylor was pleased with his young team’s performance and singled out Kaylee Skipper and Peyton Nicoll for their attacking and their serving.  The...