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Former Lady Raider Softball Player/Coach Tabbed to Lead Franklin County

Coffee County Central High School softball alumnus and former assistant softball coach Judith St. Clair has accepted the head softball coaching position at Franklin County High School effective immediately. St. Clair was introduced to the Franklin County team and parents on Monday night in Winchester. St Clair, who was a member of the 1999 and 2000 Lady Raider teams that advanced to the state tournament, has been an assistant softball coach under Terry Floyd at CHS for the last 2 seasons. She has yet to finalize her coaching staff, but she will be joined by former Grundy County and...

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CHS To Hold Golf Tryouts on Monday

The CHS golf team will hold tryouts for the 2015-16 Golf team on Monday, July 13th beginning at 9 AM at Willowbrook Golf Course. Student athletes will to bring with them their own golf equipment plus the completed & signed physical/consent forms are REQUIRED. You can download the forms at: http://images.pcmac.org/SiSFiles/Schools/TN/CoffeeCountySchools/CoffeeCountyCentralHighSchool/Uploads/Forms/tssaa_med_form.pdf For more information, contact Head Coach Mike Ray at: 931-247-4156 OR...

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Braves halt Brewers’ win streak at eight

Kelly Johnson’s two-run homer fueled the early offensive uprising the Braves used to cool off the red-hot Brewers and claim a 5-3 win Monday night at Miller Park. Milwaukee had won its past eight games. The Braves, who have won five of their past six games, tallied a pair of runs in each of the first two innings against Kyle Lohse, who was fortunate to only allow four runs while surrendering 11 hits over five innings. Lohse surrendered hits, including a pair of A.J. Pierzynski doubles, to nine of the first 14 batters he faced, but he did not...

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Sounds Strike First, Still Fall to Express

The Sounds threatened late, but were unable to complete the comeback, falling 6-4 to Round Rock at Dell Diamond on Monday night. The Sounds got off to a quick start in this one, as Craig Gentry was the perfect leadoff man, singling and stealing his team-leading 13th base to start the game. The outfielder then came around to score on Ryan Roberts’ 20th double of the season. With the run, Nashville is now outscoring their opponents 41-21 in the opening frame of games this season. Trailing 2-1 in the fifth, Round Rock went to work on Sounds starter Brad...

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Coffee County Fastpitch League Schedule Update

The Coffee County Fastpitch League will close out its regular season on Wednesday and Thursday with 8 makeup games. The league will play a triple-header on Wednesday night at Fred Deadman Park. On Thursday night, the league will play a doubleheader at Fred Deadman Park and a triple-header at Terry Floyd Field at CHS. The league will hold its closing ceremonies on Monday, July 13th at 7:00 PM at CHS. New Coffee County Central High softball coach Steve Wilder will be on hand to help retired CHS coach Terry Floyd hand out awards and meet the next generation of...

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CHS Basketball Camp to be Held on July 13th thru 16th

The Coffee County CHS basketball team will hold a skills camp for children in grades 3 thru 8 on July 13th thru 16th at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. Cost for the 4 day camp is $50 and camp sessions will go from 9:00 AM to noon each day. Campers will grouped by age and skill level and will receive daily instruction from the Red Raider basketball team and coaches. There will be games and contests and each camper will receive a free camp T-Shirt. If you have questions, you can contact head coach Micah Williams at: williamsm@k12coffee.net...

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Nashville Edged by Round Rock 4 to 2

The Sounds got on the board first on Sunday night, but Round Rock answered and edged Nashville 4-2 at The Dell Diamond. Cody Martin made his Sounds debut tonight under the lights against Round Rock. The right-hander was acquired earlier in the week by Oakland and allowed two runs over 4 1/3 innings. The hurler fanned five and walked three during his first start in the Pacific Coast League, but took the loss. After an abundance of offense on Saturday night, both teams produced just seven hits apiece. The Sounds took the lead in the second inning when Dayan...

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Miller, Braves fall late to Phillies

After Cole Hamels and Shelby Miller produced a pitching matchup that lived up to expectations on Sunday afternoon at Turner Field, Ryan Howard helped the Phillies claim a 4-0, 10-inning win over the Braves courtesy of the sacrifice fly he produced against Dana Eveland. Before Nick Masset loaded the bases with none out in the 10th inning, this was a pitchers’ duel being waged between two teams that had recently gone in different directions. The Phillies had lost six straight and the Braves had won their past four games. Miller escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first inning and...

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