Brianna Jones threw her 5th no-hitter of the year on Thursday night in the District 8-AAA softball championship game, but it wasn’t enough to carry the Coffee County to a win as they fell to Tullahoma 2-1 in Tullahoma. The Lady Cats scored both runs on 3 Lady Raider errors. Jones threw a no-hitter, striking out 13 batters and walking none. Tullahoma’s Mo Edde got the win. She allowed one run over seven innings. She struck out six, walked one and surrendered four hits. The Lady Raiders scored their only run in the third inning when Shelby Giles scored...

In middle school track action the Coffee County Middle School track teams played host to Warren County on Thursday at Carden-Jarrell Field. The Raiders and Lady Raiders each defeated Warren Co. The Lady Raiders won 69 to 27, while the Raiders won 60 to 36. Detailed results were: Girls Discus: Faith Floyd-1st, Lindsey Perry-2nd Shot Put: Carlie Barnes-1st, Haley Richardson-2nd High Jump: Julia Duncan-1st Long Jump: Marissa Douglas-1st, Gracie Pippenger-2nd 4x100m Relay: 1st-Gracie Pippenger, Laura Bogard, Mady Gravitt, Marissa Douglas 1600m: Karie Wooten-1st, Trava Brown-2nd, Shelby Watkins-3rd 100m: Mady Gravitt-3rd 4x200m Relay: 1st-Abby Morgan, Ryan Green, Kayla Johnson, Marissa...

Facing a Siegel Stars team that has won 10 straight Region Titles coming into Thursday’s Region Tournament, the Lady Raider tennis team faced a monumental task.  In the hottest temperatures they had faced this season, the Lady Raiders could not overcome a solid and talented Siegel team as they fell 4 to 1.  Maddie Taylor was the lone Lady Raider to win her matchup as the two teams competed in set play.  All five singles matches were decided in straight sets as Taylor swept both sets winning 6 to 1 and 6 to 3.  Senior Karlee Reed fell 2-6 and...

If Coffee County wanted a chance to win a softball district championship, it had to first defeat Shelbyville before taking on Tullahoma. Brianna Jones threw a shutout and allowed only 2 hits to help the Lady Raiders to a 1-0 victory over the Eaglettes Wednesday night in Columbia. In the third inning Coffee County pushed across their only run of the day on an RBI single by Haley Hinshaw to score Shelby Giles. The Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game was Giles. In game one of a possible two for the District 8-AAA championship Coffee County took...

The Westwood Rockets tennis teams dropped their final scheduled tennis match of the year on Wednesday night in Fayetteville.  The Rockets could not get a match win against Riverside Christian as the boys fell 8 to 0 while the girls fell 9 to 0.  2015 was the inaugural season for Westwood tennis and Coach Justin Winton was proud of the progress his team made throughout the season.  Winton said that he saw improvement in all the players of which few had any tennis experience at all.  Coach Winton is holding out hope that a previously cancelled matches with Shelbyville...

Four 1st half goals staked the Coffee County CHS soccer team to a 4 to 1 halftime lead and a furious 2nd half Shelbyville rally fell short as the Red Raiders defeated the Eagles by a final score of 5 to 3 on Wednesday night. Coffee County got off to a fast start getting 4 shots on goal in the first 3 minutes before Paco Barrera redirected a deflected free kick past the keeper at the 7 minute mark to get Coffee County on the board first. His brother Abelene Barrera tallied a goal a minute later and Breyer...

After Day #2 of the TSSAA Sub-Sectional Track meet at Riverdale, 3 Lady Raider thinclads have qualified to move on to next week’s Sectional track meet at Rhea County. Both the Raider and Lady Raider teams completed the field events on Monday, while the Lady Raiders finished the running events on Tuesday. The Raider runners return to Riverdale on Thursday. For the Lady Raiders, Cameron Davis, Taylor DeBerry and Sarah Pearson each qualified in an event for Tuesday’s Sectional Meet. Davis finished 2nd in the discus with a throw of 90 feet and 5 inches. DeBerry came in 2nd...

The CCMS track teams traveled to Warren County for their first dual meet of the season on Tuesday. Both Raider teams topped the Pioneers. Final scores were 65.6 to 30.3 for the girls and 63 to 33 for the boys. Detailed results are: Girls Discus: Lindsey Perry-1st, Faith Floyd-2nd Shot Put: Carlie Barnes-1st, Haley Richardson-3rd High Jump: Marissa Douglas and Gracie Pippenger were part of a 3-way tie for 2nd Long Jump: Gracie Pippenger-1st, Marissa Douglas-2nd 4x100m Relay: 1st-Gracie Pippenger, Laura Bogard, Mady Gravitt, Marissa Douglas 1600m: Kaytee Christian-1st, Karie Wooten-2nd, Trava Brown-3rd 100m: Mady Gravitt-3rd 4x200m Relay: 1st-Abby Morgan, Ryan...