A superb effort by Brianna Jones spurred the Coffee County Lady Raiders to a 1-0 win over Lincoln County on Tuesday in the District 8-AAA softball tournament. Jones’ 16 strikeouts helped Coffee County to the victory. Jones gave up just four hits in the shutout. She also led the Lady Raiders offensive threat, as she got on base three times in the game. She also drove in the only run of the game when she doubled in Brittany Williams in the third inning. Next up for the 27-5-1 Lady Raiders is match up against Shelbyville who lost to Tullahoma...

After dropping their opening game in the TCCAA/Region VII softball tournament in Chattanooga, the Motlow Lady Bucks made a run through the elimination bracket to the semifinals before falling 8-2 to Volunteer State Saturday to end the 2015 season. Motlow (27-19-2) completed its first winning campaign since 2011, despite losing multiple players to injury and finishing the tournament with only 10 players available. During tournament action Motlow upset nationally-ranked Columbia...

In a middle school softball doubleheader that took a week to complete, the Lady Rockets of Westwood got a split with Fayetteville City on Monday afternoon.  Last Monday’s game at Westwood was halted due to darkness with the score tied at 20.  The 2 teams agreed to resume the contest on Monday in Fayetteville prior to the regularly schedule game between the 2 teams.  Sarah West reached base when she was hit by a pitch to lead off the 8th inning.  After stealing second and moving to 3rd base on a passed ball, West was driven home by Alex...

An excellent effort by the Coffee County Lady Raiders propelled them to a 9-1 win over Columbia Central on Monday in the District 8-AAA softball tournament. Brianna Jones was dominant in a 13-strikeout performance. Jones allowed no earned runs and two hits. Haley Hinshaw boosted her batting average thanks to a perfect 3-3 day at the plate to pace the Lady Raiders. She also scored 3 times. Shelby Scrivnor knocked in 3 runs plus Taylor Barnes had 2 hits with an RBI and a run scored. Hinshaw was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game....

Four goals in the first 14 minutes propelled the Red Raider soccer team to a 6 to 0 win over Lawrence County on Monday night in the first round of the Region 4AAA soccer tournament.  Breyer Taylor scored a pair of goals at the 9th and 10th minute marks to stake the Raiders to an early lead.  Paco Barrera nailed a feed from Breyer Taylor in the 10th minute before Ernesto Gomez made it 4 to 0 at the 14 minute mark.  Coffee County controlled the time of possession as Lawrence County never mounted an offensive threat in the...

The Coffee County Middle School Red Raider golf team got a 41 from Austin Farris and a 46 from Josh Perry to squeak past Harris Middle on Monday afternoon, 196 to 197.   Liberty finished 3rd while Westwood came in 4th.  Matthew Hale got around in 47 for Coffee County while Jake Melton carded a 62.  For the Rockets, Christopher Robinson and Nick Johnson each shot a 62.  Reagan Chambers was the lone female golfer for Coffee County and she finished with a 76.  Westwood and Coffee Middle will be back in action on Monday as they play host to...

The Coffee County Lady Raiders failed to provide enough offense to beat Tullahoma on Saturday in the District 8-AAA softball tournament. The Lady Raiders finished with only 3 hits on the day as the fell to the Lady Cats and Pitcher Amber Clark, 2-0. The loss was the first this season for Coffee County Senior Brianna Jones as she is now 19-1. Coffee County at 25-5-1 on the year will play Columbia Monday at 5pm in a loser’s bracket game. You can hear the game live on Thunder...