Needing  a win to extend their season, Coach Jon Spears of the Coffee County Red Raiders gave the pitching nod to the staff ace Trace Friedlein in Lincoln County on Wednesday night.  Friedlein pitched a complete game 2 hitter to lead the Red Raiders to a 3 to 2 win and extend the season into the district tournament.  The win for Coffee County was their first in nearly 3 weeks as the Raiders dropped the Falcons in the District 8AAA play-in game.  The Raiders started hot and finished strong as Coffee County scored 2 runs in the first inning...

Ending the regular season in McMinnville, the CHS soccer team capped off a great 2 week stretch with a 3 to 1 victory over the Pioneers. Coffee County got on the board in the 2nd minute as Samuel Brown scored, with an assist from Ernesto Gomez, for the Raiders. A strong back line and diving save by Raider keeper Lafredo Ramirez made that score hold up until halftime. In the second half, the Raiders got 2 goals in a 5 minute span to seal the win. In the 58th minute, a long punt from Ramirez cleared the Warren County defense allowing...

Wednesday night at Whitwell High School in Marion County the Lady Raiders softball team improved their record to 25-4-1 with a 5-0 win over the Lady Tigers. Brianna Jones threw her 4th no-hitter of the year and her 2nd of the season against Whitwell. She struck out 9 batters on the night. Jones helped her own cause with a hit and an RBI. Coffee County led 1-0 going into the top of the 7th inning and that’s when the bats got hot as 4 runs scored. The Lady Raiders had 14 hits on the night with Brittany Williams leading...

On Monday night the Coffee County Red Raider baseball team traveled to Hendersonville to take on Pope John Paul II School. The Knights jumped to an early 3-0 after the first inning and they added another run for a 4-0 advantage after 4. The Raiders battled back to cut the lead to 4-3 in the 5th. Zach Holmes knocked in 2 runs and JP Duncan added an RBI. Despite those efforts Pope John Paul II School went on to win the non-district game, 4-3. Kohl Young took the hard luck loss for Coffee County. The Raiders will travel to...

Three College Street Elementary 3rd graders finished in the top 3 spots on Sunday at the Kids Rock Nashville Race sponsored by the Middle Tennessee YMCA.  Greenlee Woods finished in first place in her age group at 6:22.  Jorga Waggoner was 2nd at 6:54 and Madison Pruitt crossed the line 3rd at 7:32.  The race featured a one mile course covering the immediate area around LP Field and in the adjoining neighborhood.  The event is part of a nationwide program open to kids in grades Kindergarten thru 7th grade and is held in conjunction with the Rock ‘n’ Roll...

A strong singles performance lifted the Lady Raider tennis team to a 4 to 2 win over Lincoln County on Monday in the district team tennis semifinals.  Savannah Hodge, playing in the 4th spot, trailed 4 to 1 early in her match against her Lady Falcon opponent, only to roar back to capture a 9 to 7 win and give Coffee County a 3 to 2 lead heading to doubles play.  From there, the #1 doubles team of Karlee Reed and Maddie Taylor blitzed the #1 Lincoln County team 8 to 2 to advance the Lady Raiders to the...

Fielding a team of 6th graders for a JV baseball team has great advantages, but comes with growing pains. Those growing pains resulted in 4 unearned runs as the CCMS JV Baseball team saw their season come to an end on Saturday in an extra inning loss to North Franklin in the CTC JV Tournament. The young Raiders played well and will be looked to contribute immensely as the varsity team graduates 14 players to the high school. On Saturday, the Raiders were led by Griffin Meeker who had a hit with 2 RBI. Braxton White, Brayden Brown, Noah...

Despite a spring of weather challenges, both Coffee County CHS and Coffee County Middle School track teams were able to host meets on Thursday and Friday of last week respectively. On Thursday, the CHS thinclads hosted Shelbyville as both the boys and girls claimed team victories. Results for Coffee County by event are as follows: Girls Results Disc – Cameron Davis 1st / Svetlanna Ingram 2nd /Susan Martin 3rd /Keishel Norton 4th Shot Put – Cameron Davis 1st / Svetlanna Ingram 2nd /Keishel Norton 3rd Long jump – Taylor Deberry 2nd /Lily Harris 3rd High Jump – Sarah Pearson...