Wildlife Officer, Tim Hancock, with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will be conducting a Hunter Education Field Day event on Saturday March 21st at P & T Shooting Range located at 226 Archery Lane in Manchester. This event will meet from 12-3 p.m. and all participants must provide proof of successfully passing an on-line course. Participants must also pre-register for this field day event at tnwildlife.org. At this website, just click on “Hunter Education” and navigate to class listings, look for Coffee County listing. Again, this event coincides with all on- line Hunter Education Courses that are approved by...

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association canceled girls state basketball tournament games scheduled for Thursday because a winter storm that left hazardous road conditions. The TSSAA announced the move Thursday morning, saying officials had been monitoring the weather and road conditions since 4 a.m. Bernard Childress, executive director of the TSSAA, said in a statement there was no way they are willing to put any student-athlete’s life in jeopardy to play a basketball game. Games at Murphy Center will resume Friday allowing roads time to improve. The delay means semifinal games scheduled for Friday will start Saturday at 1:30...

The CHS Red Raider soccer team had their first scrimmage action of the year on Tuesday night due to wet field conditions. The Red Raiders will hope to get some preseason action on Saturday as they host the 2015 Red Raider Jam. 13 teams will participate in the scrimmage play day beginning at 9 AM on the soccer and football fields behind the Coffee County Raider Academy. The Red Raider varsity will take on Stone Memorial, Fayetteville, Webb and Central Magnet. The Red Raider JV will play Central Magnet JV, Stone Memorial and Smith County JV.   The complete...

The Motlow Lady Bucks came into this week’s TCCAA/Region VII Tournament as the No. 9 seed. Motlow took on 8 seed Roane St on Tuesday. Motlow finished the season at 7-20 after a 71-65 loss. Roane St moves on in the tournament with a matchup against the No. 1 seeded Walters State Lady Senators the No. 8 in the nation in the latest NJCAA poll. The Motlow Bucks are the No. 2 seed in this week’s TCCAA/Region VII Tournament and will play their first game on Thursday at 6 p.m. The tournament is being played at Southwest Tennessee Community...

The Red Raider baseball team welcomed Cumberland County and Grundy County to Powers Field on Saturday for their first scrimmages of the year. First year head coach Jon Spears got outstanding pitching performances from his staff as they swept the day’s doubleheader. In the first contest, the Raiders dropped Cumberland County 3 to 1 in a seven inning varsity contest. Kohl Young threw well coming off ACL injury threw 3 strong innings while Dylan Sandoval and Jimmy Hollandsworth both were impressive in the first live action of the spring. Trace Friedlein and Daniel Gassman, who are penciled in as...

The Motlow Bucks are ranked 17th in the latest NJCAA national poll and on Wednesday night the Bucks picked up a TCCAA 75-72 win over the Jackson St Generals in Jackson, TN. The victory improved Motlow men to 22-4 overall and 14-3 in the conference. The Bucks and Lady Bucks will wrap up the regular season on Saturday in Columbia against the Chargers of Columbia St. beginning at...

The TSSAA Board of Control held a second conference call this week to deal with the ongoing weather issues. The DI Girls’ Sectional games will be held on Monday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m. local time. The games were originally scheduled to be played on Saturday Feb. 28.  The DI Boys’ Sectional games will be held on Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:00 p.m. local time. The games were originally scheduled to be played on Monday, March 2.  All remaining regional tournament games may be scheduled at any time.  There will not be a meeting to conduct the draw for...