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Local Swimmers Break Records
The Coffee County High School swim team had a great outing this past Friday at the Middle Tennessee Regional Swim Meet. Daniel Larsen set new school and personal best times in the 100 yard backstroke finishing 11th overall; the highest finish of any CHS swimmer in the school history and in the 100 yard butterfly finishing 17th overall. Kayce Scott, Lili Harris, Emily Warner, Emma Allen and Hayley Franklin finished with personal best in their events as well as setting new school records in the 200 and 400 yard relay. Daniel Larsen moves on to compete in the High...
CCMS Lady Raiders Win CTC Conference Tournament Championship
In a game where neither team had a lead bigger than 4 points, the Coffee County Middle School Lady Raiders forced a South Franklin Lady Trojan turnover as time expired to claim a 25 to 24 win on Saturday night in the Central Tennessee Conference tournament finals. The two teams, who split their 2 regular season meetings, traded the lead back and forth for 3 quarters before the Lady Raiders took a 23 to 19 lead with 3:55 left in the game. After an Abby Morgan free throw with 43 seconds to go, the Lady Raiders forced 2 Lady Trajan turnovers in the...
Motlow Basketball Weekend Results
On Friday night the Motlow Lady Bucks fell to Cleveland St. 53-35. Lauren Brown, Sabrina Jackson and Chelsea Holman led Motlow in scoring w/ 8 pts each. The Bucks defeated Cleveland St. 87-79. Dequon Miller led Motlow in scoring with 26 pts. Jaylen Barford added 25. Also in double digit scoring, Clint Nwosuh and D’Andre Downey finished with 12 pts. A piece. Greg Mason finished with 10 in tonight’s win. On Saturday the Lady Bucks had an offensive explosion, scoring 56 points in the 2nd half on their way to a 90-74 upset win over Chattanooga St. Former Coffee...
CCMS Red Raiders Fall in Tournament Semifinals
The Coffee County Middle School Red Raiders gave the top seeded Warriors of White County a 4 quarter fight before falling 44 to 26 in the CTC Tournament semifinals on Fright night at Coffee County Middle School. Tied after 1 quarter at 7 and trailing 6 at the half had Coffee County in position to stun the regular season champions. The 4th quarter saw the Warriors depth blow open a tight game over the exhausted Red Raiders. Weston Hargrove led Coffee County in scoring with 13 points while Andrew Mahaffey added 9 points. Following the tournament, Hargrove and Mahaffey...
CHS Drops Pair to Shelbyville on Friday Night
Playing inspired basketball for Friday night was not enough for the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders to score a pair of upsets over Shelbyville on Friday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The Lady Raiders, who led for most of the 1st quarter, trailed the Eaglettes by 4 points a minute into the 3rd quarter before falling by a final score of 56 to 36. Sara Brown hit 6 4th quarter freethrows to lead Coffee County in scoring with 12 points to earn the Gateway Tire and Service Center Player of the Game honors. Tyger Fenton and Cameron Davis...
Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the Week 30 January 2015
The Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the week for 30 January 2015 is Ava Weidenbacher. Ava is in fifth grade at Hillsboro Elementary School in Coffee County. She is the daughter of proud parents Amanda and Pat. She was nominated for this award because she is and exemplary student and is always helpful to her fellow classmates and her teachers. Ava’s favorite subject is language arts because she uses those skills every day, it’s fun and she like to learn new things. She plans to be a doctor when she gets older because she enjoys helping people. Ava was presented with a plaque (courtesy of K&S Trophies of Tullahoma) and a set of tickets to an up-coming Nashville Predators game. Congratulations to Ava Weidenbacher, the Aaron’s...
Coffee County Middle Lady Raiders Advance to Conference Finals
Cold free throw shooting by the Lady Raiders of Coffee Middle in the 4th quarter on Thursday night forced Thursday night’s CTC semifinal game to overtime, before Coffee County put away Warren County by a final of 41 to 38. A loud and supportive CCMS student section helped the Lady Raiders erase a 5 point 4th quarter deficit as Bella Vinson drilled a 3 pointer from the right wing with 2:29 left in the game to tie it at 29. Coffee County, who was 3 for 10 at the free throw line in the 4th quarter, could only...
Coffee County Middle School Raiders Drop North Franklin on Tuesday Night
Entering the 4th quarter of their quarterfinal CTC conference tournament game trailing by 5 points, the Red Raiders of Coffee County Middle School doubled their 3rd quarter offensive output to get a thrilling 31 to 29 comeback win over North Franklin on Tuesday night. Facing elimination, 8th graders Andrew Mahaffey and Weston Hargrove combined for eleven 4th quarter points to extend the Red Raider season to Friday’s semifinals. Mahaffey, who scored seven 4th quarter points, finished the night with 18 points. Hargrove, who finished with 8 points, had 4 points in the 4th quarter comeback. With the win, Coffee...
