The CHS Wrestling team traveled to Murfreesboro on Monday to take on Siegel and Franklin County in a pair of dual matches at the Siegel High School gym.  Against the host Stars, the Red Raiders got off to a rocky start losing their 1st four matches by pin fall and their 5th by a decision.  Owen Teague(wrestling at 132) got a win in the 6th match followed by a David Tate(138) pin in 65 seconds to give the red and black some momentum but the deeper Siegel team prevailed by a score of 61 to 18. Matthew DeLong(160) had the other pin...

Trailing by 7 points at the half and 4 points entering the 4th quarter, the Lady Raiders of Coffee Middle needed to play a nearly flawless 4th quarter to claim an important CTC conference win on Monday night at home.  Offensively, the Lady Raiders outscored  the Lady Pioneers 13 to 3 in the final frame to claim the dramatic 43 to 37 win.  The game was won at the free throw line as Warren County hit only 2 of their 17 second half free throws while the Lady Raiders converted 11 of 22 2nd half free throws to improve to 12 and...

The Coffee County Central High School swim teams hosted five Rutherford County schools in a set of dual meets on Friday night at the Manchester Recreation Center pool.  The boys got wins over Siegel and LaVergne in the team competition while the girls bested LaVergne.  Central Magnet was 5 and 0 in both boys and girls competition to claim the team titles. In individual action, several CHS swimmers had top 10 performances.  The CHS girls 200 yard freestyle relay team of Kaycee Scott, Emma Allen, Emily Warner and Ariah Tucker finished first with a time of 2:00.09.  The 2nd...

A hot shooting first 10 minutes gave the Lady Raiders a 30 to 16 lead over Franklin County on Friday night in high school basketball action at the Joe Frank Patch Gymnasium.  The Rebelettes clawed their way back into the contest to cut the deficit to 2 points at halftime.  A physical Rebelette defensive attack and eighteen 2nd half turnovers by Coffee County helped Franklin County build a 10 point lead in the 4th quarter and hold on for the 65 to 58 win.  Tyger Fenton led Coffee County in scoring with 13 points to earn the Gateway Tire...

The Central High School wrestling team welcomed Centennial and Cookeville to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym on Thursday night as they hosted a meet between the 3 schools.  In the opening match versus Cookeville, the Raiders jumped out to a 12 to 0 lead thanks to pin fall wins from Chase Pruitt(wrestling at 152) and Matthew DeLong(160).  The deeper and more experienced Cookeville team responded winning the next 8 matches before Joel Singleton got a pin in just over a minute to give Coffee County a win at 126.  This sparked a rally of sorts for Coffee County...

A 16 point first quarter turned out to be all the Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball team needed on Thursday night as they rolled up North Franklin 45 to 11.  The tenacious Lady Raider defense held North Franklin to 3 field goals in the contest and none in the 1st or 4th periods.  Julia Duncan led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 12 points, while Jacey Vaughn netted 10.  Abby Morgan scored 8 points and Alisha Jennings added 6 as the Lady Raiders improved to 11 and 1 on the year. The Red Raiders made it a...