Tuesday night in Lawrenceburg the Coffee County Lady Raiders took on District 8-AAA basketball foe Lawrence County. After trailing by 15 at halftime the Lady Raiders had a difficult time coming from behind and dropped the game 68-45. Sara Brown led Coffee County with 9 points followed by Bailey Morgan and Tyger Fenton with 8 each. Morgan was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game. In boys action the Raiders shooting touch was cold as they scored only 14 in the first half as the Wildcats grabbed a 27-14 advantage. Coffee County’s cold shooting continued...

After a shaky start, the Westwood Middle Rockets boy’s basketball team erased a 1st quarter deficit to take a 15 to 13 lead into the locker room at the half over Community on Monday night. Foul trouble cost the Rockets in the second half as Community found their perimeter shooting touch to drop the Rockets 30 to 25. Chase Simpkins led Westwood in scoring with 12 points while Marcus Pendleton added 5 points and Byron Sullivan chipped in four. The Lady Rockets of Westwood Middle held the Community Viqueens to four points in the 4th quarter, but could not...

The Coffee County Central High School Raiderette Dance Team will be hosting a dance clinic on Sunday, December 7th, from 1-3:30pm. Children grades Pre-k-12th are invited to attend. The cost is $25 and includes a t-shirt and admission to a ballgame to perform. The game date has not been set in stone, but we hope to perform at the home basketball game the following Tuesday, December 9th during the girls’ halftime. The game starts at 6 pm. If you are interested, please contact Mandy Ballard at (931)...

There will be NO Elementary Basketball games this Saturday. Here are results from last week: Girls Deerfield edged East Coffee – 16 to 12 North Coffee clipped Hickerson – 34 to 9 Westwood tamed Hillsboro – 30 to 6 New Union dropped College Street – 26 to 10 Boys College Street grounded New Union – 39 to 9 Westwood dumped Hillsboro – 25 to 3 North Coffee stopped Hickerson -17 to 2 Deerfield outlasted East Coffee – 24 to 7 Standings Girls Westwood – 5 & 0 Hillsboro – 4 & 1 New Union – 3 & 2 College...

The Warren Co. Pioneers will be looking for a new head coach in the coming weeks. Scott Smith coached the Pioneers for only one season in 2014, resigned his position as head coach and accepted an offer to coach at Franklin Co. High School in Winchester. Smith took over the Pioneer head coaching job January 10 this year coming from Moore Co. High School, where he compiled a 30-16 record in 4 seasons. He won a state title while at Ezell Harding in...

In college basketball action on Tuesday night Motlow hosted Wallace State. In the ladies game the Lady Bucks fell behind by 10 at halftime and had difficulty dealing with the great shooting of the Lady Lions falling by the score of 79 – 62. The Lady Bucks were led by, Sabrina Jackson and Erin Layne with 13 each. In the men’s game the Bucks hosted the 25th ranked Lions. Motlow was attempting to defeat the second ranked team they have played this season. The Bucks defeated Columbia State, the 4th ranked team in the nation earlier in the season....

After falling in the 1st game of the season by 29 points to Warren County, the CHS Lady Raider felt like they had something to prove in McMinnville on Tuesday night.  Pairing nearly flawless offense with a tenacious defense was just the recipe for a Pre-Thanksgiving celebration for Coffee County as they stunned once-beaten Warren County 41 to 33.  After falling behind 5 to 0 early in the game, the Lady Raiders at 8 to 7 at the 3:28 mark of the first quarter and never trailed again.  Warren County cut the deficit to 5 in the 4th quarter but eight 4th...