After Coffee County defeated the Lady Yellow Jackets of Grundy County by 39 points last week (55-16), the ladies from the mountain were much better at home. The Lady Raiders were down 26-23 at half but they held Grundy County scoreless in the 3rd quarter to take a 30-26 lead. Coffee County could not hold off the Lady Yellow Jackets in the 4th, falling 43-39. Tyger Fenton led the Lady Raiders with 17 and was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game. Aerial Williams added 10. The loss drops the Lady Raiders to 1-2 on...

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Two injury-riddled Westwood Rocket basketball teams made the long trip to Eagleville on Monday night and earned a split in the conference doubleheader. The Lady Rockets used a strong 2nd quarter to open up a nine point halftime lead on their way to a 27 to 16 win over the Lady Eagles. Ashley Starks led the Lady Rockets with 10 points while Karen Medina and Haley Miller each added 6 points. The Rockets could not overcome the Eagles size advantage in the paint as they dropped a 46 to 25 decision to the Eagles. Chase Simpkins and Jake Hollandsworth...

The Coffee County Red Raiders and Lady Raiders finished 3rd out of 6 teams Friday night in their first home swim meet of the season. The Raiders picked up wins were over Central Magnet, Siegel and LaVergne. The Lady Raiders defeated Blackman, Stewart’s Creek and LaVergne. The next swim meet is this Thursday at Marshall County. Daniel Larsen won the 100 meter Backstroke and the 200 meter individual...

The Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals completed a four-player trade on Monday. The Braves have acquired right-handed pitcher Shelby Miller and minor-league right-handed pitcher Tyrell Jenkins in exchange for outfielder Jason Heyward and right-handed pitcher Jordan Walden. Heyward hit .271 last season with 11 homeruns, 58 runs batted in and he scored 74...

The City of Nashville received some good news on Monday. The city will play host to games in the first and second rounds of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament in 2018. Games will be held March 16 and 18 at Bridgestone Arena. Nashville joins Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Dallas, Boise, San Diego and Wichita as host cities for the first and second rounds of the...

Friday afternoon the Coffee County Lady Raiders picked up its first win of the basketball season as they defeated Grundy County 55-16. Sydney Pearson led the way with 13 points, followed by Tyger Fenton with 12. Coffee County is 1-1 on the year. In boys action the Raiders moved to 2-0 on the season with a 49-46 win over the boys from the mountain. Peyton Talley was the high scorer for Coffee County with 16 and Wyatt Day added 15. Coffee County will travel to Grundy County on Tuesday with the girl’s game starting at 6pm and you’ll hear...

Coffee County Red Raider freshman QB Alontae Taylor has been selected for the Adidas Freshman All American Bowl in San Antonio, TX in January. This a great testament to the 2014 Coffee County program! Taylor by the way led the country in rushing yards for freshmen with over 1,700 yards according to MaxPreps.com which is a national website for high school...