Both Coffee County Middle School teams opened the 2014-2015 season in Woodbury on Tuesday night as they opened play in the Woodbury Border War Preseason Tournament with victories. The Lady Raiders, held Westside to no more than 4 points in each quarter on the way to a 44 to 9 win. Eight Lady Raiders tallied points on the night as Coffee County was led in scoring by Jacey Vaughn who had 11 points while Lindsey Perry, Abby Morgan and Alisha Jennings each finished with 6 points. With the win, the Lady Raiders advance to Thursday night’s semifinals where they...

A cold shooting touch in the second and third quarters, combined with stifling defensive pressure from both Community teams; spelled doom for the Rockets and Lady Rockets at Joel Vinson Gym on Monday night. The Lady Rockets got out to a strong start as Ashley Starks, Karen Medina and Morgan Jones each notched buckets in the 1st four minutes of the game before Community called a timeout with 2 minutes remaining in the 1st quarter with the game tied at 6. From there, the Viqueens defense held Westwood to 6 points for the next 14 minutes of the game to take a 19 to 12 lead into the 4th quarter. A basket...

Trevor Horne sank the front end of a one & one with 9 seconds remaining to lift the Coffee County Middle School Red Raiders to a 37 to 36 win over White County and give Coffee County a sweep of the visiting Warriors on Monday night.  The Raiders held off a furious 13 point 4th quarter rally from White County to win their 4th game in a row. Leading by six points heading into the final frame, Coffee County needed baskets from Jaxon Vaughn and Hayden Hullet and a 3 point play from Trenton Scrivnor to put the tie game in Horne’s hand at the end and the big man...

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After a month of intense practice and a number of scrimmage games, including a pair at the acclaimed CBHoops JuCo Jam preseason event in Atlanta, the Motlow Bucks will open the 2014-15 basketball regular season when they host non-conference Snead State (AL) at Copperweld Arena on Friday, Oct. 31. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and admission is free. With the opening of his second season as head coach in Lynchburg on the horizon, Matt Sligh has recruited an outstanding group of newcomers to join four returning sophomores who contributed significantly to last year’s success, including All-American point guard...

The Robert E Lee Elementary (REL) PTO is sponsoring the 5th annual Great Pumpkin 5K. This year’s race will be held on November 8, 2014 beginning at 8:00am at REL, 313 Layne street, Tullahoma. Runners can register Saturday morning, or go to the REL web site http://robertelee.tn.tcse.schoolinsites.com/  or http://www.tullahomatn.gov/get-fit/. Runners of all ages and experience level are welcome. “It’s always very exciting to have any type of community 5k,” said principal, Dr. Woody Dillehay. “Robert E Lee has a tradition of excellence and this fundraiser helps to support the faculty and students.” The course will start at the front of the school...

Coffee County’s cross country team culminated its 1st season in 30 years with a good showing in the Region 4 meet as they placed 7th overall. The only 8AAA team that outran our boys was Columbia which finished 6th. Coffee County was hampered by the absence of their #4 runner, Caleb Buck, who had a health issue. Freshmen runners Neil Slone and Aaron Buck performed well as Slone finished in 21:11, which was a new personal best time, while Buck ran a 21:38 which was 30 seconds better than his previous best time. Coffee County’s top finishers were Andy...

The Coffee County Elementary Basketball League opened play on Saturday with all 12 teams in action. In the girl’s contests: College Street edged North Coffee 17 to 16; Hillsboro dropped Deerfield 26 to 6; New Union stopped East Coffee 16 to 4 and Westwood clipped Hickerson 33 to 3 In boy’s action: College Street beat North Coffee 49 to 11; Deerfield outlasted Hillsboro 18 to 10; New Union overcame East Coffee 28 to 7; and Westwood grounded Hickerson 26 to 4. All 6 schools will be back in action on Saturday, November 1st with the following schedule: Hickerson vs....