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Raiders Compete In McMinnville Tournament
The Coffee County girl’s golf team finished 3rd in the Keith Maxwell tournament in McMinnville with a 178. Hollee Sadler led the way with a 78. Jacque Crossland won the long drive competition. The Lady Raiders’ record is now 58-3 on the year. In boys play Coffee County finished 10th with a score of 358. Jacob Prater won the long drive competition and had the low score for the Raiders with an 81. Coffee County plays host to Lawrence County and Tullahoma on...
Lady Raiders Compete In Volleyball Tournament
The CHS Volleyball team put their perfect record on the line against some of the best volleyball teams in the state this past weekend in the Choo Choo Classic that was held at Red Bank. And while the team may have picked a few losses from the trip to Chattanooga, they brought back a wealth of experience and progress according to head coach Andrew Taylor. After a 0 and 3 Friday, the Lady Raiders managed a 2 and 2 record on Saturday as they gained some momentum. Sara Brown continued her hot play as she led the team in...
Raiders Fall In Home Opener
Things were looking good for Coffee County on Friday night as the Red Raiders jumped to an early lead over Rhea County. In the home opener Coffee County got on the scoreboard first when Jimmy Hollandsworth connected with Cody Howes on a 71-yard TD pass to take a 6-0 advantage. The bad news, the Raiders would not score again falling 42-6 to the Eagles. Rhea County returned almost all their starters from last year’s team that made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs. The run defense of Raiders played well and forced the Eagles to pass the...
Thursday Prep Roundup
Thirteen was the unlucky number for the Westwood football team on Thursday night as they failed in getting their 13th consecutive win falling to Forrest in Chapel Hill. After an early Forrest score, Marcus Pendleton returned a punt 90 yards with 2 minutes remaining in the first quarter to tie the game at 6. The Westwood defense had few answers for the home standing Forrest offense falling behind 22 to 6 in the 2nd quarter. Jake Hollandsworth hooked up with Byron Sullivan on a 65 yard TD pass in the 2nd quarter, but Westwood still trailed 30 to 12...
Westwood Soccer Draws With Community
The Lady Rockets soccer team fought to a 2 to 2 draw on Thursday evening at Dyer-Bouldin with visiting Community. The Lady Rockets outshot the Vikqueens 11 to 4 on the match, and 5 to 1 in the last 15 minutes, but could never get the go-ahead goal. The Lady Rockets got on the board first in the 7th minute as Reyna Flores sent a brilliant across the goal face past Community’s diving keeper. Community tied it in the 18th minute and looked to seize the momentum, but the Lady Rockets rallied getting 2 great scoring chances that they...
Raiders Host Golf Tournament
(L-R) Hollee Sadler, Jacque Crossland and Savannah Quick Wednesday at Willowbrook Golf Course the Coffee County golf teams hosted the Lawrence Family Motors Invitational. The Warren County Pioneers won both the boys and girls divisions. The Pioneer boys shot a team score of 298. The Coffee County boys finished in 5th place out of 16 teams. The Red Raiders are now 31-14 on the season. John Parrigger led Coffee County with a 77. Other scores for the Raiders were Jacob Prater 79 and Hayden Proffitt and Reed Lawrence each carded 82’s. The Lady Raiders came into the tournament undefeated...
Coffee Middle Football Claims the Coffee Cup from Tullahoma
The Coffee County Middle School football team got 3 touchdowns and an interception from Robert Brandon as they claimed a 38 to 14 win over Tullahoma in the annual Coffee Cup game. Brandon had touchdown runs of 3 yards and 1 yard in the first half before Andrew Mahaffey hit a streaking Trace Bryant on the left sideline for a 39 yard TD pass to give the Raiders a quick 18 to 0 lead. After a Tullahoma touchdown, Coffee Middle led 18 to 6 at halftime. The 3rd quarter started out as a defensive struggle before Blanton Brown rumbled...
Tuesday (August 26) Prep Wrap-Up
The Westwood girls’ soccer team defeated Liberty Middle School by a final of 8 to 2 on Tuesday. Jessica Barrera had an incredible game as she scored 6 goals. Beatrice Barrera and Natalie Elzeer added a goal each. The Lady Rockets will host Community on Thursday at Dyer-Bouldin Field. The Coffee Middle Lady Raiders soccer team picked up a win yesterday over White County, 6-1. Goals were scored by Sam Ellison (2), Bailey Sherrell, Allie Amado, Meagan Jones and Lindsey Perry. The JV team won as well, 7-0. Goals by Jenna Garretson (2), Julia Duncan (2), Ellie Graham, Claire...
