Your Local Sports
Prep Roundup For Monday (August 25)
Coffee County Middle School soccer girls traveled to Tullahoma on Monday for a conference match. The Lady Raiders remain undefeated at 5-0 on the season after a 4-2 win over the Lady Cats. Jenna Garretson and Morgan Henley scored first half goals to help Coffee Middle to a 2-1 advantage at halftime. Sam Ellison kicked in the two 2nd half goals. The Lady Raiders travel to Sparta on Tuesday for a conference match with White County at 5 PM. The Lady Raiders will be at home on Thursday as they host Algood beginning at 5:30pm. In middle school volleyball...
Basketball Skills Clinic, Bucks Meet and Greet scheduled at Motlow College Aug. 30
Motlow College men’s head basketball coach Matt Sligh is inviting basketball hopefuls throughout the area to learn basic hoops fundamentals and meet the 2014-15 Bucks’ team during a skills clinic on Saturday, Aug. 30, at Nisbett Center on the Moore County campus. Registration is scheduled for 8:30 a.m., with the clinic to begin at 9 a.m. and end at noon. Following the clinic, participants will have the option of purchasing lunch and watching the Bucks perform drills and compete in contests on the Copperweld Arena floor. The clinic is open to boys and girls from age kindergarten through high...
CHS Cross Country is Up and Running!
The resurrected CHS Cross Country teams competed in their first meet in more than 30 years on Saturday at the Mid State Cross Country Association Voyles Classic in Smyrna. 71 teams were represented at the meet with over 450 runners. The Raiders finished in 39th place out of the 57 teams that competed as a team. Andrew Rossom had the best time for Coffee County as he finished at 20 minutes and 44 seconds averaging a 6:40 mile. Scott Randolph came in at 21:07; Maxwell Nicoll ran a 21:19, Neil Slone came in at 22:56 while Aaron Buck finished...
CCMS Soccer Stays Perfect
The Coffee County Middle School soccer team stayed perfect on the season on Saturday as they dropped Oakland Middle by a 2 to 1 score. The Lady Raiders got their first goal in the 24th minute by Allie Amado to send the Lady Raiders into the half with a 1 to 0 lead. Oakland came back to tie it in the 40th minute before Abbie Morgan scored the game winner in the 54th minute to improve the Lady Raiders record to 4 and 0 on the year. The Lady Raiders travel to Tullahoma for a pivotal conference match on...
Raiders Fall In Opener
Red Raider football began the 2014 campaign Friday night in Franklin, TN with a match-up against Battle Ground Academy. Coffee County fell behind big at halftime, 35-7 but did not quit. The only score came on a Cody Howes 93-yard kickoff return. The Raiders came out in the 2nd half fired up and score two touchdowns in about 8 minutes. The first was on a pass from backup QB Alontae Taylor to Cody Howes from 32 yards out. Coffee County scored again after BGA fumbled on the 2 yard line. On the second play after the turnover Mill Harner...
Thursday Prep Volleyball Roundup
The Coffee County Central High School volleyball team finished the opening week of the 2014 season with a straight set win over Fayetteville on Thursday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The Lady Raiders open the season with a 3 and 0 record after dumping the visiting Tigers 25-11, 25-19 & 25-15. Valiana Barger continued her dominant play at the net as she led the team in kills with 7. The Lady Raiders got 19 service aces in the match as Tyger Fenton scored 5 while Cameron Davis and Cursten Vaughn each scored 4. Brittany Williams recorded...
Thursday Prep Soccer Roundup
The Lady Rockets soccer team traveled to Sewanee on Thursday in their second match of the year taking on St. Andrew’s-Sewanee. Lady Rocket newcomer Savannah Smith got Westwood on the scoreboard with a first half goal that gave the Lady Rockets a 1 to 0 halftime lead. The Lady Lions of SAS tied the game in the 2nd half to earn the 1 to 1 draw. Westwood will return to the pitch on Tuesday at 5:30 as they will take on conference foe Liberty. That match will be held at Dyer-Bouldin Field. The Coffee County Central High School soccer...
Rockets Continue Winning Streak
The Westwood Rockets improved to 3 and 0 on the year with a 22 to 0 shutout of Middle Tennessee Christian on Thursday night at Dyer-Bouldin Field. The Rockets opened the scoring in the 1st quarter on a 57 yard TD run by Byron Sullivan on a reverse. Jacob Floyd tacked on the 2 point conversion to make it 8 to 0 after 1 quarter. Marcus Pendleton scored on a long run from the QB position in the 2nd quarter and then added a 41 yard punt return TD and 2 point conversion to push the lead to 22...
