The Manchester Youth Baseball League postseason tournament opened on Monday night for the Coach Pitch and Minor League divisions with 6 games on tap. In Coach Pitch play, Lewis Motors and the Hillsboro Masonic Lodge each got come from behind victories to advance. Lewis Motors stopped KOA by a score of 11 to 7 while the Masons overcame a last inning deficit to win 17 to 14 over Cooper Sports. In the Minor League Division, 4 games whittled the field of 8 teams down to semifinalists. In the early games, Coffee Financial never trailed as they dropped All Creatures...

By ZACH BIRDSONG Sports Editor Tullahoma News (edited version) Sunday was a bittersweet day for Tullahoma High School graduate Justus Sheffield as it was his last in his hometown until late August. Sheffield was selected 31st overall in this year’s MLB Draft and on Friday, the former Wildcat signed a contract to get his professional career underway. After waiting on the results of a physical, the Indians made things official on Monday, when the team announced it had signed the 18-year-old Tullahoma native. Sheffield received a $1.6 million bonus from the Cleveland Indians and additionally, the team will also...

The Coffee County Red Raider baseball team displayed an aggressive offensive attack and solid pitching under new head coach Brad Weir over the week-end, with a 3rd place finish in the 10th Annual Crethan Hansert Memorial Tournament. The Raiders finished 1st in their pool during pool play with a 3 and 1 record. Coffee County got wins over Warren County, Grundy County and Central Magnet after dropping their first tournament game to Franklin County. The Raiders got a 4 to 0 win over Grundy County in the 1st game on Saturday scoring 4 runs on only 3 hits courtesy of 3...

First Annual 7 Person Co-Ed Flag Football Tournament June 28th  1:00 pm Old Franklin County High School Entry Fee Is $100.00 Per team Teams may consist of up to 12 players, with a 7 player minimum Teams must only have 7 players on field at a time Teams can be made up of both Men and Women Must be 16 years of age or older. Registration Info Contact Benji Smith 931-308-1359...

The regular season wrapped up recently for the inaugural season on the Manchester Youth Baseball League and 3 champions were crowned last week. In the Coach Pitch division (ages 7 & 8), Interstate Auto finished the regular season with only one loss to be crowned the league champion. In the 9 & 10 year old division, John Roberts Toyota earned the regular season title. While in the 11 & 12 year old division, the crown was decided on the last pitch of the last game as Coffee County Bank got a walk off home run from Jake Hollandsworth in...

Recent Coffee County Central High School graduate Tyler Cavender signed a baseball scholarship with Tennessee Temple University on Wednesday afternoon.  Cavender, who was outstanding the last 2 years for Coffee County as a catcher, will join teammate John Reese Gilmer at the Chattanooga school.  Cavender was named the District 8AAA Co-Offensive Player of the Year for the 2014 season as he led the Raiders in batting average, home runs and slugging percent.  Tennessee Temple, located in Chattanooga, competes in the Mid-East Region of the National Christian College Athletic Association and is coached by Greg Bartley. Cavender’s signing makes 5...

Story by: Dennis Weaver The TSSAA Board of Control, meeting this week in Murfreesboro, passed new regulations regarding prep football practices that will go in effect with the opening of fall practice in July. The measures, aimed at programs who use “two-a-day” practices, sets new guidelines in regards to the frequency of these sessions and the overall time spent in practice. The measure, which passed by a 7 to 2 vote, will limit schools from having 2 practices a day on consecutive days. Additionally, if a team has multiple practices in pads on a single day, the total time...

Monday night was the annual softball banquet for the Coffee County Lady Raiders. Many awards were given out during the event held at the Fraternal Order of Police building in Manchester. The Thunder Radio/Gateway Tire and Service Center MVP was awarded to Brianna Jones and the Gateway Horizon award winner was Anna Spellings. Jones set school records for strikeouts in a game, 21, in a season, 372 and best ever ERA of 0.48. Jones was 4th best in strikeouts in the nation. Spellings overcame injuries received in a horrible car accident to start in RF her senior year. Coach...