After helping lead the Motlow Bucks to their most successful baseball season in a decade, three members of the 2014 squad will continue their student-athlete careers at Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn. Ben Holland, Luke Toms and Chris Adams all played two years at Motlow and helped guide the Bucks to a 40-24 record during the past season and 67 wins over the past two years. Motlow finished runner-up in the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) tournament and advanced to the East Central District Tournament in Covington, Ga. last season. Motlow had not advanced to the East Central...

Recent Coffee County graduates Kelsey Munn and Lauren Brown signed basketball scholarship papers with Motlow State on Friday at a ceremony at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. Brown and Munn each played pivotal roles this past season for the Lady Raiders as Munn led the team in blocked shots while Brown was the leading scorer. Both ladies returned for their senior season of basketball after sitting out their sophomore and junior seasons. Each expressed the family atmosphere they felt at Motlow as well as the opportunity to play close to home as deciding factors. Brown said she will...

Motlow Bucks head basketball coach Matt Sligh and his staff will host a basketball skills camp on June 16 and 17 inside Nisbett Center on the Motlow College Moore County campus. The deadline for registration is June 9. The camp will feature two separate sessions. The first is for kindergarten through sixth-grade students and will begin at 9 a.m. and end at noon both days. The second session is for seventh through 12th graders and will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 4 p.m. both days. The cost of the camp is $60 per person. There is a...

Former Tullahoma Wildcat pitcher Justus Sheffield became the first player in the history of Tullahoma High School to be named the Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year in a special ceremony held in the school’s auditorium. This year celebrates the program’s 29th anniversary. In that time, Gatorade has honored more than 13,000 State Players of the Year and 260 National Players of the Year, including many of today’s top professional athletes, such as Peyton Manning, Lisa Leslie, Candace Parker, Kerri Walsh, Derek Jeter, and Emmitt Smith. Sheffield compiled a 10-0 record with a 0.34 ERA and 131 strikeouts...

The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team will play an alumni game this Friday night (June 6) at 6pm. The game will take place at the Joe Frank Patch Gym at Coffee County High School. The 2014-15 will take on a team of alumnus. Everyone is invited to come on out to watch the...

Motlow Lady Bucks head softball coach Tori Raby-Gentry will host a softball camp on June 23 and 24 at the softball complex on the Motlow College Moore County campus. Those who register before June 19 will receive a free camp t-shirt. The camp is for softball players age 12 and under and will be held from 9 a.m. to noon each day with a cost of $45 per camper. It will focus on a variety of individual skills including defense, hitting, bunting and base running. Attendees are encouraged to reserve their spot at the camp by visiting MotlowSports.com. Please...

Former Tullahoma and Motlow baseball player Bryan Morris who has been pitching for the Pittsburgh Pirates was traded over the weekend to the Miami Marlins. This season, he is 4-0 with a 3.80 ERA in 21 appearances for the Pirates. Morris, 27, is a former first-round pick (26th overall) of the Dodgers in...

The Nashville Predators signed goalie Carter Hutton to a two-year, $1.45-million contract Monday. The deal pays Hutton $700,000 in 2014-15 and $750,000 in 2015-16. The 28-year old played his first NHL season in Nashville last season and ended up playing 35 games going 20-11-4 after Pekka Rinne went down with a hip infection. Hutton went 13-4-2 in his final 19 decisions of the season, which included a personal five-game winning streak to close out the...