A walk-off RBI from Lauren Tomberlin pushed Coffee Middle softball team to a 6 to 5 victory over Harris Middle in the CTC Tournament on Friday night in Tullahoma. The Lady Raiders, playing in the elimination bracket, were pushed to the limit by the upstart Tigers. Coffee Middle was led in hitting by Shelby Scrivnor who had two doubles and an RBI. Tomberlin finished with a single, a double and the game winning RBI. Kasarah Scheller also added a double and an RBI to advance the Lady Raiders to the 3 PM semifinal game on Saturday against Warren County....

The varsity and junior varsity tennis teams competed in the District 8 tennis tournaments on Thursday at Sewanee. In singles play, Kristen Shelton and Trevor Ivy-Bodman each advanced to the 2nd round before being eliminated. Audra Schaffer and Will McCormick were each eliminated in the first round. In doubles play, the 2 Coffee County doubles teams were matched up in the first round as the team of Matt & Kyle Johnson defeated Andrew Henley and Andy Stout. Johnson & Johnson were eliminated in the second round. In girls play, both doubles teams picked up 1st round victories as the...

Coffee County High School head baseball coach Brent Whitlock told the players on his team on Thursday morning that he has decided to resign at the end of the baseball season. CHS Principal Joey Vaughn told WMSR that he appreciate the work that coach Whitlock has done. He said Whitlock is fine man and he wishes him the best. Vaughn said that Whitlock wants to spend more time with his family. The principal added that the school will start the process of looking for a new coach as this season wraps up. Whitlock took over the program two years...

In a crucial district softball game for Coffee County on Wednesday night they hosted Shelbyville. The Lady Raiders lost to the Eaglettes earlier in the season. Coffee County got 4 runs in the 4th inning and went on to win 5-1. Pitcher Brianna Jones picked up her second win of the week. Coffee County is now 20-11-1 on the year. Brianna added to her state leading strikeout total with 12. The Lady Raiders will host the Coffee County Classic on Friday and Saturday. The ladies will play at 4pm and 7pm Friday night and Saturday morning at 10am and...

It took 9 innings for Coffee County’s baseball team to finish off Franklin County, 3-2 on Tuesday night at Powers Field. Kyle Douglas pitched all 9 9 inning for the Raiders striking out 11. Hunter Smithson hit the ball well for Coffee County with a single and a solo homer. He scored twice and he had an RBI. In the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs Douglas reached on an error, Tyler Canvender singled and Peyton Meeker finished the night with an RBI bullet up the middle to score Douglas. Meeker and Smithson were named the Co-Gateway Tire...

Monday was a great day for Brianna Jones as Brianna threw a one-hit shutout to carry the Coffee County Lady Raiders to a 1-0 victory over Tullahoma. Coffee County’s only run came on a Lady Cat error. Brianna racked up 14 strikeouts in win as the Lady Raiders improved to 18-11-1 on the season and 7-2 in District 8-AAA play. Jones kept Tullahoma hitless until the seventh inning when a single by Megan Grenier broke up her no-hit bid. Brianna was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game. Bethany Baker led the offence with two...

The Lady Raiders of Coffee Middle completed an undefeated regular season conference schedule with a 7 to 2 win over Tullahoma on Saturday. The Lady Raiders got 5 runs in the 2nd inning behind 3 walks and 3 hits. In the inning Coffee Middle got a 2 RBI single from Grace Pippenger, an RBI single from Tatum Baldwin and an RBI double from Shelby Scrivnor. Pippenger and Scrivnor each finished the game with 3 RBI a piece. Defensively, the Lady Raiders got 3 double plays to snuff out Tullahoma rallies in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th innings. With the...

After spotting White County five 1st inning runs, Jacob Langham settled in and did not allow another hit the rest of the game to lead Coffee Middle to a 9 to 5 win. Langham was also 3 for 4 at the plate with a double and 3 runs scored as the Raiders got 7 runs in the last 2 innings to complete the comeback. Nathaniel Tate, Alontae Taylor, Grey Riddle and Garrett Booth all added 2 hits apiece as Coffee Middle finished the regular season with a record of 16 and 4. Following the game, the 8th grade players...