Coffee County hosted Columbia in District 8-AAA baseball Tuesday night at Powers Field. The Lions grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the first but Raiders hit the ball very well and tied the game on a run in the 2nd and one more in the 4th. Trace Friedlein and Kyle Douglas had RBI hits. Columbia added a run in the 6th and 3 more in the 7th for 6-2 win. Zach Holder was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game as he went 4 for 4 at the plate. Coffee County and Columbia will each...

Last night’s Coffee County softball game was postponed. The home game against Shelbyville will be made up Wednesday April 23. The game at Lawrence County that was postponed Monday night will be made up on Wednesday April 16. The Lady Raiders play at Warren County Wednesday (April 9) beginning at 1pm. Thunder Radio will broadcast the game starting with pre-game show at...

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is accepting welcoming comments for its 2015 fishing regulations. Public comments will be considered by fisheries managers and may be presented as proposals for regulation changes. Comments may be submitted by mail to: Fish Comments, TWRA, Fisheries Management Division, P.O. 40747, Nashville, TN 37204 or emailed to TWRA.Comment@tn.gov. Please include “Fish Comments” on the subject line of emailed submissions. The fishing regulations are usually set each year during the October meeting by the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission. This comment period concerning fishing regulations will be open until May 6,...

Monday afternoon the Coffee County baseball team traveled to Murfreesboro to take on McCallie School out of Chattanooga. The game was played at MTSU. The Blue Tornado took an early 2-0 lead in the 1st inning and improved that to 4-0 in the bottom of the 2nd. In the top of the 5th the Raiders pushed across two runs on a fly ball by Tyler Cavender and a single by Zach Holder. In the bottom half of the 5th McCallie scored two more times to grab a 6-2 lead. Coffee County charged from behind to plate 4 runs in...

The Motlow Bucks baseball team won one out of three over the weekend at Cleveland State. Bucks beat the Cougars 5-4 and lost 2-1, 11-1. Motlow (31-16, 12-9) is scheduled to play Volunteer State Tuesday at 4pm in...

The Lady Raider softball team welcomed Warren County to Lady Raider Field on Friday afternoon in a non-district game. The Lady Raiders got on the board with 4 runs in the bottom of the first inning and coasted to a 14 to 4 win. Bethany Baker got the win with a complete game performance surrounding 5 hits. Baker also helped the Lady Raiders at the plate with 3 hits and 2 RBI. Brittany Williams had 2 hits and knocked in 4 runs and Shelby Giles added 2 RBI. Williams was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of...

Oakland (OAKL) 52.0 Coffee County High School (CCHS) 30.0 170: Justin Gazzaway, OAKL, pinned Brian Oliver, CCHS, 4:23. 182: Garrett Richards, OAKL, pinned Pedro Steele, CCHS, 1:30. 195: Marshall Opial, OAKL, pinned Alexander Escobar, CCHS, 1:40. 220: Jordan Wilson, CCHS, pinned Jonathan Hill, OAKL, 2:38. 285: Jeff Benson, OAKL, pinned Brent Loren, CCHS, 1:49. 106: Victoria Stottlemyer, CCHS, pinned Zack Dugan, OAKL, 1:10. 113: Robert Barrett, OAKL, pinned Stephanie Trussie, CCHS, 1:07. 120: Justin Garrett, OAKL, maj. dec. David Tate, CCHS, 15-7. 126: Cody Amis, CCHS, forf. . 132: Jeremy Williams, OAKL, pinned Craig McDonough, CCHS, 5:19. 138: Zach...