After trailing 25-22 at halftime the Coffee County Red Raider boy’s basketball team battled Kingsbury out of Memphis throughout the 2nd half only to fall 45-44. The Raiders are competing in a classic at Central Magnet School in Murfreesboro. Coffee County was led by Lance Crismond with 25. Today the Raiders play at 4:30pm against...

Don Rhoton of Tullahoma is headed to the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. He was coach at Franklin Co. High School from 1975 to 1986. From 1989 until 2006 Rhoton coached baseball at Motlow State Community College, compiling and impressive record of 669-268. He led teams to seven Division Titles, two State and two Region Championships, a second place finish in the Junior World Series (2000) in Grand Junction, CO. He concluded his coaching career at...

Tickets are still available for next’s week 15th annual Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. Vanderbilt University will take on North Carolina State at LP Field on Monday. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and range from $17 to $80. In 2011, 55,208 fans attended the Bowl game between Mississippi State and Wake Forest. Established in 1998, the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl has transformed the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day into one of the city’s busiest times of the year for tourism. Since its inception, the Bowl has produced $207 million in direct economic impact to...

It was another close game for the Coffee County Lady Raiders as they played Ezell-Harding in the Smokey Mountain Classic on Friday afternoon. The low scoring game went in favor of Ezell-Harding as they won 32-31. The Lady Raiders got a big day from Ginny Clayborne as she scored 19 with Alaina Lusk adding 10. On Saturday Coffee County lost to Casey County, KY., 44-42. The Lady Raiders lost 3 games in the Smokey Mtn. Classic by a total of 5 points. Ginny Clayborne led the Lady Raiders with 12. The girls are off this week but the boys...

Tweety Knight scored a go-ahead layup with 1:08 left to lift Middle Tennessee State to a 56-52 victory over Vanderbilt on Friday night. The Commodores (5-5) were led by Kedren Johnson with 25. Vandy will host Butler Saturday at...

In a season of difficult losses, this might have been the toughest one yet for the Tennessee Titans. Jake Locker was sacked seven times, the defense gave up its most points in more than three years and it took Tennessee until 1:39 left in the game to avoid a shutout in 55-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Tennessee wraps up the year at against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at...

It was another close game for the Coffee County Lady Raiders as they played Ezell-Harding in the Smokey Mountain Classic on Friday afternoon. The low scoring game went in favor of Ezell-Harding as they won 32-31. The Lady Raiders got a big day from Ginny Clayborne as she scored 19 with Alaina Lusk adding...

The Coffee County Lady Raiders are competing in the Smokey Mountain Classic at Gatlinburg-Pittman High School. Coffee Co. played the host school yesterday (Dec. 20, 2012) falling in a close one, 47-45. Alaina Lusk led the Lady Raiders with 10 points followed by Katie Reid and Ginny Clayborne with 9. Coffee Co. plays Ezell-Harding...