The Central High School soccer Raiders made it farther in the postseason than any Coffee County school has ever done before, but the season finally ended Saturday with a 4-0 loss at Smyrna in a sectional match. Sectional competition winnows the top 16 teams down to the eight that move on to the state tournament next week in Murfreesboro. The Red Raiders kept to their game plan of playing the
Central High School boys basketball coach Scott Givens announced his resignation today after four years of coaching and teaching in Coffee County. Givens will take a position as assistant boys basketball coach at South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Ga., northeast of Atalanta. He will be assisting head coach Manson Hill, who won back-t0-back Georgia state girls basketball titles at nearby Gainesville High School in 2003 and 2004. Givens assisted
The Central High School Lady Raider softball team hosts Riverdale at 7 p.m. Saturday in a contest that will decide which team advances to the TSSAA BlueCross Spring Fling State Tournament in Murfreesboro next week. The game was originally scheduled for Friday but was rained out. A win for Coffee County would mean a trip to the Spring Fling in back-to-back years for the first time since the 1999 and
COOKEVILLE – Coffee County Central High School soccer coach Andy Escue’s goal was to go into halftime close with Cookeville. The Raiders accomplished that but were never able to materialize anything offensively and fell 2-0 in the Region 3-AAA championship game Wednesday night. It was the third loss to the Cavaliers for the Raiders this year. As region runner-up the Red Raiders still advance to the sectional match at Smyrna
The Central High School soccer squad is traveling to Cookeville Thursday to play at 7 p.m. for the Region 3-AAA championship. The matchup with the Cavaliers is an opportunity for the Red Raiders to avenge last Thursday’s 4-1 loss to Cookeville in the district championship game, also at Cookeville. Both teams are guaranteed a berth in sectional competition Saturday. The winner of tonight’s match will host against the Region 4-AAA
Coffee County’s offense erupted for five runs in the third inning and Brianna Jones pitched a shutout to lead the Central High School Lady Raiders to a 5-0 win over Soddy Daisy in the Region 3-AAA championship in Manchester Wednesday. “Awesome win. Soddy-Daisy is such an exceptional program. They’ve always been our arch-rival in years past, ever since I started this in 1996,” said CHS head coach Terry Floyd. “My
PGA master professional Jex Wilson has been hired as director of junior golf development for the Coffee County Junior Golf Association (CCJGA). Wilson will head up all associated teaching programs at WillowBrook Golf Club in Coffee County. “We are really excited about bringing Jex on board to take our foundation to another level by implementing programs that will see us involving juniors year around,” said CCJGA president David Burris. Wilson
Bethany Baker picked a pretty good time to hit her first home run of the season Monday night. With Coffee County Central clinging to a 2-1 lead in bottom of the fifth inning over visiting Walker Valley, Baker smacked a two-run home run to centerfield to help CHS to a 4-1 win in the Region 3-AAA semi-finals. “Coach [Brandon] McWhorter just told me to be more relaxed, and I
The Coffee County Central High School Lady Raiders advance to the region softball finals after defeating Walker Valley 4-1 at home Tuesday. The Lady Raiders will host Soddy Daisy in the region championship Wednesday at Manchester. The Central High School Red Raiders baseball squad fell 3-1 at Ooltewah to end their season 14-25. For complete stories, see this week’s print edition. For a subscription, including full online access, click here.