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The CCCHS soccer team won their sixth game of the 2025 campaign after a hard-fought 1-0 road victory over Tullahoma in the latest edition of the Coffee Cup on Saturday night.

For the first 40 minutes, the game was a tight defensive battle with the Red Raiders creating several scoring chances.

Five minutes into the second half, senior Cayden Trail broke the scoreless tie with a long-range shot from outside the 18-yard box on the left wing side which sailed through the top right corner to give Coffee County a 1-0 lead.

As the clock ticked away in the second half, the Wildcats pulled together a handful of prime scoring chances.

With over seven minutes remaining in regulation, Brayden Trail went to make a save on a frantic Wildcat offense, only to be taken down on a collision with a Wildcat forward. The ball was unable to be secured by the senior goalkeeper, but a rebound chance by the Wildcats sailed over the goal post. Trail was slow to get up after the collision, but appeared to be okay and continued playing in goal.

Tullahoma had three more chances to even the score in the final two minutes of regulation with two corner kicks and free kick, but the Red Raiders held on for the 1-0 victory.

“It was never in doubt,” Red Raider coach Briggs Haithcock said after the victory. “The boys came out here, they wanted it, they showed the energy, it was never a doubt in my mind they wanted this more.”

It is the second consecutive year that the Red Raiders have won the Coffee Cup.

The Red Raiders improve to 6-3-3 and will close out the regular season on Tuesday, April 29 when they play host to Columbia Central for Senior Night. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. with Senior Night festivities to take place an hour beforehand at 6 p.m.