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In a Saturday afternoon tilt, the Lady Raiders held off a third quarter comeback by the Lady Dragons to win 60-47 while the Red Raiders handled the Dragons 68-58 in a sweep of York Institute.

CCHS Lady Raiders: 60, York Lady Dragons: 47

After a dominant win over Tullahoma on Friday night, the Lady Raiders turned their attention to the York Lady Dragons, a team coming off of a Class AA State Semifinals appearance last year.

The Lady Raiders would defend well in the first quarter, holding the Lady Dragons without a field goal for seven and a half minutes while pulling ahead 13-3.

Points were plenty in the second quarter for both teams, but the Lady Raiders still outscored York 24-18 to build a halftime lead of 37-21.

The Lady Dragons clawed their way back into it in the third quarter, outscoring Coffee County 12-2 to whittle the Lady Raider lead down to 39-33 entering the fourth quarter.

York drew as close as four points within the lead, but the Lady Raiders held on for a 60-47 win to improve to 8-0 on the season.

Box Score: York Lady Dragons (47) Emma Pile 11, Addison McElhaney 11, Emma Cooper 9, Cali Franklin 6,Raylee Werner 6, Emily Doss 4.

Coffee County Lady Raiders (60) Jules Ferrell 21, Olivia Vinson 20, Natalie Barnes 11, Channah Gannon 4, Ella Arnold 3, Audri Patton 1. 

CCHS Red Raiders: 68, York Dragons: 58

Meanwhile, the Red Raiders were looking to rebound after a close loss to Tullahoma on Friday night.

The Red Raiders raced out with an 8-0 run at the start, then outscored York 15-6 the rest of the first quarter for a 23-6 lead heading into the second.

The Dragons battled back in the second, outscoring Coffee 17-14, but the Red Raiders still led 37-23 at the halftime break.

York would outscore Coffee County 35-31 over the final two quarters, but the Red Raiders held on for a 68-58 win.

With the win, the Red Raiders improve to 3-4 on the season.

Box Score: York Dragons (58) Jaron Lockhart 16, Coen Gibson 15, Brody Choate 14, JD Bristol 13

Coffee County Red Raiders (68) Cayden Trail 16, Brady Wright 10, Jayden Carter 8, MJ Rollman 6, Kaysen Lowery 6, Jaiden Warren 4, Caleb McCall 4, David Lewis 4, Cortland Farrar 4, Levi Rollman 3, Caiden Warren 2, Audie Nicoll 1.

CCHS basketball will travel to Winchester on Friday, Dec. 13 to finish their season series with Franklin County with varsity girls action starting at 6 p.m.