Sports news for Southern Middle Tennessee
Led by a 4 over 76 from Senior Logan Hale, Coffee County boys golf opened the 2021 season with a Victory over Tullahoma and Shelbyville Monday. The Red Raiders edged the Wildcats 372 to 375 and fished 15 strokes ahead of the Golden Eagles who posted at 387. In the Girls Match the Lady Cats …
Vols redshirt senior wider receiver Velus Jones Jr. has been named to the preseason Paul Hornung Award Watchlist and Senior defensive lineman Matthew Butler has been named to the Weurffel Trophy preseason watchlist. Jones enters his second season on Rocky Top and sixth at the collegiate level this fall. The 6-0, 200-pound wideout is …
A pair of former Tennessee Volunteers were selected in the first round of the NBA draft Thursday night. Shooting guard Keon Johnson was taken 21st overall by the New York Kicks and Point Guard Jaden Springer went 7 picks later to the Philadelphia 76ers at 28th overall. However, Johnson won’t play in the Big Apple. …
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A pair of Tennessee special teamers have been named to preseason watchlist. Senior punter Paxton Brooks is one of 51 preseason candidates named to the watchlist for the Ray Guy Award while senior kicker Chase McGrath is among 30 on the preseason watchlist for the Lou Groza award. Brooks has appeared in 35 games for …
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The Southeastern Conference has released the conference opponents for the 2021-22 men’s basketball season. As has been the case since the 2015-16 season each team will play an 18 game SEC schedule. Every team will face the other thirteen league members at least once (home or road) while playing five other teams in home and …
A trio of Tennessee football players have been named Preseason All SEC by the Media assembled at SEC Media Days. Senior offensive lineman Cade Mays earned first-team honors. Senior punter Paxton Brooks was a second-team selection, while senior defensive back Alontae Taylor was named to the third team. Mays started seven games a season ago, …
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The three biggest letters in college football this offseason aren’t SEC, they’re NIL. Across the county student athletes are finally cashing in on their name, image and likeness thanks to numerous new state laws and a relaxation of restrictions from the NCAA. But Tennessee senior cornerback Alontae Taylor, a Coffee County alum, isn’t one of …
Tennessee sophomore running back Jabari Small has been named to the preseason watch list for the Doak Walker Award, which is presented annually to the nations top running back. The Memphis native is expected to play a key role for the Vols with the departure of their top two running backs from 2020 Eric Grey …
Shelbyville Central High School announced the hiring of new head coaches for the Eaglette and Golden Eagle basketball programs. Kyle Turnham will be taking over as the head coach for the Eaglette basketball program. He has over 33 years of experience coaching both boys’ and girls’ basketball at the high school and collegiate levels and …
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In June we reported that the Tennessee Softball Coaches Association had named 2021 Coffee County Lady Raider pitcher Keri Munn as Class-AAA Miss Softball. Now we can report the National Fastpitch Coaches Association has named Munn Third Team All-American as a pitcher. Munn helped to lead the Lady Raiders to an overall record 34-7-1 and …
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