Coffee County locks up the top seed heading into the District 8-AAA Tournament despite the loss

Coffee County guard Jaylon Wooten puts up a shot against two Tullahoma defenders on Thursday night. Wooten scored seven points for the Red Raiders against the Wildcats. 

Tullahoma played spoiler on Thursday night after pulling away in the second half on its way to upending Coffee County on se­nior night.

Early in Thursday’s matchup, the two teams spent the major­ity of the first half sparring back and forth with each other. That was until the second quarter, and with 3:06 remaining in the second quarter, Jaxon Vaughn knocked down a basket to put Coffee Coun­ty in front 26-21.

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On Thursday night, the Coffee Middle Lady Raiders overcame a first inning deficit to win 10-6 at Warren County, the Red Raiders swept the Pioneers in a doubleheader, and the Westwood Rockets lost in a 7-6 nail-biter to Liberty.

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