Lukas Workman(#8) of Westwood soccer

The Westwood soccer kept their perfect conference record alive on Monday with a 6 to 0 win in Fayetteville at Riverside Christian.  The Rockets raced out to a 5 to 0 halftime lead before emptying the bench in the 2^nd half.  Austin Wilder led the offensive charge with a pair of goals.

John Martinez started the scoring for Westwood in the 7^th minute off a feed from Elliot Said to give Westwood a 1 to 0 lead.  Lukas Workman added a goal in the 10^th minute assisted by Martinez.  Wilder added his 2 unassisted goals in the 11^th and 15^th minutes before Angel Gonzalez closed out the first half scoring in the 22^nd minute off an assist from Keaton Sherrill.  In the second half, Kevin Peregrino added the final goal in the 50^th minute.  From there, the Rockets defense kept Riverside off the scoreboard for their 4^th straight conference win on the season.

The Rockets are back home on Wednesday as they play host to Lincoln County.  Opening kick is set for 5:30 PM.

The Coffee County CHS soccer team hosted their home opener on Monday night as they played host to Cleveland.  A pair of late goals by the visiting Blue Raiders dropped the Red Raiders by a final score of 4 to 2.

Coffee County got off to a great start as Paco Barrera netted a goal in the 2^nd minute to give the Red Raiders an early 1 to 0 lead.  Cleveland answered in the 19^th minute with the equalizer before tacking on a goal in the 27^th minute to take a 2 to 1 lead into the half.  Breyer Taylor evened the match in the 65^th minute but Cleveland tacked on a pair of goals in the last 3 minutes to steal the non-district win.

The Raiders travel to Smithville on Tuesday to take on DeKalb County.  That match will get underway at 7 PM.

Nick Watkins of CCMS Baseball

The Red Raider baseball team of Coffee County Middle School hosted North Franklin on Monday night in a conference matchup.  The Red Raiders were held to 2 hits on the night as they lost a 1 to 0 nail-biter.

North Franklin was held to 6 hits, but was able to string 3 of the together in the 4^th inning to push across the game winner.  Nick Watkins and Lane Spry had the 2 hits for the Raiders as Coffee County was hand cuffed by 9 strikeouts.  Braden Brown went the distance on the mound to take the hard luck loss.  The loss drops Coffee County’s record to 4 and 3 on the season.

The Raiders will travel to Winchester on Tuesday night for game #2 in the series.  First pitch is set for 5 PM.

Jayden Scheller of CCMS Softball

Coffee County Middle School softball team played host to North Franklin on Monday night.  The Lady Gators pushed a run across with 2 outs in the top of the 5^th inning to drop Coffee County to their first loss of the year by a score of 4 to 3.  The Lady Raiders were held to 2 hits on the night, both by Jayden Scheller as she finished with 2 RBI.

After falling behind 2 to 0 in the top of the first inning, Kiya Ferrell led off the bottom half with a walk and came around to score on a passed ball.  Scheller’s 2 RBI single tied the game at 3 in the 3^rd but North used a 2 out rally in the 5^th to drop the Lady Raiders record to 6 and 1 on the season.

The Lady Raiders will travel to Winchester on Tuesday night to take on the Lady Gators again.  First pitch is set for 5 PM.

Ryan Ellis scored twice, Pekka Rinne made 25 saves and the Nashville Predators beat the Arizona Coyotes 3-1 on Monday night.

Viktor Arvidsson also scored for the Predators, who have won four of five. Craig Smith added two assists.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson had the lone goal and Mike Smith stopped 28 shots for Arizona, which has lost three straight.

Rinne was lightly tested in the first period, making just five saves, but the action picked up after that as the Finn made 11 saves in the second and nine in the third. His best sequence came midway through the second, when he denied two attempts by Josh Jooris and one by Jamie McGinn in an 11-second span.

Pete Weber’s Post Game Report