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Red Raider Basketball Captures Tournament Title
Red Raider Invitational Champions
The ability to slow down the East Hamilton Hurricanes high tempo attack and a huge second half comeback lifted Coffee County to the tournament title of the Red Raider Invitational on Wednesday night. Trailing by 7 points entering the 4th quarter, the Red Raiders played nearly flawless basketball in the 4th quarter to rally for the 66 to 59 win before an electric crowd at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.
Coffee County was a perfect 9 for 9 at the free throw line in the 4th quarter as they outscored the favored Hurricanes 26 to 12 in the final 8 minutes. Coffee County was led in scoring by Grant Sadler who finished with 18 points. Garrett Eldridge and Stephen Sullivan each finished with 13 points as the trio were named to the All-Tournament team. DeAaron Rozier and Tyrese McGee each added 8 points for Coffee County as the Raiders improved to 10 and 2 overall.
When asked about the halftime adjustments, Coach Williams had this to say
(Left to Right) Garrett Eldridge, Grant Sadler and Stephen Sullivan were named to the Red Raider Invitational All-Tournament team.
In Wednesday’s other tournament results Franklin County defeated Grundy County 46 to 37 for 7th place. Beech dumped Community 57 to 33 for 5th place and Middle Tennessee Christian raced past Red Bank for 3rd place by a score of 61 to 46
Coffee County will be back in action on Tuesday as they begin play in the King of the Smokies Tournament in Pigeon Forge. Coffee County will take on Grainger at 12:30 PM(EST) at Pigeon Forge Middle School. The tournament will run through Thursday, December 29th at Pigeon Forge High School and Pigeon Forge Middle School. Thunder Radio will keep you updated on results.
The Lady Raider basketball team begins play in the Whitwell Tournament on Wednesday, December 28th as they take on Lenoir City. That tournament will run through Friday, December 30th. After the cancellation of the Hixson Tournament this past weekend, the Lady Raiders have scheduled a pair of games with Baylor. Coffee County will travel to Baylor on Saturday, January 7th for a JV/varsity doubleheader. The JV game will tip off at 4:30 PM EST with the varsity game to follow. Baylor will come to Coffee County on Monday, February 6th for another JV/Varsity doubleheader. The JV game will tip off at 4:30 PM CST with the varsity game to follow.
Both CHS basketball coaches will be guests on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to give fans an update on their seasons thus far. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast LIVE each Saturday morning(including Christmas Eve and News Year Eve) at 10 AM from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln. The Coffee Coaches is also broadcast live and heard here exclusively on Thunder Radio.
12/21/16 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Emma Kidder, 12 — Pizza Winner!
Tricia Hiers
Terrell Bunting, 59
Reta Meadows
Anniversaries:
John & Becky Nickeson, 52
Coffee Swimmers Continue Their Charge to State
The Coffee County Swim team gained another state qualifier on Thursday night as they closed out the team competition portion of their season at LaVergne. Kaylee Williams posted a state qualifying time in the 500M freestyle. In the team competitions, both the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders finished in 3rd place for the meet behind LaVergne and Stewarts Creek. The Raiders and Lady Raiders finish the team portion of the season with identical 4 and 7 records and the combined team finished at 4 and 7 as well.
In the girls’ team relays, the 200M Medley relay team of Lindsey Cauble, Anna O’Connor, Kaylee Williams and Lacey West of Coffee County finished in 4th place. The same quartet raced in 200M freestyle relay and captured 2nd place. The 400M freestyle relay team of Maria Pascual-Garcia, Alessandra Marlow, Allyson Talley and E’Mellia Walker finished in 4th place in their race.
Top individual finishers for the Lady Raiders were:
Kaylee Williams – 1st place, 200M freestyle; 1st place, 400M freestyle;
Anna O’Connor – 1st place, 200M IM; 2nd place, 100M backstroke;
Maria Pascual-Garcia – 5th place, 50M freestyle;
In the boys’ team relays, the team of Andres Cavalie-Chapaneix, Ryan Farless, Nick Smith and Jack Beachboard captured the 200M Medley title. The team of Andres Cavalie-Chapaneix, Ryan Farless, Donald Ridner and Jack Beachboard also captured the title in the 200M freestyle.
Top individual finishers for the Red Raiders were:
Ryan Farless – 1st place, 200M freestyle; 1st place, 100M butterfly;
Jack Beachboard – 1st place, 200M IM; 1st place, 100M breaststroke;
Nick Smith – 3rd place, 50M freestyle;
Donald Ridner – 4th place, 100M backstroke;
The Coffee County swimmers will be back in action on Thursday January 12th with the first of 2 time trial events. The meet on the 12th will be held at LaVergne and will provide swimmers the opportunity to qualify for the region and state championships, or improve their seeding by posting a better time. The 1st race will get underway at 6 PM.
Tullahoma Woman facing Multiple Charges after leaving the scene of an Accident
Mary Lynette Womack… Photo provided by the CCSD
Officers go onto state that the subject was also found to have been involved in a hit and run accident at 315 East Lincoln Street in Tullahoma where she allegedly struck another vehicle and left the scene.
Officers were able to get a description of the vehicle that had left the scene and matched it with the Womack’s vehicle that was parked at the business at 2111 North Jackson Street.
Officer Smith states in the warrant that Womack also allegedly had 11 Xanax pills in a plastic baggie in her hand and did not have a prescription for them at the time of her arrest.
Due to the subjects condition the officer was unable to do field sobriety tests on Womack. Officers transported her to Tennova Harton Hospital for a blood/alcohol tests, results are pending.
Womack was charged with, schedule IV drug violations, failure to report an accident, leaving the scene of an accident, DUI and public intoxication.
Her bond was set at $10,500 and her court date is Jan 9, 2017. She was released after making bond on Wednesday.
Murder Suspects seen in Coffee County, Captured in Kansas
Jamison Townsend… Photos from the Geary County Sheriff’s Dept.
A state trooper spotted Jamison Townsend and her boyfriend, Joshua Garcia, in Coffee County earlier this week, but they sped off. The trooper lost sight of the vehicle a short time later.
The duo were captured in Kansas early Wednesday after an interstate chase.
Joshua Garcia
Deputies tried to stop the red Dodge Charger with no displayed registration on Interstate 70, but the car sped away and later crashed off the interstate.
Jamison Townsend, 35, formerly of Blue Springs, Missouri, was arrested in the wrecked car, according to Sheriff Tony Wolf of Kansas’ Geary County, west of Kansas City. Joshua Garcia, 37, of Biloxi, Mississippi, was found hours later hiding in a vehicle a mile from the crash site.
Deadly Crash in Franklin County
Emergency personnel responded to a late Tuesday morning accident at the Highway 64-State Route 16 intersection in Franklin County.
The crash killed Carroll Sutton, 85, of Albertville, Ala., and left six other persons injured. The man’s wife was airlifted to Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga.
According to reports, when officers arrived on scene, they found a green 1998 Chevrolet truck, driven by John Burke of Fayetteville and the Sutton’s vehicle had collided.
All 5 people in Burke’s truck were taken to Southern Tennessee Regional Health System-Winchester for treatment.
Population Up in Tennessee
U.S. Census Bureau Logo. (PRNewsFoto/U.S. Census Bureau)
The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2016 estimate for Tennessee is 6,651,194, which is about 0.9 percent more than 2015. Nationally, the population grew by about 0.7 percent in the past year.
Between 2000 and 2010, Tennessee’s population grew by 11.5 percent. The new estimates show the state’s population has grown by another 300,000 people, or nearly 5 percent, since 2010.
Eight states lost population, led by Illinois, where the number of people declined by more than 37,000, or 0.3 percent.
Haslam wants More Funding for Road Projects
Gov. Bill Haslam
Lawmakers convene the 110th General Assembly for their organizational session on Jan. 10, but aren’t scheduled to get down to their regular business until Jan. 30 when Haslam is expected to deliver his annual state spending plan.
Haslam has argued new funding is needed to tackle a $6 billion backlog in road projects. The gas tax was last raised in 1989.
2016 Year in Review – Coffee County Swim Teams
As 2016 draws to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 12 prep sports. Today we look back at a highlight from the Coffee County swim teams. One of the biggest meets of the year for the Raider swimmers took place on January 29th and 30th as the high school and middle school swimmers competed in region meets at Nashville.
Thunder Radio reported on their success with the following story we published on Monday, February 1st.
The Coffee County High School swim team at Saturday’s region meet in Nashville(Photo provided)
The Coffee County Middle School and High School swim teams traveled to Nashville this weekend for the Middle Tennessee High School Swimming Association region championship meet. On Friday night, the high school swimmers hit the water in the high school region meet. Jack Beachboard had the best finish of the night with an 11th place finish in the 200 Individual Medley with a time of 2:11.99. Beachboard also posted a new personal best in the 500 free. Ryan Farless eclipsed his personal best time in the 100 butterfly by a phenomenal 7 seconds. Emma Allen recorded a new personal best in the 50 free. Anna O’Conner recorded new personal best times in the 100 butterfly as well as the 500 free. Emily Warner cut 2.5 seconds off her personal best in the 100 free and the Lady Raider 200 freestyle relay team of Emily Warner, Anna O’Conner, Emma Allen and Svetlana Miadzvedzeva trimmed 5 seconds off their previous best time.
The Coffee County MS swimmers at the region meet in Nashville with Coach Lana Ray. (Photo Provided)
The Coffee County Middle School swim team had a strong showing at the region meet on Saturday in Nashville. 8th grader Kaylee Williams led the charge for Coffee County as she finished in 7th place in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:17.65. That finals appearance marked the first finals appearance by a middle school swimmer in a MTHSSA regional meet. In the preliminary rounds, Amber Ingleburger and William Tobitt both scored new personal bests in the 50 and 100 freestyle.
Next up for the swim team is the Tennessee Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association state meet which will be held on February 12th and 13th at the Centennial SportsPlex in Nashville. Jack Beachbord has qualified for the state meet in the 500M freestyle. Beachboard’s appearance in the state meet marks the 5th year in a row that a Coffee County swimmer has competed at the state meet. Coffee County swimming is coached by Lana Ray and she is assisted by Mike Ray.
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We continue our year in review on Friday as we will look back at prep cross country and prep tennis
CHS Wrestlers Drop Matches at Forrest on Tuesday Night
Reid Lawrence of CHS Wrstling
The Coffee County wrestling team finished off their pre-Christmas schedule on Tuesday night with a three way dual meet at Forrest. Coffee County fell to Forrest and Centennial in the dual matches. Reid Lawrence(170 pounds) and Owen Teague(152) got pinfall wins for the Raiders against Forrest. Rein Bozich(145) was also credited with a forfeit win in his match. The Raiders gave up 7 forfeit wins as they were blanked by Centennial.
The Raider grapplers are back in action on Saturday, January 7th when they travel to Stewarts Creek High School for the Redhawk Rampage Individual tournament. Coach Roger Barlow will be a guest on the Coffee Coaches Show on Saturday, December 31st. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast LIVE each Saturday morning(including Christmas Eve and News Year Eve) at 10 AM for the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln. The Coffee Coaches is also broadcast live and heard here exclusively on Thunder Radio.