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Raider Basketball Advances to Tournament Title Game with Tuesday Win
Tyrese McGee of Coffee County basketball[Photo by Demarco Moore – Manchester Times]
In other games on Tuesday, Beech defeated Franklin County 67 to 59. Community held off Grundy County 56 to 51 and East Hamilton raced past Middle Tennessee Christian 74 to 46.
Tied at 23 at the half, the Raiders held Red Bank to single digits in both the 3rd and 4th quarters to advance to the title game. Coffee County was led in scoring by Garrett Eldridge who finished with 15 points. Tyrese McGee added 13 points, including 11 in the second half. Grant Sadler chipped in 10 points and Stephen Sullivan finished with 7 points including a pair of “and 1” plays in the 3rd quarter.
Coffee County will be back in action on Wednesday as they play for the tournament title at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. That title game is set to tip at 7:30 PM. Wednesday’s schedule is as follows: 3 PM – Grundy County vs. Franklin County; 4:30 PM – Community vs. Beech; 6 PM – Middle Tennessee Christian vs. Red Bank ; 7:30 PM – East Hamilton vs. Coffee County
Westwood Basketball Duo Named to All Conference Teams
Cruz Pitsinos of Westwood basketball
A pair of Westwood Middle School basketball players were named to the Duck River Valley All Conference team last week. The all-conference teams for 2016 were announced at the conclusion of the DRVC Tournament on Saturday at Cascade. Eighth graders Cruz Pitsinos for the Rockets and Valarie Barger for the Lady Rockets were selected for their season’s performance for Westwood.
Pitsinos, who transferred in to Westwood this past summer, was a guard and forward for the Rockets this season. Cruz averaged 8 points a game for the Rockets this season while dishing out an average of 4 assists per game and pulling down 4 rebounds. “Cruz did a lot of things to help his team(this season)” said Westwood coach Will Pannell. “I am very proud of the season he put in and the effort since joining the Westwood team at the beginning of the year.” Pannell went on the say that Pitsinos was the most physical and well rounded player he coached this season and that he showed great natural leadership.
Valarie Barger of Westwood basketball
Barger, a 2 year starter for Westwood, was a post player for the Lady Rockets this season. Barger led the Lady Rockets in rebounds averaging 7 boards per contest and was the 3rd leading scorer for Westwood. Barger exhibited several clutch performances as she was a team leader in free throw percentage and 4th quarter points. Lady Rockets head coach Angela Houck had great praise for Valarie calling her “the hardest working girl on the team.” She went on to compliment Barger for her leadership calling her “the most positive player on the team. She was very coachable” added Houck.
Neal Scores 2, Predators Beat Devils 5-1
James Neal scored twice in the first period, Juuse Saros stopped 27 shots and the Nashville Predators beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 Tuesday night.
Ryan Johansen and Mattias Ekholm each had a goal and an assist, Filip Forsberg also scored and Viktor Arvidsson had three assists for the Predators.
Sergey Kalinin spoiled Saros’ bid for his first NHL shutout with 4:49 remaining, and Cory Schneider finished with 32 saves for the Devils, who have lost seven straight.
Arvidsson found Neal across the ice on a 2-on-1 and Neal beat Scheider glove-side 5:43 into the game. Neal scored again at 7:15 as he fired a shot from the right circle to beat Schneider on the far post.
Ekholm went top shelf, firing a shot from the blue line at 5:55 of the second period to put Nashville up 3-0.
Forsberg scored on a power play at 8:12 in the third period to push the lead to four with the Devils’ Nick Lappin serving a two-minute penalty for slashing Kevin Fiala.
Johansen scored a short-handed goal on Arvdisson’s third assist with 6:20 left to give Nashville a 5-0 lead.
NOTES: Jacob Josefson, Luke Gazdic and Devante Smith-Pelly were scratches for New Jersey. Reid Boucher, Petter Granberg and P.K. Subban were scratched by Nashville. … Missing his second consecutive game, Subban didn’t make the trip and is day-to-day. … Boucher was returning to New Jersey, which drafted him in the fourth round of the 2011 NHL draft, for the first time since he was picked up off waivers by the Predators on Dec. 3.
The Predators return to Bridgestone Arena on Thursday night to host the LA Kings. Faceoff is set for 7 PM and Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast as part of the Fifth Third Bank/Nashville Predators Radio Network.
12/20/16 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Doug Brown, 44 — Pizza Winner!
Manchester man arrested after reported Domestic Violence
David Milton Pryor… Photo provided by the CCSD
Pryor, was arrested by Coffee County Deputy Antonio Frost.
According to an arrest warrant, officers were dispatched to the Busy Corner Truck Stop to a domestic violence. According to the warrant, the woman told officers that Pryor “severally beat her. The warrant states that the she sustained injuries to her face, eyes, back, her wrist and hands.
The woman was taken to Unity Medical Center for treatment.
The State Probation and Parole violated Pryor’s probation for being arrested for domestic violence. He is on the state sexual offender registry and failed to register a vehicle as required within a 48 hour period.
His bond was set at $27,500.
Domestic Violence charge sends Tullahoma Man to Jail
A North Washington Street man was arrested after an incident at his residence.
William Edward Mann, 27, of North Washington Street, Tullahoma was charged with domestic violence and his bond was set at $2,500.
On Dec. 19 Mann was accused of getting into an argument with a female and punching her several times in the face as well as choking her. A report by Officer Tommy Elliott states that he observed bruising on the woman’s eye as well as redness on her check.
Mann was booked in at the Coffee County Jail.
Update on Fire Homicide
Photo provided of Jeremy Fleming
At the request of 17th District Attorney General Rob Carter, TBI Agents joined authorities in Bedford County in investigating the circumstances leading to December 2nd death of Timothy Perkins in his home on Highway 231 North. During the course of the investigation, authorities developed information leading to Jeremy Fleming age 27 as the individual responsible for the crime.
On December 7th, authorities arrested Fleming in Florida on an unrelated charge. On Monday evening, after waiving extradition back to Tennessee, an Agent served Fleming with a warrant charging him with one count of Criminal Homicide. At last report Fleming was being held at the Bedford County Jail on $1,000,000 bond.
Thousands of Tennesseans Could See Cuts to Benefits
Budget cuts could impact Social Security and Medicare benefits. (BKL/flickr.com)
House budget chair Tom Price has said he would like to see reductions in Social Security and Medicare benefits.
David Reich, senior fellow with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said Price has proposed strict caps on all spending that would kick in if the deficit goes up, even due to tax cuts.
Reich asked, “What if Congress decides to enact large additional tax cuts?” “His document said we really shouldn’t exempt anything.”
Price is strongly opposed to many kinds of federal spending, and has said the government cannot afford current programs. President-elect Donald Trump selected Price to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. Additionally, Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s choice for budget chief, also has stated he wants to cut Social Security and Medicare.
Reich said Price’s proposal is slanted strongly in favor of tax cuts, even to the extent of possibly cutting seniors’ benefits to pay for them. Medicare and Social Security are both popular, and have their own dedicated sources of revenue. As a result, they have been largely exempt from recent congressional tax and spending fights.
And Reich said under the current ‘pay as you go’ budget rules, Congress does not allow itself to increase spending or cut taxes without offsetting the cost. He said Price would break both precedents.
“In place of that, he has this whole series of restrictions on spending only,” he said. “None of them operates on the revenue side at all.”
Trump has said he wants to cut corporate and individual taxes. Analysts have said his plan would increase the deficit and mostly benefit the wealthy. Trump also has said he would oppose Social Security benefit cuts. But Reich said one problem with automatic reductions is they bypass much of the normal debate.
“You wouldn’t say, ‘Well, this is how we want to change Medicare’ or ‘how we want to change Medicaid’ or veterans benefits,'” he explained. “And indeed the limits could be set very low, to try to force reductions.”
It’s unclear what will happen to Price’s proposed legislation if he moves to the executive branch. Reich said in any case, it may face opposition in the Senate.
12/24/16–First United Methodist Candle Light Service
The staff and congregation of Manchester First United Methodist Church
invites you to a candle light Christmas Eve service, this coming Saturday,
December 24 at 6:00 PM in the church sanctuary. The Church is located at
105 Church Street here in Manchester. Please call 728-4624 for more
details.
Coffee County Crushes Community on Monday Night
Garrett Eldridge of Red Raider basketball[Photo by Demarco Moore, Manchester Times]
In Monday’s other games, East Hamilton defeated Beech in overtime, 57 to 54. Middle Tennessee Christian stopped Franklin County 47 to 43 and Red Bank outlasted Grundy County 53 to 43.
After a back and forth 1st quarter, Coffee County led by 1 going into the 2nd quarter. A 7 to 0 run to open the 2nd quarter lifted the Red Raiders to a 9 point lead at the half before Coffee County put the game on ice in the 3rd quarter. The Raiders outscored Community 42 to 18 in the 2nd half to improve to 8 and 2 on the year. Garrett Eldridge led Coffee County in scoring with 14 points as he was named the Crazy Daisies Player of the Game. Stephen Sullivan added 11 points and DeAaron Rozier came off the bench to net 8.
Coffee County will be back in action on Tuesday as they will take on Red Bank at 7:30 PM. Other games on Tuesday are Beech vs Franklin County at 3 PM. Grundy County will play Community at 4:30 and East Hamilton will take on Middle Tennessee Christian at 6 PM.