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Coffee Middle Opens Basketball Season with a Home Sweep of South
Julia Duncan of CCMS Basketball
The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams opened the regular season in winning fashion on Monday night at home as they swept a pair of games from the rival Trojans of South Franklin. A hot shooting first half saw the Lady Raiders drain five 3 pointers and force a dozen turnovers on their way to a 49 to 30 win. The Lady Raiders raced out to a 10 to 2 lead in the first 2 minutes of the game as South had no answer for Coffee County’s quickness and ball movement. The Lady Raiders were led in scoring by Julia Duncan who had 15 points, Ellie Graham and Bella Vinson each added 14 points for Coffee County.
Brandon Jernigan of CCMS basketball
Kyle Farless hit a 3 pointer in the waning seconds of the first half to give the Red Raiders a lead that they would not relinquish in a 27 to 21 defeat of South in the boys game. Farless’ 3 point basket made the halftime score 17 to 16 in favor of Coffee County. Coffee County used their interior size in the 2nd half as Trevor Horne and Brandon Jernigan combined for 7 of the Raiders last 10 points. Jernigan led Coffee County in scoring with 11 points while Farless finished with 5 points and Horne had 4 points.
Coffee County will be back at home on Thursday night as they welcome North Franklin to the CCMS gym. The girls’ game gets underway at 6 PM.
Westwood Basketball Splits a Pair at Eagleville
Roderic Brinkley of Westwood basketball
The Westwood Rockets won their 4th game in their last 5 contests as they got a huge conference win at Eagleville on Monday night. The home standing Eagles entered the game leading the conference at 6 and 1 but were no match for the Rockets effort and hustle. A 14 point explosion in the 2nd quarter gave Westwood an 8 point lead at the half as the Rockets pulled away in the 2nd half. Roderick Brinkley led Westwood in scoring with 15 points and yanked down 8 rebounds. Jake Hollandsworth added 11 points as the Rockets improved to 4 and 3 on the year.
Westwood Lady Rocket Ashley Starks
The Lady Rockets of Westwood Middle got 27 points from the tandem of Ashley Starks and Morgan Jones but it was not enough as they fell 33 to31 to Eagleville on Monday. Tied at 24 entering the final period, the Lady Eagles were able to get to the free throw line more than Westwood in the 4th quarter to scratch out the conference win. Starks had all 7 of Westwood’s 4th quarter points as she finished with 19 points. Jones netted 8 points in the loss as the Lady Rockets’ record falls to 5 and 2 on the season.
Westwood returns home to the Joel Vinson Gym on Tuesday night as they welcome Liberty for a double header. The girls’ game will tip off at 6:00 PM.
CHS Basketball Opens Preseason Practice
CHS Red Raider basketball coach Micah Williams instructs his players on the 1st day of practice
The Raider and Lady Raider basketball teams of Coffee County Central High School had their first practice sessions on Monday at the Joe Frank Patch Gym.
Coach Micah Williams begins his first season as the Raiders head coach as the Raiders look to improve on a 5 win season last year. The Red Raiders lost 5 starters to graduation along with the majority of their scoring from last season.
CHS Lady Raider basketball coach Herb Hortoninstructs his players on the 1st day of practice
Coach Herb Horton begins is 3rd year at the helm of the Lady Raiders. Coach Horton looks to replace 4 senior starts from last year’s squad. The Lady Raiders will see the return of junior post player Aerial Williams who missed most of last season with a knee injury.
Coffee County opens the regular season on November 17th at home as they play host to Huntland. As always, Thunder Radio is your exclusive home for Coffee County athletics.
11/02/15
Birthdays:
Cam Montgomery — Pizza Winner!
Lisa Duke
Paul Bryan, 88
Gina Stephens
Loretta Bond
Charlie Brown I
Rodney Lowrey
Rosie Shannon
Dustin Rainey
Artie Smith Brinkley
11/01/15
Birthdays:
Paul Blackwell
Harley Tut — Pizza Winner!
10/31/15
Birthdays:
Miranda Stacey, 17 — Pizza Winner!
Kenneth Cornelison, 59
Lyle Lawton
Infrastructure Needs in Tennessee and Coffee County
Tennessee needs at least $42.3 billion of public infrastructure improvements during the five-year period of 2013-2018 according to a new report by the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR). The need for public infrastructure improvements as reported by state and local officials is up $4.1 billion (10.7%) compared with the year before, mainly because bridges with remedial needs exceeding $50,000 are now treated as immediate needs, consistent with all other project types in the inventory regardless of when funds will be available to repair or upgrade them. Without those bridge projects, the total cost would have increased by only $369 million (1.0%).
The report says Coffee County needs $301 million in public infrastructure improvements. The local cost would be $109,591,734.
The category requiring the most improvement in Coffee County and statewide is transportation and utilities.
Coffee County is looking at $166.7 million worth of transportation infrastructure upgrades, which is around 55 percent of Coffee County’s total improvement costs.
The county alone maintains 637.28 miles of road. This does not include roads maintained by Tullahoma and Manchester cities.
Of the 95 counties in Tennessee, Coffee County ranks 33rd highest in infrastructure improvement needs.
Scam Alert from DREMC
Duck River Electric Membership Corporation is warning members about phone scam calls in the service area. Callers are falsely linking themselves to DREMC, claiming to need a $900 deposit to change out their meter base. The caller claims that if the deposit for the GPS meter is not made, electricity would be disconnected. The calls originate from 850-615-7703 extension 13.
“These types of scams are becoming more frequent, and it is disturbing for everyone,” says Steve Oden, DREMC Director of Member Services. “Homes and businesses are being targeted with this latest scheme, and we want our members to be aware of how to handle it if it happens to them.”
DREMC would like members to know if they receive a questionable call, they should not give out any personal information. They are advised to hang up and contact their local DREMC office.
Furthermore, DREMC employees do not ask members for payment information unless the member initiates the call. Also, if someone claiming to be a DREMC employee asks for payment at your home or business, please demand official identification. Remember that DREMC and its contractors should be in clearly marked vehicles. If they cannot readily produce identification, contact the authorities.
Bill payment methods available to DREMC members include bank draft, online bill pay, pay by phone, pay by mobile app, pay by mail and pay in person.
Siegel High School Football Player Condition Unchanged
Baylor Bramble
Baylor Bramble, a junior cornerback, had to undergo emergency brain surgery at Vanderbilt.
On Friday night Coffee County took on Siegel in high school football. The game began with a tribute to Bramble. With only 10 players on the field, the Stars kicked off, and Vanderbilt commit Alontae Taylor ran up to the 33-yard line and downed the ball there. Taylor took a knee on the first snap of the game as the public address announcer credited Bramble with the stop. At that point, both teams met in the middle of the field for a prayer for Bramble.
On Halloween, his father David posted an update on Twitter saying Baylor was moving his arms, though not on command.
However, his father posted a tweet on Sunday that said Baylor’s latest MRI showed no improvement.
The family though hasn’t given up hope and has requested your continued prayers.
Tennessee Board of Education Asking for Feedback
The Tennessee State Board of Education is seeking feedback on newly revised K-12 math and English language arts standards.
The Leaf-Chronicle reports the board launched a new website in late October to give the public its first opportunity to offer input on standards that were recently improved by state educators after previous public input.
In a statement, the state board says the standards will be available for online feedback through mid-November.
The board says the standards were developed by “expert educator advisory teams” during the summer, and set “grade-specific goals that exemplify what students” should know and be able to do by the end of a certain grade or course.
Once the data is collected from the public, it will be aggregated and sent to the Standards Recommendation Committee.