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9/30/15
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CHS Golf Concludes Season with 4th Straight State Tournament Appearance
CHS senior Teagan Perry in action on Wednesday at the state tournament (Photo by John StClair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)
A pair of top 20 individual finishes by juniors Savannah Quick and Sophie Vinson were not enough to lift the Coffee County Lady Raider golf team to a team title on Wednesday in the final round of the Class AAA state golf tournament at Willowbrook. Quick and Vinson finished with a 2 day total of 315 as the Lady Raiders claimed a 4th place team finish. Individually, Quick finished with a 2 day total of 155 to finish in 12th place. Vinson shot a 2 day total of 161 to finish in a tie for 19th place. Senior Teagan Perry shaved 5 strokes off her Tuesday score as she finished the tournament with a final round score of 83. Perry had improved scores on 8 holes on Wednesday from her Tuesday round as the senior captain completed her high school career with a 32nd place finish. Houston High School out of Germantown rode an 8 under par score of 64 on Wednesday from Jayna Choi to claim the state title. Dobyns Bennett and Farragut finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.
CHS Golfer John Parigger
John Parigger shot a 3 over par 75 on Wednesday to finish in 36th place in the boys tournament. Parigger, a junior for Coffee County, finished the day with a pair of birdies and an even par score of 36 on Willowbrook’s front 9. Parigger finished the tournament with a respectable 36 hole score of 154(10 over par) and played the last 27 holes at plus 5. Parigger was the 3rd Red Raider golfer to compete in the state tournament in the last 3 years. The Lady Raider team is the 3rd consecutive girls’ team from Coffee County to make the state tournament and this year is the 4th year in a row that Coffee County has been represented at the girls state tournament. Coach Mike Ray is the head coach for Coffee County and he, along with members from the Coffee County golf teams, will be the guests on the Coffee Coaches Show on Saturday morning at 10. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast live each Saturday from the showroom of AL White Ford/Lincoln at 2002 Hillsboro Boulevard in Manchester.
Disturbance at the Coffee County Jail Will Lead to Charges
Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves… File photo
Sheriff Steve Graves said that some of the inmates wanted to fight officers and were throwing items such as serving trays, a mop bucket and a mop cart. Graves said an officer was able to use a stinger-ball grenade to help control the inmates. The sheriff added that the disturbance was brought under control in less than five minutes and he would like to thank his staff and Manchester Police for their quick action that stopped this from being a major event. Around 20 inmates were involved.
The area of the jail where this occurred is now on lockdown for the remainder of the week.
Several charges are pending.
Couple Accused of Killing Their Baby Will Face a Jury in May
Robert Blaine Roper, 28, and Carol Michelle Keri Roper, 22, are accused of killing their newborn and then setting the infant’s body on fire in a ditch in August 2014.
A May 5, 2016 court date has been set in Moore County for the couple.
Both defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, one count of premeditated first-degree murder and two counts of felony murder.
Both are being held in the Moore County Jail on $1 million bond apiece.
Tullahoma Man Allegedly Takes Vehicles That Didn’t Belong To Him
Paul Harvey Hill intake photo provided by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department.
Paul Harvey Hill, 36, of Carter Road is charged with habitual traffic offender, driving on revoked/suspended license, leaving the scene of an accident, five counts of theft of property and two counts of manufacture/sell/delivery and failed to give immediate notice of an accident. His bond was set at $106,500 and he is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Oct. 15.
On Sept. 12 Tullahoma Police learned that Hill had allegedly taken a 2002 Dodge Ram truck from a residence on Freeman Street. While the officer was searching for Hill he learned that he was wanted for taking a vehicle in Bedford County.
On Sept. 26 police were dispatched to Helen Street concerning the theft of a car. Hill had allegedly left in a gold Cadillac. That vehicle was later found on Ledford Mill Road.
Equal Pay for Women? Not So Fast a New Report Says
Advocates for women say inequities in pay between men and women hurt families and the economy. Credit: Matthew calgrin/Morguefile.
Jessica Milli, the study director, says the median income for a woman working full-time was more than $10,000 dollars less than men in 2014.
Milli says more needs to be done to close the gender wage gap, not only because she says women deserve to be paid equally for their work but because it’s hurting families and the economy overall.
“If you were to add up the earnings gains that women would get if they were paid the same as men – so in the same occupations, for the same hours of work – that would amount to an extra $450 billion into families’ pockets,” she points out.
Milli concedes the pay gap between women and men isn’t always due to unfair employers – more women work in occupations that historically have paid less.
Still, she says, policies to modernize overtime pay regulations, increase access to affordable child care and mandate paid family leave would go a long way to help shorten the time women will have to wait to be paid the same as men.
The report found neither women nor men saw a significant increase in inflation-adjusted earnings last year compared with 2013.
And it says women who are represented by a union earn on average over $200 more per week than those in nonunion jobs.
Milli notes that for decades, women have been adding more education and job experience to their resumes, but says investment in what she calls human capital hasn’t translated into fair earnings fast enough.
“Those losses due to the wage gap really add up,” she stresses. “Women lose about $530,000 by the time they reach the age of 59.”
Milli adds that losses over a career for college-educated women can be as high as $800,000. She says if the pace of closing the wage gap continues at the same rate as it has since 1960, it will be another 44 years before women see equal pay.
Lady Raider Golf in the Hunt After Day #1 of the State Golf Tournament
Savannah Quick of CHS Golf tees off Tuesday on the back 9 as the rain begins to fall at the TSSAA Golf Tournament at Willowbrook (Photo by John StClair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)
The one-two punch of Savannah Quick and Sophie Vinson fired a team score of +8 (152) on Tuesday to finish the day in a 2nd place tie at the TSSAA State Golf Tournament at Willowbrook. Coffee County will enter tournament play on Wednesday trailing tournament leader Houston by 1 stroke. A lightning delay of almost 2 hours effectively broke the day up into halves as Coffee County entered the delay in first place. Quick and Vinson shot a combined 4 over par on the first 2 holes when the golfers returned to the course after the lengthy delay. Teagan Perry finished the day with an 88 for the Lady Raiders. Savannah Quick will be in the first group on Wednesday as she will tee off at 8:00 AM on the 1st tee. Sophie Vinson follows her at 8:10 while Teagan Perry’s foursome tees off at 8:20. Quick, with her 3 over par score of 75, is also in a 6th place tie for the individual medal as she is 4 strokes off the lead. Vinson, at 6 strokes back, is in a tie for 11th.
John Parigger, the lone Red Raider who qualified for Coffee County, struggled on the back 9 as he shot a 6 over par 78 on the day. John also struggled after the lightning delay as he got a bogey on each of the first 3 holes he played after returning to the course. Parigger rallied to complete his final 7 holes at even par to give him momentum going into Wednesday. Parigger will begin Wednesday in a tie for 45th place 13 strokes off the lead. Parigger will begin his 2nd round on the 10th tee in a foursome that will tee off at 9:40 AM.
The Class AAA State Golf Tournament concludes on Wednesday. The public is invited to come out and support all the golfers. Admission for the tournament is $8 and golf carts will not be available for spectators.
CHS Volleyball Sweeps Franklin County
Maddie Taylor of CHS volleyball (Photo by John StClair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)
The Coffee County volleyball team got their 11th win in their last 14 matches on Tuesday night with a straight set sweep of Franklin County. The Lady Raiders struggled early in each of the 1st two sets before ruining Franklin County’s Senior Night by scores of 25 to 13, 25 to 8 and 25 to 9. The Lady Raiders were strong at the front line as they served 24 aces on the match with only 8 service errors.
Coffee County was led in aces and assists by Maddie Taylor who had 8 aces and 11 assists on the match. She also scored 5 kills. Diana Davis led the team in kills with 10, while Peyton Nicoll added 5 and Baylee Nester added 4. Nicoll and Bailey Morgan added 5 assists a piece while Makayla Morgan added 5 aces.
The win improves Coffee County to 18 and 15 on the season and 8 and 3 in District 8AAA play. Coffee County closes out the regular season on Thursday as they travel to Lawrence County for a 6 PM district match.
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CCMS Football Ends Regular Season with 42 to 0 Win Over White County
CCMS RB Tanner Hulvey (Photo by John St. Clair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)
The Coffee County Middle School football team used 4 first half touchdowns against White County to power them to a 30 to 0 halftime lead as they ended their regular season with a 42 to 0 shutout of the Warriors. Tanner Hulvey had 2 touchdown runs and a pair of 2 point conversions in the first half for the Raiders. Blanton Brown added 2 touchdowns, one on a long punt return while Brandon Jernigan and Adam Petty each added a touchdown. The win improves the Red Raiders record to 7 and 1 on the season and 5 and 1 in conference play. Coffee County will finish the season at no worse than a three way tie for first place as they have the week off next week. Coffee County now needs to wait until the conclusion of next week’s games to determine if they will take part in the CTC Championship game. That CTC Championship Game is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, October 10th.
9/29/15
Birthdays:
Peggy Miller – Pizza Winner!