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Westwood Soccer Blanks Cascade
Westwood Lady Rocket keeper Abby Lowery
A pair of goals from Beatris Barrera and a goal and assist by Faith Willoughby powered the Westwood Lady Rocket soccer team to a 3 to 0 win over Cascade on Thursday night at Dyer-Bouldin Field. Abby Lowery was perfect in goal for Westwood as she had 10 saves on the night.
Barrera opened the scoring in the 7th minute off a feed from Willoughby to stake Westwood to a 1-0 lead. 3 beautiful saves by Lowery in the 10th and 11th minute kept the Lady Champions off the scoreboard as the match neared the half. Willoughby pounced on a deflected shot by the Cascade keeper in the last minute of the first half and drilled a shot into the back of the net to make it 2 to 0 at the break. Barrera notched her second goal in the 44th minute to lift Westwood to a perfect 2 and 0 record to start the season. The Lady Rockets will host St Andrew’s-Sewanee on Tuesday in a 4:30 PM contest at Dyer-Bouldin Field.
Westwood Football Loses Heartbreaker on Thursday to Middle Tennessee Christian
Westwood football coach Chad Dyer goes over a play call with QB Jake Hollandsworth
Missed extra points were the deciding factor on Thursday night as the Westwood Rockets fell to Middle Tennessee Christian 28 to 26 in Murfreesboro. After falling behind 14 to 0 in the first quarter, the Rockets got a TD run from Dylan Koon and the missed 2 point conversion made it 14 to 6 as the game neared the half. Jake Hollandsworth picked off a Cougar pass and returned it for a touchdown with 2:38 left in the half, but another missed PAT left the score 14 to 12 with 2:38 remaining in the half. Not to be deterred, the Cougars converted a 4th down for a touchdown with 32 seconds left in the half to make it 20 to 12 at the intermission.
Each team traded possessions in the 3rd quarter before MTCS scored with 4 minutes left in the game to seemingly put the game on ice. The gritty Rocket team got a TD from Jacob Floyd with 3 minutes remaining and Hollandsworth hit Shawn Anderson with a pass for the 2 point conversion to trim the deficit to 28 to 20. Westwood was unable to recover the onside kick, but the Rocket defense stopped the Cougars in their tracks to get one last chance. Hollandsworth connected with Koon on a TD pass to close the gap to 2 points, but the PAT was stopped allowing MTCS to run out the clock to claim the win
With the loss, Westwood falls to 1 and 2 on the season and 1 and 2 in conference play. Westwood will play their home opener on Thursday, August 27th beginning at 6:30 PM at Dyer-Bouldin Field. Thunder Radio will bring you that broadcast as the Rockets host Forrest.
CHS Soccer Falls to Cookeville on Thursday
CHS Senior keeper Ali Shelton(Photo by John St.Clair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)
A Cookeville goal in the last minute of the first half killed any Coffee County momentum going into the half and helped boost the visiting Cavaliers to a 7 to 0 win over the Lady Raider soccer team on Thursday night in Manchester. 2 huge saves in the 13th and 15th minute by Coffee County keeper Ali Shelton kept the match scoreless until the 29th minute mark. From there, the Lady Raider defense settled down before a late rush in the 40th minute gave the Cavaliers the 2-0 halftime lead. The second half belonged to the talented visitors as they scored 4 goals in the first 14 minutes of the second half to drop Coffee County to their first loss of the season.
Coach David Amado praised his team for their good first half effort but voiced concern over the inability to generate an offense on the night. Coffee County put only 1 shot on frame all night as Cookeville dominated the action. Senior Maclay Brandon expressed optimism for the positives while admitting that the negatives will give the team some things to learn from. Senior Halie Conner was quick to praise the team’s effort. “I thought we played hard against a really good team.” Shelton, also a senior, echoed those sentiments saying that this team will “work together and get better coming off (tonight’s game)”
The JV Raiders fought to a 1 to 1 draw with Cookeville as Sam Ellison scored the Lady Raider goal on a header off of a Morgan Henley corner kick. Coffee County travels to Soddy Daisy on Saturday for a noon match with the Lady Trojans. The JV team will start the action at 10 AM.
08/19/15
Birthdays:
Zachary Bowan – 13 – Pizza Winner!
Mary Turrentine
Angle Keys – 51
Landon Byrom – 4
Clyde Mathews
Cookeville Man Falls Asleep and Is Now Facing Charges
Eric Jason McDaniel
Eric Jason McDaniel, 42, was arrested after he was found asleep behind the driver seat with keys in the ignition. According to Deputy Blake Simmons, there was an odor of alcohol coming from the vehicle. The officer woke McDaniel and he told the officer that he had consumed approximately a pint of alcohol. After drinking he then said that he drove to the store to get cigarettes.
He then failed three field sobriety tests. He was booked into the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $24,500. He is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Oct. 12.
Law Enforcement Searching For Two Armed Robbery Suspects
Surveillance picture provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office.
One suspect was described as a larger man, wearing a mask, blue gloves and dark clothing. The second suspect was described as a smaller man, wearing a dark colored hoodie with white hand pouches, khaki pants and black shoes with white soles. The store owner did relay to law enforcement that the suspects did leave the scene with approximately $7,500.00 in cash and at least two cartons of Newport cigarettes.
Anyone having any information regarding the whereabouts of these two suspects is asked to contact Inv. Nick Watson or Investigator Robert Tipps at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office (931-962-0123) or contact Crime Stoppers at 931-962-INFO.
New Form of Lice Appearing in Tennessee
According to a new study from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, a new and potentially drug-resistant species of lice is showing up on the heads of children in at least 25 states, including Tennessee.
Ninety-five percent of lice populations collected from 30 states tested positive for a mutation that’s resistant to over-the-counter treatments.
These mutations are reportedly caused by widespread use of insecticides used to kill everything from mosquitoes to bed bugs.
So, if you’re a parent, what can you do to protect your kids?
Health officials recommend inspecting your child’s head and physically picking the lice out if you see them.
Also, fight the instinct to over-treat or give preventative treatments because that actually contributes to the problem.
If the lice won’t die or are not responding to over-the-counter shampoo, a doctor can prescribe a shampoo with stronger chemicals.
Kiwanis Radio Auction Is Saturday
The annual Manchester Kiwanis Club Radio Auction will be held this Saturday (Saturday, Aug 22) starting at 11:00 AM. There will a lot of items and services up for bid. Great bargains for everyone!
All money will be used to help the children of Coffee County.
Also this year there are pictures of many of the items on WMSR’s webpage. Go to www.WmsrRadio.com and then click on the Radio Auction tile ad. You never know you might find the deal you’ve been looking for.
8/22/15 —- William David “Dave” Harper
William David “Dave” Harper, age 65 of Tullahoma, passed away Thursday
August 20, 2015 at a local health care facility.
The family will receive friends Saturday from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at
Tullahoma Funeral Home with a funeral service to be held at 2:00 pm.
Interment will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Tullahoma Funeral Home is honored to serve the Harper family.
8/19/15 —- Lisa A. Knowlton-Wilburn
Lisa A. Knowlton-Wilburn, age 60, of Lynchburg, TN passed away Wednesday, Aug 19, 2015 at her residence.
No services are scheduled.
Lisa, a native of Niagara Falls, NY was the daughter of the late Samuel and Dean Long.
She had worked as a Claims Agent for Travelers Insurance for many years. She enjoyed riding motorcycles and taking care of her horse, Sir Charles and her dog, 
Angel.
Lisa is survived by her husband, John Wilburn of Lynchburg; three step-daughters, Terry Wilburn of Lynchburg, Tracy Parker and her husband, Tab of Jacksonville, FL and Tangela Taylor and her husband, Matt of Lynchburg; seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Lynchburg Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.