The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams hit the road on Thursday taking on East Middle in Tullahoma.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, Coffee County grabbed a huge conference sweep over the Panthers.   The Lady Raiders erupted in the middle 2 quarters to get a 54 to 32 win.  The Red Raiders held off a 4^th quarter rally by the Panthers to grab a 54 to 42 win.

In the girls’ contest, the Lady Raiders went on a 13 to 4 run in the 2^nd quarter to gain the upper hand in the rivalry match-up.  Coffee Middle scored 16 points in each of the 2^nd and 3^rd quarters as they rolled to the conference win.  Olivia Vinson led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 20 points.  Channah Gannon added 11 points while Addie Sartain chipped in 8. 

For the boys, 1^st half foul trouble for the Raiders looked like it would doom Coffee County.  But after making some halftime adjustments, the Raiders pushed their 5 point halftime lead to 14 entering the 4^th quarter.  East opened the 4^th quarter on a 7 to 0 run to cut into the deficit before Coffee County got their offense back on track to claim the win.  Ethan Hargrove led the Raiders is scoring with 19 points.   Cooper Reed added 16 points as the Red Raiders improved to 6 and 2 in conference play. 

The Raider teams return to the court on Monday when they travel to Winchester to take on South Franklin at Franklin County High School.  The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM. 

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Seven members of the Coffee County CHS football team were named to the Region 3-6A All-Region team in an announcement this week.  The selections were made based on a vote by the region coaches.  Selected to the team for Coffee County were: Matthew Pittman, Shane Speakman, Zack Galey. Collin Ward and C.J. Anthony.  Cardin Stump and Kelvin Verge were named honorable mention. 

Doug Greene will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the selections and next week’s Toyota East/West All Star Game. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast live each Saturday morning from 10 to 11 AM from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.  The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.

Friday Prep Schedule
6:00 PM – CHS basketball at White County – Thunder Radio broadcast

Saturday Prep Schedule
9:00 AM – CHS Wrestling(Girls) in Coyote Classic at West Creek
9:00 AM – CHS Wrestling(Boys) in Bear Duels at Mt. Juliet
10:00 AM – CHS Claybusters in AIM Team Shoot at Big Springs
6:30 PM – CHS Basketball(Boys) HOSTS Marshall Co(Boys only) – Thunder Radio broadcast

Saturday’s Coffee County Elementary Basketball League Quarterfinals at CHS
9:00 – College Street vs East Coffee – Girls
10:00 – Westwood vs East Coffee – Boys
11:00 – North Coffee vs Hillsboro – Girls
12:00 – New Union vs Hillsboro – Boys
1:00 – New Union vs Hickerson – Girls
2:00 – North Coffee vs Deerfield – Boys
3:00 – Westwood vs Deerfield – Girls
4:00 – College Street vs Hickerson – Boys

It’s official: Nashville Soccer Club will compete in the Western Conference for its inaugural Major League Soccer season in 2020, the league announced Monday morning. Fellow expansion side Inter Miami CF will be placed in the Eastern Conference to ensure both conferences have an equal 13 clubs.

Each club will play a 34-game regular season with 17 home matches and 17 away matches. Every team will play their 12 intra-conference opponents twice – once home and once away for a total of 24 matches – with the other 10 regular-season matches coming against the opposite conference. Those inter-conference opponents will be revealed with the full 2020 schedule release.

Three more expansion clubs are set to join the league in the coming years: Austin FC (2021), Sacramento Republic (2022) and St. Louis (2022).
As a Western Conference side for its inaugural season, Nashville SC is guaranteed to host some of the top clubs in MLS at Nissan Stadium, including defending MLS Cup champion Seattle Sounders and defending Supporters’ Shield winners LAFC. Here is the official 2020 MLS conference alignment:

Eastern Conference (13 clubs)
Atlanta United
Chicago Fire FC
Columbus Crew SC
D.C. United
FC Cincinnati
Inter Miami CF
Montreal Impact
New England Revolution
New York City FC
New York Red Bulls
Orlando City
Philadelphia Union
Toronto FC

Western Conference (13 clubs)
Colorado Rapids
FC Dallas
Houston Dynamo
LAFC
LA Galaxy
Minnesota United
Nashville SC
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders
Sporting Kansas City
Vancouver Whitecaps

The Coffee County CHS wrestling team opened their season on Tuesday night with a tri-match in Whitwell.  The Raider grapplers captured a dominant win over Brainerd by a score of 72 to 6.  Against the host Tigers of Whitwell, Coffee County was edged 41 to 30. 

Against Whitwell, the Raiders got pinfall wins from Jeremiah Wardell(at 113 pounds), Gavin Prater(145), Zac Galey(182) and Chris Speegle(220).  Coffee County’s Dalton Long won with a forfeit at 126 pounds.

Against Brainerd, the Raiders got 10 forfeit wins.  Capturing the forfeit points were: Jeremiah Wardell(106), Gabriel Westbrook(120), Dalton Long(126), Hunter Massey(132), Caleb Boothe(138), Gavin Prater(145), Hunter Waring(152), Terreance Taylor(160), Zac Galey(182) and Chris Speegle(220).  Capturing pinfall wins were Zachary Speegle(170) and Cardin Stump(285). 

Coffee County returns to the mat on Saturday.  The Lady Raider wrestlers will travel to Clarksville to compete in the Coyote Classic at West Creek High School.  The Red Raider wrestlers will visit Mt. Juliet High School to compete in the prestigious Bear Duals.

Eighty-eight of Tennessee’s top senior football players have been selected to play in this year’s Tennessee East-West All-Star Classic, scheduled to be played at Austin Peay State University on December 13. Additionally, Coffee County CHS head football coach Doug Greene has been selected as the Defensive Coordinator for the East All Star team.

“We’re very excited for the players and coaches who have accepted an invitation to be a part of Tennessee’s premier all-star event,” stated Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association Executive Director Bill Marbet.

“This year, more players than ever have already committed to continue their education by playing football at numerous Power 5 Conference schools. Our list of player commitments is very impressive,” he added.

Four practice sessions, a half-day at famed Ft. Campbell, home of the famed 101st Airborne Division, and walk-through sessions the day of the game help make up the agenda for those involved in the game.

“Not only does this game showcase much of Tennessee’s high school football talent, it also gives a number of other players an opportunity to show colleges coaches from smaller division schools that they are worthy of consideration for scholarship offers,” continued Marbet.

“In previous years, we’ve had college coaches from more than two-dozen colleges attend our practice sessions. As a result, additional players in the game who did not already have college scholarship offers before the event walked away from All-Star Week with a firm offer to continue playing football at the next level,” he added.

Marbet was also very complimentary for those in Clarksville who make All-Star Week such a memorable event. “All of us involved in staging this event are most appreciative of the support that people at Austin Peay, Visit Clarksville and Ft. Campbell have shown us,” he continued. “The memories our players and coaches take away from this game will last a lifetime.”

Kickoff for the game is set for 7 o’clock at Fortera Stadium. Area high school football players who are wearing their high school jersey and are accompanied by one of their coaches will be admitted free to the game.

Doug Greene will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the All-Star Game. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast live each Saturday morning from 10 to 11 AM from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.  The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.

6:00 PM – CCMS basketball at East Tullahoma – 1^st National Bank Hometown Sports Series broadcast on Thunder Radio