Chase Hancock of CHS golf

The Coffee County CHS golf team traveled to McMinnville on Tuesday to take part in the Keith Maxwell Invitational at McMinnville Country Club.   The Red Raiders captured 7^th place out of the 10 teams competing as they shot a team total of 375.  Chase Hancock had the low round for the Raiders with an 85.  Cookeville won the tournament shooting a team score of 322.  The Lady Raiders were led by Maggie Crouch who shot a round of 116.

The Raider golfers will be back in action on Thursday when they welcome Shelbyville for a home match.  Tee-off for the 9 hole match is set for 4 PM at Willowbrook.

Tristan Galey of CHS football

In a performance fitting for Labor Day, the Coffee County CHS freshman football team worked over Tullahoma on Monday night at Wilkins Stadium.  Nate Luttrell intercepted a Wildcat pass on the first play from scrimmage and raced 55 yards for a touchdown and the Raider rout was on.  Coffee County put up three 1st quarter touchdowns, and Tristan Galey scored 4 touchdowns on the night, as the Raiders cruised to a 42 to 0 win over the Tullahoma freshmen.

Luttrell’s interception was one of 3 turnovers Tullahoma committed in the first quarter as Travis Martin had a pick and Caleb Bradford scooped up a Wildcat fumble.  Tullahoma reached the red zone only once in the game and that drive was shut down by one of 2 Ashton Ferrell interceptions on the night as Coffee County was the benefactor of 5 Tullahoma turnovers.  Galey finished the night with 21 carries for 141 yards and the 4 touchdowns.  Luttrell added an offensive touchdown as well as he picked up 33 yards rushing on 11 attempts.  Elijah Clemmons had 6 carries for 37 yards and Ian Weldon was a perfect 6 for 6 in point after kicks.

The Red Raiders will be back in action on Monday when they travel to Rockvale their game will kick off at 6:30 immediately following the JV game set for 5 PM.

The Westwood Middle School baseball team will hold tryouts for the 2020 season on Friday, September 6^th and Saturday, September 7^th.  The tryouts will be held at the Babe Ruth Field at Fred Deadman Park in Manchester.  The tryout is open to all boys who are in the 6^th thru 8^th grades at Westwood Middle School.

The first tryout session is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 PM on Friday, September 6^th.  A second day of tryouts, if needed, will be held on Saturday, September 7^th from 9 AM to 11 AM.  Student athletes wishing to tryout need to bring with them their own personal equipment to tryouts.  If you have questions, or need more information, contact head coach Jeff Houck at: 931-247-7234

The Coffee County CHS swim team is scheduled for September 13th, from 3:30- to 4:15 at the Manchester Recreation Department. All swimmers must tryout and are asked to bring  their swimsuit and goggles. Each swimmer must also bring a copy of their physical form along with their signed cardiac arrest and concussion forms. All HS swimmers must be able to swim a 100 Free & backstroke as part of the tryout.  All returning swimmers, are asked to bring forms filled out and signed.

Westwood & Coffee County Middle students will tryout on September 13th, from 4:15 to 5:00. All new swimmers must tryout and are asked to bring their swimsuit and goggles in addition to their physical, cardiac arrest and concussion forms signed. Swimmers must be able to swim a 50-100 free & backstroke. All  returning swimmers must bring all forms filled out and signed.

Matt Davidson hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 13th inning to give the Nashville Sounds a 6-5 win over the San Antonio Missions in the season finale Monday afternoon at First Tennessee Park.

Davidson hit a 1-1 pitch from catcher-turned-pitcher Tuffy Gosewisch into left field. It was deep enough to score Andy Ibanez from third with the winning run. Nashville finished the 2019 campaign with a 66-72 record.

San Antonio jumped out to an early lead with one run in the second and two runs in the fourth. Jake Hager’s RBI double in the second inning started the scoring. Jess Williams made it a 3-0 game in the fourth with a two-run single to center field.

Wes Benjamin tossed five innings in his final start of the 2019 season. The southpaw fell shy of a sixth consecutive quality start but limited the Missions to three runs in five innings. He struck out six in the no-decision.

The Sounds mounted a comeback in the middle innings. In the fifth, catcher Tim Federowicz put their first run on the board with a sacrifice fly to center field. Two home runs helped Nashville take the lead in the sixth. Andy Ibanez launched his 20th long ball of the season to start the inning, cutting the deficit to 3-2. With one out, Matt Davidson drew a walk and came around to score when Patrick Wisdom belted a two-run homer to deep left field. His 31st blast of the season gave Nashville a 4-3 lead.

It didn’t last long as San Antonio got the run back in the seventh. Reliever Joe Barlow issued three walks in the frame and it came back to hurt when Jacob Nottingham hit a sacrifice fly to even the game at 4-4.

The two teams exchanged runs in the 10th inning but otherwise struggled to score in the extra frames.

Post-Game Notes

– With Monday’s 6-5 win, the Sounds finished the 2019 season with a 66-72 record.

– Monday’s attendance of 9,987 brings the season attendance to 578,291 at First Tennessee Park. The Sounds finished with the second-highest per-game average of 8,631 in the Pacific Coast League.

– Wes Benjamin tossed five innings and struck out six batters. He finished the season with career-highs in innings pitched (135.1) and strikeouts (114).

– The home run hit by Andy Ibanez was his 90th run scored of the season. The 91 runs are the 10th-most by a Sound in a single season.

– Patrick Wisdom hit his 31st home run of the year in the sixth inning. It’s the eighth-most home runs hit by a Sound in a single season.

– Monday’s game went 13 innings, the longest game of the season for Nashville.

The 2020 season begins on Thursday, April 9 when the Sounds host the Iowa Cubs. 2020 season ticket memberships are on sale through the Nashville Sounds ticket office. For more information on membership packages, call 615-690-4487, or e-mail tickets@nashvillesounds.com.