Monday Prep Schedule

4:00 PM – CHS Golf HOSTS Tullahoma/Cannon Co/Van Buren at Willowbrook

4:30 PM – CCMS Girls’ Soccer HOSTS North Franklin

5:00 PM – CCMS Volleyball HOSTS Harris

6:00 PM – CHS Volleyball HOSTS Tullahoma – 1^st National Bank Hometown Sports Series broadcast on Thunder Radio

6:30 PM – WMS Football HOSTS Cannon Co

The Coffee County CHS and Coffee County Middle School cross country teams hit the ground running on Saturday night as they opened the cross country season at Siegel.  Competing in the annual Siegel “Under the Stars” race series, both boys’ and girls’ teams posted strong performances.

The CCMS runners competed in the 1.5 mile heats.  Sophie McInturff turned in the best performance of the night capturing the race win with a time of 10:08.43.  Greenlee Woods finished 3^rd in that heat and 4^th overall with a time of 10:27.18 out of a field of 117 runners.  Ella Arnold posted a time of 14:02.63 and Mary Lynn Colter completed the race in 16:32.76.

For the CCMS Red Raider runners, Lucas Beaty set the pace with a time 9:12.48 finishing in a 3^rd place tie in the top heat and ended up being good enough for 3^rd overall out of 165 runners.  Manny Gonzalez came in 12^th in his heat with a time of 9:51.37.  Bradley Escue was 13^th at 9:52.55.  Another pair of Raider harriers were right on their heels as Brayton Anderson ran a 10:01.95 for 15^th place and Hunter Chapman was 16^th at 10:03.39.  Clayton Bryant finished in 19^th place in his heat with a time of 11:12.90 and Cole Bryan captured a 21^st place finish with a time of 13:57.78.

The Coffee County CHS runners competed in a series of 2 mile heats that featured 245 male runners and 174 female racers.  Jacob Rutledge posted the low time of the night as he led the Red Raiders with a 22^nd place finish with a time of 10:32.7.  Renato Ayala ran the race in 11:44.0; Bodey Todd finished with a time of 12:04.9; Ethan Welch finished at 12:05.4; Garrett Masters had a time of 12:12.1; Christian Alvarez ran a 12:12.9; Jacob Slabaugh ran a 12:51.0; Jacob Melton had a 13:47.8 and Holden Shew has a time of 16:10.2.

For the Lady Raiders, Patricia Barrera was the top finisher coming home in 33^rd place with a time of 13:26.2.  Madison Rooker had a final time of 14:55.5; Nayeli Cano finished in 15:43.5; Jayda Wright crossed the tape at 15:58.7; Zoe Mills posted a time of 16:20.1; and Haley-Koren Sherrill had a time of 18:23.9.

The Coffee County CHS cross country team will be back in action on Saturday, August 31^st. They will travel to Hermitage to take part in the Voyles Classic.  The Coffee County Middle School harriers will hit the course on Thursday, September 5^th in a meet in Bell Buckle at Webb School.

Members of the CCMS Soccer team in their pink “Kickin Cancer” t-shirts on Saturday

The Coffee County Middle School soccer team hosted their 15^th Annual Kickin Cancer Playday at CCMS on Saturday.  12 teams did battle on the hot day before a huge crowd.  At the end of the day, a portion of the gate proceeds will benefit a local cancer charity.

The Lady Raider varsity team struggled in their 2 games as they were shut out twice.  The varsity team was shut out by North Franklin 2 to 0 in the opening game of the tournament.  They dropped their final match 4 to 0 to Rockvale.  For the JV team, they opened up with a 1 nil loss to Thomas Francis.  They closed out the day with a 2 to 0 win over DeKalb County Lola George had both goals for the Lady Raiders.

The Lady Raiders will open the season on Monday when they play host to North Franklin.  Their match will get underway at 4:30 PM at CCMS.

written by Lawrence Phillips

Opening day for the 2019 SMTYFA season had the Manchester Red Raiders hosting the Franklin County Rebels at Carden Jarrell Field.
In Division 1 action Avery Hodges and Karson Wimley had two touchdowns each and Davion Dycus added a score. All five extra points failed but the Division 1 Raiders cruised to a 30-0 victory.

In the Division 2 game Levi Scott ran for three scores and threw a touchdown pass to Treyvion Mathis and Michael Palmer added an extra point as the Division 2 Raiders bested the Rebels 26-0.

In the final game of the day the Division 3 Red Raiders started out by kicking off to the Franklin County Rebels and then enlisting a smothering defense causing a turnover on the opening possession followed by a touchdown run from Landen “Train” Abellana with the extra point being run in by Kaysen Lowery. After that it was all Raiders with a pick six by Abellana and a Lowery extra point. Mathew White scored and Gabriel Hambly ran for the extra point. Abellana had another interception for a touchdown and Jace Cashion scored the extra point. Cashion followed up with a touchdown run and Lowery threw the two point conversion to Tyler Martin. Isaiah Robledo scored with the extra point bring punched in by Gus Sherrill. Cashion scored again and Lowery ran in the extra point. Caiden Martin returned a fumble for a score and Gus Slone put in the extra point. The final play of the day was a pass from Lowery to Tyler Martin for six as the time expired as the Red Raiders defeated the Rebels 63-0.
The Manchester Red Raiders next game is Saturday August 24th on the road against the Shelbyville Golden Eagles at Shelbyville Central High School. Division 1 play begins at 10:00 am followed by Division 2 at 11:30 am and rounding out the day with Division 3 at 1:00 pm.

The Sounds were unable to complete a four-game sweep against Omaha Sunday night, losing 7-4. Nashville scored runs in the eighth and ninth inning but were unable to stage a comeback.

Nick Solak led off the bottom of the first inning with the second inning. Scott Heineman scored Solak with his eighth home run of the season. That put Nashville up 2-0 early.

Taylor Featherston scored the first run of the game for Omaha with a solo home run in the top of the third inning. It was his first hit this season for the Storm Chasers. That cut Nashville’s lead 2-1.

There wouldn’t be another score until the sixth inning, where Omaha took the lead. Erick Mejia led off with a single and scored on a triple by Jorge Bonifacio. He scored the go-ahead run when Erick Weiss hit a single to put the score at 3-2, Omaha.

Eric Skoglund settled in for Omaha after allowing the home run to Heineman. He retired 15-straight hitters from the first inning to the middle of the sixth inning. He finished with 7.0 innings and allowed just the two runs in the first. He struck out three Nashville hitters.

Another run crossed the plate for the Storm Chasers in the seventh inning. Professional baseball’s stolen base leader Nick Heath walked and proceeded to steal second and third base. He scored on a wild pitch to make it a 4-2 game in Omaha’s favor.

Nashville was able to scratch across a run in the bottom of the eighth inning. Zack Granite tripled in the bottom of the eighth inning and scored on an infield single by Solak. That cut Omaha’s lead 4-3.

The Storm Chasers would respond to the Nashville’s late comeback attempt by adding three runs in the top of the ninth. Matt Davidson hit a solo home in the bottom of the ninth but that would be it, as Omaha finished off the Sounds 7-4.

The Sounds hit the road Monday for a 12-game, 11-day road trip the starts with a five-game series at Oklahoma City. With first pitch at 7:05 p.m., with right-hander Austin Bibens-Dirkx (0-3, 7.94) starting for the Sounds and will face Dodgers’ right-hander J.D. Martin (3-0, 5.40).

Post-Game Notes

– With Sunday’s 7-4 loss, the Sounds drop to 56-67 in 2019.

– The Sounds five-game winning streak was snapped Sunday, making it the third time this season Nashville couldn’t reach six-straight wins.

– After hitting his home run in the bottom of the first inning, Scott Heineman was replaced defensively in the second inning by Patrick Wisdom in right field.

– Matt Davidson’s home run was his 27th of the season, setting his single season career-high.

– Wes Benjamin recorded his fifth quality start of the season.