Gracie Pippenger of CHS softball

The Coffee County Lady Raider softball team opened up play in the Region 4AAA tournament at Terry Floyd Field on Monday.  Facing off against a team that has been ranked in the Top 10 in the state all year, the Lady Raiders needed to put together their best performance of the season to spring the upset. Coffee County went toe to toe with the heavily favored Lady Blaze before falling 2 to 1.

A pair of solo home runs in the 1^st inning was all the offense that Blackman needed as they jumped out to a 2 to 0 lead.  Coffee County scratched across a run in the 2^nd inning when Ashley Evans ripped a 2 out double scoring Gracie Pippenger.  After getting 3 hits in the 2^nd inning, the Lady Raiders could only muster 1 more hit the rest of the game in the loss.

Pippenger had 2 hits in 3 at-bats and scored Coffee County’s only run as she was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.  Evans had an RBI double and Justus Turner and Katie Rutledge each had singles for the Lady Raiders who were held to 5 hits.  Keri Munn took the hard luck loss in the circle as she pitched well, striking out 7 while walking only 1 and surrendering 6 hits to the potent Blackman lineup.

The Lady Raiders will end the season with a final record of 24 and 10.  Coffee County made their 3^rd straight appearance in the region tournament and won their 2^nd straight district title.

Holli Hancock of CCMS track

The Coffee County Middle School track team captured a team championship and a 2^nd place team finish on Monday in the Central Tennessee Conference Meet at Tullahoma.  The Lady Raiders outdistanced second place East Tullahoma by 17 points.  The Red Raiders came in 2^nd place as they finished 16 points behind 1^st place South Franklin.

The Lady Raiders got 1^st place individual finishes from:  Sophie McInturff in the 800M and the 1600M; Kinzie Givens in the high jump; Holli Hancock in the shot put and Nikki Graham in the discus.  Coffee Middle’s girls’ 4x400M relay team came in 2^nd place while the 4×100 relay team finished in 3^rd place and  the 4x200M relay team finished in 5^th place.

Other Top 5 performances for the Lady Raiders were:

Katie Cotton – 2^nd, high jump; 3^rd, 200M;

Kaitlyn Davis – 2^nd, shot put;

Abigail Mahaffey – 3^rd, shout put;

Jaylyn Case – 4^th, long jump;

Camry Moss – 5^th, 800M;

Josie Willis – 5^th, 1600M;

Holli Hancock – 5^th, discus;

Ashton Ferrell of CCMS track

The Red Raiders got a 1^st place individual finish from Ashton Ferrell in the shot put.  Coffee Middle’s boys’ 4x200M and 4x100M relay teams both finished in 4^th place while the 4x400M relay team came in 5^th place.

Other Top 5 performances for the Red Raiders were:

Travis Martin – 2^nd, high jump; 3^rd, 100M

Braison Yancer – 2^nd, 400M; 5^th, long jump;

Ashton Ferrell – 2^nd, discus;

Cayden Miller – 2^nd, 800M;

Jacob Slabaugh – 3^rd, 1600M; 4^th, 800M

Caleb Bradford – 4^th, shot put; 4^th, discus;

Lucas Beaty – 5^th, 1600M;

Three members of the Lady Raider track team will compete in the TMSAA state meet on Saturday in Clarksville.  Holli Hancock, Kaitlyn Davis and Jaylyn Case will represent Coffee Middle at Fortera Stadium on the campus of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Full CTC Meet results are found at: https://tn.milesplit.com/meets/344100/results/653630/raw#.XNokf_lKjIU

Benedict Edinger of CHS tennis

Coffee County Red Raider tennis player Benedict Edinger carried the mantle for the Red Raider tennis program on Monday as he competed in the Region singles tournament in Murfreesboro.  Edinger, who won led the Red Raider team to a 13 and 1 season record, won the regular season singles title.

In the region tournament, Edinger fell in straight sets(2-6, 0-6) to Siegel tennis’ Hussain Alzubaidi.    Edinger, a foreign exchange student, has been the guest of Dewayne and Linda Conklin this school year.  Benedict will return home to Germany on May 26^th.