The Westwood softball team is “heading to the ‘ship” as they captured a semifinal win on Friday night in the Duck River Valley postseason tournament.  The Lady Rockets had to rally in the 5^th inning to get the exciting win over Community.  Westwood won by a final score of 7 to 5 at Dave King Park.

The Rockets opened up strong as scored twice in the opening inning.  Community rallied back to take a 4 to 2 lead in the second.  Westwood tied the game by notching single runs in the 3^rd and 4^th innings before adding 2 in the 5^th and 1 in the 6^th to escape with the win.

Emma Kidder and Kara Beth Patton swung the hot bats as each had 3 hits and 2 RBI.  Kidder had a pair of doubles and a single while Patton had 3 singles.  Brooklyn Blake added a single and a triple.  Kidder got the win in the circle as she scattered 6 hits and did not give up an earned run while striking out 6.

The Duck River Valley Tournament will now move to Westwood on Saturday with 4 teams remaining.  Losers’ bracket games will be played at 9 and 11 with the survivor of that taking on Westwood at 1 PM.  Should Westwood fall in the 1 PM game, they would get a rematch for a winner-take-all championship game at 3.  All of Saturday’s games will take place at Lady Rocket Field.

The Coffee County Central Middle softball team opened play in the Central Tennessee Conference postseason tournament on Friday.  Taking on Tullahoma, the Lady Raiders scored in every inning as they punched their ticket to the semifinals with a 14 to 2 win.

The Lady Raiders jumped on Tullahoma for a pair of runs in the 1^st inning only to see the Lady Cats tie the game in the 2^nd.  The Lady Raiders rallied back to score 4 runs in the 3^rd to regain the momentum and shut down Tullahoma the rest of the way.

Coffee Middle banged out 11 hits in the game led by Alivia Reel who had a pair of doubles and drove in a run.  Katelyn Davis had 2 singles and 2 RBI while Aleayia Barnes and Chesnie Cox each had 2 singles.  Chloe Gannon had a single and 3 RBI.  Davis went the distance in the circle surrendering no earned runs while striking out 6.

Coffee County will advance to Saturday’s semifinals where they will square off against Warren County.  That game will be held at noon at the CCMS field.  The double elimination tournament’s championship game is scheduled to begin at 5 PM.

Ten members of the Coffee County Central High School tennis team got the necessary 2 wins to advance to Saturday’s semifinals of the District 8 tennis tournament on Friday.  Three individuals qualified in the JV tournament.  Seven varsity netters will represent Coffee County in the final 2 rounds on Saturday.

In the JV boys’ division, Nathan Brown and Tyler Rigney each advance in singles play.  Each won 3 matches to advance to the Final Four.  In girls’ JV play, Maci Lawrence qualified for the semifinals as she rolled through her singles bracket to the Final Four.

For the varsity boys, both Coffee County entries advanced to the Final Four as each won both their matches.  Benedict Edinger won his 2 matches by scores of 8 to 1 and 8 to 4.  He will open up on Saturday against Cole Norris of Franklin County in the semifinals.  Jayden Talley won his 2 matches by scores of 8 to 1 and 8 to 6.  Talley will face top-seeded Nathan Randolph of Shelbyville in the semifinals.  In doubles play, the doubles team of Jonah Rollman and Jonathan Welch punched their ticket to the semifinals as they opened up with a 9 to 7 win before upsetting the 3^rd seeded team from Shelbyville in the quarterfinals.

For the varsity girls, Lauren Perry rolled into the semifinals with a pair of wins.  Perry knocked off the tournament’s 4^th seed in the first round by a score of 8 to 6.  In the quarterfinals, Perry rolled to an 8 to 2 win.  On Saturday, Lauren will open up against the tournament’s #1 seed, Alexa Hooten of Marshall County.  Emma Fulks won her opening round match 8 to 0 before bowing out in the semifinals 8 to 1.  The Lady Raider doubles team of Wren Lawson and Natalie Elzeer opened up with an 8 to 4 win in the first round before scoring an 8 to 6 win in the quarterfinals.  In the semifinals, they will face the top seeded team of Higgins and March from Lincoln County.

The semifinal rounds are set to get underway at 9:30 AM on Saturday at the University of the South Tennis Center in Sewanee.

An injured plagued and short-handed Coffee County Central High School softball team opened up play in their Coffee County Classic on Friday with a pair of games at Terry Floyd Field.  The Lady Raiders were held to 2 hits in an 11 to 0 loss to Baylor in the opener.  In the nightcap, the Lady Raiders bounced back to cruise to a 12 to 4 win.

Against Baylor, The Lady Raiders got a single in the 2^nd inning and a triple in the 4^th inning for their 2 hits.  Justus Turner had the single and Gracie Pippenger laced the triple as she was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.

Against Sequatchie County, Coffee County banged out 12 hits including a pair of home runs.  An early 3 to 0 lead was erased in the 2^nd inning as Sequatchie scored 4 runs in the 2^nd inning.  But Coffee County rallied back to plate multiple runs in the 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th innings to take the win.  Haley Richardson and Kiya Ferrell each had home runs.   Richardson added a double and single and had 2 RBI.  Ferrell had a triple and finished with 5 RBI.  Richardson and Ferrell were named the Crazy Daisies co-players of the game.

The Coffee County Classic will conclude on Saturday at Dave King Park.  Coffee County will not take part in Saturday’s games.  The Lady Raiders will play their final regular season game of the year on Sunday when they host Lawrence County for Senior Day.  First pitch is set for 3 PM, Senior activities will begin at 2:30.

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The Westwood soccer team entered play on Friday night in the Central Tennessee Soccer Conference postseason tournament as the top seed.  The Rockets were looking to punch their ticket to their 6^th straight conference title game and their 5^th straight conference championship.  Cascade had other plans as they stunned the Rockets 2 to 1 to end Westwood’s season.

Neither team was able to find the back to the net in a scoreless first half.  Cascade broke the tie in the 38^th minute to take a 1 nil lead before adding a second goal 2 minutes later.  Westwood got on the board in the 50^th minute on an Izick Sierra goal but ran out of time before they could tack on the equalizer.

The loss ends the season for the Rockets as they will finish the season with a record of 10 and 6.

The Westwood tennis team welcomed St. Andrews-Sewanee to Fred Deadman Park on Friday.  The Lady Rockets kept their hot streak alive as they captured a 6 to 1 win.  The Rockets fell to the Mountain Lions 6 to 1.

The Lady Rockets swept the doubles play and got 4 wins in singles to capture the win.  The team of Rylea McNamara and Ocean Sanfilipo won their match 6 to 2 while Anna Johnson and Nevaeh Frazier won to 6 to 0.  In singles play, McNamara(6-0), Johnson(6-1), Sanfilipo(6-3 and Abby Gilday(via forfeit) captured wins.  The lone win for the Rockets came in singles play as Jonathan Nelson win 6 to 1 in his match.

The Rocket netters are back in action on Tuesday when they host Coffee County at Fred Deadman Park.  Opening serve is set for 4 PM.

Thursday Prep Results

CHS Boys’ Soccer beat Shelbyville – 4 to 1 – Read the story HERE

CCMS Golf vs. South Franklin at Bear Trace – PPD, Make-up Date is TBD

WMS Golf vs. North Franklin at Bear Trace – PPD, Make-up Date is TBD

WMS Softball vs. Community – DRVC Tournament – PPD until Fri, 4/26 – 6:30 PM

CHS Baseball HOSTS Central Magnet(Senior Night) – PPD until Sat, 4/27 – 4:30 PM

CHS Softball HOSTS Lawrence Co(Senior Night) – PPD until Sun, 4/28 – 3:00 PM

 

Friday Prep Schedule

9:00 AM – CHS Tennis at District Individual Tournament at Sewanee

4:00 PM – CHS Softball HOSTS Baylor – Coffee Co Classic – Thunder Radio Broadcast

4:00 PM – WMS Tennis HOSTS St. Andrews-Sewanee

4:30 PM – CCMS Softball HOSTS TBD – CTC Tournament

5:00 PM – WMS Boys’ Soccer HOSTS TBD – CTSC Tournament

6:30 PM – WMS Softball HOSTS Community – DRVC Tournament at Dave King Park

8:00 PM – CHS Softball   Sequatchie Co – Coffee Co Classic – Thunder Radio Broadcast

The Coffee County Central High School soccer team hit the road on Thursday to take on Shelbyville.  Playing in their final district road match of the regular season, the Red Raiders played some of their best soccer of the year.  Coffee County stunned Shelbyville 4 to 1.

The Raiders got on the board first in the 7^th minute when pressure on the Shelbyville keeper resulted in an own goal.  Andres Cavalie made it 2 to 0 in the 29^th minute when he converted a feed from Briggs Haithcock.  Coffee keeper Kix Ferrell made several outstanding saves in the first half, including turning away a Shelbyville penalty kick, to send the Red Raiders to intermission on top 2 nil.  Freshman John Martinez potted a pair of goals in the second half to put the Raiders on top 4 nil.  In the 57^th minute, Martinez redirected a Haithcock pass into the Shelbyville goal.  In the 58^th, Martinez punched a blocked shot by Haithcock past the Eagle keeper to close out the Raider scoring.  Shelbyville avoided the shut out with a goal in the 65^th.

The Raiders return home on Tuesday night when they welcome Tullahoma to the Raider Soccer Field.  Tuesday night will be Senior Night as the 2 rivals square off against one another for the Coffee Cup trophy presented by First Vision Bank.  Opening kick is set for 7 PM.