The Coffee County Lady Raider wrestling team traveled to Nolensville on Saturday to compete in the TSSAA Girls West Region Individual meet.  With a berth in next month’s state tournament on the line, 3 Lady Raider grapplers hoped to earn Coffee County’s 2^nd straight individual berth in the TSSAA State Tournament.   The trio of Coffee County wrestlers captured a 9^th place team finish out of 53 teams.

Mary Anne Walker, wrestling in the 125 class, placed 2^nd in her class to punch her ticket to the state meet.  Walker finished the day with a record of 3 wins and a loss.  Walker got a bye in the opening round before capturing a pair of pinfall wins.  In the finals, Walker lost in a pin to unbeaten Robin Yunis of Rossview.

Mary Wolfrum, wrestling in the 119 class, placed 6^th in her class.  Wolfrum finished the tournament with a record of 3 and 2.  Wolfrum got a pair of decision wins and a pinfall win in her 3 victories.  Lyra Leftwich, wrestling in the 132 class, finished the day with a record of 1 and 2.

The TSSAA State meet will be held on February 14^th through February 16^th at the Williamson County Agricultural Center in Franklin.

This weekend, the Coffee County Central High School swim team was in action on Friday in the Middle Tennessee High School Swimming Association regional meet.  Competing with the ultimate goal of qualifying or improving times for the state meet coming up in February, the Raiders competed in the Tracy Caulkins Aquatic Center in Nashville’s Centennial SportsPlex.   In the overall team standings, the boys team finished in 17^th place overall while the girls captured a 27^th place finish.  Overall, the Coffee County swimmers earned a 20^th place finish out of 72 teams.

The top finisher for the Raider swimmers was Jack Beachboard who captured a 3^rd place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:01.62.  Beachboard also swam a season best time of 2:01.27 in the 200 IM to finish in 4^th place.  Jase Rice swam a season best time of 57.63 in the 100 freestyle and a time of 2:24.38 in the 200 IM.

For the Lady Raiders, Kaylee Williams was the top finisher as she grabbed a 12^th place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:11.34 and a 19^th place finish in the 200 IM with a time of 2:22.84 as both times were season best times.  Anna O’Connor also recorded a pair of season best times as she finished in 23^rd place in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:06.00 which was good enough to qualify for the state meet.  O’Connor also grabbed a 24^th place finish in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:09.59.  Lindsey Cauble swam a time of 30.73 in the 50 freestyle.

Next up for the Raider swimmers is the Tennessee Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association state meet.  Qualifying for the state meet for Coffee County is: Jack Beachboard, Jase Rice, Kaylee Williams and Anna O’Connor.  The state meet for the high school swimmers will take place on Friday and Saturday, February 8^th and 9^th in Nashville.

The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball team has accepted an invitation to compete in the Class AAA TMSAA Section 2 Tournament being held this week at Stewarts Creek.  After finishing in 3^rd place in the CTC postseason conference tournament, Coffee Middle will enter the sectional as the 3^rd seed from Area 6 in the 8 team tournament.  The Lady Raiders will open up tournament play on Monday night at 7:15 PM at Stewarts Creek Middle School in Smyrna against an opponent from Rutherford County.  The winner of the sectional tournament will advance to the inaugural 4 team TMSAA middle school state tournament which will also be held at Stewarts Creek on February 8^th and 9^th.

The Temple Baptist Christian School basketball team welcomed Franklin Road Christian School to the E.C. Bailey Gym on Friday.   Taking on the Minutemen of Murfreesboro, the Eagles came up short in the varsity only contest.  Temple fell by a final score of 59 to 53.

Trailing by 4 at the half, the Eagles rallied to cut the deficit to 1 entering the 4th quarter.   Franklin Road was able to hold off a 4^th quarter charge by Temple for the win.  Cody Swayze was the leading scorer for the Eagles as he finished with a game high 40 points.  Alex Gloden added 5 points while Trace Woodard and Mich Gloden each chipped in 3.

The Eagles will next be in action on Monday, February 11^th when they travel to Murfreesboro for a rematch with Franklin Road.  That game is set to tip-off at 5 PM.

The Coffee County Central High School freshman basketball team played host to Warren County on Thursday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The Red Raiders rode a strong 2^nd half effort to claim the 41 to 28 win.

Connor Shemwell led the Raider scoring attack with 15 points, including 7 4^th quarter free throws.  John Dobson added 11 points and Rueben Alvarez chipped in 7 points.

The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball season came to a close on Thursday night in the semifinals of the CTC Postseason Tournament.  Squaring off against the top-seeded Warriorettes of White County, the Lady Raiders dropped a 43 to 25 decision.  The Lady Raiders finished the season with a record of 14 and 7.

The Lady Raiders got off to a strong start trailing White County by 2 points at the half.  White County was able to pull away in the 3^rd quarter before holding the Lady Raiders to 4 points in the 4^th quarter.  Coffee Middle was led in scoring by Olivia Vinson who had 9 points.  Alivia Reel finished with 8 points and Chloe Gannon who added 4 points.

Coach George Pearson will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show.  The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast every Saturday morning live from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.  The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.