Collin Ward of Coffee County football

Closing out the regular season at home, the Coffee County Red Raider football team finished the 2018 season with a win.  Hosting White County at Carden-Jarrell Field on Thursday night, Coffee County celebrated Senior Night and the annual Pink-Out Game with a 20 to 8 win.

The Red Raiders got on the board first in the 1^st quarter on a 3 yard TD run from Donovan Heaton.  Coffee County pushed the lead to 14 to 0 in the 2^nd quarter when Connor Shemwell connected with Andrew Mahaffey on a 74 yard touchdown catch.  White County cut the deficit to 14 to 8 with 3 minutes left in the first half.  A possible tying touchdown drive for White County was stopped in the 3^rd quarter when the Red Raider defense stopped the Warriors on a 4^th and goal play.  Collin Ward gave the Coffee County fans some breathing room with 7:28 left in the game when he caught a 6 yard touchdown pass.

With his touchdown catch, Ward was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.  Connor Shemwell finished the game after completed 11 of 16 passes for 243 yards and 2 touchdowns.  Shemwell also rushed 11 times for 48 yards.  Mahaffey finished with 2 catches for 77 yards while rushing 14 times for 55 yards.  Trace Bryant was the leading receiver as he had 80 yards on 2 catches.  Marshall Haney rushed 4 times for 23 yards.

Thursday night’s game will be rebroadcast on Friday beginning at 7 PM.  The Friday Night Thunder Pregame Show will go from 6 to 7 PM on Friday followed by the Friday Night Thunder Scoreboard Show after the game until 11 PM.

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Coffee County Central High School cross country teams traveled to Lebanon on Thursday to compete in the Region 4 cross country championships.  Running the 3.2 mile course at Cedars of Lebanon, the Raider thinclads faced their biggest field of the season.  In spite of several personal best times, no Raider runners qualified for the state cross country meet.

Patricia Barrera ran a personal best time 21:37 to finish the girls’ race in 14^th place.  Ariana Hansen came in 21^st place with a new personal record of 22:17.  Jayda Wright also set a new personal best as she broke the tape in 52^nd place with a time of 25:52 just ahead of Madison Rooker who finished at 25:54.  Beatris Barrera ran a new personal best of 26:36 to finish in 57^th place while Zoe Mills came in 59^th place with a time of 26:39.  Haley Sherrill also posted a new personal record with a time of 28:52.  The Lady Raiders came home with a 5^th place team finish.

The Red Raiders posted an 8^th place team finish led by Jacob Rutledge who finished with a time of 17:35 recording a season best time to finish in 19^th place.  Renato Ayala also scored a new personal best in a 37^th place finish with a time of 18:45.  Ethan Welch finished in 49^th place with a personal best time of 19:23.  Landon Kenney posted a new personal record as he finished in 56^th place with a time of 19:38.  Bodey Todd broke the tape with a new personal best time of 19:50 to finish in 62^nd place.  Jacob Melton came in 67^th place with a time of 20:10 and Christian Alvarez came in 79^th place with a time of 20:44.

The Rockets and Lady Rockets basketball teams of Westwood Middle School traveled to Lynchburg on Thursday night.  Playing their 3^rd straight conference road game to open the season, Westwood managed a split with the Blue Raiders of Moore County.  The Lady Rockets rallied for a 34 to 31 win while the Rockets fell 42 to 18.

Trailing entering the 4^th quarter, the Lady Rockets rallied in the 4^th quarter made possible by a 6 of 0 performance at the free throw line in the final period.  Maddie Sullivan led the Lady Rockets in scoring with 11 points, including 3 big free throws in the 3^rd period.  Anna Johnson added 10 points.

The Rockets suffered through a cold shooting first half as they trailed at the half 18 to 5.  Seventh grader Brayden Dixon and 6^th grader Braiden Trail each had 4 points to lead Westwood in scoring.  Eli Felice added a tree point basket.

Westwood will host their first home game of the year on Monday night when they welcome Huntland to the Joel Vinson Gym.  The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM.

The Coffee County Middle School 6^th grade basketball teams welcomed Warren County to the CCMS gym on Thursday.  The Lady Raiders roared to a 45 to 10 win over the Lady Pioneers.  The Red Raiders fell 43 to 14.

The Lady Raiders held Warren County scoreless in the 1^st quarter in the runaway win.  Coffee Middle was led in scoring by Olivia Vinson and Sophie McInturff who each had 12 points.  Channah Gannon added 10 points.

The Red Raiders could not get their offense going as they could not break double figures until the 4^th quarter.  Colter Neel was the leading scorer for the Red Raiders with 5 points.  Evan Kirby added 5 points.

The Raider 6^th graders are back at home on Tuesday when they play host to West Tullahoma.  The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM.

Kyle Turris(#8) of the Predators celebrates with teammate Calle Jarnkrok [Photo courtesy of Nashville Predators]

Viktor Arvidsson and Filip Forsberg scored, and Juuse Saros made 33 saves for the Predators (8-2-0).

Nico Hischier scored two goals, Kyle Palmieri had three assists, and Keith Kinkaid made 32 saves for the Devils (4-2-1). Taylor Hall had two assists to extend his point streak to six games (one goal, nine assists).

Forsberg tied it 3-3 with a power-play goal at 13:40 of the third period.

Damon Severson scored his second goal in as many games on a slap shot from the point to give the Devils a 1-0 lead at 2:58 of the first period.

Yannick Weber tied it 1-1 on a shot from the right circle that beat Kinkaid glove side at 14:40.

Hischier gave the Devils a 2-1 lead after redirecting a pass from Hall on the power play 19:01. The Devils have scored a power-play goal in each of the first seven games of the season for the first time in their history (9-for-31).

Arvidsson tied it 2-2 at 13:06 of the second period, but Hischier scored 40 seconds later on a deflection in the slot to give the Devils a 3-2 lead. It was the third career two-goal game for Hischier and first since Dec. 27, 2017.

Pete Weber’s game winning call