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Lady Raider Volleyball Finishes in 2nd at District Tournament
Lexi Bryan of CHS volleyball
Opening up play in the District 8AAA volleyball tournament on Thursday night in Shelbyville, the Lady Raiders were looking for a pair of wins to claim their 2nd straight district title. Coffee County defeated Columbia in straight sets in the semifinals to advance to Thursday night’s finals. In the finals, Lincoln County dropped Coffee County in 4 sets.
In the semifinals, the Lady Raiders got a dominant performance at the net in the straight set win. Coffee County won by set scores of 25-16, 25-22 and 25-17. The Lady Raiders were led in kills by Kiya Ferrell and Lexi Bryan who each had 11. Keri Munn led the team in aces with 5 and blocks with 3. Amanda Mukai led Coffee County in assists with 21. The win advanced Coffee County to the finals and guaranteed the Lady Raiders a trip to next week’s Region 4AAA tournament.
In the finals, Coffee County squared off against the regular season champion Lincoln County Lady Falcons. After Coffee County captured the first set 25 to 16, Lincoln County roared back to grab the next 3 sets 16-25, 20-25 and 23-25. Bryan led the Lady Raiders in kills with 15. Keelie Hillis added 6 kills and led the team in assists with 18. Mukai led the team in aces with 3 and Ferrell led the team in digs with 14.
After the match, Coffee County’s Sarah West, Keelie Hillis and Keri Munn were named to the All-District team. Coach Andrew Taylor was honored with the Coach of the Year award. Coffee County will now advance to next week’s Region 4AAA Tournament to be held at Lincoln County High School. Coffee County will take on Siegel in the semifinals. The date and time will be announced this weekend.
Manchester Youth Football League to Host Pink-Out Homecoming
The Manchester Youth Football League will host Marshall County on Saturday afternoon at Carden-Jarrell Field in the regular season finale. The tripleheader will kick off at 2 PM with the Division 1 game. The Division 2 game will get underway around 3:30 and the Division 3 game will kick off around 5.
The day’s activities will also celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness with the Pink-Out Homecoming. Breast cancer fighters and survivors are invited to attend free of charge. Everyone is asked to wear pink to support the cause. In addition to the games, there will be bounce houses, cotton candy, snow cones and fun for the whole family. Thunder Radio will be on hand to record the contests and the podcasts will be made available free of charge.
Preds Open Season with Victory in New York
P.K. Subban of the Nashville Predators [Photo by nhl.com]
Three different Predators found the back of the net as Nashville defeated the New York Rangers by a 3-2 final on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. It’s exactly the result the Preds were hoping for on night one of the 2018-19 regular season, in a contest that saw Colton Sissons’ empty-net tally turn out to be the game-winner.
Goals from Filip Forsberg and P.K. Subban helped them earn the win as well, and all things considered, it was a quality start to the new season.
“We did some good things, and there are things we can be better at,” Predators Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “I said coming in here, we’ll see where we’re at. I thought we were competitive. We turned the puck over a little bit too much. Some of it was decisions, some of it the puck was bouncing on a us a little bit too much. It seemed like when we turned it over they were quick to get offense going back the other way. [Pekka Rinne] made the saves when we needed it, and the guys did a good job of just staying with it.”
After a scoreless opening period, Forsberg scored the first goal of the new season when he snapped a shot past Henrik Lundqvist to give the Preds a 1-0 lead at 3:54 of the middle frame. However, Jesper Fast tallied on one of 17 Rangers’ shots in the second period to even the score after 40 minutes.
Less than four minutes into the third, it took all of about two seconds off of a faceoff for P.K. Subban to one-time his first of the season into the twine to give Nashville the lead once more, exactly what his head coach wants him to do.
“Lavi, the one thing that he tells me before every season is, ‘You’ve got one of the best shots, just get it though like you always do and find a lane,'” Subban said. “We’ve got guys that are just tenacious around the net, so it’s really easy for me.”
The Rangers continued to press in the third, but it was Sissons who flung it into an empty cage with just over a minute to play. New York got one late, but it didn’t matter as Rinne made one more of his 34 stops on the night before the final horn sounded – sealing the first of what the Preds hope will be plenty of celebratory finishes this season.
“It was a great win,” Rinne said. “Anytime you start the season, you always feel the butterflies, and you’re a little nervous before the game. You wish you get off to a good start, so it was a good game for us.”
Scoresberg:
Is it too corny to write Filip Forsberg is on pace for 82 goals this season?
Probably, but if he keeps playing the way he did on night one, it might not be that far fetched.
Forsberg potted the first of what is likely to be a whole lot in the coming months, picking his spot on one of the best goaltenders in the world like it was nothing. He could have had at least another as well, and the otherworldly creativity was on display, too.
He’s worth the price of admission, but that’s nothing new for those on the Nashville bench.
“I don’t know that we marvel anymore, we expect him to do it,” Laviolette said with a grin when asked of Forsberg’s ability. “He’s a terrific player. He’s a guy that if he gets a chance, he can make a difference in a game.”
He certainly did on Opening Night, and even though the silky-smooth, highlight-reel plays have become commonplace, Forsberg’s teammates still don’t mind the show.
“In my opinion, when he’s playing like that, he’s the best player in the League,” Subban said of Forsberg. “He has that ability. He can elevate to that level and very few guys can… At his age, it’s just scary to think about the years to come, so it’s a great first game for him. I know he’s feeling confident after you get the first one, but we’re going to need that from him game in and game out.”
Notes:
Mattias Ekholm dished out two assists on the night, while Sissons, Kyle Turris, Ryan Ellis and Craig Smith each recorded one helper. Smith paced the club with six shots, followed by Subban and Forsberg with four apiece.
Ryan Hartman was activated off of Injured Reserve prior to Thursday’s season opener and dressed for Nashville, poisting one shot and one hit in 15:13 of ice time. Zac Rinaldo was also in the lineup, participating in his first game with the Predators and was a +1 with two shots and two hits.
Nashville concludes their two-game trip to New York on Saturday night in Brooklyn when they face the Islanders at Barclays Center. The Preds then return home for a four-game stand at Bridgestone Arena, beginning on Tuesday night when the Calgary Flames come to town.
Pete Weber’s Postgame Report
10/4/18 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Aurora Underwood, 1 — Pizza Winner!
Star Pennington, 24
Barry Carr
Annie Fletcher
Engine #1 Begins Work on Monday
New Engine #1.. Photo provided.
Members of the community are welcomed to attend the ceremony that will take place at Fire Hall 1 on the Hillsboro Hwy., beginning at 10:00 am on Monday.
Scammer Hits Shelbyville Restaurant
On Monday an early morning caller scammed a Shelbyville fast food restaurant of more than $2,000.
An employee said she received a phone call around 3 a.m. from the man claiming to represent the restaurant’s corporate headquarters. The scammer told the employee that the general manager of the eatery was secretly under corporate investigation and surveillance.
In a report in the Shelbyville Times-Gazette it states that the employee was told by the caller to get the code to the safe and call him back. She was then instructed to enter the safe, count the money inside the money bags and cash drawers and report back to him.
At that point, the employee told police, the caller said a corporate representative was coming to the restaurant to conduct an audit and the facility would be closed if the money was not deposited. The caller ordered her to send him the money and he would make the deposit.
The employee was unable to leave because she doesn’t have a driver’s license. She was told to get help from a co-worker, who told them to use the money to buy four $500 gift cards immediately in separate transactions and make cellphone photos of the front and back of the cards and the receipts.
After she purchased the cards she was told to give the caller the card numbers, expiration dates and PINs. She did so and was ordered to return to the store, buy scissors, cut up the cards, send him a photo of the remains and dispose of them.
The cards were not thrown away and the employee who drove to the store had them when police arrived.
An investigation is being conducted by Shelbyville Police.
Poll: Health Care, Social Security Big Concerns for TN Voters 50-Plus
According to the new AARP poll, 86 percent of Tennesseans age 50 and older think Social Security is important for retirement. (Twenty20)
With campaign signs dotting the landscape across the state, it’s no secret that the midterms are around the corner. But a new poll from AARP indicates there’s something missing in the campaign rhetoric.
The survey found 91 percent of Tennessee voters age 50 and older think Medicare is very important for people’s health in retirement, and almost as many prioritize Social Security benefits. While most people have a clear position on these programs, Rebecca Kelly, director of AARP Tennessee, said the state’s candidates for governor and U.S. Senate haven’t made their plans known for either program.
“None of the candidates right now for U.S. Senate or gubernatorial race are talking about the issues that people over 50 care most about,” she said, “and that is lowering health-care costs and strengthening and reforming Social Security.”
Phil Bredesen, the Democratic candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat, said he believes cost savings can be found in Medicare and Medicaid if the programs were made more efficient. Republican candidate Marsha Blackburn has said she’ll support President Donald Trump’s agenda, which in the past has proposed cutting the Medicare budget. The positions of the state’s candidates for governor are unclear.
Other priorities identified in the poll include continued protections for people with pre-existing health conditions, protecting older Americans from paying much higher prices for health coverage, and supporting an income-tax credit for family caregivers. Kelly noted that many of the issues raised in the poll affect people of all ages.
“These issues are not only important to people over 50, but multi-generations,” she said, “because many of us are caring for people older and younger than us, and health care is across the board. Prescription drug issues are across the board.”
On Oct. 15, Republican gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean and a representative from Bill Lee’s campaign will discuss aging issues with FiftyForward and the Nashville Council on Aging at the Patricia Hart Building in Nashville.
The AARP state report is online at aarp.org.
Time for Old Timers Day
It’s time once again for Old Timers Day in downtown Manchester.
The 50th Old Timers Day has big events that begin Oct. 5, Friday evening at 7 p.m. featuring a free concert by the group “Silver Creek.”
Saturday’s activities begin with at 10 am with the Old Timers Day Parade, featuring Grand Marshal BB Brown.
There will also be giveaways, like a $50 bill every hour, plus there will be a 50in TV given away.
Come on out to Old Timers Day for games and activities, a petting zoo, free train rides, musical groups like “By Faith” and more. Don’t miss the 50th Old Timers Day Friday and Saturday in downtown Manchester.
10/14/18–Herman Aaron Clouse
Mr. Herman Aaron Clouse, age 71 of Manchester, TN passed peacefully from this life surrounded by his loving wife on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. He was born in Johnson City, TN to the late Lester and Sadie Keele Clouse. Herman worked at Lango’s in Jonesboro before joining the United States Navy in 1966. He served for four years and did three deployments to Vietnam before retiring from active duty and returning to Tennessee. After the military, Herman worked for Batesville Casket Company for 15 years, and then started the Coffee County Animal Control Department where he was the director for 15 years. Herman loved fishing, hunting, telling jokes, and making people laugh. He was an avid animal lover, but he especially loved his dogs, Rooster and Charlie.
In addition to his parents, Herman is also preceded in death by one sister, Patsy Williams. He is survived by his loving wife of 24 years, Freida Clouse; one son, Jeff David Brannon; one daughter, Davina Lawson; one sister, Wilma Goodwin; three grandsons, Austin Brannon, Christian Coleson, and Tommy Lawson; and one great-grandson, Carson Coleson.
A military graveside service will be held in Herman’s honor at 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 14, 2018, at Blanton’s Chapel Cemetery in Coffee County, TN.
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the Clouse family.
10/3/18 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Katie Shelton, 19
Chester Tutherow, 64
Elizabeth Harmon, 81
Karry Norris III, 11