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CHS 17U Baseball Splits Doubleheader at Grundy County on Tuesday

The Coffee County Red Raider 17U baseball team traveled to Coalmont on Tuesday to tangle with Grundy County.  The Raiders and Yellow Jackets squared off in a pair of 5 inning games.  Coffee County fought to a split winning a 2 to 0 decision and dropping a 6 to 2 game to Grundy.

In the loss, Grundy County sent 10 batters to the plate in the first inning as they banged out 6 hits and used 2 Raider errors to plate 5 runs.  Grundy County came back in the 2nd inning to tack on an insurance run.  Coffee County got an RBI double from Ryan Stephens in the 2nd inning and a RBI sacrifice fly from Braden Brown in the 3rd for their 2 scores.  Kael McCall had a double while Griffin Meeker and Gage Edwards added singles as the Red Raiders were held to 4 hits.

In the Coffee County win, the Raiders got on the board in the 1st inning after Braden Brown led off with a double and came around to score.  Brown led off the 5th inning with a single and was driven home by a Skylar Bratcher double.  Brown finished the game going 3 for 3.  Bratcher had a single and a double and reached on an error.

The 17U Red Raiders will travel to Lincoln County on Wednesday night for a 4 PM game with the Falcons.  The 15U Red Raiders will be at home on Wednesday night as they play host to Shelbyville.  First pitch is set for 5 PM at Powers Field.

6/19/18 — Birthdays

Birthdays:
Maisie St. Clair, 4 — Pizza Winner!

Dorothy Lackey, 87

Cheryl Cox

Ray Gilliam

Lynn Wiser

Sounds Swept in Albuquerque

Jordan Patterson hit a walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Albuquerque Isotopes to a come-from-behind 7-4 win over the Nashville Sounds Tuesday afternoon at Isotopes Park.

Patterson’s blast off J.B. Wendelken completed the comeback for the Isotopes after the Sounds jumped out to a 4-0 lead. It’s the first four-game sweep the Sounds have suffered in the 2018 season.

Red-hot Nick Martini started the scoring for Nashville in the top of the first inning. After Matt Joyce started the game with a single to left field, Martini split the gap in right-center for a run-scoring triple and 1-0 lead. The three-bagger for Martini extended his hitting streak to 21 games and moved his on-base streak to 52 games.

Steve Lombardozzi scored in the second on a balk, BJ Boyd knocked in Anthony Garcia with a base hit in the third, and Garcia launched his team-leading 12th home run in the fifth to give the Sounds a 4-0 lead behind starter Edwin Jackson.

Trouble started in the sixth when Albuquerque plated their first run of the game on a fielder’s choice from Josh Fuentes. Jackson didn’t factor into the decision after he allowed one run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Carlos Ramirez relieved Jackson and coughed up Nashville’s lead in the seventh. The Isotopes scored three runs with Fuentes knotting the game at 4-4 on a sacrifice fly.

It stayed 4-4 as both teams squandered scoring threats in the eighth and ninth. The Sounds had runners at the corners with one out in the top of the ninth, but Martini bounced into a 6-3 double play to end the threat.

In the bottom half, Raimel Tapia and Fuentes singled ahead of Patterson. The first baseman drilled a 3-2, two-out pitch from Wendelken over the wall in right-center to send Nashville to its fourth straight loss.

The Sounds are off Wednesday before returning to First Tennessee Park to open a four-game series against Round Rock Thursday night. Left-hander Eric Jokisch (1-7, 4.62) starts for Nashville against left-hander Michael Roth (2-1, 3.52) for Round Rock. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

  • With today’s 7-4 loss, the Sounds dropped to 32-37 on the season.
  • Nick Martini extended his consecutive on-base streak to 52 games when he tripled in the first inning. Martini’s streak is the longest by a Nashville player in the Pacific Coast League era and is the longest active streak in professional baseball. Since April 14, Martini has reached safely in every game he has played in. The 52-game on-base streak is the longest in the Pacific Coast League since at least 2009 when MLBAM began tracking the statistic. The triple extended his hitting streak to a career-high 21 games. His hitting streak is the fifth-longest streak by a Sounds player in the PCL era.
  • Anthony Garcia’s home run in the fifth inning extended his hitting streak to a season-high 11 games.

The 2018 season is the Sounds’ 41st in franchise history and fourth as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.

Nashville SC to Play at Louisville in U.S. Open Cup 5th Round

Nashville SC has another date with Louisville City. U.S. Soccer held its U.S. Open Cup 5th round draw on Thursday morning and pitted two of the three USL
sides remaining in the tournament against each other. The matchup will be held on Wednesday, June 20 at Lynn Stadium on the University of Louisville’s campus.

It will be the third time since March that Nashville and Louisville have played, with each team winning 2-0 at home. There is one more USL match scheduled between the clubs on August 18 that will be held at Louisville’s typical home site, Slugger Field.

The venue for the Open Cup matchup, Lynn Stadium, is a traditional soccer facility, home to the Louisville Cardinals and holds 5,300 fans.

While this is Nashville’s first year participating in the Open Cup, it is Louisville City’s first time advancing to the final 16 teams. Alongside Sacramento Republic, the three clubs are the only non-MLS teams remaining in the tournament. Sacramento will play at LAFC of MLS in the 5th round.

The winner of Nashville SC and Louisville City will play the winner of Atlanta United and Chicago Fire, both of MLS, in the Quarterfinals of the Open Cup.
Kickoff time for Nashville SC’s 5th round game will be at 6:00 p.m. CST.

Coffee County High School Receives Grant

Education Commissioner Candice McQueen has announced that 88 school districts and one postsecondary institution in Tennessee have received a total of $2.2 million through the Perkins Reserve Consolidated Grant. This new grant application for the 2018-19 school year combines funding streams from the Perkins Reserve Grant, the department’s New Skills for Youth (NSFY) grant, and the Experienced Professionals in the Classroom (EPIC) project to support the implementation of high-quality career pathways for Tennessee students. For the first time, districts could complete one application to be considered for these multiple grant opportunities.
Coffee County High School received $10,700 from the Perkins Reserve Consolidated Grant aimed at helping students attain certification.
The grant is to be used on state approved certifications, in particular Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 10 certifications in agriculture, health science, and manufacturing.
Richard Skipper is the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Director at Coffee County High School. He said that last year he wrote a grant for equipment upgrades and received $46,000.

Gas Prices Going Down

Motorists are getting some welcomed relief from high prices at the gas pump. The national average price of a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.90, after declining 7 cents since Memorial Day weekend.
AAA spokesman Tim Jenkins said pump prices should sink even lower this week, after wholesale gasoline prices took a dive.
Gas prices in Tennessee declined 3 cents last week. Prices at the pump averaged $2.65 per gallon Sunday. Since peaking at $2.73 on Memorial Day weekend, prices have declined a total of 8 cents.
The low price as of Tuesday afternoon in Manchester was $2.47 per gallon and in Tullahoma the low price is $2.52.

Coffee County FFA Member Named State Star

 

Photo: Ben Young of the Coffee County chapter accepts his Tennessee FFA State Star in Agribusiness award sponsored by the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative.

Ben Young of the Coffee County Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter is Tennessee FFA’s 2018 Star in Agribusiness sponsored by Tennessee Farmers Cooperative. The Star in Agribusiness is considered one of the highest awards in the state bestowed on an FFA member. Star recognition is awarded to the top students in five areas who best demonstrate superior Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) projects, a requirement for all FFA members. His SAE project is Equine Entrepreneurship.
Ben is the sole owner of his agribusiness of providing farrier services. He is responsible for treatment of lameness issues in his clients’ horses, routine farrier care, equine flexion therapy treatments, and massage therapy. Ben will attend Motlow State Community College in the fall to pursue a degree in Agriculture to pursue a career as an equine podiatrist.
For his achievement, Ben was selected to participate in the weeklong 4th Annual Tennessee FFA Star Tour presented by Farm Credit Mid-America. The Tennessee FFA Star Tour offers the Stars a platform to share the work from their agricultural projects with supporters across Tennessee. The tour began in Doyle where the stars planned their presentation for the week. Finishing off the first night, the Stars made a stop at Tennessee FFA Leadership Training Camp in Doyle to make their presentation before fellow FFA members. Day two includes a breakfast with the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation (TFBF) in Columbia where the Stars met with several TFBF leaders, as well as the Tennessee Farm Bureau President. Next, they visited the Ellington Agricultural Center and round out their time at the Tennessee Department of Agriculture with a presentation in Nashville. Later that day, the Stars visited Tosh Farms in Henry to conclude day two.
Day three was spent in West Tennessee as the Stars toured Tyson in Union City, presented at a luncheon with Farm Credit Mid-America in Dresden, and stopped at Star Farmer Murray Perkin’s hometown Paris for a Star Farmer Reception. The night was concluded with a tour of Mr. Charlie Hancock’s farm in Bumpus Mills. Day four kicked off with canoeing in Kingston Springs. The Stars then met with former American Star Farmer and past Tennessee FFA State President, Joe Moore at his farm in Granville to conclude the tour.
FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. Nationally, there are 653,359 FFA members, aged 12-21. The Tennessee FFA Association is comprised of 14,084 members from 214 high school chapters, 7 middle school chapters, and 8 collegiate chapters across the state of Tennessee. To learn more about FFA visit www.tnffa.org.

Man Accused of Murder as a Teenager has been Arrested

An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Chattanooga teenager, who is charged with the abuse and murder of a South Pittsburg toddler.
At the request of 12th District Attorney General J. Michael Taylor, on September 19, 2016, TBI Special Agents joined investigators with the South Pittsburg Police Department in investigating injuries sustained by 2-year-old Zayne Harper. Those injuries later resulted in the boy’s death. During the course of the joint investigation, Agents developed information that indicated that the mother’s boyfriend at the time of the incident was responsible for the injuries resulting in the death of Zayne.
On Monday, juvenile petitions were served on the teen, charging him with one count of 1st Degree Murder and one count of Aggravated Child Abuse. Because the male was a juvenile at the time of the offense, his name is not being released. He was booked into the Marion County Jail, where he is being held on an open court bond.

Shelbyville Man Wins $2 Million

Twice was nice for a lucky Shelbyville man, who won big the second time he played Powerball. Matthew Reed, a cabinet maker, won a cool $2 million Saturday, June 16, 2018, playing the popular game.
Matthew, went to the Tennessee Lottery’s Nashville headquarters office with his grandparents on Monday to collect the prize. Because he added the Powerball Power Play option for an extra dollar, Matthew doubled the base prize of $1 million, which he won by matching five of the five white ball numbers drawn.
Matthew says he plans to invest, save, and keep working. He purchased the lucky ticket at Serve & Go, 764 Madison St., in Shelbyville.

Ralph Mervin Collins

Mr. Ralph Mervin Collins, age 63, of Manchester, TN passed away on Monday, June 18, 2018, at Tennova Healthcare in Lebanon, TN. Ralph was born in Coffee County, TN to the late Howard and Arlie Collins. He worked construction most of his life and liked to garden. Ralph loved riding in his slingshot, camping, and watching NASCAR. He was a very loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother.

In addition to his parents, Ralph is also preceded in death by one brother, Boyd Collins. He is survived by his loving wife of 42 years, Marsha Collins; two sons, Jason (Tiffany) Collins and Joseph Collins; one brother, Thomas (Norma) Collins; six grandchildren, Skye, Vaden, Cade, Luke, Kiera, and Brooke Collins; two honorary grandchildren, Sophia and Noelle Squier; and one best friend, Sue Adams.

No services are scheduled at this time.

Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the Collins family.