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Coffee County Lady Raider Basketball is Perfect in 1st Day of Lady Raider Team Camp
The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball opened up their home team camp on Monday with 4 games at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The varsity team, the JV team and the freshman team all captured wins.
The Lady Raider varsity opened up the day with a 63 to 31 win over Huntland. Ten different Lady Raiders scored in the blowout win. Abby Morgan, Kiya Ferrell and Jenna Garretson led Coffee County in scoring as each netted 10 points. Morgan Jones added 9 points. Nine different Lady Raiders scored in a 49 to 22 win over Fayetteville. Morgan led Coffee County in scoring with 10 points. Ferrell added 8 points and Jacey Vaughn chipped in 6 points.
The JV grabbed a 29 to 21 win over Shelbyville while the freshmen Lady Raiders dumped Fayetteville 29 to 17.
Coffee County’s varsity will play the first and last game of Tuesday’s session as they open with Moore County at 9 AM and DeKalb County at 4 PM. The Lady Raider JV team will take on Moore Co at 11 AM and Fayetteville at 1 PM and 3 PM. .
Sounds Blow Late Lead, Lose to Rainiers
The Nashville Sounds failed to hang on to a 6-1 lead and dropped the series finale to the Tacoma Rainiers, 8-6, in front of 7,824 fans at First Tennessee Park Monday night.
Tacoma scored four runs in the seventh and three in the eighth to erase the deficit. It came after Nashville starter James Naile limited the Rainiers to just one run on five hits in six innings. The quality start was Naile’s team-leading sixth of the season.
Nashville built a lead thanks to a four-run bottom of the sixth. Leading 2-1 entering the frame, four consecutive hits by Beau Taylor, Anthony Garcia, Bruce Maxwell and Franklin Barreto extended the lead to 3-1. Jorge Mateo made it a 6-1 game when he cleared the bases with a three-run triple down the right field line.
Dean Kiekhefer relieved Naile to start the seventh and faced four batters without recording an out. A two-run triple by Garrett Kennedy cut the Nashville lead to 6-3. Sounds Manager Fran Riordan was ejected from the game after arguing the ball was hit foul down the right field line.
Tacoma’s Ian Miller made it a 6-4 game when he doubled in a run and Kirk Nieuwenhuis made it a one-run game with an RBI single.
Carlos Ramirez entered for Kiekhefer in the top of the eighth and gave up the lead. Andrew Aplin walked to start the inning and Seth Mejias-Brean was hit by a pitch to put runners at first and second. After Ramirez struck out back-to-back hitters, Miller sliced a two-run double down the left field line to give the Rainiers a 7-6 lead. They added a run when Gordon Beckham doubled to score Miller.
Tacoma relievers Matt Tenuta, Darin Gillies and Tyler Higgins kept Nashville off the scoreboard the rest of the way to ensure a series win for the Rainiers.
The Sounds travel to El Paso to begin a four-game series with the El Paso Chihuahuas Wednesday night. Right-hander Ben Bracewell (0-2, 6.55) starts for Nashville against right-hander Walker Lockett (2-5, 5.10) for El Paso. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05 p.m.
Post-Game Notes
- With tonight’s 8-6 loss, the Sounds dropped to 30-32 on the season.
- The five-run lead the Sounds failed to protect is the largest blown lead loss of the season.
- Nick Martini extended his consecutive on-base streak to 45 games when he walked in the third inning. Martini’s streak is the longest by a Nashville player in the Pacific Coast League era and is the longest active streak in Minor League Baseball. Since April 14, Martini has reached safely in every game he has played in. He also extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a single in the ninth.
- Shortstop Jorge Mateo notched his fourth three-RBI game and sixth triple of the season. The six triples are tied for second-most in the PCL.
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.
6/14/18 — Jimmy Lee Eslick
Jimmy Lee Eslick, age 64, of Moore County, passed away Sunday, June 10,
2018 at his residence. Funeral Services are scheduled for Thursday, June 14
at 2 PM at Lynchburg Funeral Home with burial to follow at Lois Cemetery.
The
family will receive friends beginning at 12 PM.
A native of Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Milton and Elizabeth
Hunt Eslick. He was a heavy equipment operator working in road construction.
He was a member of the Church of Christ. He enjoyed fishing, hunting,
watching wildlife and gardening. “He was the life of the party and had a
big personality.” He loved telling “tall tales”.
Mr. Eslick is survived by one daughter, Monica Lee Ann Eslick of Morrison;
brother, Jerry Eslick and his wife, Kaye of Moore County; sisters, Donna
Boyce and her husband, J.B. of Shelbyville; Joyce Burton and her husband,
Melvin of Moore County, June Campbell and her husband, Ray of Murfreesboro,
Sherry Hamblin of Moore County and Kim Parks of Tullahoma; grandson,
Tristan James Darrah of Morrison and several nieces and nephews.
For online guest registry please visit www.lynchburgfuneralhome.com.
LYNCHBURG FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
6/11/18 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Laurie Burger — Pizza Winner!
Becky Harden
Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Sends Paramedics to the Hospital from Bonnaroo
The Coffee County Sherriff’s Department has confirmed that four paramedics that working at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival were taken to a hospital Monday morning with possible carbon monoxide poisoning.
Investigator Brandon Reed said they were using a generator to power the RV they were staying in.
One of the paramedics woke up and was able to get help.
Three of the paramedics were airlifted to hospitals and the fourth was taken by to an area hospital by Coffee County EMS.
Their names are not being released at this time and their conditions will not be known until a later time.
With these four people being transported, the unofficial numbers indicate there were 32 Bonnaroo attendees transported from the festival by ground ambulance and 5 by air during the 4-day festival.
Parsley is the New Principal at Coffee County High School
Director of Coffee County Schools Dr Ladonna McFall announced on Monday afternoon that Paul Parsley has been named as the Principal of Coffee County Central High School. Dr. McFall said, “Mr. Parsley brings a lot of experience to the position and we are very glad to have him join the ranks as Principal.” Parsley has been a longtime employee in the system, serving in many capacities.
Parsley replaces current Principal Dr. Joey Vaughn who assumes the role of Deputy Director of Schools July 1st.
Parsley thanked Dr McFall, in a statement to WMSR, for having the confidence in him to do the job and said it is an honor to take the job as principal. Parsley added that he is excited and is looking forward to implementing his own ideas.
6/10/18 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Matthew Newman, 36 — Pizza Winner!
Burl Totherow, 56
Kim Watters, 31
Anniversaries:
Terry & Jimmie Weaver, 35
Stacy Darlene Long, 23
Edwin & Betty Rigney
Large Drug Bust at Bonnaroo
Dalton James Subbert.. Photos provided by the CCSD
Michale John Feehan
Reed charged Dalton James Subbert age 23 Faurmont, MN and Michale John Feehan age 26 of Okabena, MN with 4 counts of manufacturing/delivering/selling/possession of controlled substance, schedule I drug violations, schedule VI drug violations and unlawful drug paraphernalia uses and activities.
Bonds were set at $39,500 each for Subbert and Feehan. They are set to appear in Coffee County General Sessions on August 24, 2018.
6/9/18 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Richard Goodwin — Pizza Winner!
Eli Kidder
Doug Roorda
Bonnie Tutherow
Brad Reid
Walt Bishop
Three people in Tennessee Die by Suicide Everyday
The Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (TSPN) wishes to respond to the recent report through Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on “Trends in State Suicide Rates – United States, 1999-2016 and Circumstances Contributing to Suicide”
In any given day, three people in Tennessee die by suicide. In 2016, the number of suicides increased in young people (ages 10-18) in Tennessee, with one person in this age group lost to suicide every week. We lose one person between the ages of 10-24 every four days, and every day we lose at least one person over the age of 45, with adults in midlife and older adults remaining at higher risk. While suicide rates in Tennessee went up only slightly in 2016 from 2015, the new figures are the highest recorded in Tennessee in more than 35 years of record-keeping. However, with all of this information, TSPN wishes to praise efforts happening in Tennessee toward suicide prevention.
Suicide is a complex concern that is determined by multiple factors, including mental illness and prior suicide attempts, access to lethal means, poor coping and problem-solving skills, as well as social and economic problems.
If you need help, please call the suicide prevention hotline at 800-273-TALK (8255).