After taking off a week for spring break, the Westwood softball team traveled to Unionville on Monday for a conference game with Community.  It was a back and forth battle from start to finish but the Lady Rockets prevailed in the end.  Westwood took the lead in the top of the 7th inning to take the 11 to 9 victory.

A shaky start saw the Lady Rockets give up single runs in the first two innings before Westwood took a 5 to 2 lead in the top of the 3^rd.  After Community added another run in the 3^rd, the Viqueens retook the lead with a 3 run 4^th inning.  Trailing 9 to 6 entering the 7^th inning, the Lady Rockets batted around in the 7^th to score 5 runs and capture the crucial road win.

Paisley Campbell had a single, a double and a triple in 4 plate appearances to lead Westwood.  Paisley also scored 3 times.  Haidyn Campbell added a double and a single, Brooklyn Blake had a triple and a single and Kara Beth Patton had 2 singles and 3 RBI.

Westwood returns home on Tuesday as they play host to Riverside Christian.  First pitch will be at 5 PM at Lady Rocket Field.

The Coffee County CHS tennis teams hosted their old rival Tullahoma on Monday afternoon at the Raider Academy.  Despite an 11 day layoff, the Raider netters fought to a split with the visiting Cats.  The Lady Raiders fell 7 to 0 while the Red Raiders won 6 to 1.

In girls play, Coffee County was swept in the 5 singles matches.  Jessica Barrera and Wren Lawson each dropped an 8 to 4 decision in the closest losses.  Lawson teamed with Natalie Elzeer to fall 8 to 4 in doubles play.  Barrera teamed with Odalis Garcia in a 8 to 6 loss.

In boys’ singles play, Jonah Rollman captured an 8 to 0 win while Luke Irwin captured a forfeit win.  Also getting singles wins were Grey Riddle(8 to 4) and Reid Lawrence(8 to 3).  Irwin teamed up with Jayden Talley to get an 8 to 0 doubles win while the team of Riddle and Lawrence won 8 to 5.

The CHS netters hit the road on Tuesday to take on Shelbyville in a district match.  First serve is set for 4 PM at Griffith Park in Shelbyville.

The Coffee County Middle School and Westwood Middle School golf teams opened up the 2018 season on Monday with a home match at Willowbrook.  The Raiders teed off against Tullahoma while the Rockets battled the Tigers of Fayetteville.   For the 2^nd year in a row, the middle schoolers used the “flag scoring” system with a 2 person scramble format.

In Westwood’s match with Fayetteville, the Rockets fell 7 ½ to 4 ½. The team of Katie Lawrence and Araya Hughes won their match 2 ½ to ½.  Westwood also captured single flags from the team of Elizabeth Brown and Chloe Martin and the team of Macie Lawrence and Brylee Chansky.

In Coffee Middle’s match with Tullahoma, the Raiders captured a 7 to 5 win.  The teams of Logan Hale/Cole Fowler and Xavier Bartley/Kaleb Jarrell won their matches 2 to 1.  The team of Kira Jarrell and Lillian McGee got a 3 to 0 forfeit win.

The middle school golfers will hit the road on Tuesday when they travel to Shelbyville’s Riverbend Country Club.  Coffee County will square off against Liberty while Westwood will do battle with Harris.  The golfers will go off with a shotgun start at 3:30 PM.

Trying to break their first 2 game losing streak of the year, the Westwood baseball hosted Fayetteville on Monday at Looney Riddle Field.  Hosting their final home game of the year and celebrating 8^th Grade Night, the Rockets fell in a heartbreaking 4 to 3 contest.

Tied at 3 going to the 6^th inning, the visiting Tigers pushed across the go-ahead run.  Westwood had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the 6^th but Trenton Thompson was thrown out at the plate for the final out.  Brady Nugent led the Rockets in hitting with 3 hits and 2 runs scored. Connor Smith added a pair of hits and Timothy Henderson added a walk and scored the other Westwood run.

Westwood will travel to Chapel Hill on Thursday for a conference match-up with Forrest.  First pitch is set for 6:30 PM.

The Coffee County CHS softball team hosted non-district rival Cascade on Monday night at Terry Floyd Field.  Coming off a loss to the Lady Champions last year, Coffee County had extra incentive to stop their 2 game losing streak.  Unfortunately, an early lead by Cascade pushed the Lady Raiders to their 3^rd straight loss 8 to 5.

Cascade jumped out to a 6 to 0 lead after the first 3 innings as they banged out 7 of their 10 hits for the game.  Coffee County rallied with 2 runs in the 3^rd but were held scoreless again until a pushing across a run in the 6^th and 2 more in the 7^th.

Katie Rutledge and Shelby Scrivnor each had a single and a triple for the Lady Raiders.  Lauren Tomberlin had a single, a double and 2 RBI.

The Lady Raiders travel to Winchester on Tuesday night for a district matchup with Franklin County.  First pitch will be at 7 PM.

The Westwood tennis teams traveled to Tullahoma on Monday for a match with Tullahoma.  The Lady Rockets battled the Cats to the final match before falling 4 to 3.  The Rockets dropped a 6 to 1 decision.

In the girls’ match, the Lady Rockets captured a pair of singles wins as Lauren Perry(6 to 0) and Rylea McNamara(6 to 4) came out on top.  That duo combined to capture a 6 to 1 win in doubles.

In the boys’ match, Westwood got their lone win in singles play.  Isaac Simmons won by a set score of 6 to 3.

Westwood returns to the court on Tuesday when they play host to St. Andrews-Sewanee.  First serve will be at 4 PM at Fred Deadman Park.