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CCMS Baseball Wins on the Road at Harris
Kyler Terry of CCMS baseball
The Coffee Middle School baseball team traveled to Shelbyville to take on Harris. Entering the game with a record of 3 and 1 in the conference, the Raiders were looking to stay near the top of the conference standings. A late Red Raider rally propelled the Raiders to a 9 to 5 win.
Trailing 4 to 2 entering the 4th inning, Coffee County put 3 runs on the scoreboard in the 4th inning and put the game on ice with 3 more in the 7th inning. The Raiders banged out 11 hits in the conference win. After a rough start on the mound, John McKelvey pitched the Raiders to the win as he struck out 6 in 5 and 1/3 innings of work.
Jacob Sherrill led the Raiders offensively as he had 2 hits, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI to lead the Red and Black. Kyler Terry had 2 walks, 2 singles and scored once for Coffee Middle. Dayne Crosslin and Connor Shemwell each added a pair of singles. The win improves the Raiders to 4 and 2 overall and 4 and 1 in conference play.
The Red Raiders will play host to Harris on Thursday in game #2 of the season series. This is a makeup of Monday’s game and will begin at 5:30 PM.
CCMS Tennis Splits in Road Match at Tullahoma
The Red Raider and Lady Raider tennis teams of Coffee County Middle School traveled to Tullahoma on Tuesday. The experienced Lady Raider squad captured a 5 to 0 victory. The Red Raiders dropped their match 4 to 2.
In the girls’ matches, Coffee Middle made short work of the Lady Cats. Jayda Wright and Anna Amado captured 6 to 0 singles wins while the doubles team of Paige Meadows and Clare Rondolet also blanked the Tullahoma doubles team 6 to 0. Marley Perry captured a win in singles play by a 6 to 1 score while Lucy Riddle won her singles match 6 to 2.
The Red Raiders struggled in the top matches but did get a pair of singles wins. Playing at the 4 position, Jayden Brown got a 6 to 2 win. Playing in the 6th seed match, Logan Hale got a 6 to 1 win. The Cats and Raiders did not play any doubles matches.
The Raider netters travel to Lewisburg on Friday. That match will begin 4:30 PM.
CHS Baseball Falls at Columbia
Skylar Bratcher of CHS baseball
Coffee County CHS baseball team traveled to Columbia on Tuesday for game #2 of their season series. Coming off a 7 to 2 win on Monday, the Red Raiders were looking for a season sweep of the Lions. Surrendering three unearned runs, the Red Raiders fell by a final score of 5 to 1.
The Red Raiders jumped out on top in the 1st inning with a run as 3 straight singles with 2 outs staked Coffee County to a 1 to 0 lead. A walk and a pair of singles in the bottom of the first inning put Columbia on top for good. Coffee County was held to 4 hits on the game but it was 2 errors and 2 passed balls that allowed Columbia to add their final 3 runs of the game.
Coffee County was led in hitting by Skylar Bratcher, Hayden Skipper, Nathanial Tate and Jacob Langham who each had a single. Bratcher had the lone RBI for the Raiders. Skipper and Garrett Davis each walked twice for Coffee County. Skipper took the loss on the mound striking out 5 in 4 and 2/3 innings of work.
The Red Raiders will return home on Thursday when they welcome Marshall County to Powers Field for a non-conference game. That game will get underway at 5 PM. Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast of the game. Lucky Knott will be on the call with the pregame show beginning at 4:45.
CHS Softball Drops Non-District Game at Warren County
Coffee County Lady Raider softball team traveled to McMinnville on Tuesday to take on Warren County. Coming off a district win on Monday, the Lady Raiders took on the Lady Pioneers in their first non-district game of the year. Despite outhitting Warren County 6 to 4, the Lady Raiders fell by a final score of 3 to 1.
The Lady Raiders got on the board in the top of the 1st inning as Katie Rutledge singled, was sacrificed to 2nd base and scored on a single from Lauren Tomberlin. Coffee County was able to get baserunners on base in 5 of the 7 innings but were unable to get the clutch hit in the loss.
With her RBI single, Tomberlin was named the Crazy Daisies Player of the game. Haley Richarson got the start for the Lady Raiders and took the hard luck loss as she surrendered 3 hits while striking out 2 in 4 innings of work.
The Lady Raiders are back on the diamond on Thursday when they travel to Lawrenceburg to take on Lawrence County in a district game. First pitch is set for 5:30 PM at Lawrence County High School.
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CCMS Softball Falls at Harris
Kiya Ferrell of CCMS softball
Trying to shake off a disappointing loss last week, the Coffee Middle School softball team traveled to Harris on Tuesday. Taking on the Eaglettes in a conference game, the Lady Raiders were held to 4 hits on the cold night as they surrendered 2 unearned runs. Those runs were enough to drop Coffee Middle by a final score of 3 to 2.
The Lady Raiders got on the board in the top of the first inning as Kiya Ferrell led off with a single, stole 2nd and 3rd base and scored on a single from Chloe Gannon. Harris notched an unearned run in the bottom of the first to tie the game and added 1 more in a 2 run 2nd inning to forge a 3 to 1 lead. Coffee County was able to add a run in the 3rd inning as Ferrell singled and came around to score again.
Ferrell finished with 2 singles and both Lady Raider runs. Gannon and Olivia Evans each added singles for Coffee County. Emily Schuster got the start in the circle for Coffee County and took the hard luck loss as Harris managed only 2 hits in the game.
Coffee Middle will play host to Harris on Thursday in game #2 of the season series. This is a makeup of Monday’s game and will begin at 5:30 PM.
Rinne Makes 32 Saves as Predators Beat Jets 3-1
Pekka Rinne
Pekka Rinne made 32 saves and the surging Nashville Predators scored two short-handed goals in beating the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 on Tuesday night to tie for the top spot in the NHL standings.
Kevin Fiala, Austin Watson and Viktor Arvidsson had the goals for Nashville, which has won 11 of 12.
The Predators reached 100 points in 69 games, the fastest mark in franchise history. The defending Western Conference champions are even with Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay — and Nashville has played one fewer game.
Kyle Connor scored for the Jets, losers of three straight. Winnipeg fell eight points behind the first-place Predators in the Central Division.
Nashville scored three goals before the game was nine minutes old. Playing the finale of a six-game road trip, their longest of the season, and their second game in two nights, the Jets came out sluggish against the speedy Predators.
Fiala scored the first goal at 2:48 of the opening period.
Roman Josi carried the puck up center ice before sending a pass to Kyle Turris on the right side. Turris returned the pass to Josi as he continued through the slot and he immediately fed a trailing Fiala with a backhand pass. He had an open net, and he buried a snap shot up high for his 22nd goal of the season.
Watson and Arvidsson scored short-handed goals 34 seconds apart on the same penalty kill to make it 3-0. It was the first time in Predators history that they scored short-handed twice on the same power play.
Jets coach Paul Maurice called a basketball-style timeout following Arvidsson’s goal. Following the stoppage, Connor Hellebuyck took over in goal for starter Michael Hutchinson. After the first period, the team announced that Hutchinson would not return due to an upper-body injury. Hutchinson stopped 12 of the 15 shots he faced in 8:45 of action.
Nashville poured 24 shots on the Winnipeg net in the first, its most in a period this season.
Hellebuyck made 30 saves in relief.
Connor got Winnipeg on the scoreboard at 1:08 of the third with a power-play goal when he tapped in the rebound of Blake Wheeler’s shot from the right side.
Patrik Laine picked up an assist on Connor’s goal, extending his franchise-record point streak to 13 games.
Watson also did some strong work in his defensive zone to help Rinne. With just more than eight minutes gone in the third, he cleared a puck that was headed into the net after Rinne got a piece of a shot from Laine.
NOTES: Watson’s four short-handed goals this season place him one behind NHL leader Aleksander Barkov of the Florida Panthers. … Nashville is 34-3-5 when scoring first. … Winnipeg successfully killed off all three Nashville power plays. The Jets have not allowed an opponent to score on the man advantage in five of their last six games. … Jets C Paul Stastny was a late scratch.
UP NEXT
Predators: At the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday.
Tullahoma Man Facing Several Charges
Dakota Cheyenne Brown… Photo provided by the CCSD.
Brown drove to a convince store and walked in. After he came out of the business Simmons attempted to stop the man as he came out of the store, so they could speak, at this time Brown allegedly took off running. The officer gave chase and caught the man after a short foot pursuit. After walking back to Brown’s vehicle, the officer noted a smell of marijuana allegedly coming from the man’s vehicle. According to the arrest warrant, Brown consented to a search and Simmons found a small amount of green leafy substance believed to be marijuana weighing less than a gram and a small amount of white methamphetamine weighing approximately a gram.
Brown was charged with driving on revoked/suspended license, schedule VI and II drug violations, violation of probation and evading arrest. He was booked in at the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $23,000. He is set to appear in court on April 4, 2018.
Estill Springs Woman Arrested in Tullahoma
A resident of Ray Moore Lane in Estill Springs was arrested March 9 for possession of several drugs.
According to a report by Tullahoma Police Officer Brooke Earhart, Jennifer Sue Short, 32, of Estill Springs was charged with possession of schedule IV, schedule V, schedule VI, DUI, failure to maintain control of her vehicle and open container violation.
The arrest was made after officers received information that a red Chevrolet Avalanche pickup truck had hit several mailboxes on Lincoln Street. The officer was at the traffic light at the intersection of Westside Drive and West Lincoln Street when she spotted the vehicle. In a report the officer stated that the driver was “unable to maintain her lane of travel and almost struck a vehicle in the other lane of travel.
When the officer stopped the driver she allegedly “had a smell of alcoholic beverage” and her eyes were blood shot. When Officer Earhart searched Short, she allegedly found a metal tin inside the woman’s bra that contained a plastic bag and 3 grams of marijuana, 9 red and white Lyrica capsules, one and a half Xanax bars and 6 Valium pills. According to the report, the woman stated that she had taken two or three Valium pills and three shots of whiskey just before being pulled over. According to the police report, Officer Jason Maloney found half a bottle of whiskey in the front passenger seat.
Short was booked into the Coffee County Jail under a $9,000 bond and is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court April 5.
Gas Prices Down Slightly
Drivers visiting the gas pump today will find prices that are cheaper than a week ago. Tennessee gas prices declined 1.5 cents last week. The state average of $2.31 is 8 cents less than a month ago, but 26 cents more than this time last year.
AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said gasoline should slide a few more cents this week, based on last week’s decline in wholesale prices. However, gas prices are still forecast to rise 20 cents in the coming months as demand climbs and refineries switch to summer blend gasoline.
The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.52.
The low price per gallon as of Tuesday afternoon in Manchester was $2.23 and in Tullahoma the low price was $2.22.
Tennessee State Parks Annual Spring Hike is March 24
State parks throughout Tennessee will offer free, guided hikes later this month.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation said Monday that 56 state parks including Old Stone Fort will host free hikes on March 24 “to highlight the amenities and programming available during one of Tennessee’s most beautiful seasons.”
Join Old Stone Fort State Park Rangers at 9AM as they hike the Enclosure and Forks of the River Trails for Tennessee State Parks Annual Spring Hike event. This will be the first of two hikes hosted March 24 and will be open to all visitors. During this hike they hope to see many of our native wildflowers in bloom, including trillium and blue bonnet. They will also discuss the history of the Old Stone Fort as well as the Native American mound structures found on the park. You will hike near three waterfalls and see where the Little Duck River and Big Duck River merge. This hike is considered easy-moderate. Meet at the museum at 9am to begin the walk.