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Coffee County Swim Teams Hold End of Year Banquet
Individual award winners for the Coffee County high school Swim team. [Photo by Rob Clutter]
For the middle school swimmers, Emily Williams earned the team MVP award. William Tobitt was named the Male Swimmer of the Year while Kennedy Norman-Young earned the Female Swimmer of the Year honor. Taylor Wall was presented the Coaches Award and Aly Hutchings was named the Most Improved swimmer.
Individual award winners for the Coffee County middle school Swim team. [Photo by Rob Clutter]
CCMS JV Baseball Gets Monday Night Victory
The Coffee County Middle School JV baseball team hosted Grundy County on Monday night at CCMS. The Red Raiders scored in 4 of the 5 innings against the visiting Yellow Jackets. Coffee Middle needed a single run in the bottom of the 5th to earn the mercy rule victory 11 to 1.
Coffee County plated a pair of runs in the 1st inning as Hayden Garr drilled an RBI double and scored on an error by the 3rd baseman on a steal attempt to set the rout in motion. Brady Daughtery had a 2 RBI single as part of a 4 run 2nd inning and Garr hit a 2 RBI inside the park home run in a 4 run 6th inning.
Garr finished the game with 2 hits and 3 RBI to lead the Raider attack. Trey Turner had a single, 2 RBI and 3 runs scored for Coffee County. Daughtery scored twice to go with his single and 2 RBI. Aiden Robertson got the start on the mound and pitched 3 and 2/3 scoreless innings to get the win. Jack Anderson came on in relief for Coffee Middle and notched 3 strikeouts in an inning and 1/3.
CORRECTION! Schools Making Plans for Walkout Day and other Related Days
File photo: Dr LaDonna McFall Director of Coffee County Schools
This month, some Tennessee students will join other activists to stand up for student safety. The National Student Walkout is March 14, and the March for Our Lives is March 24. The Network for Public Education has also declared April 20 a National Day of Action on the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting.
Three schools (high school, 9th grade acad., and middle school) in the Coffee County system are making plans to participate in various events to bring awareness about student safety. In NO way is this being done to say that students or school system personnel are for or against current gun laws. Director of Schools Dr LaDonna McFall tells us more… She went on to say that they are encouraging students to be self-advocates…
Manchester City Schools Director, Lee Wilkerson… File Photo
Manchester City Schools Director Lee Wilkerson explains plans for his system’s students…
Coffee County Home Allegedly Burglarized, Man Charged
Silk Deloina Trapp… Photo provided by the CCSD.
According to a report by Coffee County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Stephen Sharketti, officers were dispatched to Green Grass Way Road which is off Highway 280 where the owner of a house spotted a silver Mercedes SUV leaving. The homeowner stated that the rear door had been kicked in.
As the deputy was headed to the residence he spotted a silver Mercedes SUV in a field on Gnat Hill Road. The deputy states in a report that Silk Delonina Trapp, 54, of Murfreesboro Highway, Manchester was standing outside the vehicle on the driver’s side. There were tire skid marks nearby and there were tracks in the muddy field leading to the vehicle. Trapp told the officer that he was not injured but an ambulance was summoned to check him out to make sure.
The deputy states in his report that he saw a bronze colored coin bank in the rear floor board of the vehicle. Trapp told deputies that he was traveling from Tullahoma back to his residence on Murfreesboro Highway. The deputy asked him if he knew where he was, and he said that he was unsure of what road he was on.
The deputy’s report states that he smelled alcohol and Trapp told him that he had consumed a “shot” of earlier. He said that a shot was three ounces of vodka.
Deputies Joey Ricco and Hassan Peterson then drove to the house that had been burglarized. Meanwhile Sharketti saw woman’s purse laying in the field directly across the roadway from the SUV. The purse appeared to have “fresh mud” on it. While the deputy was taking pictures of the purse a female from the house that had been burglarized arrived that the coin bank in the SUV was like one that she and her husband owned. She then was asked to describe any purse she might have which she did, and it matched the one in the muddy field. She told the officer that her purse had a handgun located in a zipper closed side pocket. The officer retrieved a loaded .38 Special revolver from the side pocket of the purse and saw identification of the woman.
Trapp denied having been at the residence on Green Grass Way. He was then told that the homeowner had security video of the man entering the house and leaving it.
Trapp was booked into the Coffee County Jail on his charges of DUI, aggravated burglary and illegal possession of a weapon. His bond was set at $62,500 and he is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court March 19.
Illinois Woman Arrested in Manchester for Identity Theft and More
Jahmaya Rashay Harris… Photo provided by the CCSD.
A female was on video as being the only person in the vehicle when it pulled in.
The woman attempted to buy gas 10 different time using two different
credit cards not belonging to her. When taken into custody she
had in her possession 2 Georgia driver’s licenses not belonging to her.
When inventorying the vehicle, Boles allegedly found a checkbook with
several checks written out. One was made payable to the woman for
$1,000, along with other checks. The officer called the bank and
the checks were reported stolen. Also, allegedly found was 3 oz of a green leafy material believed to be marijuana, located in the glove box area. A pack of what is considered blunt papers were found in the floor on the passenger’s side.
Jahmaya Rashay Harris age 22, Waukegan, IL was taken into custody and charged with theft of property, criminal simulation, forgery, manufacturing/delivering/selling/possession of a controlled substance,
unlawful drug paraphernalia uses and activities, 2 counts of identity theft/use of another’s information. Her bond was set at $70,500 and Harris is scheduled to appear in court on April 17, 2018.
3/7/18 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Lendley Freeze, 12 — Pizza Winner!
Jimmy Partin, 71
Anniversaries:
Roy & Barbara Tramble, 32
Bucks Claim 2nd Straight TCCAA/Region VII Title
The Motlow State Bucks celebrate their TCCAA/Region VII Tournament men’s basketball championship Tuesday afternoon following a 78-61 win over Southwest Tennessee at Chattanooga State Community College in Chattanooga. It is the second consecutive championship for the Bucks, and earns them a spot in the upcoming NJCAA national tournament, which begins March 19 in Hutchinson, Kansas.[Photo by Jeff Reed Photography]
The Bucks (22-7) will now advance to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas. The tournament opens March 19, with the NJCAA announcing tournament seeding and brackets on March 12 at 11:30 a.m. on www.njcaatv.com.
Motlow entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed, while Southwest was No. 1. The Bucks opened tournament play by beating No. 7 Columbia State 92-61 on Saturday, then got past Cleveland State 62-52 in Monday’s semifinal.
The tournament championship is the College’s sixth in men’s basketball and the third in the past six years. Motlow also won titles in 1973, 1982, 1984, 2013 and 2017. This year will be Motlow’s third NJCAA tournament appearance, having gone 1-1 in 2013 and 2-1 last year, when they reached the final eight for the first time.
First-year Head Coach Arthur Latham has kept the Bucks on track despite multiple obstacles throughout the year, including losing two of his top players early in the season. Returning sophomore Javion Hamlet, a second team All-American last year, sat out the season with an injury, while 6-11 post player Nick Marshall, a transfer from the University of Memphis, played only four games before injuries suffered in an automobile accident ended his season.
But Latham, along with assistant coaches Zach Holt and Nick Porter, held the squad together around a nucleus of seven players; five sophomores and two redshirt freshmen, who experienced last year’s championship and brought that experience to the locker room and to the playing floor this season.
Isaiah Hart, who was named TCCAA/Region VII Tournament MVP, along with regular season TCCAA Player of the Year Rashawn Fredericks, second team All-Conference selection Kevonte Corley, Dillon Smith and Chad Emmons all played critical roles in last year’s title. Leo Castillo and Kin Webster were redshirts last year and became key ingredients in Latham’s rotation this year.
Transfer sophomore David Fraser stepped into the starting post position when Marshall went down and has been a solid contributor all season. Freshmen Derrick Rayford, Anthony Yarbrough, Zaire Swaby, Hayden Edmondson and Justin Hill have each played critical minutes and successfully filled their roles, an important ingredient on any championship team.
The Bucks were never seriously threatened in any of their three wins during the TCCAA/Region VII Tournament. Their dismantling of Columbia State on Saturday saw Motlow hit 14-32 three pointers and force the Chargers into 19 turnovers. Hart had 21 points and four assists, Corley scored 16 with 11 rebounds, Fredericks had 10 points, five boards and four assists, and Yarbrough hit 7-7 free throws and scored 11.
Monday’s win over Cleveland was somewhat methodical, with the Bucks holding a slight advantage for most of the game before extending their lead to double digits at the end. Motlow didn’t shoot exceptionally well, only 43 percent from the field, although the Bucks hit 7-19 three pointers. Once again the defense was tenacious, forcing the Cougars into 16 turnovers.
Fredericks led the way with 17 points, while Hart scored 16 and added six rebounds and four steals. Corley notched a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Castillo hit a pair of three pointers and scored 10 points.
Tuesday’s championship game saw the Bucks come out of the gate fast and never let up. Motlow hit four 3-pointers in the first eight minutes to grab a 21-14 lead. A 9-2 run increased the lead to 30-16 with 8:25 remaining in the first half. The Saluqis, who entered the game ranked No. 18 in the nation, gathered themselves and cut the Motlow lead to 39-30 at intermission.
Southwest Tennessee closed the gap to 50-43 with 11 minutes to play, but it was as close as the Saluqis would get as the Bucks finished the game on a 28-18 run. Hart, who is Motlow’s all-time leader in steals, was the sparkplug as he stole the ball and scored on layups on two straight possessions. Fredericks closed the door on any Southwest comeback hopes with a long three pointer with 3:42 to go, giving Motlow its biggest lead at 73-50.
The Bucks didn’t shoot exceptionally well from the field, connecting on only 38.7 percent of their shots and 9-27 three pointers. However, Motlow was on target at the free throw line, hitting 21-23, including Corley 8-8 and Hart and Fredericks 5-5 each. The Bucks forced the Saluqis into an amazing 31 turnovers.
Hart led five double-digit scorers with 19 points and added five assists and five steals. Fredericks scored 14 with five rebounds and four steals, Corley had 12 points with 10 rebounds and four steals, Castillo scored 11, including 3-4 three pointers, and added five rebounds, and Fraser had 10 points with four rebounds and three steals. Webster added seven points, Smith three and Emmons scored two.
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3/9/18 — Mildred Maxine Davis
Funeral services for Ms. Mildred Maxine Davis, age 87, of Manchester, TN will be conducted at 1:00 pm on Friday, March 9, 2018, at Coffee County Funeral Chapel with Bro. Benny Benjamin officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 11:00 AM until the time of service. Ms. Davis passed away at her residence on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, surrounded by her family.
Mildred was born in Elk Park, NC, the daughter of the late Frank and Dorothy Turbyfill. She was a homemaker and an accomplished seamstress. Mildred loved books, didn’t mind hard work or getting dirty, enjoyed traveling, playing board games with her family and friends, and had a passion for ceramics. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.
In addition to her parents, Mildred is also preceded in death by her loving husband, Frank Davis; three brothers, Ernest, Clyde, and Wallace; five sisters, Burnetta, Hazel, Margaret, Betty, and Velma; and one grandson, Derek. She is survived by her three sons, Kenneth Adams, Donald (Terry) Adams, and Phil (Autumn) Davis; one daughter, Sandra Elkins; one brother, Jimmy; one sister, Gail; two grandchildren, Frank and Jeremy; three great-grandchildren, Brooklyn, London, and Charlotte.
In lieu of flowers, the family wishes for donations to be made in Mildred’s name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorials Processing, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959.
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the Davis family.
3/9/18–Paul Lowery, Jr.
Funeral services for Mr. Paul Lowery, Jr., age 63 of Manchester, will be
conducted on Friday, March 9, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at Manchester Funeral
Home with Pastor Mike Ervin officiating. Burial will follow in Ragsdale
Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday, March 8, 2018 from
4:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. at Manchester Funeral Home. Mr. Lowery passed
away on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at his home surrounded by his loving
family.
Paul was born on November 23, 1954 in Coffee County. He was a member of
Ministry of Hope in Tullahoma, TN. He was retired from the United States
Army Special Forces. He loved to play his bass guitar and was a member of
the band, “As One Praise Team”. He had a love for music and classic cars.
Above anything else, he put his family first.
Preceded in death by his father, Paul Lowery, Sr. Survived by his
mother, Ruth Lowery; his loving wife, Tina Lowery; sons, Manny Lowery,
Brandon Lowery; daughters, Stephanie Marie Dawn Lowery; step-daughters,
Christa Limbaugh, Amber McKenzie; brothers, Randy Lowery; sister, Delores
Sparkman; grandchildren, Chance Lowery, Griffin Lowery, Madison Golden,
Isabella McKenzie, Isaiah Escalon.
Manchester Funeral Home is honored to serve the Lowery family.
