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CCMS Baseball Doubles Up White County
Connor Shemwell of CCMS baseball
Coming of a solid all-around performance on Monday at home, the Coffee County Middle School baseball team traveled to Sparta on Tuesday. The Red Raiders squared off against White County for the final game of the season series with the Warriors. Coffee Middle needed to rally from behind but captured a 10 to 5 win.
Coffee County scratched across a run in the 1st inning only to see White County take a 2 to 1 lead in the 2nd inning. The Red Raiders took the lead for good in the 3rd inning with a 5 run outburst. Coffee County tacked on insurance runs in the 5th, 6th and 7th innings to capture the season sweep over the Warriors.
Jacob Holder led the Raiders in hitting as he was 3 for 4 with a double and 3 RBI. Connor Shemwell was 3 for 4 at the plate with an RBI and 2 runs scored. Cole Bryce and John McKelvey each drove in a pair of runs. McKelvey started for the Red Raiders on the bump and got the win as he allowed no earned runs through 4 2/3 innings. Tristan Grissom came on in relief and struck out 4 batters in 2 1/3 innings.
The Red Raiders will return to the diamond on Monday when they travel to McMinnville to take on Warren County. First pitch is set for 5 PM at Warren County Middle School. The JV Red Raiders will play host to Warren County at home on Thursday. That game is set to get underway at 6 PM.
CCMS Softball Holds Off White County
Aly Harris of CCMS softball
The Lady Raider softball team of Coffee County Middle School traveled to Sparta on Tuesday night. The Lady Raiders matched up with White County for the 2nd straight night. Coffee County needed to score a pair of runs in the final inning to take the 3 to 2 win.
Leading 1 to 0 entering the 5th and final inning, Aly Harris got the Lady Raider rally going with a 2 out triple. 3 straight singles pushed the margin to 3 to 0 going to the bottom of the 5th inning. In the bottom of the frame, a pair of errors with 2 outs saw White County cut the deficit to 1 before the Lady Raiders could get out of the inning. Hannah Richardson got the nod as the starting pitcher as she took the win allowing no earned runs. Offensively, Kiya Ferrell and Olivia Evans each had a pair of hits as Ferrell scored twice.
The Lady Raiders will be back in action on Monday when they travel to McMinnville to take on Warren County. First pitch is set for 5 PM at Warren County High School. The Lady Raiders will also be participating in a fund-raising event on Saturday as they will partner with Al White Ford/Lincoln to host the “Ford Drive For Your School” event. Folks are asked to come and test drive a new Ford and the softball team will receive a donation for every car driven. The event will be held in the parking lot between Family Video and Coffee County Bank on the Hillsboro Boulevard in Manchester.
CHS Soccer Gets Scrimmage Draw with Siegel
Briggs Haithcock of CHS soccer[File Photo]
Starting 3 sophomores on the back line, including keeper Kix Ferrell, Coach Robert Harper was pleased with the scrimmage result from his young team. Sigel scored their lone goal in the first half on a header in traffic to take a 1 nil lead at the intermission. In the second half, Briggs Haithcock banged home a free kick from just outside the penalty box to draw the Raiders even.
Coffee County will host their annual scrimmage play day on Saturday. The varsity and JV Raiders will be in action with each playing 4 matches. The play day runs from 8 AM to 6 PM behind the Raider Academy.
Hartman Tallies Winner, Josi Posts Five Assists as Preds Win Wild One
Roman Josi
If first impressions are everything, consider Ryan Hartman golden.
Hartman scored the game-winning goal with exactly one minute to play in regulation and the Nashville Predators came back to defeat the Winnipeg Jets by a 6-5 final on Tuesday night at Bell MTS Place. It’s Nashville’s fifth consecutive win, and the victory gives the Preds 87 points, good for a four-point lead over the Jets for the Central Division lead with one game in hand.
It was a record night for Preds Captain Roman Josi, who recorded five assists in the win, tying the franchise record for most assists and points in a single game. In addition, Predators General Manager David Poile collected his 1,319th career victory as an NHL GM, tying Glen Sather for the all-time record for wins by an NHL general manager.
And after the scoresheet was filled to capacity, there was only one way to sum up what had just played out.
“It was crazy,” Josi said. “It was a lot of fun, back and forth and definitely a high speed game. A lot of goals, lot of fun looking back – I guess not as fun for the coaches – but it was a pretty crazy game.”
“I like the six,” Nashville Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “Could be better on the five, but I like the six. You never know, you never know what a game’s going to bring”
After a scoreless first period, the floodgates opened as the two clubs combined to score seven times in the middle stanza. Winnipeg tallied first, as former Preds forward Matt Hendricks beat Pekka Rinne for a 1-0 lead. Nashville winger Craig Smith got the Predators on the board when he potted a rebound past Connor Hellebuyck, but Mark Scheifele got the next two, giving Winnipeg a 3-1 advantage.
Nashville came back once more, first on a goal from Kyle Turris and then a power-play strike from Mattias Ekholm to even the score at 3-3. However, Nikolaj Ehlers beat Rinne on a rush before the frame was out to give his club the lead after a wild 20 minutes.
The third period was, at the very least, just as entertaining, at least if you’re a Predators fan. After Winnipeg took a 5-3 lead thanks to new Jets forward Paul Stastny, Nashville roared back. First, it was Smith getting his second of the game and 20th of the season to make it 5-4, and then Ryan Johansen made it 5-5 with 6:03 to play.
And to ice it, Josi found Hartman in front.
“I didn’t really have to do much for it,” Hartman said of his goal. “Josi put that right on my tape. I saw that seam, he saw that seam and I just pretty much put my knee on my stick there to make sure it didn’t get under my stick. But he put that right on the tape, great play by him.”
Tuesday’s game in Winnipeg – one that was billed as perhaps the most important contest of the regular season thus far for both sides – lived up to the hype. While a potential postseason matchup is still weeks away, there’s no denying these two could find themselves dancing in the springtime.
But for now, the Predators will certainly take the win, undoubtedly one of their grittiest, gutsiest efforts of the campaign.
“We knew before the game it was going to be a huge game,” Josi said. “It was probably the most important game up to this point in the season, and I thought we showed up, I thought we played really well in the first and I thought they were the better team in the second. We showed a lot of character in the third, and it’s a huge win and a great way for us to start off the road trip.”
Welcome to the Club:
Ryan Hartman only met his new teammates for the first time this morning. It looked as though he’d been playing with them for years.
Hartman was all over the ice in his Predators’ debut, and after creating chance after chance, the storybook ending came as he scored the winner with one minute left to play.
Sometimes the stories write themselves.
“That first goal is huge, and I’m pretty pumped up to get that in the first game,” Hartman said.
The scrappy winger, who proved he has plenty of offensive capability as well, felt confident prior to the contest that it wouldn’t take him long to become acclimated into the Nashville lineup. He certainly backed up that claim.
“He was awesome,” Laviolette said of his new winger. “He looked like he knew the system, he looked like he had been playing it forever just with regard to the offensive zone and what we were trying to do. It’s not an easy thing either, you walk into a locker room, you don’t know anybody, he doesn’t know any of the systems, he’s got video in front of him all day, he has to try to get some rest, and then to go out and play the game that he did, he was terrific.”
“He was great,” Josi said of Hartman. “Even before he scored that goal, he was really good. He was hard on the forecheck, he made a lot of good plays, had a lot of shots and I thought he played great and topped it off with the game-winner.”
Hartman, who primarily skated on a trio with Colton Sissons and Austin Watson throughout the night, complemented his linemates by getting in on the forecheck and, simply put, going to work. And when it was all said and done, the new guy endeared himself on night No. 1.
“The positivity in this room, even though you’re down a goal, down two goals, the guys know there’s enough tools in here to score plenty of goals and to win under any given time,” Hartman said. “It goes around the whole room.”
Notes:
With five assists in Tuesday’s 6-5 win, Preds Captain Roman Josi tied Marek Zidlicky for the most assists in a single game in franchise history. Josi also tied the Nashville all-time mark for points in a single game alongside Zidlicky, Dan Hamhuis and J-P Dumont.
With two goals on Tuesday, Preds forward Craig Smith extended his career-high point streak to eight games (4g-5a).
Nashville’s four-game trip continues Thursday in Edmonton before facing the Canucks on Friday and then the Avalanche on Sunday afternoon.
Pete Weber’s Postgame Report
3/3/18 — Larry Wayne Davidson
Funeral services for Mr. Larry Wayne Davidson, age 68 of Manchester, will
be held on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at 1 PM in the Central Funeral Home
Chapel. Burial will follow in Rose Hill memorial Gardens with Military
Honors. Visitation with the family will be on Friday, March 2nd from 5-8 PM
at the funeral home. Mr. Davidson passed away on Monday at Unity Medical
Center after an extended illness.
Larry was born on November 28, 1949, to the late Arthur Frank and Vernie
Lee Roberson Davidson in Maryville, TN. He was a retired auto salesman at
Al White Motors in Manchester. Larry served his country in the United
States Army during the Vietnam Conflict. He loved bowling, fishing,
golfing, and watching all kinds of sports on TV, especially wrestling.
In addition to his parents, Larry is preceded in death by his brothers
James and Glenn Davidson, and an infant sister. He is survived by his wife
of 43 years as of this Thursday, March 1, Phyllis Ann Love Davidson; two
daughters, Crystal, husband Frankie Basham of McMinnville, and LeAnn,
husband James Bowen of Manchester; grandchildren, Ethan and Caden Basham,
and Haley, Alyssa, and Paisley Bowen; one brother, Gary, wife Edna Davidson
of Maryville; and one sister, Sue, husband Don Gibson, also of Maryville,
along with several nieces and nephews.
www.centralfuneralhomellc.com
Central Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
UPDATE 2-27-18–Autopsy Performed of Deceased Body Discovered on Interstate Dr in Manchester
We have updated information on Tonya Darlene Finney, 44, from Franklin County whose body was found in a ditch late Sunday morning on Interstate Drive in Manchester.
Manchester Assistant Police Chief Adam Floied said Finney had been transported to Unity Medical Center on Interstate Drive some time Saturday night from an address in the county to be “checked out.” He said that after getting out of the ambulance she walked out of the hospital and left before ever being registered.
Investigator Brandon Tomberlin says that any person has the right to do so. He noted that police have watched hospital surveillance video from and there is nothing the hospital could have done, or does it show any other person involved after she left.
Tomberlin says that the body was transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Nashville where an autopsy was performed on Monday. The investigator said the autopsy did not show any foul play was involved. Tomberlin added that the toxicology report is expected to be back within the next 10 weeks.
Manchester police asked that if anyone saw anything or have information to contact them at 931-728-2099.
Escapee Captured–Used Stolen Car from Tullahoma to drive to Texas
Andrew Phillip Marshall
According to the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, 25 year-old Andrew Phillip Marshall from Estill Springs was reported missing around 5 a.m. on Feb. 19.
Marshall escaped the jail by climbing into a vent in the ceiling of his cell which put him on the jail’s roof and shimmied down the side of the building.
Marshall was eventually tracked to Texas, where he was taken into custody on Monday (Feb. 26).
Marshall is suspected of stealing a car in Tullahoma. Texas authorities discovered the car abandoned before finding Marshall.
He will now be facing charges in Coffee County.
New Minimum Courtroom Security Standards Approved
The Tennessee Judicial Conference and the Tennessee General Sessions Judges Conference have adopted new minimum courtroom security standards to promote the security and safety of the members of the judiciary, court personnel, and the public. The standards were last updated in the 1990s.
In the past year, there have been at least three major security breaches in Tennessee courthouses, including a serious weapons incident here in Coffee County.
On Monday June 19, 2017 there was shooting inside the Coffee County Justice Center. An inmate was in the courthouse for a hearing on charges of domestic-related kidnapping, evading arrest and other charges.
The man attacked Deputy Wade Bassett as he was escorting the inmate to a transport van. The two engaged in a significant struggle with the inmate gaining control of the deputy’s weapon after severely biting Bassett’s hand. The man then shot the deputy, but his bullet proof vest protected him.
After making his way downstairs of the justice center the inmate then shot Deputy Wendell Bowen in the stomach, causing a severe injury.
Minutes later the inmate took his own life down the street from the Justice Center.
The new, approved court security criteria include:
(1) Silent bench and court clerk’s public transaction counter panic button connected directly to the sheriff’s department or police department.
(2) A bullet-proof bench and court clerk work area in courtrooms.
(3) Availability of armed, uniformed guard (court officer) in each courtroom during court sessions.
(4) Court security training for court officers. Court security briefing on annual basis for judicial staff and courthouse personnel.
(5) Hand-held detectors (minimum of 2) and/or magnetometers in each county to assure the safety in each courthouse or courtroom.
(6) Each court building shall have signage posted at each court access entrance stating that all persons are subject to search by security personnel. Prohibited items are subject to seizure and forfeiture. Prohibited items include, but are not limited to, the following: firearms; other forms of weaponry; and any item(s) that can be transformed into a weapon.
(7) Hand held inspection security mirror to be used to view under courtroom seating and other areas for safety in the courthouse and/or courtroom(s).
Gas Prices Expected To Go Up
Tennessee gas prices steadily declined during the past couple of weeks, but that downward trend is likely coming to an end. Refineries are entering their seasonal maintenance period, which can place significant upward pressure on prices at the pump.
Gas prices for the month of February are the highest in four years. Tennessee gas prices declined during the past 19 consecutive days, for a total discount of 10 cents. The state average of $2.31 is 3 cents less than a week ago and 7 cents less than last month. But we are paying 24 cents a gallon more than this time last year.
The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.51.
The low price in Manchester as of Tuesday afternoon was $2.19 and in Tullahoma the low price per gallon was $2.23.
Hunting and/or Fishing License Expire Wednesday
If you have a 2017-2018 hunting or fishing license, those expire February 28th. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is now selling licenses that will be good through February 2019.
These licenses are the primary funding mechanism for the TWRA. They can be purchased at any of their regional offices statewide, through their website at tn.gov/TWRA or through their phone app. Keep in mind that a Social Security number is required to purchase a hunting or fishing license in the state of Tennessee.