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2/14/18 — Roy C. Crouch, Sr.
Roy C Crouch Sr, of Tullahoma, passed this life after a short illness, on
Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Life Care Center of Tullahoma at the age of
81 years. Funeral Services are scheduled for Wednesday, February 14, at 1
PM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home with burial at Gum Creek Cemetery.
Visitation with the family will be Tuesday, February 13, 2018 from 5-8 PM.
Mr. Crouch, a native of Huntsville, AL, was the son of the late Luther and
Jeanettie Whitworth Crouch. He attended Roberts’ Chapel Church and
enjoyed
fishing, hunting and spending time with his family. He was also known as
the “best small engine mechanic”.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by daughter, Mary Kay
Crouch; brother, Lee Crouch and sisters, Frances Crouch, Annie Prince,
Margie Lipscomb and Bernice Hegwood.
Mr. Crouch is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Janie Johnson Crouch
of Tullahoma; son, Roy L Crouch and his wife, Kimberly of Tullahoma;
daughter, Jenny England and her husband, John of Huntland; grandchildren,
Bart England and his wife, Amanda of Huntland, Brooke Hamilton and her
husband, Cory of Tullahoma, Cassidy Crouch of Tullahoma and Logan Crouch of
Tullahoma.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Manchester School Board Meeting is Monday Night
Manchester Board of Education Regular Board Meeting at the Administrative Building on February 12, 2018 – 6:00 p.m. Work Session at 5 p.m.
1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER 1.1 Recognition of Visitors 1.2 Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance
2. CONSENT ITEMS 2.1 Approval of Minutes of January 9, 2018 2.2 Additions/Deletions and Acceptance of Agenda 2.3 Declaration of Technology Printers Surplus
3. AWARDS AND HONORS 3.1 Announcement of Elementary Basketball Champs
College Street Boys – Record: 10-0 Champions five (5) years in a row
3.2 Teachers of the Year
Building Level: Name: Heather Reid grades PK-4 CSE, Greg Ray 5-8 CSE, Misty Crosslin PK-4 WES, Jordan Hice 5-8 WES, Teri Leonard 5-8 WMS
District Level: Misty Crosslin grades Pk-4 and Greg Ray 5-8
4. COMMUNICATION TO THE BOARD 4.1 MEA 4.2 Beta Club Sponsor 4.3 Finance 4.4 Director of Maintenance/Facilities 4.5 Administrators/Principals
5. BOARD/DIRECTOR DISCUSSION
5.1 Ratification of Executive Action – Engagement Letter with Bone McAllester Norton, PLLC.
5.2 Ratification of Executive Action – PESG Contract
5.3 Creation of a 5-hour PK Special Education Assistant Position
5.4 Approval of Overnight Trip for 5th Graders – Cedars of Lebanon
6. PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENTS
7. OLD BUSINESS Budget
8. FUTURE MEETINGS (S) Regular Meeting – March 12, 2018
Dates of Interest: February 22-24 – WMS School Play (“Once on this Island”) at 7:00pm
February 28–WMS Sports Banquet
9. ADJOURNMENT
Man Runs Over Policeman after Pursuit
On February 8th, 2018 at approximately 1:00am, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office personnel, while on patrol in the Belvidere area of Franklin County observed a vehicle being operated by an individual they believed to be Hugh Lawson Hill, who they were attempting to locate due to a harassment complaint. Sgt. Chuck Stines attempted to initiate a traffic stop but the vehicle fled the scene resulting in a pursuit. The pursuit proceeded through the Sugar Cove area of Franklin County as well as the Hickory Grove area and eventually onto Maxwell Rd. Sheriff’s Office personnel were able to force the vehicle off the road at the intersection of Maxwell Road and David Crockett Parkway.
Once the vehicle was stopped, a Huntland Police officer attempted to place the truck in park, at which time the driver accelerated backward resulting in Officer Patrick Stefanski being dragged and his right leg being run over. Sheriff’s Office personnel then made contact with the truck once more rendering it inoperable and the driver was taken into custody.
Hugh Lawson Hill, 40 year-old of 765 Foster Lane, Belvidere, TN., was transported to the Franklin County Jail where is currently being held on a $150,000 bond. Hill is facing charges of: Aggravated Assault, Evading Arrest, Driving on Suspended License 4th Offense, Habitual Motor Offender, D.U.I. 4th Offense, Unlawful Carry/Possession of a Weapon, Reckless Endangerment and Reckless Driving. Hill has an initial court date of May 14th, 2018 in Franklin County General Sessions Court.
Leader of TBI to Retire
McMinnville native and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn plans on retiring later this year.
Gwyn made the announcement to TBI employees on Thursday morning.
Gwyn will remain in place as director until June 1, 2018. The selection process will begin soon to find his successor.
Gwyn has served as the director of the TBI for 14 years and has been working in law enforcement for over 30 years. He began his law enforcement career as a patrolman with the McMinnville Police Department before joining the TBI as a Special Agent in 1988. He served as the agency’s Executive Officer and later led its Forensic Services Division before becoming Director in 2004, becoming the first African-American to lead the state’s primary investigative law enforcement agency.
In 2016 Gwyn was the first TBI Director to be appointed to a third term after Gov. Bill Haslam reappointed him.
Coffee County Splits Regular Season Finale at Franklin County
Grey Riddle of CHS basketball[Photo by Demarco Moore, Manchester Times]
In the boys’ game, despite leading by 8 points in the 3rd quarter, the Red Raiders could never put away the tenacious Rebels. Franklin County held leads entering the 2nd and 4th quarters, but never had a lead of more than 3 points. Coffee County took their first lead of the 4th quarter on a De’Aaron Rozier layup at the 7 minute mark, but Franklin County tied the game with 2:15 left. Coffee County ran their most patient offensive set of the night as they milked over a minute and a half off the clock, culminating in a Grey Riddle basket with 36 seconds remaining to make the score 34 to 32. Franklin County had one last chance to tie the game in the final 2 seconds but missed a free throw giving the Raiders the 1 point win.
The Raiders were led in scoring by De’Aaron Rozier who finished with 9 points. Darius Rozier had 8 points and Grey Riddle added 6 points, including the game winning basket to earn the Crazy Daisies’ player of the game honor.
After being tied at 14 at the end of the 4th quarter, the Lady Raiders trailed at the buzzer of the remaining 3 periods in their 1st loss since January 15th. Coffee County’s last lead came at the 1:55 mark of the 1st quarter 10 to 9. Franklin County hit just enough shots over the Lady Raider zone defense to build their biggest lead of the game with 4:26 remaining 54 to 47. Coffee County was able to close the gap to 2 with 14 seconds remaining, but a game tying jump shot would not fall for the Lady Raiders.
Abby Morgan led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 15 points as she was tabbed as the Crazy Daisies’ player of the game. Bella Vinson added 14 points and Alliyah Williams tacked on 11. Jacey Vaughn just missed double figures as she finished with 9 points as Coffee County will close out the regular season with a record of 23 and 3 overall and 10 and 2 in district games.
Coffee County will now wait until Monday to get the official matchups and game times for the District 8AAA tournament coming up this week. The Raiders and Lady Raiders, by benefit of their seeding, will not have to hit the floor until Saturday’s semifinal round. Thunder Radio will bring you the game times and copies of the bracket on Tuesday.
Download the broadcast of the games at: http://www.thunder1320.com/downloads/
Coffee County Sweeps Shelbyville; Lady Raiders Claim District Title
The Coffee County Lady Raiders celebrate with Coach Joe Pat Cope following the win as they sewed up the 1st regular season district title since 1996. [Photo provided by Amy Morgan]
The Lady Raiders played another close, nail-biter with the Eaglettes. After a series of scoring runs by each team in the first half, Coffee County took a 4 point lead into the dressing room at halftime. The Lady Raiders built the lead to 8 points with 2 minutes left in the 3rd period only to see Shelbyville rally to take a 2 point lead with 3 minutes left in the game. The Lady Raiders cranked up the defense and captured the 2 point lead with 20 seconds left on a basket from Alliyah Williams. Williams also got a steal with 3 seconds remaining to seal the win.
Williams, a senior, finished with 14 points leading the Lady Raiders as she earned the Crazy Daisies player of the game. The Lady Raiders improved to 23 and 2 overall and 10 and 1 in district play.
The Red Raiders got off to another lightning fast start as they opened up a 16 to 3 lead in the first quarter. Coffee County pushed that lead to 23 at the half and 30 in the 4th quarter before substituting out the seniors to a thunderous ovation.
Garrett Booth led the Raiders in scoring with 21 points including four 3 pointers to earn the Crazy Daisies player of the game honor. De’Aaron Rozier had 14 points and Grey Riddle had 9 points as 9 different Red Raiders scored on the night.
Coffee County will hit the road on Saturday night as they travel to Winchester to take on Franklin County in the regular season finale. The Red Raiders will need a win to sew up 3rd place in the district and an automatic region berth. The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM. Thunder Radio begins live coverage with the Char-El Apartments and Home Rental Pregame Show at 5:50.
Download the broadcast of the games at: http://www.thunder1320.com/downloads/
2018 Basketball/Cheer and Dance Seniors on Senior Night. [Photo by Angela Payne – Manchester Times]
CHS Swimmers Have Record Breaking Performances at State Meet
CHS swim team in Knoxville for the state meet(left to right) Coach Mike Ray, Anna O’Connor, Jack Beachboard, Kaylee Williams, head coach Lana Ray) [Photo used with permission]
Anna O’Connor competed in the 100 yard butterfly and the 100 yard backstroke. On Friday, O’Connor swam the preliminary in the butterfly. O’Connor posted a time of 1:06.09 which was 9 hundredths of a second off a personal best time. That result was good enough for 63rd place. Anna came back on Saturday in the 100 backstroke and smashed her personal best by 2.47 seconds as she placed 44th with a time of 1:05.04.
Kaylee Williams competed in the 200 yard Individual Medley(IM) and the 100 yard breaststroke. On Friday, Williams missed a new personal best in the 200 yard IM as she finished in 41st place with a time of 2:23.03. The 41st place finish was the highest finish for a Lady Raider swimmer in the state meet. On Saturday, Williams eclipsed that school record and her personal best time in the 100 yard breaststroke. Williams posted a time of 1:09.98(1.36 seconds better than her personal best) as she placed 22nd in the state at that distance. Both Saturday results are new school records.
Jack Beachboard competed in the 200 IM and the 100 yard breaststroke. Beachboard, already the highest decorated swimmer in CHS Swim history, just missed advancing to the finals on Friday in the IM as he placed 17th overall. Beachboard’s time of 2:00.64 was a new personal best as he shaved more than a half a second off his own school record time. Beachboard’s 17th place finish in the event is the highest finish in Coffee County CHS swim history. On Saturday, Jack was just above his personal best in the 100 yard breaststroke as he posted a time of 1:10.48. This was good enough for 22nd place which is the 2nd highest finish in school history.
All 3 swimmers, plus coaches Lana and Mike Ray will be guests on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the season. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast live each and every Saturday morning beginning at 10 AM at Al White Ford/Lincoln. The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.
Raider Wrestlers Battle in Region Tournament
The Red Raider wrestling team traveled to Blackman on Friday and Saturday to take part in the Region 5 Individual Wrestling Tournament. Ten different Red Raiders competed in the 2 day event attempting to advance to the state tournament which will be held this coming weekend in Franklin. Despite some good individual performances, no Red Raider wrestlers were able to advance to the Final 4 thereby ending their season.
Evan Jaynes(in the 145 pound class) had the strongest performance of the day. After winning his opening round match via a pinfall over Gunner Johnson of Siegel, Jaynes was edged 1 to 0 in a decision loss to Josh Bonee of Tullahoma. Jaynes won his next 2 matches, by pinfall and decision respectively, before getting pinned by Daniel Derryberry of Smyrna. Jaynes was one win away from advancing to the state as he finished with a record of 3 and 2.
Dakota Chalker(160) lost a thrilling overtime decision in the 3rd round of the consolation bracket to end his season. Chalker was 2 and 2 on the weekend with a win via a pin and a win via a forfeit. Both of Chalker’s losses came via decisions as he was not pinned in the tournament.
Christopher Speegle(220) finished with a record of 2 and 2. Speegle got a forfeit win and a pinfall win as he advanced to the 3rd round of the consolation bracket.
Hunter Massey(106) was 1 and 2 for the tournament getting a forfeit win. Mary Anne Walker was 0 and 2 on the weekend; Josh Fourier(152) was 1 and 2 for the tournament getting a forfeit win; Andrew Lawson(170) was 0 and 2; Nick Martinez(195) was 1 and 2 for the weekend getting a forfeit win as was Tyler Loren who wrestled in the heavyweight class.
Coffee County Alicean Stottlemyer will be the lone CHS wrestler advancing to this week’s state tournament. Stottlemyer advanced to the girls’ state tournament on Saturday, January 27th with a 4th place finish in the TSSAA West Region Individual Tournament at Nolensville. The girls’ state individual tournament will held on Friday and Saturday, February 16th and 17th. Weigh-in will take place at 9 AM on Friday with 1st round action set to begin at 11 AM. The championship match is scheduled for 9 AM on Saturday morning. The state wrestling tournament is held at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center in Franklin.
Temple Baptist Basketball Splits Friday Doubleheader with Philadelphia Christian
Cody Swayze of the Temple Baptist Christian School basketball team
The Temple Baptist Christian School welcomed Philadelphia Christian School to the E.C. Bailey Gym on Friday night. The Eagles hosted their visitors from Calhoun, Georgia in the final regular season games of the year. The JV team captured a 31 to 29 victory while the varsity Eagles fell 75 to 58.
Playing in their final game of the year, the JV team won their 3rd straight game and their 4th in their last 7 contests. Holding a 13 to 6 halftime lead, Temple JV Eagles held off a 2nd half rally from the Georgia Eagles to capture the win. Alex Gloden led Temple in scoring with 15 points. Alex’s brother Mich Gloden added 11 points, with 10 of those coming in the second half.
The varsity Eagles could not keep pace with the offense from their counterparts from Calhoun. Trailing 35 to 33 at the half, Philadelphia got 22 points from Luke Southerland in the 3rd quarter to take a 10 point lead into the final frame. Cody Swayze led Temple in scoring as he poured in 40 points on the night. Alex Gloden chipped in 8 for Temple.
The varsity Eagles will be back at home on Friday and Saturday as they will host their annual Eagle Invitational basketball tournament to close out the season. Temple will welcome 5 other school to the E.C. Bailey Gym in the 2 day tournament. Action will begin on Friday afternoon as Temple will play at 1:00 and 4:45 PM in the round robin format. The double elimination tournament begins on Saturday morning. Thunder Radio will post the full schedule later in the week.
Ellis Scores in Shootout, Predators Beat Canadiens 3-2
Ryan Ellis
Ryan Ellis scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
Scott Hartnell and Kevin Fiala scored in regulation for Nashville, and Pekka Rinne finished with 47 saves – including 10 in the 5-minute, 3-on-3 overtime.
Brendan Gallagher and Jonathan Drouin scored for the Canadiens, and Carey Price stopped 30 shots.
Fiala gave the Predators a 2-1 lead with his 18th with 7:41 left in the third period. After the Canadiens pulled Price for an extra skater, Drouin tied it with his eighth with 1:14 remaining.
The Bell Centre crowd reacted with some boos but mostly cheers each time Nashville’s P. K. Subban had the puck. Subban remains highly popular in Montreal after his trade to the Predators two summers ago for Shea Weber, who has been out since mid-December with a foot injury.
Subban and Gallagher went hard at each other in the first period, and the Canadiens’ forward was shaken up while trying to lay a big hit on his former teammate.
But 8:35 into the second, Arturri Lehkonen stripped the puck from Filip Forsberg at the Nashville line. Gallagher grabbed it and saw his first shot blocked by Subban, but picked up the rebound and beat Rinne from close range for his 20th.
A bouncing puck in front of the Montreal net went to Nick Bonino, who slipped it to Hartnell for the tying score with 3:38 remaining in the middle period.
After a sprawled Price made a glove save at the side of the net on Ryan Johansen, the Nashville center slipped the rebound back to uncovered Fiala for a backhander into an open side.
NOTES: Forsberg returned after serving a three-game suspension for a high hit on Jimmy Vesey of the New York Rangers. … Half of the Predators’ defense are former Canadiens – Subban, Alexei Emelin and Yannick Weber. … Emelin took a penalty for an open-ice hit that was a knee-on-knee contact that left Nikita Scherbak limping in the first period.
UP NEXT – The Predators host St. Louis on Tuesday night to start a four-game homestand.
Pete Weber’s Postgame Report