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Claybusters Sweep Saturday Shoot in Rutherford County
The Coffee County Claybusters were back in action on Saturday for an AIM shooting event at Big Springs in Christiana. In the Junior Division, Class A&B; the Claybusters #1 team won their classification over Riverdale. In the Sub-Junior Division, the Claybusters got a clean sweep as the Claybusters #2 team beat out the Claybusters #3 team for the title.
In the Junior Division, Austin Schaller of Coffee County won the individual title shattering 96 clay targets out of 100. Alexus Stacey won the Lady Shooter title as she hit 96 targets out of 100. In the sub-juniors, Tucker Carlton of Coffee County was the champion has he hit 97 targets to edge teammate Logan Meadows who shattered 96 targets.
The Claybusters had a total of 8 shooters hit 90 or more targets on the day. In addition to Schaller, Stacey, Carlton and Meadows; Hayden Jacobs hit 91 targets while Victoria Majors, Cheyenne Martin and Emma Mathews all hit 90 targets.
The Claybusters are back in action on Saturday when they compete in an individual shoot. That shoot will take place at the Highland Rim Shooters Club in Tullahoma.
Braves’ Camp Will Be Loaded with Top Prospects
One year after welcoming Bartolo Colon and R.A. Dickey to Spring Training, the Braves open their camp to a multitude of highly touted prospects, many of whom were not yet born when the aforementioned former Cy Young Award winners began their respective careers.
Youth will certainly garner much of the focus, as the Braves will welcome eight of their Top 10 prospects, including each of their top four, to their big league Spring Training this year. Seven of those players rank among MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects and the other — Cristian Pache — just missed being placed on this illustrious list.
Ronald Acuna, who ranks as MLB Pipeline’s No. 2 overall prospect, headlines the talented young crop that will come to Braves camp looking to either secure a job or show how close they might be to getting a call to the big leagues. The other members of the Top 100 coming to camp include right-handers Kyle Wright (ranked 30th) and Mike Soroka (31st); left-handers Luiz Gohara (49th), Kolby Allard (58th); and Max Fried (83rd) and third baseman Austin Riley (97th).
“Everybody is excited about our young players,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “We’ve been talking about them for how long? Now, all of the sudden, they show up and I want to see them go.”
Wright, who was taken fifth overall out of Vanderbilt in last summer’s Draft, will be experiencing Spring Training for the first time. Acuna was used as an extra in some Grapefruit League games last year, but he’ll join Soroka, Gohara, Allard and Riley as newcomers to the big league side of camp.
Fried is the Braves’ only representative on the Top 100 list who was in big league camp last year. The 24-year-old southpaw stands with Wright as the only members of this group who were born before the Braves won the 1995 World Series.
Wright was born 26 days before Tom Glavine tossed his gem, David Justice homered and Mark Wohlers induced the Carlos Baerga fly ball that Marquis Grissom snared in left-center field to provide Atlanta its only World Series title.
“I always used to tell Chipper [Jones], ‘I can’t wait until you guys get your two at-bats so we could get our young guys a chance to play in those Spring Training games,'” Snitker said. “You knew what the [veterans] were going to do, but it’s the young players who make it exciting.”
Gohara began last season with Class A Advanced Florida and ended it with a five-start stretch at the big league level that left a good impression on Freddie Freeman, Snitker and many members of the Braves’ organization. The big southpaw is a favorite to win one of what appears to be two available rotation spots.
Fried was called up to the Majors from Double-A Mississippi in August and was given a chance to make four starts in September. There’s a chance he could win a rotation spot, but it seems more likely he’ll start the season with Triple-A Gwinnett and continue his development.
With just 17 professional innings under his belt, Wright will likely begin this season with Florida or Mississippi. Soroka and Allard successfully skipped the Class A Advanced level last year and now seem destined to open this year with Gwinnett. Both have the potential to join Atlanta’s rotation at some point this summer.
Stolen Car and Weapons Send Two Men to Jail
Andrew Kyle Hilliard… Photos provided by the CCSD.
Two men were arrested Feb. 5 for possession of a stolen vehicle and unlawful weapons charges by a Coffee County deputy.
According to a report by Deputy Cpl. Blake Simmons, a vehicle was seen sitting partially in the roadway. The driver, Andrew Kyle Hilliard, 27, of Memphis told the officer that he and his friend Jordan Christopher Martin, 38, of Normandy had run out of gas.
Deputy Simmons checked to see if there were any warrants on either one and was advised that Hilliard was a wanted person and that he should use caution in dealing with the man.
The officer asked Hillard if there were any weapons on his person and he gave permission to search him. Deputy Simmons allegedly found a 20 gauge shotgun shell in his pocket. The deputy observed a handgun case inside the vehicle. Permission was granted to search the car. The deputy located under the driver’s seat a .45 caliber handgun, five loose rounds and two .22 caliber rounds. There was a sawed-off shotgun in the backseat of the car. The shotgun was reported stolen out of Missouri.
Jordan Christopher Martin
When the deputy had dispatchers at the communication center to check the car registration number, he learned that the car was stolen from Memphis. Both men claimed that they did not know that the car was stolen and they neither one claimed ownership of the weapons. Hilliard and Martin told the officer that they were convicted felons.
Both men were charged with unlawful carrying or possessing a weapon and two counts of theft of property. Hilliard was placed in the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $32,500 while Martin’s bond was set at $15,000. Both men are to appear in the Coffee County General Sessions Court on March 12.
2/6/18 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Aaron Clark, 16 — Pizza Winner!
Howard Wells
Walter Garner, 29
Cadin Freeze, 14
Hannah Sublett, 29
Billy Tomer
Another Shoplifting Case, this time in Tullahoma
Tullahoma Police are investigating the theft of $740 worth of items from Hibbett’s Sports in Northgate Mall on Jan. 31.
According to a report by Officer Jimmy Coleman, store employee Jimmy Morrison reported that three black females entered the store and removed the merchandise from the racks. The three then fled to the parking lot and got into a gray Kia Sorento with damage to the right front feeder and a temporary tag.
One female was described as tall with long dark hair, wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt.
A second female was shorter with red hair, wearing a white jacket.
The third female was average height, wearing a red hoodie with the hood up.
Detective Johnny Gore is investigating the theft.
The descriptions are very similar to those concerning shoplifting that took place recently at Dollar General on the Murfreesboro Hwy.
Murfreesboro man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
David Dehoff
TBI Agents received information via a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about images of child pornography that existed on a social media account. During the course of the investigation, Agents were able to determine that the account belonged to 31 year-old David Dehoff.
On Tuesday, Agents executed a search warrant at Dehoff’s residence and arrested the man, charging him with one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and one count of Aggravated Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. Dehoff was booked into the Rutherford County Jail, where he is being held on a $95,000 bond.
Gas Prices continue to Rise
Gas prices increased throughout most of the country last week, albeit by a smaller margin than recent weeks. Tennessee gas prices increased by only one cent during the past week but declined by fractions of a penny over the weekend. Sunday’s average price of $2.41 is 14 cents more than a month ago, and 34 cents more than this time last year.
AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said while we could see some small discounts this month, those will likely be erased as we move in refinery maintenance season. Typically, maintenance season peaks in mid-March. This results in reduced refinery output and rising prices at the pump.
The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.53, 20 cents more than this time last year.
The low price in Manchester as of Tuesday afternoon was $2.33 and in Tullahoma the low price per gallon was $2.39.
National Motto might be displayed in Tennessee Schools
National Motto on a quarter.
The bill reads as follows; “As introduced, enacts the ‘National Motto in the Classroom Act,’ which requires each local education agency to display the national motto, ‘In God We Trust,’ in a prominent location in each school.” – HB2368
It’s sponsored by Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt. Juliet, and has passed on first consideration.
2/9/18/–Martha Jeanne Anderson
Martha Jeanne Anderson, of Tullahoma, passed away Monday, February 5, 2018,
at the age of 80 years. Memorial Services are scheduled for Friday,
February 9, 2018 at 11 AM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home. The family
will receive visitors beginning at 10 AM on Friday.
Mrs. Anderson was the daughter of the late Guy and Margie Layman Stanley.
She
was a realtor and worked for Peggy Ward Realty and Lewis and Orr Realty.
She
enjoyed bird watching, flower gardening and reading biographies.
Mrs. Anderson is survived by her husband, Charles Anderson of Tullahoma;
two daughters, Leigh Butler and her husband, Robert of Colorado Springs, CO
and Jill Sculerati of Dongguan, China; son-in-law, Jamie Sculerati of
Tampa; brother, Marc Stanley of Annapolis, MD and two grandchildren, Sam
and Sophia Sculerati, both of Tampa.
Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com.
2/10/18–Forrest Collins Roan, Jr.
A celebration of life for Mr. Forrest Collins Roan, Jr., age 81 of
Hillsboro, will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 12 Noon at
Central Funeral Home with Brother Chris Haynes officiating. Visitation with
the family will begin at 10 AM until time of service Saturday. Mr. Roan
passed away at his home after an extended illness.
Mr. Roan was born on December 28, 1936, to the late Forrest Collins Roan
Sr. and Louise Guffin Roan in Atlanta, GA. He served his country in the
United States Navy. After, he received his under-graduate and master’s
degrees from Auburn University, becoming an electrical engineer for AEDC-
Sverdrup where he retired. He attended the Hillsboro First United Methodist
Church.
After his retirement, Collins became an avid and proficient woodworker, and
an active member of the Tennessee Valley Woodworking Club. He was also a
collector of tools, a bee keeper, wine maker, gardener and builder. He
enjoyed fellowship with family and friends, visiting new places and
sampling the food and flavors of each destination. Collins was always ready
to try something new.
In addition to his parents, Collins is preceded in death by his brother,
Stephen Roan. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Julia Vinson
Roan; son, Stephen, and wife Esra, Roan of Memphis; daughters, Beverly,
husband Dale, Allen of Athens, AL, and Brenda, and husband Donnie, Lovelady
of Manchester; grandchildren, Chelsea Bean, Alexander Brock, Benjamin and
Emre Roan; great grandchildren, Cassidy Murch and Emelia Bean; and
brother-in-law, Bennie Vinson.
Central Funeral Home In Charge of Arrangements