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12/15/17 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Marilyn Robert, 40 — Pizza Winner!
Food Lion Birthday Cake Winner:
Ella Walker, 10
Flowers by Michael Anniversary Winner:
Bill & Faye Bishop, 28
Westwood Lady Rockets Fall in DRVC Semifinals; To Play Consolation on Saturday
Elizabeth Brown of Westwood basketball
Facing a Cascade team that ran up the score on the Lady Rockets in October, Westwood returned to Community on Thursday night for a semifinal matchup in the Duck River Valley Conference postseason tournament. This time, Westwood was able to keep it closer, but not able to pull the upset. Cascade dropped the Lady Rockets 42 to 29.
After falling behind by 5 in the first quarter, Westwood was able to stay close to the Lady Champions heading into the 4th quarter. Cascade was able to pull away late to advance to the championship game. Westwood once again showed their offensive balance as they were led in scoring by Haidyn Campbell, Kennedy Young, Kasen Holt and Elizabeth Brown who all had 6 points. Alex Nelson finished with 5.
Westwood will return to Community on Saturday morning for the tournament consolation game. Westwood will square off against Moore County in the consolation game beginning at 10 AM.
CCMS Basketball Splits with Harris
Marley Perry of CCMS basketball
Coffee County Middle School traveled to Shelbyville on Thursday night for their first meeting of the year with Harris. The Lady Raiders scrapped their way to a 32 to 21 win. The Red Raiders fell by a final score of 39 to 16.
The Lady Raiders held Harris scoreless in the 3rd quarter to add to their 1 point halftime lead and take control of the game. The win gives the Lady Raiders their 12th win of the year. Marley Perry led Coffee Middle in scoring with 24 points. Kiya Ferrell added 6.
In the boys’ game, Harris stormed out to an 18 to 2 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. The Red Raiders committed 27 turnovers on the night which throttled any possible comeback attempt. Coffee Middle was led in scoring by Connor Shemwell who had 7 points. Hayden Garr added 3.
The Raiders and Lady Raiders will now be off for the Christmas holidays. They will return to the court on Thursday, January 4th when they travel to McMinnville to take on Warren County. The girls’ game will begin at 6 PM.
2017 Year in Review – WMS Tennis
As 2017 draws to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 40 prep teams we follow and report on. Today we look back at the year for the WMS tennis teams. A lot of new faces hit the court for Westwood in 2017. Coach Justin Winton saw his young team improve all season long as they posted several strong performances at the end of the season.
Thunder Radio reported on Westwood’s sweep of St. Andrews-Sewanee with the following story we published on May 2nd
Braeden Massicotte of WMS tennis
The Westwood tennis team traveled to Sewanee on Tuesday for a rematch with St. Andrews. The match was the final match of the year for Westwood. The Rockets and Lady Rockets captured a pair of wins on May 1st at home. On Tuesday, with several players missing, the Rockets and Lady Rockets fell in their matches with the Mountain Lions.
The Lady Rockets fell 3 to 2 in their match. Westwood got a win in singles from Lauren Perry. The doubles team of Perry and Callie Roper won their doubles’ match. The Rockets lost 4 to 1. Braeden Massicotte and Caelan Ducker won in doubles play.
Saros Makes 46 Saves, Surging Predators Blank Oilers 4-0
Juuse Saros of the Nashville Predators
Juuse Saros made 46 saves for his second career shutout and Kyle Turris had a goal and an assist as the Nashville Predators kept up their torrid pace of late with a 4-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.
Pontus Aberg, Kevin Fiala and Roman Josi also scored for the Predators (20-7-4), who are 10-1-2 in their last 13 games and have won 10 straight against Edmonton.
Laurent Brossoit stopped 19 shots but the Oilers (13-17-2) lost for the second time in three games.
There was no scoring in the first period, but it certainly wasn’t due to a lack of effort on the Oilers’ part, as they outshot Nashville 22-4.
Nashville’s fifth shot ended up going in as a high shot by Mattias Ekholm was tipped by Aberg past Brossoit three minutes into the second period. The goal was upheld following a video review for a high stick on the deflection.
Nashville added to its lead with a power-play goal five minutes later as a shot hit an Oilers defender and landed on the doorstep before being tapped in by Fiala.
The Predators made it 3-0 with five minutes left in the second when Turris rifled a shot to the top corner for his seventh of the season. A couple of minutes later, Josi scored from the side of the net on a two-man advantage.
The shots after 40 minutes were 33-13 in favor of Edmonton, and 46-23 following the scoreless third period.
NOTES: It was the first meeting of the season between the teams, who will face each other twice more. … The Predators have scored three or more goals in 18 of their last 19 games. … Edmonton starting goalie Cam Talbot practiced and could return as soon as Saturday against the Wild.
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12/19/17 — James Leonard Guffey
James Leonard Guffey, of Tullahoma, passed this life on Thursday, December
14, 2017 at his residence at the age of 91 years. Funeral Services are
scheduled for Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 11 AM at Daves-Culbertson
Funeral Home with Bro. David Wall officiating. Burial will follow at Rose
Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will begin at 10 AM on
Tuesday.
Mr. Guffey, a native of Scottsboro, AL was the son of the late James Ivory
and Dovie Campbell Guffey. He was a U S Army veteran and enjoyed gardening
and tinkering. Mr. Guffey was a farmer.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn
Guffey; one son, John William Guffey; one daughter, Shirley May Guffey and
one grandson, Robert Adam Hill.
Mr. Guffey is survived by one son, James Raymond Guffey and his wife, Cindy
of Tullahoma; one daughter, June Hill and her husband, Robert of Tullahoma;
one sister, Maxine Pockrus of Tullahoma; two grandchildren, Michael Hill
and his wife, Molly of Winchester and Brittany Guffey of Tullahoma; six
great grandchildren and one great great grandson.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
12/14/17 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Bridger Gray, 8 — Pizza Winner!
Tracy H. Davis
Chloe Harlow, 10
Ella Walker, 10
Robert Caldwell, 62
It’s Time for the Manchester Downtown Stroll
The first ever Downtown Christmas Stroll in Manchester will be held on Friday, December 15 beginning at 5pm. Retail shops and restaurants will be open with lots of specials, and they’ve got some surprises up their sleeve as well! Santa will be on hand, carriage rides and Thunder Radio will also be there playing Christmas music.
Current participants include:
High Cotton
Sprout Children’s Shop
West Main Brick Oven
The Mercantile
Pretty Discoveries
Coffee Cafe
Black Iris Arts
The Place to Be
Harvest Local Foods
Naturally Tranquil Spa
Family Music Center
Mid TN Vapor Shop
and Smoot’s
Sponsored by First National Bank
Three Georgia Men Facing Several Charges in Coffee County
Demontay Alexander Reid… Jail intake photos provided by the CCSD.
The trooper stopped a vehicle at exit 114 on Interstate 24 for a traffic violation. As the trooper approached the vehicle operated by Demontay Alexander Reid, 24, of Atlanta, Georgia. Reid and passenger Tevin M. Cameron, 26, of Atlanta, Georgia got out of the vehicle and started to video the officer as he approached their vehicle. Trooper Boles instructed the men to get back into the car.
Tevin M Cameron
Passenger Markus Nigua McGahee, 31, of Atlanta took off running and ran into a room at a nearby motel. While he was running he allegedly threw down a bag containing 15 grams of marijuana. McGahee was arrested at the motel.
Manchester Police Officers and deputies from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department arrived and assisted the trooper.
A search of the vehicle that the three men were riding in revealed a stolen credit card and burglary tools that were allegedly used to break into a car in Nashville. Officers also found some $4,000 worth of items that had been purchased with the stolen credit card.
Reid was charged with resisting arrest, theft of property, identity theft/use of another’s information, possession of burglary tools and driving on revoked/suspended license. His bond was set at $61,500.
Cameron was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, possession of burglary tools, theft of property and identity theft/use of another’s information. His bond was set at $62,500.
Markus Nigua McGahee
All three men are to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Jan. 23.
Manchester Man says he was Stabbed in Tullahoma
A Manchester man reported to Tullahoma Police that he was stabbed while walking along East Moore Street on Dec. 10.
Chad Heaton reported to Officer Joe Brown that on Dec. 10 that he was walking in the area of the maintenance building of Dossett Apartments on East Moore Street when he was attacked and stabbed in the ribs. He told the officer that the dark skin muscular man attacked him from behind. Heaton told Officer Brown that his attacker was wearing a “grayish green hoodie” and had dark curly hair.
He told the officer that he had been to a friend’s residence at Ada Ferrell and was walking to Country Club Apartments when the attack occurred.
The officer spoke with Heaton at Tennova—Harton Hospital where he was being treated for the stab wound. No arrest has been made at this time.