Alicean Stottlemyer(3rd from left) with her 2nd place medal at Saturday’s Garner-Dyer Invitational

The Coffee County wrestling team saw 4 wrestlers advance to the medal stand on Saturday at Tullahoma’s Garner-Dyer Invitational.   Senior Alicean Stottlemyer was the top finisher for Coffee County.  Stottlemyer advanced to the finals of the 170 pound class before falling to Gabby Neal of Cane Ridge in the finals.  Mary Wolfrum(119 pound class), Mary Ann Walker(125) and Evan Jaynes(145) all finished in 4^th place.

Other Coffee County wrestlers and their records on the day were:
Hunter Massey(106) – 1 and 2
Josh Fourneir(152) – 2 and 2 with a pinfall win
Dakota Chalker(160) – 2 and 2 with a pinfall win
Noah O’Shields(170) – 1 and 2 with a pinfall win
Andrew Lawson(182) – 0 and 2
Reynaldo Reyes(195) – 1 and 2
Christopher Speegle(220) – 0 and 2
Ethan Pike(285) – 1 and 2

Coffee County is now off until Tuesday, December 19^th when they travel to Columbia for a tri-match with Columbia and Oakland.  The first match will get underway at 6 PM at Columbia Central High School.

The postseason tournament bracket was released on Friday for the Duck River Valley Conference basketball tournament.  The Westwood Lady Rockets open play on Monday night at 8 PM.  The Lady Rockets will open tournament play taking on Forrest at Community Middle School.   The Lady Rockets, who earned a #2 seed in the basketball tournament, will need a win over Forrest to advance to Thursday’s semifinals.  The tournament finals are scheduled for Saturday at 11:15 AM and all games will be held at Community Middle School in Unionville.

The Rockets open up tournament play on Wednesday night when they take on Cascade in the quarterfinal round.  That game will take place at Community Middle School and will tip off at 8 PM.  The Rockets also earned a 2^nd seed for the tournament.  A win on Wednesday night will advance Westwood to Thursday’s semifinals.  The semifinals will also tip off at 8 PM.  The tournament finals are scheduled for Saturday at 1:45 PM and all games will be held at Community Middle School in Unionville.

The Coffee County Youth Basketball League ended the regular season on Saturday with the final games on the regular season.  With Westwood having the week off, the other 6 elementary schools competed in 3 girls and 3 boys games at Coffee County Central High School.  The league’s postseason tournament will get underway on Saturday, January 6^th.  The postseason tournament finals are scheduled for Saturday, January 20^th and all the games will be played at CHS’ Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.

On Saturday in girls’ action, East Coffee defeated Deerfield 37 to 10. North Coffee stopped College Street 28 to 10 and New Union beat Hillsboro 25 to 10.

In boys’ action, Deerfield edged East Coffee 29 to 24, College Street raced past North Coffee 35 to 4 and Hillsboro topped New Union 35 to 11.

UNOFFICIAL Final Standings

The Titans offense dried up in the desert here on Sunday, and not even a valiant effort from the defense could bail them out.

The result was a 12-7 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

Quarterback Marcus Mariota completed 16-of-31 passes for 159 yards, with two interceptions.

With the loss, the Titans dropped to 8-5.

The Titans racked up eight sacks on defense — Johnathan Cyprien, Erik Walden, David King and Jurrell Casey, Wesley Woodyard, Avery Williamson and Brian Orakpo all sacked Cardinals quarterback Blaine Gabbert. Casey got Gabbert twice.

But it wasn’t enough, as the Titans struggled to get anything going in the second half.

Running back Derrick Henry put the Titans on the scoreboard first with a six-yard touchdown run. Henry fought off Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson as he approached the goal line, and he lunged to the pylon for the score.

The scoring play capped a nine-play, 50-yard drive, and gave the Titans a 7-0 lead. The Titans converted two third downs on the drive – first on a 3rd-and-1 run by Henry, and later on an 11-yard completion from Mariota to receiver Eric Decker on third and nine.

But the Titans wouldn’t score again.

The Cardinals cut the lead to 7-3 on a 47-yard field goal by kicker Phil Dawson.

After a fake punt – Tennessee’s Eric Weems was stopped short of a first down on a 4th and 1 – the Cardinals had a big chance to take the lead. But after driving to the Tennessee three-yard line, Titans defensive lineman Karl Klug stopped running back Kerwynn Williams for a two-yard loss on third-and-1, and the Cardinals settled for another Dawson field goal, this one from 23 yards, to make it 7-6.

With the Titans driving late in the third quarter, Mariota was intercepted by Cardinals cornerback Tramon Williams on a throw intended for receiver Rishard Mathews.

The Titans then caught a break early in the fourth quarter when Dawson missed right from 40 yards, and it kept the game 7-6. But after the Titans went three-and-out on offense, the Cardinals drove the field again and took a 9-7 lead on a 32-yard field goal by Dawson with 5:59 left.

After a Mariota interception – his second of the game – Dawson added another field goal to make it 12-7 with 3:45 left.

The Titans had chances after that, but couldn’t get anything going on offense.

Murray finished the game with 34 yards on 11 carries, while Henry had 20 yards on eight carries.

A 58-yard field goal by Titans kicker Ryan Succop was just short on the final play of the first half.

The Titans travel to face the San Francisco 49ers next Sunday.

Malcolm Subban made 41 saves and then turned aside six skaters in the shootout as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Nashville Predators by a 4-3 final on Friday night at Bridgestone Arena.

It’s a rare loss at home for the Preds – just their third of the season – in their first-ever meeting with Vegas, but on a night that saw the home team come back in the third period to earn a point in the standings, there was still reason stay positive following the contest.

“I really liked our game,” Nashville Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “I liked the way we fought back, and I thought we were doing a lot of good things… I think for the most part, I thought we played a pretty solid, 60-minute game.”

“I thought we played hard,” Predators Captain Roman Josi said. “They are a good team. They play fast. We showed a lot of character coming back, and I think the guys worked hard. There are definitely things we could have done better; we had a lead again and we have to find a way to protect it. But overall, I thought the guys played hard, and they are a good hockey team over there.”

Vegas exited the first period with a 1-0 lead, courtesy of William Karlsson, and then former Preds winger James Neal made it 2-0 with a score in his first game back in Nashville after spending the past three seasons with the Preds. But before the second stanza was out, Calle Jarnkrok finished off a nifty passing play from Filip Forsberg and Pontus Aberg to get the Predators on the board by beating P.K. Subban’s brother, Malcolm, for Nashville’s first of the night.

In the third, Viktor Arvidsson and Nick Bonino scored to give the Preds their first lead of the evening, but Erik Haula tied it for Vegas with 40 seconds to play in regulation to force overtime and then a shootout. It took six rounds to finally decide things as Reilly Smith beat Pekka Rinne for the win.

“I think the main thing, no matter what the score is, is that we have go to stick to the plan and you have to keep playing the same way,” Josi said. “If you are trailing, you can go for all or nothing plays… I think the main thing is just sticking to the plan and playing the same way.”

Nashville’s first look at Vegas left the Preds impressed with their opponents, a matchup with two clubs who possess plenty of speed and skill.

“They have a lot of fast players and they are a good team,” Josi said. “There’s a reason for them to be that high up in the standings; it’s not just a fluke.”

Ultimately, Nashville still has points in four-straight games, and by hitting the 40-point mark, they sit even with St. Louis for first in the Central Division. It’s a total they’ll try to add to when they play Wednesday to begin a Western Canadian swing, a chance to build on Friday’s efforts.

“I feel like we didn’t get frustrated, and we just kept going,” Arvidsson said. “We’ve scored a lot of goals this season and [we] have confidence in the team.”

Notes:

Prior to Friday’s game, Nashville recalled goaltender Anders Lindback from Milwaukee and assigned Juuse Saros. The Predators also placed forward Ryan Johansen on Injured Reserve.

Viktor Arvidsson is now two points away from 100 in his NHL career.

Now that they’ve completed a stretch of 13 games in 25 days, the Preds will now see four days between contests before heading to Western Canada. Nashville faces Vancouver on Wednesday of next week before making stops in Edmonton and Calgary.