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Raider Basketball Teams Suffer 1st Losses of the Year at Warren County
Garrett Booth of CHS basketball[Photo by Demarco Moore – Manchester Times]
After trailing at the half for the first time this season 25 to 24, the Lady Raiders got a huge 3 pointer to open the second half by Ashley Starks to take a 27 to 25 lead. That lead was the only lead in the second half for Coffee County as Warren County went on a 17 to 8 run to close out the period. The Lady Pioneers were aided by 13 offensive rebounds in the game as they led by as many as 12 points in the second half. Bella Vinson led Coffee County in scoring with 12 points. Ashley Starks had 11 as she was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game. Abby Morgan finished with 10.
The Red Raiders saw Warren County go on an 18 to 0 run in the first quarter to seize control of the boys game early. After trailing by 17 at the end of the first quarter, Coffee County trimmed the deficit to 11 at the half and 7 entering the 4th quarter. Coffee County tied the game twice in the 4th quarter at 57 and 59 but Warren County was 16 of 17 at the free throw line to seal the win. Darius Rozier led the Raiders in scoring with 19 points. Garrett Booth had 16 points, including 10 in the second half to key the Raider comeback and earn the Crazy Daisies player of the game honor. Grey Riddle finished with 8 p0ints.
Coffee County returns home on Friday night for a district doubleheader with Columbia . The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM, Thunder Radio begins live coverage with the Powers Storage Pregame Show at 5:50
Download a copy of the game broadcasts at: http://www.thunder1320.com/downloads/
Westwood Basketball Settles For Split at Fayetteville
Kasen Holt of Lady Rocket basketball
The Westwood Middle School basketball teams traveled to Fayetteville on Tuesday for their final regular season road game. The Lady Rockets claimed a season sweep over the Lady Tigers 33 to 13. The Rockets missed out on the sweep falling 32 to 29.
The Lady Rockets outscored the Lady Tigers 23 to 4 in the 2nd half of the girls’ contest. Westwood held Fayetteville to 2 points in the 1st, 3rd and 4th quarters to gallop to the win. Kasen Holt led Westwood in scoring with 8 points. Elizabeth Brown added 7 points and Alex Nelson finished with 6 as Westwood improved to 8 and 4 on the year.
The Rockets gave up too many second chance points to Fayetteville in the boys’ game. The Rockets were also held to 3 points in the 3rd quarter as their record falls to 7 and 5 on the season. Trent Thompson had 9 points to lead Westwood in scoring. Will Partin and John Dobson each added 8.
Westwood will host their final home game of the season on Thursday night when they welcome Huntland to the Joel Vinson Gym. The girls’ game will get underway at 6 PM and Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast of all the action. Lucky Knott will be on the call as the pregame show will get underway at 5:50 PM.
Temple Baptist Earns Split in Doubleheader at Shelbyville
Cody Swayze of Temple Baptist Christian School
The Temple Baptist Christian School varsity and junior varsity teams hit the road to Shelbyville on Tuesday night for a boys’ basketball doubleheader. The Eagles took on their 2nd rival in 2 days as they tangled with Victory Baptist. The JV team won their first game of the year in dramatic fashion 27 to 25 while the varsity team battled to the wire before falling 83 to 64.
Victory broke a tie with 10 seconds remaining on a made bucket to take a 25 to 24 lead in the JV game. After an Eagles’ timeout with 5 seconds to go, Temple needed to go the length of the floor to tie or win the game. Colton Summers nailed a shot from 50 feet away as the horn sounded to give Temple their first JV win in 2 seasons. Alex Gloden finished with 15 points leading Temple in scoring. Summers added 8 points with all of those coming in the 4th quarter.
Despite a school record 48 point performance from Cody Swayze, Temple could not dig out of a first quarter hole in the varsity game. Temple trailed 27 to 12 after 1 period but cut the deficit to 5 at the half and entered the 4th quarter trailing by 6. The depth of the Patriots from Shelbyville was too much in the final period as Victory pulled away for the win. Swayze was 14 of 18 from the free throw line and had 16 field goals, including a pair of 3 pointers in the record breaking performance.
The Eagles will hit the road again next Tuesday night when they travel to Tunnel Hill, Georgia to take on Dogwood Christian Academy. The JV game will tip off at 5:30 PM EST with the varsity game to follow.
Saros Makes Career-Best 43 saves, Predators Beat Stars 5-2
Juuse Saros of the Nashville Predators
Juuse Saros made a career-high 43 saves and his Nashville teammates scored four times in the second period as the Predators cooled off the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Tuesday night.
Nashville has won three in a row and is 8-1-1 in its last 10 games. The Stars had won five straight and seven of eight.
Saros has won both his career starts against Dallas, totaling 73 saves. He has played 28 NHL games over three seasons.
Stars goalie Ben Bishop allowed three goals on 15 shots before Kari Lehtonen replaced him 4:26 into the second period. Lehtonen finished with 15 saves and gave up two goals.
Kevin Fiala scored on a first-period power play for the Predators. Cody McLeod, Pontus Aberg, Kyle Turris and Calle Jarnkrok added the second-period goals.
Stephen Johns and Jamie Oleksiak scored for Dallas in the third.
Fiala put Nashville on the board at 15:49 of the first. He took a pass from Turris low in the left faceoff circle and sent the puck into the upper right corner of the net.
Fiala has a goal in three straight games after scoring only twice in his first 24 games this season.
A flurry of activity early in the second period increased Nashville’s lead to 3-0.
Two fights within 13 seconds resulted in four major penalties. Five seconds after the Predators’ Austin Watson and Dallas’ Jamie Oleksiak settled into the penalty box, McLeod caught Bishop out of position for his first goal of the season at 2:48.
Aberg took a pass from Jarnkrok at the inside edge of the right circle and beat Bishop, chasing him from the game. It was Aberg’s first goal this season and the second of his career.
Nashville’s second power play led to another goal on Turris’ drive from the top of the left circle past Lehtonen.
The Predators even scored on a Dallas power play. Jarnkrok’s short-handed goal followed a pass at an open right side of the net as Watson skated from behind the net on the opposite side.
Dallas has scored on only two of its last 37 power plays, including two chances on Tuesday.
NOTES: Stars LW Antoine Roussel missed his third straight game because of illness. . Nashville C Ryan Johansen (upper-body injury) has missed the last two games. . The three-goal margin of victory tied the largest this season for the Predators. Dallas lost 6-1 at Tampa Bay on Nov. 16.
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Man Reports he was Assaulted while walking in Tullahoma
An East Grizzard resident reported to Tullahoma Police that on Dec. 3 that he was assaulted as he walked home.
Austin Grap reported to Officer Jeremiah Kirk that around 11 p.m. he was walking along East Lincoln Street when he was confronted by three males, whom he did not know.
He told the officer that a black male struck him in the side and then struck him in the face. Grap stated that he grabbed the man but let go when one of the two white males pulled out a pistol and struck in him the face knocking to the ground.
All three were wearing baseball caps.
Grap was taken to Tennova—Harton Hospital by a friend for treatment of his injuries.
Officer Rocky Ruehling is investigating the incident.
Woman Claims she was Injured by Ex-Boyfriend
A Winchester woman reported to Tullahoma Police Officer Tyler Walls that she had been held against her will and struck several times.
The woman told the officer on Dec. 1 that she and her ex-boyfriend had been riding around in her vehicle when he refused to let out. She stated that they rode around Manchester and Tullahoma for several hours.
The woman told the officer that while they were in Tullahoma the former boyfriend, who has not been identified as warrants have been obtained for his arrest and have not been served, became violent and started to strike her with his cane. He even allegedly slammed her head into the door. She said that the man damaged her cell phone, so she could not call for help.
She finally got away from him and call 911. The woman was transported to Tennova—Harton Hospital for treatment of her injuries.
Grundy County School Board Moving Slowly Concerning Issues
It’s been almost two months since five football players at Grundy County High School were charged with attempted aggravated rape. Since then, the school removed its high school’s football coach, the chairman of the board resigned from his position, and questions came out regarding the performance of the director of schools. After Monday night’s school board meeting, only one of those issues has been resolved. Phyllis Lusk was voted as the new school board chairman.
The next major item discussed hiring a new football coach. Director of Schools Jessie Kinsey says 26 people have applied for the job and she’s ready to begin interviewing them. She said before she could hire someone, she would need to know how much money to offer them.
Kinsey said Casey Tate, the high school’s old coach, was able to make up to $12,000 in supplements.
The board agreed to narrow down the search for the next coach and tabled the discussion until next meeting.
During the board’s work session, Phyllis Lusk said the board was two years behind in creating an evaluation tool for the director of schools and aren’t on track to evaluate the director this school year. The board decided to table the evaluation tool until their February meeting. (WTVC-TV)
Substance Abuse Costing Tennessee $2 Billion Annually
An analysis has found that substance abuse annually costs Tennessee more than $2 billion, with most of it attributed to lost income from people who’ve fallen out of the labor market.
At $1.29 billion, the lost income from having an estimated 31,000 people, or 1 percent of the workforce, out of jobs accounts for the biggest component.
Other listed costs include $138 million for hospitalizations with alcohol listed as the first diagnosis and $46 million for babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
The White House’s Council of Economic Advisers projected, in a November study, that the opioid epidemic cost the U.S. economy over $504 billion in 2015.
Christmas Float Winnings Donated
On Saturday November 25, 2017 the Coffee Co. Sheriff’s Department Christmas float won the 1st place prize in the large division at the Manchester Parade. On Tuesday (Dec. 5, 2017) their float committee members Lesley Hennessee, Kelly Smith and Larry Floyd presented the prize money to Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves.
All of the money will be used for gifts for children and food baskets for the needy at Christmas.
12/7/17–Teresa Lynn Welsh
Pelham – Mrs. Teresa Lynn Welsh, 53, passed away at the home of her
parents
Monday December 4, 2017. She was born in East Lake, Ohio on December 24,
1963. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jeff Welsh.
Teresa’s Birthday was on Christmas Eve and that made Christmas a very
extra
special time for her to spend with her family and friends. It was most
appropriate for her to be born on Christmas Eve for she was a very special
gift to her family.
She is survived by her parents, James R. and Frances Harris Arp; sisters,
Lori (Bill) Nolan and Sheila (Late Aaron) Fults; brothers, Ricky (Pam),
Terry, Greg (Misty) and Brian Scott Arp; several loving nieces and nepews.
Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Thursday in the funeral home chapel with
Minister Brett Meeks officiating with burial to follow in the Bethel
Cemetery. Visitation: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Wednesday at Central Funeral Home,
Manchester, Tennessee. www.centralfuneralhome.com