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CHS Volleyball Opens Region Tournament Tonight
The 2017 Dist 8AAA Volleyball Champions
On Tuesday night Coffee County Volleyball team travels to Murfreesboro for the Region 4AAA volleyball tournament. As champions of District 8AAA, the Lady Raiders will square off against Blackman in a semifinal match-up beginning at 6 PM. The host Siegel Lady Stars will take on Lincoln County in the other semifinal match-up at 4:30 PM. A win by Coffee County would advance them to Tuesday night’s finals against the winner of Siegel and Lincoln County. It would also guarantee them a berth in the TSSAA sectional later this week. The region final is set to begin around 7:30 PM. All 3 matches will be played at Siegel High School .
10/11/17–Gary W. “Jake” Haley
Funeral services for Mr. Gary W. “Jake” Haley, age 63, of Normandy, TN, will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at Coffee County Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Old Redden Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at Coffee County Funeral Chapel. Mr. Haley passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017 at Horizon Health and Rehab in Manchester, TN.
Jake was born in Coffee County, TN, the son of the late Daniel and Dorothy Parker Haley. He was a machine operator and loved fishing and hunting.
In addition to his parents, Jake was also preceded in death by one brother, Danny Haley. He is survived by two sons, Jason (Debra) Haley of Ft. Worth, TX and Chad (Janine Bartell) Haley of Decherd, TN; one brother, Ricky Haley; five sisters, Anna Sue Haley, Lila Crabtree, Sheila Gowan, Carol Frazier, and Tina Farrar; grandchildren, Peyton Haley, Alex Haley, Savanna Haley, and Grace Haley; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the Haley family.
10/10/17 — Marjorie Ann Wilson Freeze
Marjorie Ann Wilson Freeze, age 77, passed away October 1, 2017, in
Nashville, at the Vanderbilt Medical Center, with her family at her side.
Marjorie was born in Shelbyville, May 23, 1940, to her parents, Marshall H.
Wilson and Retha Ozell Keele Wilson. Marjorie was also preceded in death by
an infant brother and her lifetime sweetheart and loving husband Ralph F.
Freeze.
Marjorie Ann was a member of the First Baptist Church of Manchester,
Daughters of the American Revolation and United Daughters of the
Confederacy. She made a career as a teacher in the Coffee County School
System. After retiring, she enjoyed gardening, geneology, and especially
spending time with her grandchildren and family.
She is survived by two children; Felicia A. Freeze-Keele and her husband
Dennis of Beechgrove, and Ralph W. Freeze and his wife Michele of
Manchester, five grandchildren; Marjorie Taylor Keele of Beechgrove, Cody
Alexander Keele of Manchester, Christina Michele Freeze of Manchester,
Pamela Nichole Freeze of Manchester, and Elizabeth Kaye Freeze.
VISITATION: Monday, October 9, 2017, 4 – 9:00 P.M., at the Central Funeral
Home, 2812 Hillsboro Highway, Manchester
FUNERAL: Tuesday, October 10, 1:00 P.M., at Central Funeral Home
BURIAL: Shady Grove Cemetery
CENTRAL FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS
10/10/17 — Ralph Floyd Freeze
Ralph Floyd Freeze, age 79, passed away October 1, 2017, in Nashville, at
the Vanderbilt Medical Center, with his family at his side. Ralph was born
in Summitville, on October 13, 1937, to his parents John Rufus Freeze and
Lena Bessie Wendli. He was also preceded in death by six sisters; Jewel
Freeze Teal, Jessie Mae Freeze Taylor, Louise Freeze Vandevier, Mazelle
Freeze Vandagriff, Bobbie Christine Freeze Smith, and Billie Ernestine
Freeze Medley, six brothers; Everette Freeze, John William “Bill” Freeze,
Melvin Freeze, Henry C. “Clayton” Freeze, Fred L. “Pete” Freeze, and Marvin
“Dale” Freeze.
Ralph was a member of the Summitville Church of Christ. Ralph had a career
as a TVA Public Safety Officer, Fire Instructor, and at General Motors a
Fire and Safety Coordinator. After retiring, he enjoyed being an avid knife
and coin collector.
Ralph is survived by two children; Felicia Ann Freeze-Keele and her husband
Dennis of Beechgrove, and Ralph W. Freeze and his wife Michele of
Manchester, five grandchildren; Marjorie Taylor Keele of Manchester, Cody
Alexander Keele of Manchester, Christina Michele Freeze of Manchester,
Pamela Nichole Freeze of Manchester, and Elizabeth Kaye Freeze of
Manchester, three sister-in-law’s; Jean Nobles Freeze, Ruth Lowe Freeze, and
Sue Freeze.
VISITATION: Monday: October 9, 2017, 4 – 9:00 P.M., at the Central Funeral
Home, 2812 Hillsboro Highway, Manchester
FUNERAL: Tuesday, 1:00 P.M., at Central Funeral Home
BURIAL: Shady Grove Cemetery Military Honors
CENTRAL FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS
10/10/17 — Billy Darrel McCain
Billy Darrel McCain, age 73, passed away October 5, 2017, in Springfield
of Greene County with his family at his side. Billy was born in
LasCauces, New Mexico to his late parents Thomas Henry McCain and Azalea
Waldrop McCain. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Doyle McCain.
Billy was a faithful member of Grace Baptist Church in Manchester. He was
in the U.S. Navy Submarine Service stationed in New London, CT, from 1966
to 1970. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He
loved the Bible, history, nature, his garden, and fishing. He lived a
life of love and compassion and left an amazing legacy. Psalm 116:15
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”
Billy is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 47 years Karen Lee
McCain of Manchester, three children; Jennifer A. George and her husband
Calvin of Manchester,TN, Jeremy A. McCain and his wife Lesley of
Adairville, KY, and Jared W. McCain and his wife Amanda of Manchester,
TN, five grandchildren; Calina George of Manchester, TN, Julian George of
Manchester, TN, Calesa George of Manchester, TN, Melinda George of
Manchester, TN, and Landry McCain of Adairville, KY, and many friends and
relatives in New Mexico and Massachusetts.
VISITATION: Monday, October 9, 2017, 5 – 7:00 P.M. at the Grace Baptist
Church in Manchester, Tennessee
FUNERAL: Tuesday, October 10, 11:00 A.M. at the Grace Baptist Church
BURIAL: Middle TN State Veterans Cemetery Military Honors
CENTRAL FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.
10/10/17 — Danny Lee Hillis
Mr. Danny Lee Hillis passed away on October 6, 2017 at Tennova-Harton Medical Center in Tullahoma, Tennessee at the age of 62.
Mr. Hillis was born in Anniston, Alabama on October 16, 1954 to the late Fred Lee and Ruby Treece Hillis.
He loved to watch movies, play games, sing and enjoying the company of those around him. He “loved people.” He also attended the First Church of Jesus in Tullahoma.
Mr. Hillis is survived by his wife Alisa Elliott Hillis along with children Jennifer Chandler and her husband Jeff of Tullahoma; Jarrod Hillis and Alice Sumrall of Yuba City, California and Amber Renee March of Oil City, Pennsylvania. He is also survived by his sister Brenda Glover and her husband Thomas of Grant, Alabama and five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Also surviving are many of his special friends.
Visitation with family members will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at the First Church of Jesus Christ. A funeral service officiated by Bro. James Taylor will begin at 2 p.m. at the church located on 1100 East Lincoln St., Tullahoma, Tennessee. Interment will follow in Maplewood Cemetery in Tullahoma, Tennessee.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Jacob Rutledge Claims State Cross Country Title for CCMS
Coach Nathan Wanuch and members of the CCMS XC team on Saturday at the state meet. (Left to right) Greenlee Woods, Wanuch, Ethan Welch and Jacob Rutledge [Photo provided]
Rutledge was one of 3 Coffee Middle runners competing in the event and is the first runner from Coffee County Middle School to earn a state championship in cross country. Greenlee Woods survived a fall in the final half mile to finish in 17th place out of 104 runners. Woods, a 6th grader, completed the 2 mile course in a time of 13:56.49. That time was 6th best among 6th grade runners in the event.
Ethan Welch also qualified for the state meet and finished in 29th place, out of 116 runners, with a time of 12:50.79. That time represents an improvement of 50 seconds over his time in the middle sectional meet. Welch was the lone CCMS runner competing at the state meet to have been with the program since its inception 3 years ago.
After the race, Coach Nathan Wanuch was effusive in his praise for his runners. “I couldn’t be more proud of how all three performed today! Greenlee had an exceptional race. She is a 6th grader going up against older 7th & 8th graders and she holds her own. For her to do so well in her first year as a middle schooler makes me so excited to see how much she will improve in the next two years. She has so much potential! Ethan had a great race today too! I know he wanted to do better than he did, but he has been the heart and soul of the middle school team for three years. I doubt there would even be a team without the efforts of Ethan to recruit athletes and build the team. He has been an incredible leader and has helped every athlete on the team to improve. For him to finish 29th in the state is a great way to bring his middle school Cross Country career to an end. I’m so proud of how he has grown as an athlete and an individual. Jacob had the perfect race today. For a runner who has only been running for a little over a year, he has had an amazing career so far. He has developed into such a smart racer. He knows how to pace himself and he knows how to read his competition and adjust his race to that. All three athletes have had great seasons and represented Coffee County well at the state meet. The future of our program looks great and I’m so excited to see these athletes continue to grow in the coming years.”
Coach Nathan Wanuch will have members of the CHS cross country team competing in Mid State Cross Country Association championship meet on Saturday. The boys’ race will get underway at 10:30 AM and the girls’ race follows at 11:15 AM. The championship races will take place at Buckner Park in Dickson.
Coffee County Football Upends Lebanon
Deaaron Rozier(left) and Alontae Taylor(right)
The Coffee County football team opened up a 3 week stretch of home games on Friday night as they played host to Lebanon in a non-region contest. The Red Raiders got a huge touchdown on the last play of the first half and a huge stop in the final drive of the game to capture the 19 to 14 win over Lebanon.
Tied at 7 with seconds remaining in the first half, Alontae Taylor scored on a 1 yard keeper to make the score 13 to 7 going in to intermission. After a scoreless 1st quarter, Lebanon got on the scoreboard with 9:24 left in the half. Coffee County tied the game on a 16 yard touchdown pass from Alontae Taylor to Zach Vaughn with 3:07 left in the half. The Raiders extended the lead to 19 to 7 in the 3rd quarter only to see Lebanon cut the lead to 5 early in the 4th quarter.
At that point, the Red Raider defense took over shutting down the Blue Devils including a pair of big plays to seal the victory. With Lebanon driving in the closing minutes, Deaaron Rozier got a sack on 3rd down. On the ensuing play, Taylor intercepted a Blue Devil pass in the end zone to seal the win.
For their heroics, Taylor and Rozier were named the Crazy Daisies Co-Players of the Game. Taylor finished with 27 rushes for 179 yards and 2 rushing touchdowns. He was also 5 of 7 through the air for 85 yards.
Coffee County is back at home on Friday night when they host Riverdale. Friday night will be the “Pink-Out Night” as Coffee County will don pink jerseys to raise money and awareness for breast cancer prevention. Kick-off will be at 7 PM, Thunder Radio begins live coverage with the Friday Night Thunder pregame show at 7.
Download the broadcast of the game by visiting: http://www.thunder1320.com/downloads/
Coffee County Youth Bass Club Shines at Old Hickory Tournament
Hunter Sanders and Blake Mangrum of the Coffee County Youth Bass Club [Photo by Tara Sanders]
Coffee County ended up with 3 teams in the top 15 as the team of Joe White and Christopher Wise caught 2 fish weighing 3.07 pounds to finish in 13th place. They edged out the Coffee County team of Branson Wells and Dawson Wells by a fin. The Wells due caught 2 fish weighing 2.92 pounds for 14th place. The team of Issac Turner and Cameron Rutledge were 26th with a catch of 1.35 pounds and the team of Garrett Davis and Isiah Owens were 33rd with a catch of 1.23 pounds.
The Coffee County anglers are next in action on Saturday when they travel to Jefferson City to compete in the Tennessee Bass Nation Trail tournament on Cherokee Lake. This is the 2nd state qualifying meet on the state BASS trail and will feature anglers from across the state. The boats will begin launching at first light.
For more information about the Coffee County Youth Bass Club, visit their Face book page at: https://www.facebook.com/coffeecountyfishing/
Temple Baptist Christian Volleyball Team Captures 2nd Place Finish in Alabama Tournament
Brooke Clark of TBCS volleyball
The Temple Baptist Christian School Lady Eagles volleyball team captured a 2nd place finish on Saturday in the Madison Baptist Academy volleyball tournament in Madison, Alabama. Playing 7 matches in 2 days, the Lady Eagles compiled a 6 and 2 record with both losses coming to eventual tournament champion Clay’s Mill Christian from Kentucky. Temple got wins over Madison Baptist, AL, Victory of Shelbyville and Walker Springs Baptist of Kentucky in pool play.
The Lady Eagles completed pool play on Friday with a record of 3 and 1. That performance was good enough to earn them a #2 seed in the tournament’s double elimination finals bracket on Saturday. Temple faced off against Victory Baptist in the opening round of the tournament and beat the Patriots in a rematch from their final pool play game.
This advanced Temple to the semifinals where they once again faced Victory for the 4th time in 4 days. This time, Temple needed 3 sets to get the 2 to 1 win over their rivals from Shelbyville.
In the finals, Clay’s Mill dropped Temple in straight sets as the Lady Eagles came home with a 2nd place finish. Temple’s record now stands at 24 and 4 on the year.
On Monday, Temple travels to Springfield, Tennessee to take on South Haven Christian. This will be a varsity/JV doubleheader beginning with the JV match at 4. Monday will be the final JV game of the season as the Lady Eagles will attempt to run their season record to 11 and 0.