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CCMS Track Sees Title Streak Come to an End
Streaks are made to be broken. Unfortunately, that is not a friendly adage to the Coffee County Middle School track teams as the Raiders and Lady Raiders each failed to finish in the top 2 teams at the CTC Conference Track Meet on Wednesday at Carden-Jarrell Field.
The Lady Raiders saw their string of 4 straight conference titles broken as they finished in 7th place. The Raiders saw their string of 6 straight Top 2 finishes come to an end as they finished in 5th place. North captured the girls’ title with South winning the boys’ crown. Traditionally, Coach Travis O’ Kelly’s teams have rolled up big point totals in the field events and scored well in the team relays to fuel their championship engine. Such was not the case on Wednesday. Macy Tabor was the lone Raider to win an event as she won the girls’ high jump.
Here is the complete team scoring breakdown, along with Coffee County’s top finishers.
Girls Final: North 101 Warren 74.5 East 60 West 58 South 45 Coffee 44.5 Harris 20
Discus – Lexie Hosea (5th/60’ 6”)
High Jump – Macy Tabor (1st/4’ 10” – no misses), Livy Rayfield (7th/4’ 0” – no misses)
Long Jump – Maddie Husted (7th/11’ 8”)
4 x 100m Relay – Reagan Ellison, Maddie Husted, Alyssa Gipson, Livy Rayfield (3rd)
1600m – Olivia Evans (6th/6:55)
100m – Livy Rayfield (5th/14.07)
4 x 200m Relay – Macy Tabor, Maddie Husted, Alyssa Gipson, Reagan Ellison (3rd)
800m – Madison Rooker (6th/3:04)
200m – Macy Tabor (4th/29.87)
4 x 400m Relay – Alyssa Gipson, Anna Takao, Emma Singleton, Ryan Green (3rd)
Boys Final: South 117.5 Harris 83.25 East 68 North 48 Coffee 39 Warren 35.5 West 16.75
Shot Put – Zach Speagle (3rd/36’ 0”)
Discus – Zach Speagle (4th/96’ 8”) Trenton Scrivnor (6th/88’ 8”)
4 x 100m Relay – Jayden Yates, Kelby Walker, Andrew Hite, Hunter Good (7th)
1600m – Jacob Rutledge (3rd/5:26) Ethan Welch (5th/5:43)
4 x 200m Relay – Jayden Yates, Kelby Walker, Andrew Hite, Hunter Good (4th)
400m – Ethan Beaty (5th/1:03.28)
800m – Jacob Rutledge (3rd/2:31)
4 x 400m Relay – Ethan Beaty, Braison Yancer, Jacob Rutledge, Ethan Welch (4th)
CCMS athletes Macy Tabor and Lexie Hosea qualified for the state meet earlier this week. The TMSAA State Meet is to be held on May 20th at Austin Peay State University.
Middle School Golf Season Comes to a Close
The middle school golf season came to a close on Wednesday in the conference postseason tournament at Tullahoma’s Lakewood Country Club. Using the Junior PGA team scramble format for scoring, the Westwood Rockets finished the tournament in a tie with Tullahoma for 3rd place with 7 ½ flags. The Coffee County Middle School finished in 6th place with 3 flags. Liberty won the tournament with 10 flags.
5/12/17 — Henry Montalvo
Henry Montalvo of Tullahoma (formally of Bauxite and Benton, Arkansas) died
unexpectedly on May 6, 2017 at his residence, at the age of 73 years.
Memorial Services are scheduled on Friday, May 12, 2017 at 1 PM at the
First Assembly of God, 1105 W Lincoln St, Tullahoma, TN 37388. Visitation
with the family will be from 11 AM till 1 PM.
Mr. Montalvo was the son of the late Jose and Guadalupe Muquiz Montalvo. He
has one of eighteen children. In his earlier years Henry served his country
in The United States Marine Corps active from 1962-1966 and then helped
with recruiting and the Marine Corps Ball Planning. Semper Fi. Henry was
married to Frances (Freddie) Batts (formerly Montalvo) Armstrong of
Tullahoma who is the mother of his two daughters. In Arkansas, Henry was
active with charitable and community activities including being an Eagle
Scout Leader and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Henry moved to Tennessee a year ago after being a long time resident of
Arkansas to spend his remaining time with his two daughters Christie (John)
Steverson of Tullahoma and Dianna (Ben) Chappell of Columbia, grandkids
Jamie (Lazaro) Rojas, Christina (Michael Collins) Steverson, Trey and
Cameron Steverson, Sierra Chappell, Gabriel and Aidan Chappell, great
grandkids Christian Javier Rojas and Landon Lamar Collins.
After moving to Tennessee Henry joined membership at First Assembly of God
where he was Baptized, enjoyed Soaring with the Eagles, and Door Greeting.
Henry also joined the Tullahoma Senior Citizen Center where he volunteered
for a short time. Henry enjoyed eating at the Downtown Café with his
special friend Linda Nelson.
In his last days Henry enjoyed spending time with family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family has request that memorial donations be made
in his honor to the First Assembly of God, 1105 W Lincoln St, Tullahoma, TN
37388.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Freeman, Adonis Homer, but Braves Fall
Carlos Correa’s two-run double, the first of his two extra-base hits on the day, keyed a three-run fifth inning and lifted the Astros to a 4-2 win over the Braves on Wednesday.
By winning both games of the two-game set at Minute Maid Park, the Astros (23-11) are off to their best 34-game start since the franchise began in 1962.
“We have what, 34, almost 35 games now?” Correa said. “I don’t think we need any more tests. We’re very confident and playing really good baseball. I think we have a great team, and we’re going to be able to be successful if we keep doing what we’re doing.”
Houston starter Joe Musgrove (2-3) survived fourth-inning home runs by Freddie Freeman and Adonis Garcia, and he was aided by the Astros turning three double plays. Musgrove gave up four hits over his six innings. Atlanta starter Jaime Garcia (1-2), who retired his first eight batters, walked five and allowed six hits in six innings.
“My sinker was better today,” Musgrove said. “I was able to get some quick outs with that, and then the slider. If I can command the inside part of the plate with that sinker, it makes the slider a lot more effective, and I was able to get some good contact and try to keep us in the game as long as I could.
The homers by Freeman and Garcia gave the Braves a 2-1 lead. Freeman led off the fourth with a blast to left-center for his 12th home run of the season. It traveled 390 feet with a launch angle of 30 degrees, leaving the bat at 101 mph, according to Statcast™. Garcia’s fourth homer of the year was hit at 98 mph and traveled 356 feet at an angle of 27 degrees.
“The Freeman home run was a ‘tip your hat’ moment,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “The Garcia homer was a missed pitch, but [Musgrove] didn’t let losing the lead get to him. I thought he battled and didn’t cave after the two home runs. Very, very gutsy performance.”
In losing its sixth straight, Atlanta was 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.
“Again, we’re having a hard time getting that big hit,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “It’s a rough go right now in everything.”
Jaime Garcia appeared to be on cruise control with two outs in the fifth inning, having allowed just one run on four hits to that point. He had walked three, but a pair of timely double plays — including one hit into by George Springer in the fifth — kept Houston’s strong offense in check. But with two outs and none on, the Astros broke through with a timely rally to grab control of the game. An opposite-field single from Carlos Beltran and a walk by Jose Altuve set the table for Correa, who roped a double to deep left, scoring both baserunners to give Houston a 3-2 lead. Two batters later, following a walk to Evan Gattis, Yuli Gurriel chopped a single to center to score Correa, extending the lead to 4-2.
“I was just trying to get a good pitch to hit,” Correa said of his crucial at-bat. “He hung a slider over the middle of the plate, and I was able to drive it for us to take the lead.”
“For the most part I was able to keep us in the ballgame, but it wasn’t our inning,” Garcia said. “You got to limit the damage.” More >
Harris strikes out the side late: Astros setup man Will Harris has been outstanding out of the bullpen this year, sporting a team-best 1.17 ERA among pitchers who have thrown at least 10 innings. Nonetheless, it was a challenge for him to build upon that figure Wednesday. With Houston clinging to a 4-2 lead in the eighth, Atlanta got a leadoff single by Dansby Swanson on a misplayed fly ball and a bunt single by No. 9 hitter Emilio Bonifacio, placing two on with none out for the top of Atlanta’s order. But Harris struck out both Ender Inciarte and Brandon Phillips swinging, and after issuing a walk to Freeman to load the bases and move the potential tying run into scoring position, Harris struck out cleanup hitter Matt Kemp swinging on a curveball in the dirt to keep Houston in front.
With his fourth-inning single, Kemp extended his season-long hitting streak to 11 games. It’s Kemp’s longest streak since hitting in 12 straight from Sept. 7-20, 2016. He’s batting .354 (17-for-48) with five doubles, three home runs and 11 RBIs in this current run. Houston’s Alex Bregman went 0-4, bringing his 10-game hitting streak to an end.
Following Thursday’s off-day, the Braves continue their road trip with three games at Miami, starting on Friday at 6:10 p.m. CT. Winless in four decisions, Mike Foltynewicz gets the start for the Braves.
5/10/17 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Chris Shelton, 27 — Pizza Winner!
Eric Keith, 32
Man Who Pled Guilty to Statutory Rape gets Teaching License Reinstated
The Tennessee State Board of Education has reinstated the teaching license of a former teacher who pleaded guilty to the statutory rape of a student in 2007.
The Tennessean reports former Moore County physical education teacher William S. Haynes had his criminal record expunged after serving four years of probation.
The state board denied a reinstatement of his license in 2012. He took his case to court and a judge ruled the details of the statutory rape case didn’t meet the criteria to deny a license, and ordered the board to take another vote.
The board voted 7-2 in favor of reinstatement April 21, although each member expressed regret. State board member Mike Edwards said they would be in contempt of court if they denied the license again.
New Leader in Charge of Coffee County Animal Control
Coffee County officials have hired a new person to be the director of Coffee County Animal Control. Terry Hulen has accepted the job and Karen Clark was hired as the new county animal control officer.
The changes come following the resignations of Kevin Brown, former director, and former animal control officer Austin Cline.
The shelter is a joint operation between Coffee County and the City of Manchester Animal Control. The shelter is located at 156 Freedom Dr. in Manchester and has room for 27 dogs.
Bill Removed to allow Lawmakers who live within 50 miles of the Capitol to be Reimbursed for Hotel Stays
Tennessee State Capital
The measure sponsored by House Majority Leader Glen Casada was taken off notice Monday. The Franklin Republican who lives about 40 miles from the Capitol had argued that he often doesn’t finish his legislative work until 9 p.m. and then has to be back to work by 7 a.m. the next day.
The Legislature in 2013 passed legislation to get rid of the hotel reimbursement for lawmakers living near the Capitol. They are still eligible for a meals allowance.
The current per diem allowance for lawmakers is $161 per night for lodging and $59 for meals and expenses.
Deal Turns School Employees Into Skydivers
(L-R) Principal Michelle Hummel, Betsy Ratliff and Taylor Frame
So school Principal Michelle Hummel stepped up to the challenge and took Mrs. Ratliff’s place on the skydive!
Click below to hear from Principal Hummel:
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Mrs. Frame and Principal Hummel jumped Sunday afternoon with about 60 of their students and family there to watch – It was a great experience for all involved!
Tennessee’s 129th Army Band to Perform May 29th at South Jackson Civic Center
Tennessee’s 129th Army Band will be performing a free concert at South Jackson Civic Center on Monday, May 29 at noon. “We want to invite all of Tullahoma and visitors from our surrounding communities to enjoy this patriotic concert,” said Mayor Lane Curlee.
“We are very fortunate to host the 129th Army Band for a second time,” said event organizer, Alan Harris. “They enjoyed their time in Tullahoma during last year’s Independence Day Celebration, and they wanted to return and treat our citizens to a free concert.”
The 129th is composed of musicians from all over Tennessee. Headquartered in Nashville, the band boasts many professional musicians, band directors and performing artists from the Nashville area. The 129th is led by Chief Warrant Officer William Stepp and First Sergeant is Richard Lutz.
The 129th Army Band is part of the Tennessee National Guard and has a long and distinguished history serving Tennessee and the United States both in peacetime and during armed conflicts.