The clock finally struck midnight on the Cinderella season for the Coffee County CHS baseball team at Franklin County on Tuesday.  The Red Raiders came up one rally short as they fell 6 to 4 to Franklin County in the losers’ bracket of District 8AAA tournament.  After rallying from deficits of 3 to 0 and 4 to 3, a 9^th inning rally by Franklin County ended the Raiders’ season.

Tied at 4 in the bottom of the 6^th inning, Coffee County left the bases loaded in their best opportunity to avoid extra innings.  The Red Raiders also got runners on in the 8^th and 9^th innings but got not complete their 3^rd straight come from behind win in this tournament.

Coffee County was led in hitting by Jacob Duncan who had a pair of singles, a run scored and an RBI.  Jacob Langham had a double and 2 RBI with a run scored.   Coffee County will finish the year with a final record of 18 and 15.

In spite of a good start, the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team fell in the winners’ bracket finals to Lawrence County on Tuesday night in the District 8AAA softball tournament.  A 2 run first inning lead was not enough to hold off the Lady Cats on their home field as Coffee County fell by a final score of 8 to 4.

Coffee County struck first in the bottom of the first inning after Haley Hinshaw was hit by a pitch and scored on a triple by Raven Rogers.  Rogers scored on a sacrifice fly by Katie Rutledge.  Lawrence County tied the game in the 4^th inning before erupting 5 runs in the 5^th inning.  The Lady Cats added their 8^th run in the top of the 6^th.  The Lady Raiders rallied for 2 runs in the 6^th inning but were not able overcome Lawrence County’s lead.

Haley Richardson led Coffee County in hitting with 2 hits and 2 RBI as she was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.  Rogers finished with a triple, an RBI and a run scored.

Coffee County now falls into the loser’s bracket where they will take on Shelbyville on Wednesday.  First pitch is set for 6 PM at Lawrence County.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you all the action.  Lucky Knott will bring you all the action beginning with the pregame show at 5:50

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The Coffee County Middle School track teams qualified 2 athletes for the state meet at the TMSAA Sub-Sectional track meet which concluded on Monday at Riverdale. Lexie Hosea and Macy Tabor qualified for the TMSAA State Meet which will be held on Saturday, May 20th at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. Tabor will compete in the high jump while Hosea will compete in the discus.
Both Lady Raiders qualified on Wednesday of last week in the first day of the Sub-Sectional meet. Wednesday was reserved for field events. Thursday’s running events were pushed back to Monday due to Thursday’s rain. Tabor finished in 2nd place in the high jump as she cleared 4’8”. Hosea finished in 4th place(large school division) in the discus as she had a throw of 59’ 2”.
In the team relay races; Tabor teamed with Maddie Husted, Alyssa Gipson & Reagan Ellison for a 10th place finish in the 4x200M relay. The Lady Raiders also captured a 10th place finish in the 4x100M relay with the team of Ellison, Husted, Gipson and Livy Rayfield. The Lady Raider team of Gipson, Madison Rooker, Emma Singleton and Ryan Greed were 8th in the 4x400M relay.
For the Red Raiders, the team of Jaden Yates, Kelby Walker, Andrew Hite and Hunter Good finished 10th in the boys’ 4x200M relay and 15th in the 4x100M. The team of Ethan Beaty, Braison Yancer, Jacob Rutledge and Ethan Welch captured an 11th place finish in the 4x400M relay.
Below is a list of the top individual finisher in each event for the Coffee County Middle School teams. You can find complete results at: http://tn.milesplit.com/meets/254536/results

Lady Raiders
Shot Put – Reagan Ellison, 25’ 1.5” (9th place)
Discus – Lexie Hosea – 59’ 2” (4th)
High Jump – Macy Tabor – 4’ 8”(Tie – 2nd)
Long Jump – Maddie Husted – 12” 7.5” (10th)
1600M – Holli Hancock – 7:03.98(27th)
100M – Livy Rayfield – 14.49(21st)
400M – Ryan Green – 1:11.38(17th)
800M – Brianna Shelton – 3:07.38(26th)
200M – Macy Tabor – 30.78(12th)

Red Raiders
Shot Put – Zach Speagle – 35’ 2.5” (13th place)
Discus – Zach Speagle – 90’ 10” (10th)
High Jump – Ethan Welch & Andrew Hite – 4’ 8”(Tie – 12th)
Long Jump – Braison Yancer – 14” 8” (28th)
1600M – Jacob Rutledge – 5:20.91(9th)
100M – Zach Speagle – 13.20(23rd)
400M – Ethan Beaty – 1:03.38(16th)
800M – Jacob Rutledge – 2:29.09(11th)
200M – Harley Penn – 29.99(35th)

Next up for the Raider harriers is the CTC Conference Meet set for Wednesday. That meet will be hosted by CCMS and be hosted at Carden Jarrell Field. Field events will get underway at 10 AM.

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.

The Coffee County Middle School baseball team held their annual awards banquet on Monday night at the Manchester/Coffee County Conference Center. Ten varsity awards and five JV awards were presented on the evening. Red Raider coaches Brock Freeze and Reid Wolfe presided over the night’s activities.
Varsity Award winners are:
Offensive MVP Award: Kyle Farless
Defensive MVP Award: Braxton White
Team MVP Award: Trey Rogers
King of the Hill Award: Griffin Meeker and Braden Brown
Red Raider Award: Nic Watkins
Silver Slugger Award: Hayden Hullett
Compete, Battle, and Win Award (OBP): Lane Spry
Play of the Year Award: Tanner Kistler
Big Brother Award: Nic Watkins
Team-First Award: Braxton White

JV Award winners are:
JV Offensive MVP Award: Aidan Abellana
JV Defensive MVP Award: Kyler Terry
JV Team MVP Award: Connor Shemwell
JV King of the Hill Award: John McKelvey
JV Red Raider Award: Nolan Jernigan

Carlos Correa and Carlos Beltran slugged back-to-back homers to cap a five-run first inning against Bartolo Colon, and Josh Reddick took him deep in the fifth to send the Astros to their seventh win in nine games, 8-3, over the Braves on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park.

The Astros improved to 22-11, which ties the 1973 team for best start in club history.
Colon (1-4) fell behind 5-0 before recording an out, but he came back to send down 13 of the next 14 batters faced. Reddick hit a home run — the 100th of his career — to push the Houston lead to 6-0 in the fifth.
Astros starter Charlie Morton (4-2) cruised into the sixth before his command betrayed him. Matt Kemp and Nick Markakis had RBI singles in the sixth, and Morton was pulled after he walked Dansby Swanson with the bases loaded to get the Braves to within three runs, 6-3. Chris Devenski struck out Danny Santana to end the threat.

The El Paso Chihuahuas scored a pair of runs in the ninth inning to grab an 8-6 win over the Nashville Sounds, spoiling Bark in the Park Night in front of 8,691 humans and 500+ dogs at First Tennessee Park Tuesday night.

Nashville (13-16) scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth to even the game at 6-6 only to see El Paso do the exact same in the ninth to steal a series-clinching win.

Reliever Ross Detwiler started the top of the ninth for the Sounds and got two quick outs before yielding a walk to Diego Goris. The Sounds turned to right-hander Simon Castro out of the bullpen. He hit Dusty Coleman with a pitch, and then allowed consecutive run-scoring singles to Christian Villanueva and Rocky Gale.

El Paso right-hander Jason Jester worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning to lock down the win for the Chihuahuas.

Sean Manaea started the game for Nashville on a Major League rehab assignment. The southpaw went four innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits. He walked one, struck out five, and threw 72 pitches.

Chris Bassitt followed on a Major League rehab assignment of his own. The right-hander also worked four innings and didn’t factor into the decision. Bassitt allowed four runs on five hits and four walks. He struck out six and threw 70 pitches.

The Sounds out-hit the Chihuahuas, 12-11, thanks to multi-hit games from Ryan LaMarre who went 3-for-4, and Matt Olson who added a pair of hits including his fifth home run of the season.

Olson’s solo blast came in the second inning and was followed immediately by a solo shot from Matt Chapman. It was the first set of back-to-back homers by Nashville this season.

Every other player in the lineup for Nashville had a hit. Franklin Barreto knocked in a pair of runs – both coming on his game-tying two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Detwiler was charged with the loss while Christian Bethancourt earned the win despite a blown save.
The Sounds have a team off day Wednesday before beginning a four-game series with the Albuquerque Isotopes Thursday night. First pitch at First Tennessee Park is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.