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SNOW PATROL: FEBRUARY 8, 2021
SNOW PATROL, MONDAY, Feb. 8
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Cannon County — CLOSED
Coffee County Schools – 2 hour delay
Franklin County — 2 hour delay
Grundy County — CLOSED
Warren County — CLOSED
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Raiders fall to Rebels Saturday night
Coffee County’s Red Raiders couldn’t carry the momentum from a Friday road win in Lawrenceburg into Winchester on Saturday.
The CHS boys struggled at the free throw line and missed a few opportunities in the paint in a 50-41 loss to the Rebels of Franklin County. (Saturday, Feb. 6) The loss splits the season series with the Rebels and leaves CHS at 6-4 in District 8-AAA play.
Coffee County had the game tied at 7-7 after the first quarter in a sloppy offensive start for both teams. The Rebels took control at the half with a 19-15 lead. The Raiders took off on a 6-2 run to start the second half and tied the game at 21-21. But the Raiders were never able to push in front.
Three Rebels got into double digits, including Kane Reed who put up 19.
The Raiders were led by Trenton Scrivnor and Kyle Farless, who each scored 12 points. CJ Anthony added 11 off the bench for the Raiders.
Jaxon Vaughn scored 4 and Connor Shemwell 2.
The Raiders are tied for second place with Tullahoma with both teams at 6-4, but CHS holds the tiebreaker after beating the Wildcats in January. The Raiders have two district games remaining – Lincoln County and Tullahoma. Winning both would guarantee the Raiders a second place finish in the district.
CHS will host Lincoln County Monday night, Feb. 8. The CHS Lady Raiders will tip at 6 p.m. with the Raider boys to follow. Senior night festivities will be celebrated between games.
Tickets to the general public are available online. Tickets must be purchased at www.gofan.co. No tickets will be sold at the gate.
Coffee County ranks 7th in state for Census response rate
Populations numbers, statistics and data from the 2020 Census is scheduled to be released to the public on March 31.
However, one statistic is already available – Coffee County did exceptionally well in regards to its response rate.
Out of Tennessee’s 95 counties, Coffee County had a self-response rate of 71.4 percent. That was good enough for 7th best in the entire state, and just 0.1 of a percentage point behind Dickson County for 6th.
“This was a very concentrated and organized effort on behalf of our county by the Census Complete Count Committee,” explained Coffee County Mayor Gary Cordell. “We had a whole room full of community leaders and business owners who volunteered their time to help get the word out to everyone who would listen about the importance of the Census count here in Coffee County. I want to sincerely thank them for their efforts and dedication to our community.”
Ensuring as many people as possible are counted means Coffee County and each municipality – Tullahoma and Manchester – will receive the maximum amount of federal funding for programs involving education, transportation and other important programs in each community. For each person who goes uncounted, it is estimated that the county will miss out on about $11,000 in federal funding over the next 10-year cycle.
“I’m very pleased to say that our citizens have really come through to ensure we received the most complete count possible,” said Manchester Mayor Marilyn Howard. “I know this was a big effort by everyone and our three governments worked hard and dedicated funds and manpower to ensure that our citizens understood that completing their Census was important to our future growth.”
Over 8% of Coffee Co. residents have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Residents of Coffee County who have received COVID-19 vaccination continue to increase. Currently, approximately 8.08 percent of the Coffee County population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccination. Of these, 1.94 percent of the population has received the necessary two-doses of the vaccine.
These numbers are on par with the state. The Tennessee Department of Health reports that 8.36 percent of the population has received one dose.
If you live in Coffee County and would like to sign up to be on the waiting list to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, click here.
REMINDER: Food pantry is Friday for students of Coffee County, Manchester Schools
Manchester City Schools and Coffee County Schools have teamed up for another Mobile Food Pantry that will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, at First Baptist Church in Manchester.
This is a first come, first serve event, and is for families who have children enrolled in either of the two school districts.
BELLA 2K! Vinson tops 2,000 career points, Lady Raiders roll over Shelbyville
Bella Vinson started her high school career with a goal of reaching 1,000 career points.
On Friday night the standout senior doubled that. With a breakaway layup to start the second half Vinson scored her 2,000th career point as a Central High School Lady Raider, and CHS dropped visiting Shelbyville 57-14.
Getting to 2,000 didn’t come easy. Shelbyville’s Eaglettes seemed to be on a mission to prevent the milestone, often providing a double and sometimes triple team against Vinson – much to the pleasure of Jalie Ruehling, Elli Chumley and company.
Ruehling filled up the basket from the outside for CHS, scoring 14 points behind four 3-pointers. Chumley poured in 11 points, a couple of baskets coming wide open under the basket. Chloe Gannon added 8 for CHS, Miranda Medley 3, Emma Fulks 3 and Bella Lawson 2. Vinson led the way with 16 points.
The 57-14 final was lopsided from the start. Coffee County jumped on the Eaglettes and led 33-5 by halftime. After halftime, the Lady Raiders didn’t allow a Shelbyille field goal until there were 15 seconds to play in the third quarter.
CHS improves to 22-1 on the season and a perfect 9-0 in District 8-AAA play. The Lady Raiders are ranked no. 3 in the Tennessee Associated Press Rankings.
Their next home game will be Monday, Feb. 8 against Lincoln County. That will be senior night and tickets are available to the general public. Click here to purchase tickets. Tip off is set for 6 p.m. for the girls with the Raider boys to follow. Senior night for boys, girls cheerleaders and dance will be between games.
BUZZER BEATER! Farless hits game-winning shot in final seconds
With less than 10 seconds to play, senior Jaxon Vaughn found a wide open teammate on the wing. It was Kyle Farless, who finished the rest. Farless drained a 3-pointer with 6 seconds to play and the Central High School Red Raider basketball team left Lawrence County with an impressive 47-46 win Friday night, Feb. 5, 2021.
The basket from Farless ended a game that had the Raiders down by 10 at the half. Farless finished with 12 points to go along with 12 from Vaughn. Trenton Scrivnor led the way for the Raiders with 16.
The win improves the Raiders to 11-8 overall and 6-3 in District 8-AAA play. They will travel to Franklin County at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 for a COVID-19 makeup. Listen to the game live on Thunder Radio – pregame at 5:45 p.m. with tip at 6 p.m – 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com
Preds conclude road trip with loss
Pekka Rinne kept the Predators in Friday’s game until the final horn, but Nashville fell to the Florida Panthers, 2-1, at BB&T Center. The result gives the Preds and Panthers a split of their back-to-back set, as the visitors now head back home with a 1-3-0 record on their four-game trip.
Colton Sissons scored the lone goal of the night for Nashville, and RInne made 34 saves, including 20 in the opening period. But following Thursday’s dramatic comeback, the Preds weren’t able to do the same one night later.
HEADED TO THE FINAL FOUR!
Coffee Middle School took an early lead over Blackman Thursday night (Feb.4, 2021) and never let it go.
Seven different Lady Raiders scored points, led by 11 from Olivia Vinson in the first half, to drop the Blackman Lady Flames 39-26 in the TMSAA Section 2 Finals at Stewarts Creek Middle School. The Lady Raiders are section champions – and one of four teams remaining in the state.
CMS led 21-13 at the half after a rebound and a put back from Ava McIntosh late in the half and extended the lead to 25-15 early in the third when McIntosh scored on a give-and-go with Channah Gannon. Blackman was never able to pull back to within 10 points.
Vinson led CMS with 11 points. Gannon finished with 9, sitting late in the third and early in the fourth quarter with four fouls. Natalie Barnes poured in 8 points – including a perfect 4-for-4 performance at the charity stripe and an 8-foot jumper late in the fourth quarter to end any remaining doubt.
McIntosh finished with 6 points before fouling out late in the fourth quarter. Peyton Graham and Kaylee Mason each added 2 points off the bench and Sophie McInturff had 1 point.
The Lady Raiders are now 17-1 on the season and in the final four of the state. They will play the Section 1 champion at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12 at Rockvale High School. If they win, they will play for a state championship at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13.
Westwood names Shala Ferrell as head girls basketball coach
Westwood Middle School’s Lady Rocket basketball program has its new head basketball coach.
And it’s a familiar face.
Shala Ferrell, who spent last season as an assistant with the Lady Rockets and the sixth grade team head coach, will now take over the program.
Ferrell takes over for Angela Houck, who resigned last month after 14 years leading the WMS basketball program.
Ferrell brings experience with her – as an assistant with the Westwood program, running an AAU Travel Program for the past five years and as a high school assistant at Grundy County High School.
She said she is excited for the future of the Lady Rocket program with excellent, young players in the program.
Ferrell also said that she plans to work closely with CHS head girls coach Joe Pat Cope.