The Central High School Lady Raider volleyball team on Wednesday celebrated their historic 2020 season with a team banquet.
Multiple awards were handed out. Keri Munn and Kiya Ferrell Were named co-MVPs of the team. Meanwhile, Sydney Shipley and Lexi Bryan each earned the Lady Raider Award.
CHS reached the state sectional for the first time in school history after defeating Rockvale in the Region 4-AAA semi-finals. See more photos here.
The first sign of baseball season is finally here: pitchers and catchers.
MLB announced the start dates of workouts for 2021 Spring Training presented by Camping World on Tuesday, with the first pitchers and catchers workouts and first full-squad workouts for every team.
Teams will report to Spring Training next week, with pitchers and catchers workouts beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 17 and full-squad workouts starting the following week on Monday, Feb. 22. Here are the first workout dates (subject to change) for all 30 clubs.
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Sign up are currently ongoing for the Manchester Youth Baseball League.
Two dates have already been held, with more sign up dates set for Feb. 13, 20 and 27. Anyone wishing to sign up can do so between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on those dates at the Ada Wright Building at Fred Deadman Park in Manchester – located off of N. Woodland St.
There will be the following leagues to sign up for: 6U (t-ball), 8U (coach pitch), 10U, 12U, 15U and 18U.
Cost to sign up for 6U is $45, cost for 8U through 12U is $55; 15U and 18U is $100. The 6U through 12U leagues are tentatively set to begin on April 10. Meanwhile, the older divisions will begin at the end of May.
Manchester Girls Slow-Pitch Softball League is currently holding sign ups for the 2021 season.
Two sign up dates have already been held and there are three more scheduled. Anyone with a child who would like to sign up for the slow-pitch league, they can do so from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 13, Feb. 20 and Feb. 27 at the Ada Wright Center in Fred Deadman Park – located off of N. Woodland St. in Manchester.
There will be different divisions for ages 4 through 24. Tiny tots coach pitch division will be for boys and girls ages 4-6.
Cost is $45 for one child and $80 for two children. Fore three or more children, cost is $5 per additional child.
Anyone signing up should bring a birth certificate. Applications are also being accepted for umpires, coaches and managers. For more information, contact Ronnie Meeker at 931-409-4495.
Lincoln County gave Coffee County Central’s Lady Raiders a scare when the two teams met in Fayetteville on Jan. 15.
The Lady Raiders were having none of it for the rematch Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 in Manchester. Senior Bella Vinson dropped 18 points on senior night and Elli Chumley added 12 tough points in the paint as CHS cruised to a 54-32 win over the Lady Falcons.
The Lady Raiders jumped out to an early lead and never let up. Leading 12-7 after one quarter and 30-16 at the half. Lincoln County was never able to cut the deficit inside of 10 points.
The no. 3 ranked Lady Raiders improve to 23-1 overall and 10-0 in District 8-AAA play with the win.
Chloe Gannon added 7 points for CHS, Alivia Reel 6 on two big 3-pointers, Jalie Ruehling 6, Miranda Medley 3 and Emma Fulks 2.
CHS will play at Tullahoma at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11. You can hear the game live on Thunder Radio, beginning at 5:45 p.m.
GAME NOTES
The win for CHS means that Vinson will finish with a 24-0 career home district record in regular season district games. CHS will likely return home to host a district tournament game and with a top 2 finish in the tournament, will get a home game in the Region 4-AAA tournament.
Coffee County’s Red Raiders dropped their second District 8-AAA game in a row and fell out of second place with a 67-57 loss Monday night at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium.
Despite 22 points from senior Trenton Scrivnor, the Raiders struggled to stop the hot shooting of Lincoln County. CHS trailed at the end of every quarter.
The Falcons hit 9 3-pointers on the night, powered by Owen Sandlin who ended up with a game high 30 points.
Coffee County cut the deficit to 5 at one point later in the fourth quarter and had possession of the ball. Kyle Farless went to the basket for what appeared to be a basket and a foul, but instead was whistled for an offensive foul and the Raiders were unable to recover. Three different Raiders fouled out and CHS was hit with three technical fouls on the night.
Hayden Hullett finished with 11 points, including a pair of 3-pointers. Farless and Jaxon Vaughn each added 5, Tyler Taylor 8 and Connor Shemwell 4.
The loss drops the Raiders district record to 6-5 and with a Tullahoma loss dropping the Wildcats to 6-5, Lincoln County leap frogs both teams to second place with a 7-5 district record. Coffee County (11-10 overall) will play at Tullahoma Thursday night to wrap up the regular season. The Lady Raiders tip at 6 pm. with the Raiders to follow. You can listen to both games live on Thunder Radio.
Dante Fabbro scored Nashville’s lone goal, as the Predators fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning by a 4-1 final on Monday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives the Preds three losses to the Bolts this season, as the two clubs began a back-to-back set in Nashville.
Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne made 31 saves on the night, and Fabbro’s power-play tally brought the Preds to within one in the third period, but Tampa Bay added two empty-netters to seal their eighth win of the season.
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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.
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 10-8 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.
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.
