The Central High School Red Raider grapplers performed well in the District 9 Individual Tournament.
CHS entered 9 wrestlers, and 7 of those placed in the top 4 to qualify for the Region 5 tournament.
Thomas Clark- 113 lb, 4th place
Jamie Norris- 132 lb, 3rd place
Caleb Boothe- 138 lb, 3rd place
Jacob Barlow- 145 lb, CHAMPION
Gavin Prater- 152 lb, 2nd place
Nazario Flores- 160 lb
Chris Hollis- 170 lb
Zachary Galy- 195 lb, 3rd place
Blayne Myers- Heavyweight, 3rd place
Coffee County’s Lady Raiders shook off any lag from a four-hour road trip and took care of business Saturday afternoon in Tiptonville, Tennessee, easily dispatching of Lake County High School 69-20. (A game you heard live on Thunder Radio)
The Lady Raiders built a 26-7 first quarter lead, expanding to 53-13 at the half. The clock ran continuously through the second half.
Senior Bella Vinson continued her recent offensive onslaught, pouring in 26 points in the winning effort – 24 coming in the first half. Vinson has scored 87 points in three games this week as she nears 2,000 career points.
Sophomore post Chloe Gannon dominated in the paint for CHS, pouring in 16 points for the second consecutive night. Point guard Jalie Ruehling also got into double digits, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers and finishing with 14.
Elizabeth Brown scored 6 for the Lady Raiders on a pair of 3-pointers. Elli Chumley scored 3, Emma Fulks and Alivia Reel each added 2 points.
The win improves Coffee County to 19-1 on the season and completes a 3-0 week that included district wins over Tullahoma and Columbia.
CHS will be in action again on Tuesday, January 26, when the Lady Raiders travel to Franklin County for a 6 p.m. tip. This will be a girls only game due to Franklin County boys being in COVID-19 quarantine. As always, you can hear the game live on Thunder Radio: 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com
The Central High School Red Raiders 3-game district winning streak didn’t stand a chance against the hot-shooting Columbia brought to Manchester Friday.
Columbia’s Lions rarely missed early, building an 18-0 lead 6 minutes into the game on their way to a 60-43 win over the Red Raiders.
Coffee County cut the deficit down to 10 at one point in the first half, but trailed by 17 at the half, 34-17.
The Raiders rallied again in the second half, able to get the deficit inside of 10 points for the first time all night with 2 minutes to play on a Hayden Hullett 3 pointer. But the Raiders ran out of time and the Lions didn’t miss many at the free-throw line.
Senior CJ Anthony led the Raiders in points with 15 and was named Stone Fort Mortgage Player of the Game.
Trenton Scrivnor scored 8 off the bench for the Raiders, Jaxon Vaughn 6, Tyler Taylor 5, Kyle Farless 4, Hullett 3 and Connor Shemwell 2.
The Lions were led by Q Martin, who piled up 20 points – evenly distributed, scoring 10 in the first half and 10 in the second.
The Raiders will be back in action Tuesday night when they travel to Franklin County. Girls tip at 6 p.m. and the boys follow. Both games can be heard live on Thunder Radio – 107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com
Coffee County left no doubt from the start Friday night against visiting Columbia.
The Central High School Lady Raider defense smothered Columbia and Bella Vinson dominated on the offensive end to the tune of 32 points en route to a 59-28 thrashing of the Lady Lions.
“I’m getting down in the post more and I feel like that’s where we are more successful,” said Vinson, who combined to score 61 points in two district games this week. “We put some sets in that has really changed our offense and we got some other girls scoring and I’m happy as long as we are winning.”
Defense was the name of the game for Coffee County. Columbia didn’t score until 1:05 remaining in the first quarter, and that came on a pair of free throws from Ryleigh Hamm. The Lady Raiders held the Lady Lions without a field goal until 5:25 to play in the second quarter.
Coffee County led 16-2 after one quarter and 27-9 at the half, extending to 57-20 midway through the fourth when the Lady Raiders started substituting liberally.
Sophomore post Chloe Gannon finished with 16 points in the post, picking up tough points around the basket. Elli Chumley scored 5, Emma Fulks 4 and Remi Benjamin 2. The Lady Raiders were 14-of-18 at the charity stripe – starting off 9-for-9 to help build a comfortable lead.
The win pushes Coffee County to 18-1 on the season and a perfect 7-0 in District 8-AAA. The Lady Raiders remain ranked in the Associated Press Top 10.
The Lady Raiders travel to Lake County, Tennessee Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. tip. That game will be broadcast live on Thunder Radio, beginning with the Powers Storage Pregame show at 3:15 p.m. Listen at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go smartphone app and thunder1320.com
Check out these sports coming up this weekend:
Friday: CHS basketball HOSTS Columbia. 6 p.m. **
Friday: CHS wrestling at Cascade – 6 p.m.
Friday: Nashville Predators AT Stars – 7:30 p.m. ***
Saturday: Coffee Coaches Show on Thunder Radio (Guests: CMS girls basketball, CMS girls softball, WMS girls basketball) – 10 a.m.
Saturday – 3:30 p.m. – CHS Girls Basketball AT Lake County **
Saturday – 6 p.m. – CHS wrestling AT Dawg Pound Duals
Saturday – CHS Wrestling at MTWOA Grand Championships (freshman, JV, girls) – 6 p.m.
Sunday – Nashville Predators AT Dallas Stars – 7 p.m. **
** Denotes live broadcast on Thunder Radio: 107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go app, thunder1320.com
***Denotes join in progress following priority programming
Westwood’s Lady Rockets basketball team wrapped up its season with the end of the year banquet Wednesday night.
Sixth grader Jules Ferrell took home the team MVP award. Seventh grader Audri Patton earned the Defensive Award and Keena Seivers was given the coveted Joel Vinson Award.
Rylee Clark was named Most Improved, Kadience Medley won the Heart and Hustle award and Best Teammate award went to Emily Holmes.
The Lady Rockets finished the season 6-8 overall .
After 26 years of coaching basketball – the past 14 spent as the head coach of the Westwood Lady Rockets – Angela Houck is hanging up her whistle.
The veteran coach informed Thunder Radio Sports on Thursday that she has officially tendered her resignation as the head basketball coach of the Lady Rocket program.
“I’ve coached basketball for 26 years, 14 of them at Westwood. And I just felt like it was time,” explained Houck. “You know 26 years is a long time. It’s time for me to do something different.”
Houck remains as a teacher at the school and is not completely retiring from coaching – she will be the new Westwood golf coach this spring.
“I just felt like it was time for me to step aside and let somebody else take over,” added Houck.
Houck said what she will really miss is the relationships she develops with players, and following them all through life as they grow up.
Westwood finished with a record of 6-8 this season – a rebuilding year that saw the Lady Rockets pick up a far more challenging schedule than last year.
Listen to more from coach Houck’s interview with Thunder Radio here:
Governor Bill Lee has announced this his executive order limiting indoor gatherings has been extended with some modifications as it pertains to winter sports in Tennessee.
Fans for school sports have been limited to immediate, household family members since mid-December. That was set to expire at midnight Jan. 19, but it has been extended through Feb. 27, which will limit attendance at high school and middle school basketball, wrestling and swimming.
However, TSSAA has stated that “immediate household” will now include grandparents of children who are playing. Also, school staff and faculty of the host school will be allowed to attend games and events. So for CHS wrestling and basketball, school staff and faculty at CHS and Raider Academy can enter the game using their employee badge.
As has been the case since the fall, masks are required for entry to athletic events and temperatures are taken at the gate. Coffee County athletics is accepting season passes, TSSAA passes and TACA cards at the gate. As more information is available, it will be posted here.
Titans running back Derrick Henry has been named the 2020 NFL Offensive Player of the Year by the Professional Football Writers of America.
Henry became the first Titan to win the award, which was first presented in 1992.
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was selected as the 2020 NFL Most Valuable Player in voting conducted by the PFWA. Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald was named the Defensive Player of the Year.
Henry, named first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press earlier this month, led the NFL and set a franchise record with 2,027 rushing yards in 2020, becoming the eighth player in league annals to rush for at least 2,000 yards in a season.
His 2,027 rushing yards gave him the fifth-highest total in NFL history behind Eric Dickerson’s 2,105 (1984), Adrian Peterson’s 2,097 (2012), Jamal Lewis’ 2,066 (2003) and Barry Sanders’ 2,053 (1997). Henry broke Chris Johnson’s franchise mark of 2,006 rushing yards in 2009.
Henry also became the first player since LaDainian Tomlinson (2006-07) to lead the NFL in rushing yards in consecutive seasons. Henry previously led the league in 2019 with 1,540 rushing yards.
Luca Sbisa has known Roman Josi longer than most people on the planet.
The two grew up in Switzerland – Nashville’s captain is from Bern, and Sbisa from Oberaegeri, although he was born in Italy – and they faced off numerous times in youth tournaments before they became teammates for the first time.
Josi and Sbisa skated together on the Swiss National Team, first as teens at the World Junior Championship and then again once they were professionals at the World Championship.
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