Sophie McInturff moves the ball toward the basket during a game earlier this season. McInturff scored 15 points in the Lady Raiders’ win over Harris Monday night, Dec. 7, 2020. — Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson
Coffee Middle School rolled into Shelbyville Monday night
and left Harris Middle School with two decisive CTC conference wins.
The CMS Lady Raiders cruised to a 37-14 win, meanwhile the
Raider boys jumped out to a 25-3 halftime lead on their way to a 40-16 win.
The Lady Raiders were led by eighth grader Sophie McInturff,
who went off and piled up 15 points – 13 coming in the first half. Olivia Vinson
added 8 points Natalie Barnes 4, Ava McIntosh 4 and Channah Gannon 4.
The Raiders were minus a couple of key contributors, but
Cole Pippenger picked up the slack with 19 points. Post Evan Kirby added
9, Colter Neel 8, Jase Cashion 2 and
Will Bruce 2.
Lady Raider junior Elli Chumley moves the ball up the floor against Warren County on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. On Saturday, Chumley scored 8 points and pulled down multiple rebounds against Goodpasture. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson
Bella Vinson dominated in the paint for Coffee County Saturday afternoon and the Lady Raiders picked up a decisive 42-19 win over Goodpasture in Madison.
In a game you heard broadcast live on Thunder Radio, Vinson, Chloe Gannon and Elli Chumley combined for 35 of Coffee County’s 42 points – all coming from 2-point range as the Lady Raiders worked on their post game.
Gannon finished with 9 and Chumley with 8. The Lady Raiders led 23-9 at the halftime break and 34-17 after the third quarter. CHS substituted liberally through the final period.
The win improves Coffee County to 6-1 on the season and was the final tune-up before District 8-AAA play begins next week. The Lady Raiders will travel to Columbia Tuesday night, Dec. 8, for a 6 p.m. tip. This will be a girls only game. You can hear it live on Thunder Radio. (Pregame begins at 5:45 p.m. Listen on 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go smartphone app, thunder1320.com or on Amazon Alexa: “Alexa, play Thunder Radio”).
The Coffee County Lady Raider wrestlers opened with a 24-0 win over Tullahoma Thursday night in Tullahoma. Meanwhile, the Raiders picked up some points but fell to Eagleville.
Results are below:
Coffee County High School (Girls) (COFF) 24.0 Tullahoma (Girls) (TULG) 0.0
119: Paryss DeShane (COFF) over Emma Brown (TULG) (Fall 1:18) 119: Paryss DeShane (COFF) over Natalie Turpin (TULG) (Fall 2:40) 132: MaryAnne Walker (COFF) over Zoe Holly (TULG) (Fall 2:15) 132: MaryAnne Walker (COFF) over Olivia Hogan (TULG) (Fall 1:17) 140: Mary Wolfrum (COFF) over Olivia Hogan (TULG) (Fall 3:18) 160: Lyra Leftwich (COFF) over Erin Douglas (TULG) (Fall 0:37) 170: Erin Douglas (TULG) over Sara Crosslin (COFF) (Fall 0:18)
Eagleville (EAGL) 65.0 Coffee County (COFF) 9.0
160: Jacob Barlow (COFF) over Donevin Darnell (EAGL) (Dec
6-2) 170: wyatt mclemore (EAGL) over Nazario Flores (COFF) (Fall 1:15) 182:
Jason Dennis (EAGL) over Jonathan Akers (COFF) (Fall 3:38) 195: matthew garber
(EAGL) over Zachary Galy (COFF) (Fall 4:54) 220: Oscar Guerra (EAGL) over (COFF) (For.) 285: Joseph Williamson (EAGL)
over Kolby McCormick (COFF) (Fall 1:58) 106: Tanner Hatchell (EAGL) over (COFF) (For.) 113: jacob pennington (EAGL)
over Ethan Rivera (COFF) (Fall 0:48) 120: zachary lewis (EAGL) over Thomas
Clark (COFF) (TF 15-0 5:12) 126: Double Forfeit 132: Kaleb Snitzer (EAGL) over
Jamie Norris (COFF) (Fall 2:34) 138: gabriel pennington (EAGL) over (COFF) (For.) 145: Erik Johnson (EAGL) over
Caleb Boothe (COFF) (Fall 3:36) 152: Gavin Prater (COFF) over (EAGL) (M. For.)
Lady Raider senior Bella Vinson scored 27 points for CHS in a 66-22 win over Warren County Thursday night. — Photo by Holly Peterson, Thunder Radio
Losing basketball games doesn’t set well with the Central
High School Lady Raiders.
Warren County learned that the hard way Thursday night at
Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium in Manchester.
Bella Vinson stroked 27 points through the net and two other
Lady Raiders reached double figures in a 66-22 blowout of the visiting Lady
Pioneers. The win comes after the Lady Raiders’ first loss of the season Tuesday
night against Blackman.
“We had our first loss of the season [and we talked about]
how do you respond,” said CHS head coach Joe Pat Cope during his postgame press
conference with Thunder Radio. “We talked at halftime because we were upset giving
up 12 points [tonight]. We only gave up 10 in the second half and that’s
playing everybody. The girls played hard.”
Vinson ripped off 27 points to lead the way for Coffee County, including three 3-pointers.
Early on it was Chloe Gannon dominating in the paint. The sophomore post finished with 16 points on the night and helped Coffee County build an 18-6 first quarter lead as CHS focused on the post.
“We just put something in where we were using all three –
Bella, Chloe and Elli (Chumley) in the post at the same time tonight,”
explained Cope.
Sophomore point guard Jalie Ruehling got hot in the second
half and hit three 3-pointers to finish with 14 points.
Alivia Reel had her midrange jumpshot going to finish with 6. Emma Fulks added 3 points for Coffee County.
Erica Cantrell had six points for Warren County.
“We still got a long way to go in our zone rotation,” added Cope. “We should hold that team under 10 points if we are going to play at Blackman’s level. And we can.”
Warren County falls to 3-2 with the loss.
The Lady Raiders are now 5-1 on the season and will play at Goodpasture Saturday at 4:30 p.m. You can hear that game live on Thunder Radio (107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go smartphone app, thunder1320.com, and on Amazon Alexa: “Alexa, play Thunder Radio.”)
At left, Lady Raider Jalie Ruehling escapes a Lady Pioneer defender. At right, Emma Fulks (15) plays tight defense for the Lady Raiders — Thunder Radio photos by Holly Peterson
That’s how long it has been since the Coffee Middle School Red
Raider boys basketball team hit the floor due to COVID-19 quarantines and other
various cancellations.
You couldn’t tell Thursday night in Decherd – the Red
Raiders piled up 62 points to cruise to a 62-15 CTC win over North Franklin’s
Gators.
Colter Neel dominated, piling up 18 points in the win for
CMS. Cole Pippenger added 16 and guard Brady Wright finished with 10.
Courtland Farrar had 6 points, Evan Kirby 6 and Jase Cashion
3.
The win improves the Raiders to 3-1 on the season and gives
them 3 straight wins. They are 2-1 in conference play.
Meanwhile, the Lady Raiders of CMS got on the floor for the
first time since a Nov. 19 loss to Lipscomb Academy.
CMS pulled away in the second half to take a 41-23 road win
over the Gatorettes of North Franklin.
Eighth grader Olivia Vinson piled up 17 points in the win for
CMS, including a 9-for-12 performance at the free-throw line.
Channah Gannon put together a solid night in the post after
missing the Lady Raiders’ last game with a back injury, finishing with 14. She
was also solid at the charity stripe, knocking down 6-of-7.
Also scoring for the Lady Raiders: Natalie Barnes with 5
points, Sophie McInturff with 4, and Peyton Graham with 1 point.
The win improves the Lady Raiders to 5-1 on the season, 3-1
in conference play.
Both teams are set to play Harris Middle Monday night in Shelbyville.
Natalie Barnes brings the ball down the floor Thursday (Oct. 29, 2020) night at South Middle School. – Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson
Jules Ferrell led Westwood in points with 16 Thursday night in a win over Webb. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson
Westwood’s Lady Rocket basketball team got an impressive 16
points from Jules Ferrell to go along with 6 from Audri Patton on its way to a
35-25 win over Webb Thursday night at Joel Vinson Gymnasium in Manchester.
Also scoring for Westwood: Kadience Medley with 5, Emily
Holmes, Maddie Meacham, Keena Seivers and Rylee Clark all added 2 points.
Meanwhile, the Rockets took one on the chin, falling to Webb 59-24.
Blake Cummings led the way for WMS with 6 points.
Both teams are set to be back in action Monday, Dec. 7 when they travel to Cannon County. Tip for the girls game is set for 6 p.m. with the boys to follow.
Eighth grade Rocket Brayden Trail moves the ball up the floor for the Rockets. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly PetersonJayden Carter goes up for a shot against Webb. He finished with 4 points in the loss Monday, Dec. 3, 2020. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson
