The Central High School boys basketball program has been shut down for at least 10 days due to COVID-19.
The stoppage comes a day after the Raiders pulled a 50-45 upset of Blackman Tuesday night in Manchester.
Meanwhile, the Lady Raiders will continue to play.
*Thursday night, Dec. 3 – The Lady Raiders will host Warren County. Tip at 6 p.m. (broadcast on Thunder Radio beginning at 5:45 p.m.)
*Saturday, Dec. 5 – The Red Raider home game against Marshall County has been cancelled
*Tuesday, Dec. 8 – The Lady Raiders travel to Columbia to open the district schedule. Tip is set for 6 p.m. (broadcast on Thunder Radio beginning at 5:45 p.m.)
*Friday, Dec. 11 – The Lady Raiders host Franklin County. Tip is set for 6 p.m. (broadcast on Thunder Radio beginning at 5:45 p.m.)
We will bring you more scheduling information as it is available.
Area prep sports schedule or Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.
6 p.m. – CHS Lady Raider basketball HOSTS Warren County (girls only). *** Game to be broadcast live on Thunder Radio. Pregame begins at 5:45 p.m. Listen at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app, Thunder1320.com and on Amazon Alexa (“Alexa, play Thunder Radio.”)
6 p.m. – CMS basketball AT North Franklin. (coverage online at thunder1320.com)
The Titans have signed veteran linebacker Will Compton to the team’s 53-man roster.
Compton has gone back and forth from the practice squad to the active roster during the 2020 season.
He’s played in seven games, with one start, and recorded 13 tackles. Compton started the team’s contest at Indianapolis over the weekend, and he split time with inside linebacker David Long Jr., opposite inside backer Rashaan Evans. Compton has also played a key role on special teams.
Red Raider senior C J Anthony (no. 3) draws a charge on the defensive end of the floor Tuesday night against Blackman. Anthony played his most complete game of the season and finished with 16 points for CHS. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson
The Red Raider basketball boys have put together pieces of
good games through their first four.
On Tuesday night against Blackman, it all came together.
Coffee County took a 27-22 halftime deficit and turned it
into a 50-45 win over the Blackman Blaze in Manchester, dropping a team that
eliminated the Raiders from the postseason a year ago.
Tyler Taylor came off the bench for Coffee County and hit three 3-pointers, including two huge shots in the fourth quarter on back-to-back possessions to put the Raiders in front 43-42 with 3 minutes to play. From there the Raiders never trailed again to improve to 3-2 on the season.
Hear the Thunder Radio audio from Tyler Taylor’s second fourth-quarter three pointer against Blackman.
CJ Anthony led the way for Coffee County with 16 points he
also knocked down two big 3-pointers in the second half to help the Raiders outscore
the Blaze 28-18 in the final two periods. Both Anthony and Tyler were named
Stone Fort Mortgage co-players of the game on Thunder Radio’s broadcast.
Six different Raiders were able to get into the scorebook – including seniors Kyle Farless and Hayden Hullett who added 9 and 7 points, respectively. Connor Shemwell pitched in five and Jaxon Vaughn four. The Raiders were 10-of-12 at the free throw line – which helped them seal the game at the end.
Miss Tuesday’s game? Listen to the Thunder Radio broadcast replay here.
The Raiders are set to host Warren County Thursday night at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. The girls tip off at 6 p.m. with the boys to follow. You can hear both games live on Thunder Radio beginning with the Powers Storage pregame show at 5:45 p.m.
Red Raider Tyler Taylor (no. 0) hit two big fourth quarter 3-pointers Tuesday night in the Raiders’ win over Blackman. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson
Coffee County junior Elli Chumley is fouled hard on her way to the basket Tuesday night. Chumley finished the game with 10 points. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson
Coffee County’s Lady Raider basketball team has either
dominated every game or found a way to scrape together a win all season.
That is until Tuesday night in Manchester.
Blackman, widely considered one of the top three teams in
the state of Tennessee, came into Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gynnasium and took a
17-4 first quarter lead on its way to a 56-40 win.
“[Blackman] was very physical but we needed that,” said junior Elli Chumley, who finished with 10 points on the night for the Lady Raiders. “Every game is not going to be a piece of cake.”
Listen to some of CHS head coachJoe Pat Cope’s postgame comments on Thunder Radio here.
Coffee County recovered
from the sloppy first quarter and trailed 36-24 at the half. But regardless of
some offensive improvement, Blackman was able to do what it wanted on the
offensive end of the floor to prevent a Lady Raider run. Victoria Page finished
with 13 points, including three 3-pointers. Meanwhile, Kaylee Odom was solid in
the paint with 13 points.
“That was my first time in four years here that I thought we played a team that was quicker than us in every position,” said CHS head coach Joe Pat Cope. “That’s a good basketball team. We knew they were athletic, they eliminated us [in the region] last year. We’ve got to watch film, get in here tomorrow and get to that level.”
Senior Bella Vinson led the Lady Raiders in points with 18,
Jalie Ruelhing added 10 and Chumley 10. But CHS struggled to get contributions
outside of its big three – getting two points from Alivia Reel and everyone
else was held off the board.
The loss drops Coffee County to 4-1 on the season. The Lady Raiders will host Warren County at 6 p.m. Thursday. That game will be broadcast live on Thunder Radio, beginning with pregame at 5:45 p.m.
CHS senior Bella Vinson goes up for a shot in the first half Tuesday night against Blackman. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson
Thunder Radio is excited to announce the launch of The
Basketball Coaches Show (Financed by First Bank of Manchester).
The weekly show will air live from Praters BBQ in Manchester
from 6-7 p.m. on Wednesday, beginning on Dec. 2. The show will feature Central
High School Lady Raider head coach Joe Pat Cope and CHS Red Raider head coach
Micah Williams, along with different players, assistant coaches and special guests
from week to week.
“We are proud to provide this platform to celebrate and highlight our high school basketball programs, the coaches and hard-working Lady Raiders and Red Raiders every week on Thunder Radio,” said Josh Peterson, owner of Thunder Radio. “Over the past handful of years our high school basketball teams have established a remarkably high standard for success on and off the court that our community should be proud of. We are proud to partner with them, broadcast their games and now offer this opportunity.”
Each week the show will feature 30 minutes to focus on the boys program and 30 minutes to focus on the girls. It will be hosted by Josh Peterson.
Parents and general community fans are welcome and encouraged to attend and interact with the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders. Food purchase is not required to attend. Praters is located at 620 Woodbury Highway in Manchester.
This show is the latest in a long line of local sports programming on Thunder Radio. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast on Thunder Radio every Saturday, focusing on athletes and coaches in all sports at all levels, and The Coach Doug Greene Show is aired during the fall, highlighting CHS Red Raider football on Wednesdays. In addition, Thunder Radio is your home for all Red Raider and Lady Raider sports.
Red Raider and Lady Raider basketball is broadcast live on
Thunder Radio all season at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, on the Manchester Go smartphone
app, at thunder1320.com and on Amazon Alexa (“Alexa, play Thunder Radio.”).
Winter weather wreaked havoc on local sports schedules
Monday, Nov. 30.
The Central High School Lady Raider and Red Raider
basketball games scheduled to be at home against Warren County were postponed.
Administration officials are attempting to schedule a makeup date for Thursday,
Dec. 3 at home, but that will be reliant on the ability to schedule officials
and is not yet confirmed.
Meanwhile, the Coffee Middle School home game against South
Franklin and the Westwood Middle School road game against Ezell Harding were
both cancelled. CMS is unsure if a makeup date will be possible due to limited availability
due to early-season COVID postponements.
The Titans waived long snapper Matt Orzech on Monday.
Orzech did not play in a game for the Titans after being signed
off Miami’s practice squad earlier this month.
Matt Overton has served as the team’s long snapper since the
team released veteran Beau Brinkley.
Orzech, who played collegiately at Azusa Pacific, handled the long snapping duties for the Jaguars in 2019, appearing in all 16 games. He was originally signed by Baltimore as an undrafted rookie in 2019, but after being waived he was claimed by the Jaguars. Orzech was signed to Miami’s practice squad in September.
