Category: Sports

Coffee County looked to have all the momentum it needed going into halftime Thursday night at Wilkins Stadium in Tullahoma.

Then Jakobe Thomas got his hands on the football.

With the scored tied at 7-7 with 50 seconds left in the first half, Thomas got his hands on a Red Raider kickoff and sprinted 70 yards for a touchdown. The momentum swing proved insurmountable for the CHS Red Raiders as they went on to fall 42-13 in the 95th meeting between the two schools.

Thomas’ kickoff return came just seconds after Red Raider quarterback Connor Shemwell connected down the sideline with senior wide receiver Kelvin Verge for a 27-yard score to tie the game at 7. The score looked to tie the game heading into the locker room with the Raiders set to receive the second half kickoff.

But Thomas scored and the Wildcats went on to roll in the second half.

CHS fell behind 28-7 and cut the score to 28-13 on another connection from Shemwell to Verge, this time from 30-yards out. But the Raider defense finally wore down and Tullahoma pulled away.

Shemwell finished 12-of-23 through the air with two scoring passes to Verge, who finished with 63 receiving yards on three catches. Verge also had an interception of Tullahoma quarterback Ryan Scott near the end zone in the first quarter to thwart a Wildcat scoring opportunity. Verge was named the Mid Tenn Turf Player of the Game for Thunder Radio.

In addition to his kickoff return, Thomas finished with 113 yards on 10 totes for the Wildcats. He also two passes for 13 yards and a score.

The Raiders (1-1) will open region play next week when they travel to Blackman High School. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on Thunder Radio. Pregame begins at 6 p.m. with the Friday Night Thunder pregame show.

Coffee County Central High School volleyball remained perfect on the season, picking up a 3-0 sweep over visiting Lincoln County Thursday afternoon.

The win keeps CHS perfect with a 4-0 record. And, so far, the Lady Raiders haven’t even lost a single set. They have dropped everyone by clean sweeps.

CHS beat Lincoln County 25-21, 25-21 and 25-23.

Lauren Brandt finished with an impressive 20 assists on the afternoon. Brandt also served up an ace and had five kills. Brandt’s fancy sets allowed Lexi Bryan to finish with 9 kills, Keri Munn to add 8 and Kiya Ferrell 7.

The Lady Raiders will return to action Wednesday, Sept. 2, when they travel to Tullahoma for a 6 p.m. first serve.

Remnants of Hurricane Laura expected to be in the area Friday have forced the cancellation of the Westwood Middle School Lady Rocket soccer game against Coffee Middle.

Westwood volleyball will be in action Friday as the Rockets travel to Cascade.

The Rocket football team has a makeup game Monday, hosting Community at 6:30 p.m. Also Monday night, the CHS freshman team will host Tullahoma at 6:30 p.m.

Coffee County Central High School and Tullahoma High School will square off for the 95^th time Thursday night at Wilkins Stadium in Tullahoma.

The game was moved to Thursday due to the forecast for Friday evening calling for remnants of Hurricane Laura to be in the area.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and you can hear the game on Thunder Radio – 107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, streaming on the Manchester Go app and at www.thunder1320.com. Our coverage on Thunder Radio begins at 6 p.m. with our thorough pregame show – Friday Night Thunder (Thursday night edition). We will have the game broadcast and then the Friday Night Thunder Postgame. Be sure to tune in for the most complete coverage of Red Raider football.

Thunder Radio has also teamed up with RaiderTV, the CHS audio & visual class to allow the class to work on its skills while streaming to the Thunder Radio Facebook page.

Tullahoma leads the all-time series 61-31. Two games ended in a tie and. The Wildcats have won three in a row in the series after Coffee County won two in a row in 2016 and 2017.

Coffee Pot History

2019 THS 35, CHS 0

2018 THS 48, CHS 8

2017 THS 42, CHS 41

2016 CHS 49, THS 10

2015 CHS 42, THS 7

2014 THS 20 CHS 7

2013 THS 12 CHS 9

2012 THS 31 CHS 21

2011 THS 32 CHS 7

2010 THS 43 CHS 39

2009 THS 26 CHS 14

2008 THS 34 CHS 7

2007 CHS 42 THS 21

2006 THS 42 CHS 7

2005 THS 16 CHS 14

2004 THS 34 CHS 33

2003 CHS 14 THS 12

2002 THS 35 CHS 22

2001 THS 38 CHS 20

2000 THS 15 CHS 7

1999 THS 38 CHS 21

1998 THS 24 CHS 0

1997 THS 25 CHS 17

1996 CHS 18 THS 13

1995 THS 28 CHS 7

1994 THS 28 CHS 26

1993 THS 6 CHS 0

1992 THS 18 CHS 6

1991 THS 15 CHS 0

1990 THS 39 CHS 14

1989 CHS 10 THS 7

1988 THS 42 CHS 0

1987 THS 41 CHS 0

1986 THS 35 CHS 0

1985 CHS 17 THS 14

1984 THS 28 CHS 6

1983 THS 35 CHS 0

1982 CHS 28 THS 14

1981 CHS 20 THS 0

1980 CHS 14 THS 0

1979 THS 7 CHS 6

1978 THS 21 CHS 3

1977 CHS 12 THS 0

1976 CHS 10 THS 6

1975 CHS 14 THS 7

1974 CHS 14 THS 12

1973 CHS 28 THS 0

1972 THS 20 CHS 8

1971 THS 14 CHS 0

1970 CHS 28 THS 0

1969 CHS 6 THS 0

1968 THS 14 CHS 6

1967 CHS 27 THS 7

1966 CHS 20 THS 7

1965 THS 14 CHS 7

1964 THS 7 CHS 7 *

1963 THS 21 CHS 6

1962 THS 30 CHS 7

1961 THS 13 CHS 6

1960 THS 40 CHS 0

1959 CHS 26 THS 0

1958 CHS 10 THS 7

1957 THS 13 CHS 0

1956 THS 48 CHS 6

1955 THS 52 CHS 6

1954 THS 33 CHS 0

1953 CHS 13 THS 0

1952 CHS 34 THS 0

1951 THS 19 CHS 7

1950 THS 33 CHS 7

1949 THS 38 CHS 6

1948 CHS 32 THS 13

1947 THS 13 CHS 6

1946 THS 38 CHS 13

1945 THS 13 CHS 7

1944 NO GAME

1943 NO GAME

1942 THS 6 CHS 6*

1941 THS 6 CHS 0

1940 THS 20 CHS 0

1939 THS 19 CHS 6

1938 THS 24 CHS 19

1937 THS 12 CHS 0

1936 THS 8 CHS 7

1935 CHS 6 THS 0

1934 THS 13 CHS 0

1933 CHS 13 THS 0

1932 THS 6 CHS 0

1931 CHS 7 THS 6

1930 THS 15 CHS 12

1929 CHS 7 THS 6

1928 CHS 19 THS 0

1927 CHS 19 THS 0

1926 CHS 21 THS 0

1925 THS 6 CHS 0

1924 THS 6 CHS 0

Wins over 94 games

THS: 61 CHS: 31 *The 1942 and 1964 games ended in ties, and the game was not played in 1943 or 1944.

Most points scored

THS: 52 (1955) CHS: 49 (2016)

Most combined points 2017

THS 42, CHS 41 (83 total points)

Largest margin of victory:

THS 52-6 (1955) CHS: 49-10 (2016)

Shutouts

THS: 18 shutouts CHS: 14 shutouts

Thursday Prep Sports Schedule

5:30 p.m.: CHS volleyball junior varsity HOSTS Lincoln County

5:30 p.m.: CMS Soccer AT North

6 p.m.: CHS Soccer AT Shelbyville

6:30 p.m.: CHS volleyball HOSTS Lincoln County

7 p.m.: CHS Football AT Tullahoma (Broadcast on Thunder Radio beginning at 6 p.m.)

The Coffee County Middle School volleyball team fell to Tullahoma 1-2 in a best-of-three match Wednesday night on the road. The loss drops CMS to 5-2 on the season and splits the season series with Tullahoma.

The CMS junior varsity picked up a 2-1 win over the Lady Cats.

Westwood postpones football to Monday

With multiple area high schools moving their games from Friday to Thursday due to weather, Westwood Middle School has been forced to move its Thursday game against Community to Monday.

School officials said the game was moved because with so many high school games on Thursday, they were unable to secure officials for the game.

Kickoff is now set for 6:30 p.m. Monday from Dyer-Bouldin Field. In Manchester.

The 95^th annual Coffee Pot game has been moved to Thursday, Aug. 27. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Tullahoma’s Wilkins Stadium.

The game was originally scheduled for Friday, but with forecast calling for remnants of Hurricane Laura to be in the area, Tullahoma officials opted to move the game to Thursday.

Coffee County has a limited amount of tickets for the game and no tickets will be sold at the gate. Tickets will be available to players, band members, cheer squad and dance team today. Any tickets remaining can be purchased between 8 a.m. and noon Thursday at the CHS main office by the general public.

You can listen to the game live on Thunder Radio. Game activities begin at 6 p.m. with the “Thursday Night Thunder” pregame show, delivered by Riddle Trucking. We will carry the game from kickoff to conclusion, with the postgame show highlights as well. Listen at  107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM and stream on Manchester Go smartphone and www.thunder1320.com

Eighth grader Brady Wright stepped in front of a Harris Middle School pass and intercepted it at the goal line with 2 minute to play to seal a 19-16 win for Coffee Middle School Tuesday night in Shelbyville.

The interception ended a second half back-and-forth and stopped what looked to be a sure scoring drive for Harris. Just three minutes before Wright sealed the game with an interception, Cole Pippenger put the Raiders in front with a 14-yard touchdown run with 5 minutes to play. The extra point from Manny Gonzalez made it 19-16.

Pippenger’s score revived the Red Raiders (2-0 overall / 2-0 CTC) after Harris’ Zion Bonner busted into the end zone on fourth down from the five with seven minutes on the clock to give Harris a 16-12 lead.

The Raiders led 12-8 after three quarters. Pippenger scored late in the third quarter on fourth down from the 1-yard line.

In the first half it was Caiden Martin putting CMS up  6-0 in the first quarter when he scooped up a fumble on an errant snap and scampered into the end zone.

The Red Raiders will travel to South Middle School for a 6:30 p.m. kickoff Tuesday, Sept. 1.

The Coach Doug Greene Show – 7 p.m. live from Praters BBQ in Manchester. You can listen on Thunder Radio, 107.9 FM, 1320 AM.

9 a.m. – CHS golf hosts the Golden Classic Invitational at WillowBrook

5 p.m. – CMS volleyball AT Tullahoma

4:30 p.m. – Westwood Middle School volleyball HOSTS Cascade

5:30 p.m. – CHS Junior Varsity volleyball HOSTS Columbia

6:30 p.m. – CHS Volleyball HOSTS Columbia ** First National Bank Hometown Broadcast on Thunder Radio

6:30 p.m. – CMS Football AT Harris Middle