It matters more in May – the softball postseason is here.
The CHS Lady Raider softball team will open the District 6-4A tournament by hosting Shelbyville at 6 p.m. Thursday at Terry Floyd Field in Manchester.
Coffee County swept Shelbyville 3-0 during the regular season.
The tournament is double elimination. The top two teams will advance to the Region 3-4A tournament.
Hear the Lady Raiders take on Shelbyville on Thunder Radio – pregame at 5:50 and first pitch at 6 p.m. Thursday: 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com.
CMS baseball places second in area; advances to sectional tournament
A 4-3 win over Harris in 10-innings pushed the Coffee Middle baseball team to the area championship and a trip to TMSAA sectional tournament.
Monday night against Harris, Trace Parker singled on a 1-0 count to score a run and give the Raiders a walk-off 4-3 win over Harris.
Leiton Yancer was the winning pitcher for the Raiders, working the last two innings.
The game was tied 1-1 going into extra innings. The Eagles scored 2 in the top of the 9th and the Raiders tied the game in the bottom half to force a 10th inning.
The Raiders turned around on Tuesday and lost to Tullahoma 8-1 in the area championship.
Coffee County got behind 8-0 in the first three innings and held the Cats there, but couldn’t muster enough offense to comeback. Caleb Crouch scored the lone Raider run. He had two hits on the night.
CMS will now advance to the the sectional and take on no. 1 seed Christiana at Christiana on Monday, May 9.
Westwood girls soccer tryouts set for May 10 and 12
Westwood Lady Rocket soccer coach Angela Houck has announced tryout dates for next fall’s team.
Tryouts will be held from 3:15-4:30 p.m. on May 10 and May 12 at the practice field behind hte school.
For more information and details, contact coach Houck at Westwood Middle School: email srofea@k12mcs.net.
Raider baseball drops regular season finale at Rockvale
The regular season is over for the CHS Red Raider baseball team after a tight 4-3 loss at Rockvale Tuesday.
The Raiders lost despite a pair of RBI on two hits from Caleb Moran and an RBI out of Dayne Crosslin. The Raiders only managed 6 hits in the loss.
Coffee County got multiple pitchers work on the mound in preparation for this weekend’s district tournament. Jacob Holder, Aiden Robertson, Fellers and Cole Pippenger all worked on the mound. Robertson was hit with the loss, giving up 3 runs on 3 walks and 2 hits. None of the runs were earned – the Raiders committed two errors.
CHS will play Warren County at 4:30 p.m. Friday in the first round of the District 6-4A tournament. All tournament games will be in Manchester. See bracket below.
REMINDER: Coffee Middle School announces sports tryout dates for 2022-23 school year
Coffee Middle School has announced tryout information for the upcoming 2022-23 school year. Information below with general tryout information included at the bottom.
| Football |
| May 2-13 (7 & 8 Grade ONLY) Spring Practice & Tryouts |
| June 2 @ 5:00 6th Grade Parent Meeting in Gym |
| Coach Bryan Morgan |
| morganbryan@k12coffee.net |
| Volleyball | |
| May 31, June 1 & 2 (6-8 Grades) | |
| 8:30 – 10:30 | |
| Coach Tori Adams | |
| taylort@k12coffee.net |
| Boys Basketball (6-8 Grade) | |
| May 17 4:00-5:30 (6th Grade) | |
| May 18 3:00-4:45 (7th & 8th Grade) | |
| May 18 4:00-5:30 (6th Grade) | |
| May 19 3:00-4:45 (7th & 8th Grade) | |
| Coach Jonathan Oliver | |
| oliverj@k12coffee.net |
| Girls Soccer | |
| June 2nd, 3rd & 6th | |
| 5:00-6:30 (6-8 Grades) | |
| Coach Travis Moore | |
| radderaxe@gmail.com |
| Girls Basketball | |
| May 9 & 10 (6-8 Grade) | |
| 4:30-6:00 each day | |
| Coach David Vinson | |
| vinsond@k12coffee.net |
| Softball |
| May 30-June 1 (6-8 Grades) |
| 2:00-4:30 |
| Coach Tiffany McCormick |
| mccormickt@k12coffee.net. |
| Cross Country | |
| Parent meeting April 18 @ 6:00, CCMS Cafeteria | |
| First Practice is July 25th (6-8 Grades) | |
| 9:00 am @ Raider Academy (Track) | |
| Coach Matt Rossman | |
| rossmanm@k12coffee.net |
| Cheerleading |
| May 3rd & 4th 3:30-5:00 (6-8 Grades) |
| May 6th 3:30-5:30 (6-8 Grades) |
| Coach Nikki Alonso |
| alonson@k12coffee |
| Boys Soccer |
| June 1st & 2nd |
| 8:00-10:00 (6-8 Grades) |
| Coach Jonathan Graf |
| grafj@k12coffee.net |
| Baseball |
| June 2nd & 3rd (6-8 Grades) |
| 5:00-7:00 pm |
| Coach Brock Freeze |
| freezeb@k12coffee.net. |
| Swim |
| Sept. 16 (6-8 Grades) |
| 3:30-4:30 |
| **Tryouts will be held at the Manchester Rec. Center |
| Coach Becky Behrendorff |
| behrendorffb@k12coffee.net |
| Tennis, Track and Golf tryouts will be in the Spring of 2023. General Information: | |||
| –ALL tryouts will be held at Coffee County Middle School, unless otherwise noted. | |||
| –Every student MUST have a physical dated on or after April 15, 2021 to participate in tryouts. If he/she makes | |||
| a team, they will need a physical dated on/after April 15, 2022 prior to the beginning of the 22-23 school year. | |||
| -Every student must have a completed Parent Consent, Cardiac Arrest & Concussion Form prior to tryouts. | |||
| (The Parent Consent is part of the Physical form.) | |||
| -All forms can be found on the CCMS Website. http://ccms.coffeecountyschools.com | |||
| -Homeschool students are now allowed to try out prior to completing their | |||
| paperwork for the year. If he/she makes a team, then their Homeschool paperwork must be turned into the | |||
| Central Office before August 1. However, they still must possess all the forms noted above (Physical, | |||
| Parent Consent, etc….) to participate in tryouts. |
BASEBALL: Westwood season ends in DRVC tournament
A 4-3 lead after three innings dissipated into an 11-5 loss to Community and an end to the season for the Westwood Rockets baseball team Monday night in Manchester.
Westwood got outhit 11-9. Both teams made 5 errors.
Kaysen Lowery and Davis McKenzie each notched two hits for the Rockets. Isiah Deadman had a double and Keller Hatfield drove in a pair of runs for the Rockets.
But it wasn’t enough – Community added 3 insurance runs in the top of the seventh.
Westwood finishes the season 11-7 overall.
GOLF: Raiders, Rockets end in tie after weather cuts match short
Westwood Middle and Coffee Middle hooked up at WillowBrook Golf Course Monday afternoon – finishing.
The two teams were tied at 6 flags apiece when lightning forced them off the course.
For Westwood – the team of Jack Stowe and Danica Fleenor picked up 3 flags. The team of Landon Collins, Thompson Lowe and Jaxon Phillips and Calvin Barrett each picked up 1.5 flags.
For Coffee Middle, Noah Costello and Luke Lowe got 3 flags. And the teams of Cade Williams, Lucas Turner and Tallan Crosslin and Elijah Carter snagged 1.5 flags each.
Coffee County Central baseball, softball district tournament brackets are set
This story has been updated with a new bracket for baseball. The original bracket had an incorrect time for CHS baseball on Friday.
With the regular season wrapping up early this week – District 6-4A postseason brackets are now out for the Coffee County Central Red Raider baseball team and Lady Raider softball team.
Good news – games are in Manchester.
The Lady Raider softball team is the no. 1 seed entering the softball tournament and, as long as the Lady Raiders keep winning, will remain at home for the duration of the tournament. The only way they would travel would be if they reached the championship game out of the loser’s bracket.
The Lady Raiders open the tournament at 6 p.m. Thursday – hosting no. 4 seed Shelbyville. That game will be broadcast live on Thunder Radio. If they win, they will be at home again Friday at 6 p.m. and that will be a Thunder Radio broadcast.
Meanwhile, the Raider baseball team is the no. 2 seed and will be at home for the duration of the District tournament as Manchester is the host site for all games. The Raiders will play at 4:30 p.m. Friday against no. 3 Warren County. They went 2-2 against the Pioneers this season. They will play again at noon or 2:30 p.m. Saturday depending on if they win or lose Friday – the Saturday game will be a Thunder Radio broadcast.
Both baseball and softball tournaments are double elimination. The top two teams will advance to the Region 3-4A semi-finals. All Thunder Radio broadcasts can be heard at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunde1320.com.
Full brackets below:
Raider baseball picks up two non-district wins over the weekend
Coffee County Central baseball team extended a season long win streak to 4 in a row with a pair of non-district wins: dropping Riverdale 8-6 Friday and Rockvale 7-6 Saturday in Manchester.
CHS 8, Riverdale 6
Seven early runs were enough for the Raiders to hold on and beat the Warriors of Riverdale Friday in Manchester.
Timmy Henderson earned the win on the mound. He went six innings, scattering 10 hits while striking out 5 and walking 2. He allowed 4 runs (3 earned). Cole Pippenger got the save – allowing a pair of runs on a hit and 2 strikeouts in the seventh, closing the door on a Warrior rally.
Jacob Sherrill did the majority of the damage at the plate for the Raiders. The senior knocked in 4 runs on a pair of hits, including a double.
CHS 7, Rockvale 6
Coffee County clawed back from down 4-0 and 6-3 to eventually tie the game at 6-6 in the bottom of the 6th inning before winning in the 8th.
THIS GAME WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON THUNDER RADIO. CLICK HERE FOR THE BROADCAST REPLAY.
A groundball hit by Jacob Holder kicked off the glove of Rockvale’s shortstop and into centerfield. That allowed Caleb Moran (who singled and then stole second base) to motor around to home and give the Raiders the win.
After falling behind 4-0, Coffee County settled in and slowly got back into the game. Sherrill settled things on the mound – he worked the middle 4 and 2/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 7 hits while striking out 3. Fellers pitched the final 2 1/3 and did not allow a run.
At the plate, Aiden Robertson was 4-for-4 on four infield singles, including 3 bunt singles. He was able to get across the plate once. Moran scored twice on a pair of hits and had an RBI. Moran and Pippenger each doubled in the game for the Raiders.
Coffee County is now 12-14 on the season.
Brady Nugent 
Brady Nugent 
Brendan Sheppard 
Andrew Dawson 
Cole Pippenger 
Jacob Sherrill 
Dayne Crosslin 
Dayne Crosslin 
Aiden Robertson
Lady Rocket softball takes 2nd in DRVC tournament; baseball Rockets shutout Fayetteville City
Westwood Lady Rocket softball team fought all the way to the DRVC Championship game before eventually falling to Community.
Coming out of the loser’s bracket, Westwood forced a second game against Community before losing to end the run with a second place finish.
Westwood had to pull some nice wins to reach the title game, including a 14-7 win over Moore County.
In the win over Moore County, Jules Ferrell set the tone with a pair of doubles, a triple, single and four runs scored. Audri Patton and Lily Norman took advantage of Ferrell on base. Patton singled and tripled to pick up two RBI, she also scored twice. Meanwhile, Norman was 4-for-4 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored.
Rocket baseball bounces back
After a devastating late-inning loss to Huntland to open the DRVC baseball tournament in Manchester, Westwood bounced back to completely shut down Fayetteville City 6-0 Saturday afternoon in Manchester. The Rocket pitching staff combined to one-hit the Tigers.
Kaysen Lowery nearly finished a complete-game shutout. Lowery allowed 1 hit over 6 2/3 innings and struck out 9 batters. Isiah Deadman got the final out on the mound.
Westwood busted a 0-0 tie with a big 4-run third and tacked on single runs in the fourth and fifth innings.
Ethan McKenzie and Keller Hatfield each knocked in a pair of runs at the plate. Hatfield had two hits, including a triple. Carter Bell doubled in a run for the Rockets.
Carter Bell 
Kaysen Lowery 
Ayden Vanwinkle