The Coffee County Middle School 6th grade basketball teams hosted their home opener on Monday night as they welcomed Warren County to the CCMS gym. The Lady Raiders used a strong 3rd quarter to grab a 29 to 6 win. The Red Raiders held off a 2nd half charge by Warren County to capture a 29 to 20 win.
After a cold shooting first half, the Lady Raiders
took a 7 to 2 lead into the halftime break.
Coffee County erupted for 18 points in the 3rd quarter to
settle the outcome. The Lady Raiders
were led in scoring by Natalie Barnes who finished with 16 points. Ella Arnold added 8 points and Morgan Spears
finished with 4.
Jace Cashion of CCMS basketball
The Red Raiders charged out to a 10 point lead at
the half but had to weather a Warren County rally to lead by 4 entering the 4th
quarter. Coffee Middle outscored the
Pioneers 10 to 5 in the 4th quarter to grab the win. The Red Raiders were led in scoring by Jace
Cashion who had 8 points. Landon
Abellana added 7 points and Alex Kilgore chipped in 6 points in the win.
The Raiders and Lady Raiders will be back at home
on Tuesday as they welcome West Tullahoma to CCMS. The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM.
The Temple volleyball team traveled to Madison,
Alabama on Monday night to take on Madison Baptist Academy and Franklin Road
Christian of Murfreesboro in a tri-match.
Coming off a 2nd place finish in a tournament in Lexington,
KY on Friday and Saturday, the Lady Eagles were taking on more strong
competition. Temple managed a split on
the night.
Temple opened the night with a 2 set loss to Franklin
Road. The Lady Eagles lost by set scores
of 23-25 and 25 to 18. In the first set,
Temple raced out to a 7 to 1 lead only to see Franklin Road tie the game. In the 2nd set, Franklin Road used
4 service aces to build a lead of 17 to 5 as they grabbed the straight set win.
The Lady Eagles bounced back in the nightcap to
grab a straight set win over the host Madison Baptist team. Temple got 8 service aces to grab the win by
set scores of 25-18 and 25-18. Trailing 7 to 5 in the 1st set,
Temple rallied for 8 straight points to take a lead they would not
relinquish. Trailing 11 to 7 in the 2nd
set, the Lady Eagles rolled off 11 straight points to seize control.
The doubleheader ends the regular season for
Temple. The Lady Eagles have accepted an
invitation to compete in a post season tournament in December to be held in
Lexington, KY.
5:30 PM – CHS Volleyball vs. Blackman – Region Tournament at Siegel 6:00 PM – CCMS Basketball(6th Grade) HOSTS West Tullahoma 6:30 PM – CHS Soccer HOSTS Shelbyville – Dist Tournament – 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series broadcast on Thunder Radio
The Coffee County CHS football team traveled to Maplewood on Friday night for their final non-region game of the year. In a battle of defenses, the Red Raiders could not take advantage of great field position all night as they struggled with horrible weather conditions. Maplewood got a pair of 2nd half touchdowns to grab a rain-soaked 14 to 8 win over Coffee County.
In a driving rain in the first half, Coffee County started all 5 of their drives in Maplewood territory but could only manage one touchdown on offense. The Raiders moved to the 12 yard line on their 1st drive before turning it over on downs. On the 1st offensive snap for Maplewood, the wet football squirted past the quarterback on the snap into the end zone where Collin Ward tackled the running back for the safety and a 2 to 0 lead. Coffee County scored their lone touchdown on an 8 play drive that began at the Maplewood 11 yard line in the 2nd quarter. Matthew Pittman squeezed in on 4th down from the 1 yard line for the score and the extra point attempt into the wind sailed wide to give Coffee County an 8 to 0 lead at the half.
Maplewood got their 2 touchdowns in the 2nd
half thanks to a pair of big plays. A
jet sweep with 6:16 to go in the 3rd period resulted in a 78 yard
score for the Panthers, but the missed extra point made the score 8 to 6. On the next drive, a 56 yard run gave
Maplewood a 1st and goal at the 1.
Coffee County held the Panthers out of the end zone until 4th
down before Alex Broome of Maplewood scored his 2nd touchdown on an
8th yard run . The 2 point
conversion was good as Maplewood took their only lead with 10 minutes to go in
the game. The Panther defense stifled
Coffee County in the 4th quarter and held on for the win.
The Raiders were held to 145 yards of total offense in the game, including 67 yards in the 1st half. Pittman was the leading rusher for Coffee County as he carried the ball 20 times for 86 yards. Marshall Haney had 12 carries for 39 yards. Connor Shemwell was 3 of 14 passing in the miserable weather conditions for 20 yards. For his heads up play on the safety, Collin Ward was named the Mid-Tenn Turf Most Valuable Player.
The Red Raiders are on the road again next Friday
as they travel to McMinnville to take on Warren County. The game will kick off at 7 PM at Warren
County Middle School. Thunder Radio’s
live coverage will begin with the Friday Night Thunder Pregame Show at 6
PM.
The College Street and Westwood elementary cross country teams raced on Saturday in the 2019 Chattanooga Cross Country State Qualifier Meet. The College Street boys and girls teams each came home with a 5th place team finish to qualify for the state meet in Knoxville on Saturday. Five runners from Westwood also qualified based on their individual times. Additionally, Harlow Maychrzak of North Coffee Elementary qualified as she ran a time of 7:27.94 to finish in 24th place.
For the College Street girls, Jada Nagel was the
top finisher as she broke the tape in 14th place with a time of
7:08.57. Other Lady Cougar runners with
their time and finish position were: Sallona Dillard
For the boys, Jaxon Pruitt was the top finisher as
he finished with a time of 6:53.95 which was good enough for 26th
place. Other Cougar runners with their
time and finish position were: Riley
Evans(7:03.45, 34th place); Bryton Toombs(7:06.71, 40th);
Samuel Burch(7:18.20, 48th); Jamie Ferguson(7:32.46, 59th);
Kayden Morris(7:47.95, 73rd); Samuel Rogers(8:02.95, 78th);
Blane Ingle(8:10.70, 80th); Ethan Hayes(8:15.95, 82nd);
Remington Cargile(8:33.03, 91st); Bennett Sanders(8:43.80, 95th);
Cole Shedd(8:44.70, 96th); Logan Mancino(8:47.47, 97th);
Aidan Hayes(8:50.21, 98th); Brady Clem(8:50.72, 99th);
Niko Zou(8:54.78, 103rd); and Aaden Mancino(9:08.21, 109th);
For the Westwood boys, Ricardo Solorio was the top
finisher in 22nd place with a time of 6:47.46; Joel Poxtan was 61st
with a time of 7:34.97 and Levi Rossman came in 62nd with a time of
7:35.71 as all 3 qualified for state as individuals. Other Westwood boy runners were: Eli
Henley(7:38.72, 68th); Alex Dolack(7:54.72, 75th); John
Martinez(8:01.96, 76th); Eduardo Poxton(8:02.70, 77th);
Dominick Campbell(8:19.72, 85th); Gaiden Stinson(8:22.03, 86th);
Aaron James(8:54.20, 101st); Oswaldo Moreno(10:01.54, 112th)
and Markus Walden(10:53.97, 113th).
For the Westwood girls, Bella
VanZandbergen(7:52.09, 41st) and Addison Frederick(7:56.09, 45th)
qualified for the state meet as individuals.
Other Westwood girl runners were: Chloe Smith(8:53.31, 82nd);
Lexxi VanZandbergen(9:01.56, 87th); Kate Kennedy(9:11.56, 96th);
Elie Davenport(9:11.56, 97th); Danica Fleenor(9:35.32, 98th);
Hayley Pope(9:36.57, 99th); Carter Trail(9:50.32, 104th);
Kenzi Benedict(9:51.57, 105th); Jean Waldon(10:14.32, 110th);
Alyssa Bowen(10:56.60, 113th); Serena Selby(12:15.31, 118th)
and Summer Harrell(13:35.00, 119th).
The Tennessee State Elementary School
Championships is hosted by Knoxville Youth Athletics at Victor Ashe Park.
The College Street and Westwood runners will all compete in the 1 mile
race. The girls’ race will start at
10:30 AM(EDT) on Saturday with the boys’ race scheduled for 10:50 AM(EDT) on
Saturday.
Competing against a field of 56 middle school
runners, Kailee Rossman of Westwood took part in the Chattanooga State
Qualifier on Saturday. Running as an independent, Rossman finished in 21st
place overall with a time of 14:38.06 on the 2 mile Moccasin Bend course.
That finish was good enough to qualify Kailee for Saturday’s Tennessee State
Middle School Cross Country Championships.
Rossman will compete in the state meet on Saturday
in Knoxville. The Tennessee State Middle School Championships is hosted
by Knoxville Youth Athletics at Victor Ashe Park. Kailee will once again
participate individually in a race that featured 306 runners in 2018. The
race will get underway at 1:00 PM EDT on Saturday.
The Coffee County CHS cross country team traveled
to Dickson on Saturday to compete in the Mid State Cross Country Association
Championship. Over 500 runners descended
on Buckner Park for the event featuring teams from all over middle
Tennessee. In their final tune-up before
Saturday’s region championship, the Raider runners posted strong times on a
chilly day in Dickson.
For the Red Raiders, Jacob Rutledge led the way
with a 35th place finish posting a time 17:27.57 for the 5K
course. Garrett Masters posted a time of
19:13.94, Ethan Welch finishes in 19:42.78, Jacob Slabaugh ran a 20:17.84,
Christian Alvarez came home in 20:23.79, Bodey Todd ran a 20:48.66 and Jacob
Melton posted a time of 20:57.09 to help lead Coffee County to a 15th
place team finish.
For the Lady Raiders, Patricia Barrera was the top finisher as she posted a time of 23:05.43 to capture 96th place. Other Lady Raiders runners were: Madison Rooker who ran a 25:02.27; Zoe Mills who posted a 25:14.71 and Haley Sherrill who ran a 28:22.53.
The Raider thinclads are back in action on October
24th when they compete in the TSSAA Region Meet. That meet will be held at Cedars of Lebanon
State Park in Lebanon. The girls’ race
is set for 9:30 AM with the boys to follow at 10:10 AM.
MYFL was in full swing on Saturday with all six teams in action.
TCYFL Flag Division Loses Close Game. Story by Danny Strickland.
Red Raiders Flag A Group lost 19-7 in a tough game to the Cannon County Lions on Saturday. Kyson Norris scored the Raiders lone touchdown with a 4 yard run and Tripp Trussler tacked on the XP.
B Group won a nail bitter 7-6 with Brodie Alijah scoring on a 2 yard run and Ethan Proctor scoring the XP.
Next week the flag team battles Watertown for Homecoming with a chance at the playoffs with a win.
Red Raiders Whitman Too Much For Cannon County Lions. Written by Lawrence Phillips JR Division(8-9 year olds)
AJ Whitman ran for over 200 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 extra points. Audie Nicoll caused a fumble which was recovered by Gavin Smith. The Raiders only allowed the Lions 12 points and increased their record to 4-1. Manchester 28 Cannon County 12
Sr Division (10-12 year olds) Cannon County demonstrated why they sit atop the Tri County standings handing the Raiders a lopsided 48-0 loss. The Raiders couldn’t get around the Lions massive line and couldn’t contain a very large very fast running back. Manchester 0 Cannon County 48
Manchester Red Raiders Too Elite for Marshall County Elite
The SMTYFA Teams traveled to Lewisburg, TN to face the Marshall County Elite. Division 1(5-6-7 year olds) Karson Wimley had a fumble recovery, two rushing touchdowns and 50 yard reception from Kayleb Morris. Davion Dycus added two and also had two fumble recoveries. Avery Hodges, Macc Chappin,Lawson Maychrzak, Brysen Hall each added touchdowns with Nathan Bogart, Hayes Shemwell and Braxson Wilder all adding extra points. The Raiders defense held another opponent scoreless and the Raiders move to 7-0. Manchester 46 Marshall County 0
Division 2(8-9 year olds) Levi Scott ran for three touchdowns. Treyvion Mathis ran for two more and also kicked a two point field goal to lead the Raiders past Marshall County and move to 6-1. Manchester 32 Marshall County 0
Division 3 (10-12 year olds) Caiden Martin had 2 touchdown runs. Landen Abellana, Isaiah Robledo, Kaysen Lowery each with a touchdown and an an extra point. Lowery also threw a 2 point conversion pass to Tyler Martin. Jase Cashion added an extra point. The Raiders defense matched the two younger teams by posting another shutout and keep their record perfect at 7-0. Manchester 42 Marshall County 0
MYFL will close out the 2019 regular season next Saturday October 19th with 6 games and Homecoming festivities at Carden-Jarrell field for both associations. TCYFL will be playing host to Watertown and SMTYFA will be hosting Liberty. TCYFL games start at 10:00 am. SMTYFA games will start at the conclusion of the Tri County Sr Division game. Hope to see everyone there. Go Big Red!
Trailing 4-1 in the third period, the Nashville Predators seemed destined to pull off a herculean effort again, just two days after they’d done the very same thing in their previous game. Viktor Arvidsson, Matt Duchene and Colton Sissons scored to tie the game, 4-4, in the first nine minutes of the final frame, but the Los Angeles Kings found the game-winner in the final minute of regulation on Saturday in California.
Two empty-net goals for L.A. inflated the final score to 7-4, but Duchene didn’t shy away from calling the loss a “wake-up call” for the Preds. The loss drops the Predators’ record to 3-2-0 and starts their three-game road trip off on a frustrating note.
“It’s a disappointing loss for two reasons,” Duchene said. “One, I think we play 60 [minutes], we show what we can do, but we didn’t. Secondly, it’s impressive what we’re capable of doing when we need to, but… you have to score three goals in the third period to tie it and four to win, and we get the three and it should be going to overtime. They get one at the end there, and that was disappointing, because I felt like we at least deserved a point, but it’s a good wake-up call for us early in the season.”
“Third period, I thought we played hard, but the first two periods, I thought we were outworked,” Preds Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “They were more on their toes and ready to go more than we were, and they grabbed the energy in their home opener and they took it to us for really two periods.”
Mikael Granlund gave the Preds a 1-0 lead when he went top shelf from a sharp angle less than five minutes into the opening frame, and Filip Forsberg assisted on the marker to give him points in all five games this season.
Michael Amadio and Anze Kopitar tallied for Los Angeles in the first period, and Kyle Clifford and Ilya Kovalchuk added two more in the second stanza.
“They were way better than us, plain and simple, for the first two periods, and we didn’t play well at all so for some reason,” Preds Captain Roman Josi said. “We just came out flat, and if it wasn’t for [goaltender Juuse Saros], it could’ve been a lot worse. We battled back, but we can’t dig ourselves a hole like that through two periods.”
The Predators got one back early in the third when Arvidsson took a feed from Ryan Johansen and slid the puck over the line while falling to the seat of his pants to make it 4-2. The assist also allowed Johansen to extend his point streak to five games.
Then, on the power play, Duchene got a bounce in front and also extended his point streak to five games, as he converted for his second goal in as many outings. The marker also gives the Predators a power-play goal in four straight games, a feat they did not accomplish at all last season.
Just 34 seconds after Duchene’s strike, Sissons redirected a Ryan Ellis shot past Jack Campbell to tie the game at 4-4, but with 59 seconds to play, Alex Iafallo put the winning goal past Saros.
The Kings put two more into an empty net before the final horn sounded in a game that left that Predators expressing disappointment in what could have been.
“You got to give [the Kings] a lot of credit,” Duchene said. “They did a lot of good things. They were the better team through 40 [minutes], they outplayed us, they pushed us around a little bit, but at the same time, if you’re going to shoot yourself in the foot, it’s better to do it at the start of the year and learn from it than do it at the end of the year. We’ve got to take the lessons from tonight. That one stings because when we tied it, we at least believed we were going to OT, and we like our team in OT. It’s disappointing.”
Notes:
Saturday marked the 400th NHL game for Preds forwards Filip Forsberg and Calle Jarnkrok.
Rocco Grimaldi missed his second-straight game with a lower-body injury. Defenseman Dan Hamhuis re-entered the Nashville lineup on Saturday; Matt Irwin was the lone healthy scratch.
The Predators will continue their road trip in Nevada when they take on the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday before finishing up in Arizona against the Coyotes on Thursday.
A dreadful performance on offense produced a quarterback change, but not a victory – the Titans lost 16-0 to the Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High.
The Titans replaced starting quarterback Marcus Mariota with back-up Ryan Tannehill in the third quarter of Sunday’s game. It was Tannehill’s first action since the Titans traded for the former Dolphins quarterback earlier this offseason.
Tannehill couldn’t engineer a comeback, however, as the Titans dropped to 2-4 on the season.
The Broncos led 6-0 at the half on a pair of field goals from kicker Brandon McManus, from 31 and 53 yards.
Meanwhile, the Titans struggled on offense. Mariota was sacked three times in the first half, and the team couldn’t get anything going.
The Broncos stretched their lead to 13-0 on a two-yard touchdown run by running back Phillip Lindsay, and another kick by McManus made it 16-0 with 4:53 left in the contest.
Titans safety Kevin Byard did his best to provide a spark early in the second half when he intercepted Broncos quarterback Joe Flacco on Denver’s first possession. Byard caught the ball after it bounced off the back of Denver tight end Noah Fant.
But the Titans couldn’t capitalize.
Mariota completed just 7-of-18 passes for 63 yards and two interceptions and a 9.5 rating before being replaced with 4:49 in the third quarter, with the Titans trailing 13-0.
Mariota threw his first interception of the season at the end of the first half, and he was intercepted again in the third quarter.
The Titans face the Los Angeles Chargers next Sunday at Nissan Stadium.
