A two out double in the top of the 7th by Kaitlyn Davis and a passed ball gave the Coffee County Central Lady Raiders a 4-2 road district win at Warren County Tuesday night.
With the score tied 2-2 going into the 7th and final inning, sophomore Chesnie Cox led off with a single for the Lady Raiders. The Lady Pioneers recorded two quick strikeouts before Davis doubled on a line drive to left field to score Cox and put CHS in front. A passed ball allowed Kara Wheeler (running for Davis) to motor around and give CHS an insurance run.
Warren County got the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh but Emily Schuster snagged a pop up and doubled the runner off first to end the threat.
The game was tied at 2-2 after both teams pushed across a pair in the third inning. Coffee County senior Kiya Ferrell doubled home Olivia Evans to put CHS in front. Ferrell later scored on an error.
Cox and Evans each finished with a pair of hits for the Lady Raiders. Evans also recorded a stolen base, along with Cox and Haidyn Campbell. Davis, Cox and Ferrell all doubled.
Davis picked up the win in the circle. She allowed 10 hits and struck out 3. Neither Warren County run was earned. Davis did not issue a walk.
The Lady Raiders improve to 7-6 overall with the win and 2-0 in District 6-4A play. They are set to host Franklin County at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6 weather permitting. That game will be broadcast live on Thunder Radio:107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com.
Raider infielder McKenzie done for the season with torn ACL
Coffee County Central’s baseball team received tough, but expected news on Tuesday. Starting infielder Carter McKenzie is done for the season with a torn ACL.
McKenzie, a junior, started mainly at third base for the Raiders last year. He was expected to fill in at first base this year and would have been used on the mound. McKenzie was hurt within the season’s first week and finally received an official diagnosis on Tuesday.
“Carter is a pillar of our program and our team has missed him this year in several facets,” said CHS head coach Kyle Douglas. “However, he’s going to be a force coming out for next year.”
The Raiders (5-8) have had a few injuries early in the season. Starting first baseman Nolan Jernigan has been sidelined with shoulder and hamstring injuries and pitcher Charlie Pierce is out for the year with an elbow. Jernigan is expected to return to the lineup soon.
CHS will host Shelbyville at 6 p.m. Thursday at Powers Field. It is First Responders Night at the ball park.
Westwood announces football tryouts for next fall’s team
The Westwood Middle School Rockets football team will have tryouts from May 11th through May 24th.
Tryouts will be at the practice football field next to Westwood Middle from 3-5 p.m. each day.
Equipment needed will be mouthpieces, cleats (no metal) and a football girdle. Everything else will be provided.
An updated sports physical is required to tryout. If you played a sport this school year, no new physical is required for tryouts. Click here for the sports physical form.
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. |
PREP SCOREBOARD: Monday, April 4, 2022
Monday night (April 4, 2022) was a busy one for area prep teams. Here is a look at results (more will be added as we have them).
CHS Baseball 8, Shelbyville 2
In a game you heard live on Thunder Radio – Coffee County got a big push late and help from 7 Shelbyville defensive errors to drop the Eagles 8-2 at Shelbyville High School.
Jacob Holder started the scoring with a solo home run in the 4th. The Raiders went on to add two more runs in the 4th, 3 in the 5th and 2 in the seventh. CHS did all that scoring on just 8 hits. Holder had two of them – adding a single and a run scored. He also knocked home a run on a fielder’s choice in the 7th.
Holder earned his first district win on the mound – allowing 1 unearned run on 1 hit (an infield single) while striking out 6 and walking 6. Timothy Henderson and Cole Pippenger finished things off in relief.
The Raiders (5-8 overall / 3-2 District 6-4A) will host the Eagles Tuesday, April 5 at 6 p.m. (weather permitting). You can hear that game live on Thunder Radio.
Westwood 2, Fayetteville City 1 | Westwood 9, Fayetteville City 3
The Westwood Rockets bounced back from 3 tough losses last week with a double-header sweep of Fayetteville City on 8th grade night Monday.
In game one, Westwood got RBIs from Davis McKenzie and Keller Hatfield and a shutdown performance from Hatfield on the mound – striking out 5 and allowing just 2 hits and 1 unearned run.
Matt Moore, Kaysen Lowery scored runs for the Rockets.
Meanwhile, Westwood Trailed 2-1 in game 2 before erupting for 2 in the third and three runs apiece in the fourth and fifth innings to get the sweep. Lowery had a game at the plate – knocking in 3 and scoring a pair on a hit and a walk.
Westwood outhit Fayetteville 7-4 in the game-two win.
Isaiah Deadman earned the win on the mound – he struck out 4 and allowed 3 earned runs and 3 hits over 3 innings.
Westwood Softball 7, Community 10
Westwood’s Lady Rockets got 4 runs in the 7th inning, but couldn’t complete massive comeback against Community Monday.
Audri Patton tripled and singled and scored a pair of runs for the Rockets. Lily Norman also scored twice after singling and doubling. She also singled and was stranded for a 3-for-3 night.
Westwood Golf 9.5, Harris 2.5
Westwood golf opened the season with a 9.5 to 2.5 flag win over Harris at Riverbend Country Club.
The team of Jack Stowe and Ethan Hamby earned a flag. Meanwhile, the teams of Landon Collins and Thompson Lowe and Jaxon Phillips, Eli Henley and Calvin Barrett picked up 3 flags apiece. The team of Peyton Evans, Danica Fleenor and Jonnalee Hillis wrapped up with 2.5 flags.
Westwood Soccer 9, SAS 0
Westwood mercy ruled SAS on Monday at Dyer-Bouldin Field in Manchester.
Joan Deanda and Jodson Lemmons each scored 3 goals for the Rockets. Meanwhile, Aaron Jaimes and William Rogers each tacked on a goal.
The Rockets got assists from Hayden Delgado (1), Rogers (2), Joel Ramirez (3) and Deanda (3).
Coffee Middle Golf 10.5, Fayetteville 1.5
Coffee County Middle Golf easily dispatched of Fayetteville Monday at WillowBrook Golf Course, 10.5 flags to 1.5.
The team of Cade Williams and Luke Lowe captured 3 flags. Brayden Kesling and Skylar Releford won 3 flags; Noah Costello and Lucas Turner took 2.5 flags; and Tallan Crosslin and Elijah Carter took 2 flags for Coffee County.
CHS Girls Tennis 5, Shelbyville 2
Coffee County singles winners: Lauren Perry 8-3, Rylea McNamara 8-1, Katie Lawrence 8-3, Savannah Blackburn 9-7. CHS doubles winners: Perry, McNamara 8-3.
CHS Boys Tennis 7, Shelbyville 0
Coffee County singles winners: Jonathan Nelson 8-2, Krish Patel 8-2, Liam Brown 8-0, Nolan Sussen 8-2, Alexander Blomquist 8-0. CHS doubles winners Patel and Brown 8-0; Nelson and Sussen 8-1.
CHS baseball, softball return to district play Monday night (full week spring sports schedule in this story)
Coffee County Central High School baseball and softball teams will return to District 6-4A play on Monday night.
The Red Raider baseball team will play a two-game series with Shelbyville – on the road Monday and at home on Tuesday.
The Raiders, along with Shelbyville’s Eagles, Warren County’s Pioneers and Franklin County’s Rebels are all 2-2 in district play.
Coffee County (4-8 overall) is coming off a pair of non-district losses on Friday. The Raiders fell to New Trier Trevians and Fishers Tigers on Friday in a tournament.
Thunder Radio will be on hand to broadcast the Raider baseball game Monday at Shelbyville and Tuesday in Manchester. First pitch set for 6 p.m. both nights. Listen live at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com
Meanwhile, the Lady Raider softball team on Tuesday will begin a string of 11 consecutive days with at least 1 game. The Lady Raiders will travel to Warren County for district play on Tuesday (7 p.m. first pitch) before returning home Wednesday to host Franklin County at 7 p.m.
The Lady Raiders will then travel to East Tennessee for a string of games Thursday, Friday and Saturday before returning home to host Tullahoma at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Below is the complete local spring sports schedule for this week.
*Denotes Thunder Radio broadcast (107.9 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go app, thunder1320.com). Broadcast schedule subject to change based on weather or other factors.
***Denotes online audio stream only (no radio). Listen live at thunder1320.com click on sports streams.
| Date | Time | School | Sport | Opponent | Location |
| 4/4/22 | 6:00 PM | CHS | Baseball | Shelbyville* | Away |
| 4/4/22 | 5:00 PM | CMS | Baseball | Tullahoma | Away |
| 4/4/22 | 5:30 PM | WMS | Baseball | Fayetteville City | Home |
| 4/4/22 | 4:00 PM | CMS | Golf | Fayetteville City | Willowbrook |
| 4/4/22 | 4:00 PM | WMS | Golf | Tullahoma | Willowbrook |
| 4/4/22 | 5:30 PM | WMS | Soccer | SAS | Home |
| 4/4/22 | 6:00 PM | CMS | Softball | Tullahoma | Away |
| 4/4/22 | 3:30 p.m. | CHS | Tennis | Shelbyville | Home |
| 4/5/22 | 6:00 PM | CHS | Baseball | Shelbyville* | Home |
| 4/5/22 | 5:00 PM | CMS | Baseball | Tullahoma | Home |
| 4/5/22 | 3:30 PM | CMS | Golf | Liberty | Riverbend CC |
| 4/5/22 | 3:30 PM | WMS | Golf | Harris | Riverbend CC |
| 4/5/22 | 7 p.m. | CHS | Soccer | Warren County | Home |
| 4/5/22 | 7:00 PM | CHS | Softball | Warren County | Away |
| 4/5/22 | 4:30 PM | CMS | Softball | Tullahoma | Home |
| 4/5/22 | 5:00 PM | WMS | Softball | Cascade*** | Home |
| 4/5/22 | 4 p.m. | CHS | Tennis | Tullahoma | Away |
| 4/6/22 | 5:30 PM | CMS | Soccer | Warren County | Home |
| 4/6/22 | 5:30 PM | WMS | Soccer | Webb | Away |
| 4/6/22 | 7:00 PM | CHS | Softball | Franklin County * | Home |
| 4/7/22 | 5:30 PM | WMS | Baseball | Forrest School | Home |
| 4/7/22 | 7 p.m. | CHS | Soccer | Franklin County | Away |
| 4/7/22 | 5:00 PM | CHS | Softball | Anderson Co | Away |
| 4/7/22 | 5:00 PM | CMS | Softball | Tullahoma | Home |
| 4/7/22 | 5:30 | WMS | Softball | Community*** | Home |
| 4/7/22 | 4 p.m. | CHS | Tennis | Lawrence County | Away |
| 4/8/22 | TBD | CMS | Soccer | Raider Invitational | Academy |
| 4/8/22 | 5:30 PM | WMS | Soccer | Liberty | Home |
| 4/8/22 | TBD | CHS | Softball | Gibbs tournament | Away |
| 4/8/22 | 6:00 PM | CMS | Softball | Tullahoma | Away |
| 4/9/22 | 6:30 PM | CHS | Baseball | Lincoln County* | Home |
| 4/9/22 | Noon | CMS | Baseball | Rock Springs* | Home |
| 4/9/22 | TBD | CMS | Soccer | Raider Invitational | Academy |
| 4/9/22 | TBD | CHS | Softball | Gibbs tournament | Away |
| 4/10/22 | 3:00 PM | CHS | Softball | Tullahoma* | Home |
Manchester Makos swim tryouts coming soon
If your child loves to swim and is between the ages of 4 and 18 – Manchester Makos Swim Tryouts are calling your name!
Summer registration for the championship Makos will be in early April and season will run from May through the second week in July.
There will be limited beginner openings but multiple opportunities for swimmers who can swim the length of the pool and more.
The summer season is a great way to see what the team is all about and serves as cross training for fall and winter sports.
If you are interested, contact manchestermakosswimteam@gmail.com
MLB: Fried tapped as Braves opening day starter
April 7 marks the day the Braves begin the quest to defend their 2021 World Series title, and Max Fried is the guy who’ll lead the charge.
The decision came down to either Fried or Charlie Morton, a pair of frontline starters that had both earned Opening Day starts, in 2021 and 2020, respectively. It was a difficult call to make for manager Brian Snitker, who has kept the pair on the same schedule for most of the spring to allow for the option of either earning the honor.
Tough as it may have been, Snitker was quick to recognize that it was a problem Atlanta was fortunate to have.
“It’s kind of like when we had [Greg] Maddux, [Tom] Glavine and [John] Smoltz,” he said Sunday. “You can’t go wrong with any of your choices.”
In the end, Fried will get the ball on Opening Day when Atlanta opens against the Reds at Truist Park.
It marks the second consecutive Opening Day nod for Fried, and he’s certainly earned the honor. After a 6-5 record and 4.71 ERA to kick off the 2021 season, the 28-year-old lefty steadily gained steam and had MLB’s best ERA (1.74) in the second half to complement an 11-3 record.
Hear the Atlanta Braves all season long on Thunder Radio – listed by Kasidy Lowe with Compass Real Estate.
HS SOFTBALL: Lady Raiders throttle Shelbyville in district opener
Coffee County’s Lady Raider softball team announced its presence in the new District 6-4A with authority Tuesday night.
Coffee County outhit Shelbyville 14-1 and ended the game early with 2 runs in the bottom of the sixth for a run-rule shortened 10-0 shutout win at Terry Floyd Field in Manchester – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio.
It was a parade at the plate for Coffee County. Kaitlyn Davis and Cheyenne Vickers each doubled and Kiya Ferrell and Emily Schuster legged out triples as CHS finished with 4 extra base hits.
Davis, Chesnie Cox and Haidyn Campbell each picked up a pair of RBIs. Ferrell, Schuster, Madison Pruitt and Olivia Evans also knocked in a run. Ferrell had 3 hits on the night and scored twice.
In the circle – Davis dominated the Eaglettes. She picked up the win after allowing just 1 hit and striking out 3 over 5 innings. Katelyn Anderson tossed a perfect inning of relief.
The Lady Raiders even up their overall record at 6-6 win the win and are 1-0 in District 6-4A play. They aren’t schedule to play again until next week.
Moran homers, Raiders split district series with Warren County
Caleb Moran blasted a 2-run home run and Aiden Robertson tossed his second complete-game to power the Red Raiders past Warren County 6-1 Tuesday night at Powers Field in Manchester.
The Raiders improve to 4-6 overall with the win and even up their District 6-4A record at 2-2.
It was a much-needed bounce back win for Coffee County after dropping a tough decision Monday night in McMinnville.
Tuesday night was a different story. The Raiders took the lead in the first and never gave it up behind the strong right-arm of Robertson, who struck out 10 batters over 7 innings of work while only allowing 4 hits and 1 unearned run. He needed just 89 pitches to complete all 7 innings.
Meanwhile, at the plate Moran blasted a 2-run home run and freshman Cole Pippenger was 2-for-4 with a run scored and a pair of RBIs. Robertson added 3 hits and an RBI at the plate.