Category: Sports

Friday Prep Results

CHS Tennis at District Individual Tournament at Sewanee – See the story HERE

CHS Softball lost to Baylor – Coffee Co Classic – 11 to 1 – See the story HERE

WMS Tennis split with St. Andrews-Sewanee – Girls won 6 to 1; Boys lost 6 to 1 – See the story HERE

CCMS Softball beat Tullahoma – CTC Tournament – 14 to 2 – See the story HERE

WMS Boys’ Soccer lost to Cascade – CTSC Tournament – 2 to 1 – See the story HERE

WMS Softball dropped Community – DRVC Tournament – 7 to 5 – See the story HERE

CHS Softball Whipped Sequatchie Co – Coffee Co Classic – 12 to 4 – See the story HERE

 

Saturday Prep Results

CHS Tennis in District Individual/Doubles Tournament at Sewanee – See the story HERE

CCMS Softball beat Warren County – CTC Tournament(Semifinals) – 4 to 0 – See the story HERE

CCMS Softball beat Warren County – CTC Tournament(Finals) – 7 to 4 – See the story HERE

WMS Softball rolled Moore County – DRVC Tournament(Finals) – 10 to 0 – See the story HERE

CCMS Boys’ Soccer stunned Tullahoma – CTC Tournament(Semifinals) – 3  to 2 – See the story HERE

CCMS soccer lost to Harris – CTC Tournament(Finals) – 3 to 0 – See the story HERE

CCMS Baseball fell to Tullahoma – CTC Tournament(Semifinals) – 7 to 2 – See the story HERE

CHS Baseball beat Central Magnet – 4 to 1 – See the story HERE

 

Sunday Prep Results

CHS Softball lost to Lawrence County – 5 to 0 – See the story HERE

 

Monday Prep Schedule

4:00 PM – Coffee County MS Golf vs. Westwood MS Golf at Willowbrook

5:00 PM – CCMS Baseball vs. TBD – CTC Tournament in Tullahoma – Gilley Crane Hometown Sports Series broadcast

6:00 PM – CHS Baseball at Riverdale

Capping off the most successful season in local prep sports in a generation, the Coffee County Middle School softball team capped off a perfect season with a Central Tennessee Conference title on Saturday.  The Lady Raiders got a pair of wins over Warren County on Saturday to claim the title and complete the season with a record of 21 and 0.  In the semifinals, Coffee County blanked Warren County 4 to 0 before stopped the Lady Pioneers in the title game 7 to 4.

In the semifinal, Coffee Middle scored a pair of runs in each of the 2 innings for the winning margin.  Katelyn Davis was dominant in the circle allowing only 5 hits while striking out 2.  Alivia Reel had a pair of singles.  Chesie Cox ripped a triple and Aleayia Barnes had a 2 RBI single.

In the title game, the Lady Raiders ripped a triple, 3 doubles and a single in the 2^nd inning to plate 4 runs and overcome an early deficit.  Coffee Middle added 3 more insurance runs in the 4^th inning to secure the title.  Madison Pruitt had a double, a single and 4 RBI.  Chloe Gannon had a double and a single and Savannah Cooper added a 2 RBI triple.  Davis did not allow an earned run and struck out 5 while scattering 4 hits.

The Lady Raiders will be guests on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the season.  The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast live each Saturday morning at 10 AM from the showroom of Al White Ford Lincoln.  The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.

Looking for their first ever DRVC Softball Championship, the Lady Rocket’s hosted the championship game on Saturday afternoon.  Taking on a Moore County team that had to play a pair of games in the loser’s bracket on Saturday morning, Westwood dominated the game winning 10 to 0.

A diving catch in the first inning by Brooklyn Blake set the tone for a strong defensive performance by Westwood.  In the bottom half of the frame, Westwood pushed across the only run they would need.  Westwood entered the bottom of the 6^th leading 6 to 0.   The Lady Rockets used 2 walks, 3 singles and a double to plate 4 runs and end the game to the Mercy Rule.

Emma Kidder was the star of the day as she had 4 hits and pitched a complete game 1 hitter.  Kidder finished with 2 RBI and 5 strikeouts in the circle.  Abby Clark had the only extra base hit and it drove in the winning run.  Kara Beth Patton added a pair of singles.

The Lady Rockets will be guests on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the season.  The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast live each Saturday morning at 10 AM from the showroom of Al White Ford Lincoln.  The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.

The Coffee County CHS tennis team captured a pair of singles titles on Saturday after advancing 10 netters to the district semifinals.  Benedict Edinger blazed to the varsity singles title for the Red Raiders.  Tyler Rigney made it a clean sweep with the JV singles title.

In the varsity singles bracket, Edinger advanced to the finals with a 6-1/7-5 win over Cole Norris of Franklin County.  In the finals, Edinger squared off against Nathan Randolph who needed 3 sets to squeak by the Red Raiders Jaden Talley to reach the finals.  Edinger disposed of Randolph 6-1/6-4 to claim the title.

In the JV singles bracket, Rigney breezed to the title with a 6 to 0 win in the finals.  In the semifinals, Tyler was tested a little more but still claimed a 6 to 3 win on his way to the title.

In varsity men’s doubles, the Coffee County team of Jonah Rollman and Jonathan Welch fought hard in their semifinal match but came up short 5-7/5-7 in the loss.  In varsity girls’ singles, Lauren Perry saw her Cinderella bid stopped in the semifinals as sshe dropped a 3 set match to top-seeded Alexa Hooton by scores of 6-2/2-6/5-7.  In girls’ doubles, the team of Natalie Elzeer and Wren Lawson also drew the tournament’s #1 seed in the semifinals.  Elzeer and Lawson fell to the eventual champs 1-6/0-6. In JV girls’ singles play, Maci Lawrence advanced to the semifinals before falling to Emily Moore of Lawrence County 5 to 3.

With the win, Edinger will advance to the singles Regional tournament in Murfreesboro on May 13^th.  Edinger will also lead the Red Raider team into the team district tournament on Tuesday.  The Red Raiders will host Shelbyville at 4 PM with a berth in the team regional tournament on the line.

Following the match, Edinger was named the District 8 AAA MVP for boys while Jayden Talley was tabbed for the all-district team.  Wren Lawson was named to the girl’s all-district team and Lauren Perry was named to the girls’ all-tournament team for her phenomenal performance.  Raider tennis coach Josh Inzer was named the district coach of the year.

Hosting Central Magnet of Murfreesboro on Saturday, the Coffee County baseball team celebrated Senior Night.  Honoring the 4 seniors in the best way possible, the Red Raiders finished out their career at Powers Field with a win.  Despite getting outhit, the Red Raiders won 4 to 1.

In the 4^th inning, Bryson Hullett got aboard with an error in the 4^th inning and was singled home by Harley Hinshaw.  In the 5^th inning, a walk and a pair of singles helped produce 3 insurance runs.  Hullett added a single and an RBI in the 5^th.  Kael McCall also finished with a single and an RBI.

The Red Raiders will open up District tournament play on Wednesday when they travel to Tullahoma to take on the Wildcats.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast.  First pitch will be at 6 PM, Lucky Knott will begin live coverage with the pregame show at 5:50.

The Coffee County Middle School soccer team capped off their most successful season of the decade.  Coffee County advanced to the CTC tournament finals with a 3 to 2 win over Tullahoma on Saturday afternoon.  In the finals the Red Raiders were stopped by Harris 3 to 0.

Against Tullahoma, Javier Rodriquez got Coffee Middle on the board in the 1^st half to make the score 1 nil at the half.  In the second half, Julius Norris potted a pair of goals to build the Raider lead to 3 nil.  Tullahoma scrapped their way back into the match with a pair of goals late but could not catch up to Coffee County.   The win avenged a 6 to 2 regular season loss to Tullahoma.

In the finals, Coffee County took on a Harris team that blitzed through the conference all season long including an 8 to 0 win in Shelbyville.   Coffee County played exceptionally well but fell 3 to 0.  After the match, Coffee County’s Peyton Pobanz, Isaiah Campbell and Javier Rodriquez were named to the all-conference team.

The Coffee County CHS softball welcomed Lawrence County to Terry Floyd Field on Sunday.   Sunday was set aside as Senior Day as the six Lady Raiders were honored prior to the game.  A poor defensive performance by Coffee County cost them a regular season district title as they fell to the visits Lady Cats 5 to 0.

Six errors allowed Lawrence County plate 5 unearned runs in only Coffee County’s 2^nd district loss of the season.  Offensively, the Lady Raiders banged out 3 extra base hits but could not string together hits especially I clutch situations.  Keri Munn, Gracie Pippenger and Justus Turner all ripped doubles while Erin Ferrell had Coffee County’s only other hit.  Munn went the distance in the circle as she struck out 12 to be named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.

Next up for the Lady Raiders will be the District 8AAA tournament in Shelbyville.  The Lady Raiders first round opponent and game time will be announced on Monday.

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After going unbeaten in 13 conference games this season, the Coffee County Middle School baseball team finally saw their streak come to an end on Saturday.  Squaring off against Tullahoma in the winner’s bracket finals, the Red Raiders gave up 4 unearned runs as they fell 7 to 2.

Tullahoma got on the board first in the top of the first inning when they pushed across an unearned run.  The Wildcats added 3 more runs in the 3^rd inning and stretched the advantage to 5 in the 4^th inning.  Starting pitcher Jacob Holder did not give up a hit but walked 5 and struck out 9 while allowing 4 unearned runs.  The Red Raiders out hit Tullahoma 6 to 4 but were saddled with the hard luck loss.

Coffee Middle had 6 different players get singles as Dayne Crosslin and Aiden Robertson were credited with RBI singles.  Hayden Garr and Nolan Jernigan had singles and scored the Red Raiders 2 runs.

Coffee County now falls into the loser’s bracket where they will take on North Franklin on Monday night at Tullahoma’s Waggoner Park.  First pitch is set for 5 PM.  A win would advance the Raiders to the championship and a rematch with Tullahoma.  That game would begin at 7 PM.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast of both games as part of the Gilley Crane Hometown Sports Series.  Our live coverage begins at 4:50 exclusively here on Thunder.

The Westwood softball team is “heading to the ‘ship” as they captured a semifinal win on Friday night in the Duck River Valley postseason tournament.  The Lady Rockets had to rally in the 5^th inning to get the exciting win over Community.  Westwood won by a final score of 7 to 5 at Dave King Park.

The Rockets opened up strong as scored twice in the opening inning.  Community rallied back to take a 4 to 2 lead in the second.  Westwood tied the game by notching single runs in the 3^rd and 4^th innings before adding 2 in the 5^th and 1 in the 6^th to escape with the win.

Emma Kidder and Kara Beth Patton swung the hot bats as each had 3 hits and 2 RBI.  Kidder had a pair of doubles and a single while Patton had 3 singles.  Brooklyn Blake added a single and a triple.  Kidder got the win in the circle as she scattered 6 hits and did not give up an earned run while striking out 6.

The Duck River Valley Tournament will now move to Westwood on Saturday with 4 teams remaining.  Losers’ bracket games will be played at 9 and 11 with the survivor of that taking on Westwood at 1 PM.  Should Westwood fall in the 1 PM game, they would get a rematch for a winner-take-all championship game at 3.  All of Saturday’s games will take place at Lady Rocket Field.

The Coffee County Central Middle softball team opened play in the Central Tennessee Conference postseason tournament on Friday.  Taking on Tullahoma, the Lady Raiders scored in every inning as they punched their ticket to the semifinals with a 14 to 2 win.

The Lady Raiders jumped on Tullahoma for a pair of runs in the 1^st inning only to see the Lady Cats tie the game in the 2^nd.  The Lady Raiders rallied back to score 4 runs in the 3^rd to regain the momentum and shut down Tullahoma the rest of the way.

Coffee Middle banged out 11 hits in the game led by Alivia Reel who had a pair of doubles and drove in a run.  Katelyn Davis had 2 singles and 2 RBI while Aleayia Barnes and Chesnie Cox each had 2 singles.  Chloe Gannon had a single and 3 RBI.  Davis went the distance in the circle surrendering no earned runs while striking out 6.

Coffee County will advance to Saturday’s semifinals where they will square off against Warren County.  That game will be held at noon at the CCMS field.  The double elimination tournament’s championship game is scheduled to begin at 5 PM.