Category: Sports

Blake Hillis of WMS baseball

The Westwood Middle School baseball team hosted Fayetteville on Wednesday night in their final regular season game of the season.  The Rocket bats were ice cold on the night as they managed only 2 hits.  Westwood fell by a final score of 13 to 0.

Trevor Jesse led off the game for Westwood with a single and Blake Hillis led off the 2^nd inning with a single before Westwood was retired in order in each frame.  The Rockets managed only a walk in the 6^th inning as they never got a base runner past 2^nd base.

The Rockets will now be off until next week’s conference tournament.  Westwood will open up tournament play on the road on Monday.  The location and first round opponent will be determined on Friday.

Nikki Graham of CCMS track

The Coffee County Middle School track team hosted a 4 team meet on Tuesday at Carden-Jarrell Field. The Lady Raiders finished in 1st place among the girls’ teams as they scored 52.5 points to outdistance 2nd place East Tullahoma. The Red Raiders were edged out by defending conference champion South Franklin by a final score of 76 to 74.
The Lady Raiders got a 1st place finish in the 4x400M relay and a 2nd place finish in the 4x100M relay. Individual event winners for Coffee Middle were: Holli Hancock in the shot put, Nikki Graham in the discus, Katie Cotton in the high jump and Sophie McInturff in the 800M and the 1600M,
Other top 3 finishers were:
Kenzie Givens – 2nd – high jump;
Jaylyn Case – 2nd – long jump;
Katie Cotton – 2nd – 200M;
Josie Willis – 3rd – 1600M;
Ellie Fann – 3rd – 400M;
Camry Moss – 3rd – 800M;
Holli Hancock – 3rd – discus;

Ashton Ferrell of CCMS track

The Red Raiders got a 1st place finish in the 4x400M relay, 2nd in the 4x100M relay and a 3rd place finish in the 4x200M relay. Individual winners for the Red Raiders were: Ashton Ferrell in the shot put, Travis Martin in the high jump, and Cayden Miller in the 800M. Other top 3 finishers were:
Jaden Foster – 3rd –200M;
Jacob Slabaugh – 2nd – 1600M; 3rd – 800M;
Braison Yancer – 2nd – 400M; 3rd – long jump;
Travis Martin – 2nd – discus; 3rd – 100M;
Calen Bradford – 2nd – shot put;
Cayden Miller – 3rd – 1600M;
Ashton Ferrell – 3rd – discus;

The Coffee Middle thinclads will be back in action on Thursday, May 2nd and Friday, May 3rd when they compete in the TMSAA Sectional Meet at Riverdale.

The Dallas Stars scored four goals in the first period on their way to defeating the Nashville Predators by a 5-1 final in Game 4 on Wednesday night. The result sees the Round One series now tied 2-2 with Game 5 set for Saturday in Nashville, and Game 6 now becoming a necessity in the best-of-seven set.

Three of Dallas’s four goals in the opening frame came on the power play, and although the Preds settled things down in the final 40 minutes with Roman Josi getting the Preds on the board in the third, the early returns were simply too much to overcome.

“We’re definitely angry about this one,” Josi said. “Everybody’s angry. I think it’s normal after a game like that, but that’s playoffs. At the end of the day you have to look at it, but you have to put it in the trash tomorrow and then look forward. It’s one game, but we’re definitely angry about it.”

“It’s tough to see the scoreboard go that way,” Preds center Nick Bonino said. “We came out and had four good shifts. Each line had a good shift 5-on-5, and obviously we got into penalty trouble and our kill has been so solid for a couple months now. You never want to see three go in like that.”

Roope Hintz, Alexander Radulov, Andrew Cogliano and Mats Zuccarello all tallied for the Stars in the opening 20 minutes of Game 4, and Hintz added another in the middle period.

Predators goaltender Juuse Saros relieved Pekka Rinne after Dallas’s fourth goal; Saros stopped 16 shots in relief, as Nashville eventually ended up outshooting the Stars by a 35-29 margin on the night.

Josi’s goal came at 8:11 of the third period to spoil the shutout for Ben Bishop, but that was all the visitors were able to get.

“They were definitely the better team tonight,” Josi said. “They played better than us, they deserved to win the game and there are things we can do better.”

The Predators will now have two days to review, regroup and get set for Game 5 on Saturday afternoon (at 2 p.m. CT) in Nashville.

“I’m going to give the cliche hockey answer, but we came here, we won an away game and we have home ice back for a best-of-three, so that’s our focus,” Bonino said. “We did what we wanted to do coming to Dallas. We would’ve loved to go up 3-1, but it did not happen. Everyone on this team has been in a 2-2 series before, so we’ll go home and try to get Game 5.”

“It’s a best-of-three, and we have home-ice advantage,” Preds center Ryan Johansen said. “We’ll get back home, we’ll get some rest here the next couple days and go out and do what we do.”

Notes:

Nashville kept the same lineup in Game 4 that was seen in Game 3, including Miikka Salomaki seeing his second consecutive game action after previously being out since Jan. 4.

Brian Boyle (appendix), Wayne Simmonds (lower-body), Yannick Weber, Rem Pitlick, Zac Rinaldo, Matt Irwin, Cody McLeod, Frederick Gaudreau and Niclas Westerholm were scratched for Nashville in Game 4.

With the series a best-of-three competition, Game 5 is set for Saturday afternoon in Nashville, a 2 p.m. CT start from Bridgestone Arena. Game 6 is now necessary and will take place in Dallas on Monday night, time to be determined.

Tuesday Prep Results

CCMS Baseball bested Tullahoma – 13 to 4 – See the story HERE

CCMS Softball edged Tullahoma – 1 to 0 – See the story HERE

CHS Baseball beat Franklin Co – 4 to 3 – See the story HERE

CHS Boys’ Soccer fell to Columbia – 4 to 2 – See the story HERE

CHS Softball dropped Tullahoma – 6 to 0 – See the story HERE

Wednesday Prep Schedule

4:00 PM – WMS Softball at Moore Co

5:00 PM – WMS Baseball HOSTS Fayetteville

5:00 PM – WMS Soccer HOSTS Cascade

5:00 PM – CCMS Softball HOSTS Warren County

6:00 PM – CCMS Boys’ Soccer at Tullahoma

6:00 PM – CHS Baseball at Franklin Co

7:00 PM – CHS Softball HOSTS Lincoln Co

Justus Turner of CHS softball

Hosting their fiercest rival Tullahoma, the Coffee County CHS softball team welcomed the Lady Cats to Terry Floyd Field on Tuesday night.  In a game you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Raiders broke open a scoreless game with a 4 run 4^th inning as they cruised to a 6 to 0 win.

The Lady Raiders left base runners stranded in each of the first 3 innings before breaking through in the 4^th.  In the 4^th inning, Coffee County sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs highlighted by a bases loaded triple off the bat of Ashley Evans.  Coffee County added a pair of insurance runs in the 5^th inning to improve to 6 and 1 in district play.

Keri Munn was outstanding in the circle as she struck out 11 allowing only 4 hits.  The Lady Raiders stroked 10 hits including triples by Evans and Katie Rutledge and a double by Haidyn Campbell.  Justus Turner had a pair of hits and drove in 2 runs as she was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.  Haley Richardson also finished with a pair of singles.

Coffee County will be back at home on Wednesday night as they play host to Lincoln County.  First pitch is set for 7 PM at Terry Floyd Field.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast with Lucky Knott on the call.  Our pregame show will begin around 6:50.

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Kaitlyn Davis of- CCMS softball

The Coffee County Middle School softball team welcomed Tullahoma to the CCMS field on Tuesday.  In a game you heard here on Thunder Radio as part of the Gilley Crane Hometown Sports Series, the Lady Raiders were looking for a sweep over the Lady Cats.  The Lady Raiders got a no-hitter from Katelyn Davis as they earned a 1 to 0 win.

The Lady Raiders had trouble timing up the Tullahoma pitcher as they were held to 2 hits on the game.  Davis had a single and scored the Lady Raiders lone run.  Cheyenny Vickers had the other single in the 4^th inning.  Davis finished the game with 11 strikeouts, 2 walks and 1 hit by pitch.  The win clinched the regular season conference title.

The Lady Raiders will be back in action on Wednesday when they host Warren County in a game that has been postponed 3 times this spring due to weather.  First pitch will be at 5 PM.

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Hayden Skipper of CHS baseball

The Coffee County CHS baseball welcomed district Franklin County to Powers Field on Tuesday.  Coming off a split with Tullahoma, and a 3 and 1 record in this past weekend’s tournament, the Red Raiders were looking to keep the momentum alive in their final district series of the season.  The Red Raiders held off a 7^th inning rally to capture a 4 to 3 win.

The Red Raiders scored single runs in the 2^nd and 3^rd innings before adding a 2 spot in the 4^th to seize a 4 to 0 lead.  Coffee County made the most of their 7 hits in that 3 inning span and got a dominant pitching performance from Hayden Skipper.  Skipper allowed only 2 hits while striking out 9 in his 6 innings of work for the win.  The Coffee County bullpen surrendered 3 runs prior to Griffin Meeker coming to the mound to get the final 3 outs and the save.

At the plate, Skipper had a double and a triple and drove in 1 run.  Kael McCall added a pair of singles with 1 RBI.

The Raiders will travel to Winchester on Wednesday for game #2 in the series.  First pitch is set for 6 PM at the Gamble Sports Complex.

Hayden Garr of CCMS baseball

After clinching the regular season conference crown on Monday, the Coffee County Middle School baseball team was looking to end the regular season with a perfect conference record.  After battling their way to a hard fought win on Monday in Tullahoma, the Red Raiders hosted the Wildcats on a beautiful afternoon at CCMS.  Coffee County blew open a close contest in the 4^th inning as they rolled to a 13 to 4 win.

Leading 4 to 3 in the bottom of the 4^th inning, Coffee Middle used 2 walks and a pair of doubles to plate 4 runs in the frame.  The Red Raiders got the benefit of 11 walks and 3 hit batters to go with their 6 hits.  Pitcher Jacob Holder of Coffee County pitched 4 innings allowing 3 hits while striking out 8 to get the win.  Jack Anderson came on to pitch the final 3 innings to notch the save.

Holder and Hayden Garr had all 6 hits for the Red Raiders as each finished with a double and 2 singles apiece.  Gar finished with 4 RBI while Holder drove in 2 and score 3 runs.  England Bryan had 3 walks and 2 RBI.

The Red Raiders will now be off until next week’s conference tournament which will be held at Waggoner Park in Tullahoma.  The Raiders will enter as a #1 seed and receive a first round bye.  Coffee Middle’s game time and opponent will be released later in the week.

Briggs Haithcock of CHS soccer

The Coffee County CHS soccer team welcomed district leading Columbia to the Raider Soccer Field on Tuesday.  The Red Raiders gave the visiting Lions all they could handle as they entered the final 10 minutes level at 2.  Columbia added a pair of late goals to escape with a 4 to 2.

Columbia got on the board first in the 32^nd minute as they scored on a penalty kick.  Briggs Haithcock leveled the match in the 37^th minute as the two teams went to the half knotted at 1.  Columbia went back on top 3 minutes into the 2^nd half but the Raiders answered again off a goal from Felix Salinas.  Haithcock was credited with the assist in the 47^th minute.  After a long delay due to an injured Columbia player, the Lions added goals in the 73^rd and 79^th minute to crush the Raiders upset hopes.

The Red Raiders return to the pitch on Thursday when they travel to Winchester to take on Franklin County.   That match will kick off at 7 PM.