Coffee County Central High School golf teams split in their first home matches of the season Monday, Aug. 8 at WillowBrook Golf Course.
The Raider boys lost to Shelbyville but beat Lincoln County. The top four Raider golfers carded a total of 368 on the day, led by Noah Costello’s 90. Jacob Holder finished at 91, Brady Daugherty 92 and Jackson Shemwell 95.
Shelbyville was 28 strokes better, leading all teams with a 340, including an impressive 7-over from Boston Boyce.
Meanwhile, the Lady Raiders also placed second – beating Shelbyville but falling to Lincoln County.
Cadie Prater led all Coffee County golfers on the day with an 88. Maggie Crouch was close behind at 90 to give CHS a 178 to Lincoln County’s 167.
First Capstar Bank Hometown Sports Series broadcast is Tuesday
The first Capstar Bank Hometown Sports Series broadcast of the fall on Thunder Radio is coming up on Tuesday.
Thunder Radio’s Court Steere will travel to Shelbyville to broadcast the Coffee Middle versus Harris Middle football game. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. with air time at approximately 6:25 p.m.
Our complete hometown sports series broadcast schedule (not including Coffee County High School football) is listed below. Thunder Radio broadcasts at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go smartphone app and thunder1320.com. (Scheduled broadcast subject to change based on athletic schedule change and personnel availability).
| DAY | DATE | TIME | SCHOOL | SPORT | OPPONENT | WHERE | BROADCAST PLATFORM |
| Tuesday | 8/9/22 | 6:30 p.m. | CMS | Football | Harris | Away | Thunder Radio |
| Thursday | 8/11/22 | 5:30 p.m. | CMS | Soccer | Franklin County | Home | Thunder Radio |
| Tuesday | 8/16/22 | 6:30 p.m. | CMS | Football | Tullahoma | Away | Thunder Radio |
| Tuesday | 8/16/22 | 6 p.m. | CHS | Volleyball | Riverdale | Home | Ben lomand Connect Online Stream |
| Tuesday | 8/23/22 | 5:30 p.m. | WMS | Soccer | Community | Home | Thunder Radio |
| Thursday | 8/25 | 6:30 p.m. | WMS | Football | Liberty | Home | Thunder Radio |
| Thursday | 8/25/22 | 7 p.m. | CHS | Soccer | Tullahoma | Home | Ben lomand Connect Online Stream |
| Monday | 8/29/22 | 5:30 p.m. | CMS | Volleyball | Westwood | Away | Thunder Radio |
| Tuesday | 8/30/22 | 6:30 p.m. | CHS | Volleyball | Franklin County* | Home | Thunder Radio |
| Thursday | 9/1/22 | TBD | CHS | Soccer | Columbia | Home | Thunder Radio |
| Thursday | 9/8/22 | 6:30 p.m. | WMS | Football | Eagleville | Home | Thunder Radio |
| Monday | 9/12/22 | 5 p.m. | CMS | Volleyball | South | Home | Thunder Radio |
| Tuesday | 9/13/22 | 6:30 p.m. | CHS | Volleyball | Lincoln County* | Home | Thunder Radio |
| Thursday | 9/15/22 | TBD | CHS | Soccer | Shelbyville* | Home | Ben Lomand Connect Online Stream |
| Thursday | 9/15/22 | 6 p.m. | CHS | Volleyball | Grundy County | Home | Thunder Radio |
| Monday | 9/19/22 | 5:30 p.m. | CMS | Volleyball | Westwood | Home | Thunder Radio |
| Thursday | 9/22/22 | 11:30 a.m. | CMS | Football | Warren County | Away | Thunder Radio |
| Thursday | 9/22/22 | 6:30 p.m. | WMS | Football | Forrest | Home | Thunder Radio |
| Thursday | 9/22/22 | 6:30 p.m. | CHS | Volleyball | Warren County* | Home | Ben lomand Connect Online Stream |
| Thursday | 9/29/22 | 7 p.m. | CHS | Soccer | Central Magnet | Home | Thunder Radio |
Coffee County sports ticket information for 2022-23 school year
Coffee County Central High School athletic director Brandon McWhorter has released ticketing information for the 2022-23 school year.
Paper tickets will be available at the gate for following sports:
Volleyball, soccer, basketball, wrestling, baseball, softball, tennis and swim.
There will also be digital tickets available at gofan.co for the following sports: football, volleyball, soccer, basketball and wrestling. Digital tickets can be purchased at gofan.co (NOT gofan.com) or through the Go Fan app for apple.
Take note, paper tickets are available for CHS Red Raider football but are NOT available for purchase at the gate. If you would like to purchase paper tickets for football, you can do so at the CHS office from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday the week of each game.
For more information, contact McWhorter at McWhorterb@k12coffee.net
Catch Red Raider football, Lady Raider soccer, Lady Raider volleyball, CHS boys basketball, CHS girls basketball, CHS softball, CHS boys soccer and CHS softball on Thunder Radio – Manchester’s only locally owned and operated media outlet.
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE: Middle school sports in full swing this week
Hot summer practices and long bouts of conditioning finally start paying off for all middle school fall sports this week as a full slate of regular season games and matches are on the schedule. High school sports will hit full stride beginning the week of Aug. 14th.
CHS golf will host its first tournament on Monday at WillowBrook.
Below is this week’s full slate of games. An asterisk (*) indicates Thunder Radio Broadcast (Capstar Bank Hometown Sports Series).
Not indicated on the schedule below is Coffee County Central Football’s final scrimmage of the fall – playing at Tyner on Wednesday.
| Monday | 8/8/22 | 1 p.m. | CHS | Golf | Shelbyville, Lincoln Co | At WillowBrook |
| Monday | 8/8/22 | 6:30 p.m. | WMS | Volleyball | Community | Away |
| **Tuesday | 8/9/22 | 6:30 p.m. | CMS | Football | Harris | Away |
| Tuesday | 8/9/22 | 5:15 p.m. | CMS | Soccer | Rockvale | Away |
| Tuesday | 8/9/22 | 5 p..m | CMS | Volleyball | South | Away |
| Thursday | 8/10/22 | 6:30 p.m. | WMS | Volleyball | Eagleville | Away |
| Thursday | 8/11/22 | 6:30 p.m. | WMS | Football | Cannon County | Away |
| Thursday | 8/11/22 | 4 p.m. | CHS | Golf | Lincoln Co, Lawrence Co | Pebble Creek |
| **Thursday | 8/11/22 | 5:30 p.m. | CMS | Soccer | Franklin County | Home |
| Thursday | 8/11/22 | 5 p.m. | CMS | Volleyball | Tullahoma | Home |
| Friday | 8/12/22 | 6:30 p.m. | CMS | Football | Walter J Baird | Home |
| Saturday | 8/13/22 | TBD | CMS | Volleyball | Tourney at CHS | CHS |
| Saturday | 8/13/22 | TBD | WMS | Volleyball | Tourney at CHS | CHS |
First year Coffee Middle Wrestling team taking sign-ups through Aug. 29
This fall marks the first year that wrestling will be offered to students at Coffee County Middle School.
Sign ups have begun and will go through August 29th. Coaches encourage all students at CMS who are interested in participating to sign up as soon as possible.
Sign up packets are available in Mrs. Weitzel’s classroom (class #258). To be signed up, packets must be filled out and returned to Mrs. Weitzel by the end of the school day on Aug. 29.
Wrestling is available for both boys and girls. Practices will begin Sept. 1 and the season will go through December.
Anyone with questions should contact coach Josh Mainville at 518-528-3851, coach Derrick Strickland at 931-588-7273 or email joshmainville@gmail.com
FOOTBALL: Westwood hits on big plays in final preseason tune up
Westwood hit on a few big plays Friday evening in their final preseason tune up of the fall.
The middle school Rockets played a 40-minute running clock with Forrest and ended up losing 32-22, for whatever the score is worth. But big plays were a highlight for WMS.
Kaysen Lowery connected on a 27-yard pass to Matthew White that set up a 1-yard touchdown run from John Kohls. Later, Lowery broke loose on a 48-yard scamper to put the Rockets in the end zone again. Then Gabe Hambly got loose on a 16-yard run for the Rockets’ final score of the day.
On the flip side, the Rocket defense struggled to stop big plays. Forrest scored on plays of 58, 48, 38 and 60.
Westwood will open the regular season this Thursday, Aug. 11 at Cannon County. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.
White team comes out on top of annual Westwood intra squad
The White Team won bragging rights Thursday night at the annual Westwood Middle School Blue-White Intra Squad game. Team White picked up a 48-24 win.
Kaysen Lowery played quarterback for both teams and, expectedly so, racked up some impressive numbers. Lowery threw for three touchdowns and ran for 3 scores. He connected twice with Matthew White and once with Keller Hatfield. White also had a 70 yard pick six that went the other way for a score in the game.
Also scoring one touchdown apiece for the Rockets were John Kohles, Elijah Vernon, Caleb Hill and Gabe Hambly.
The Rockets will open the regular season next week.
Photos by Holly Peterson, Thunder Radio | Thunder The Magazine
CMS football drops opener; Westwood volleyball wins Thursday
Thursday was the opener for a couple of area middle school fall sports teams.
The Westwood Rocket volleyball team got off to a good start, improving to 1-0 and getting coach Hayley Banks her first career win as a middle school head coach by dropping Community in straight sets: 25-22 and 25-23. Meanwhile, the JV Lady Rockets fell 11-25 and 12-25.
It was not as good of a night for the CMS Raider football team. The Raiders were down 34-0 at the half and were unable to recover. (see photo gallery below)
Coffee Middle football, Westwood volleyball open up seasons Thursday; Rocket football to host Blue-White game
A couple of middle school fall sports will get out of the blocks on Thursday.
The Coffee Middle Football team will open the season with a non-conference bout against West Wilson Thursday, Aug. 4. Kick off is set for 6:30 p.m. at Carden-Jarrell field in Manchester (865 McMinnville Highway, behind Raider Academy).
Meanwhile, Westwood Rockets volleyball will open the season with their first regular season match under new head coach Hayley Banks. The Lady Rockets host Community at approximately 6:30 p.m Thursday, Aug. 4 at Joel Vinson Gymnasium.
And behind Westwood at Dyer-Bouldin Field, the Westwood Rocket football team will host its annual Blue-White Intrasquad Scrimmage at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. It will be the first Blue-White game under new head coach Justin Kanjanabout. It is one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the Rockets.
Braves sign Austin Riley to 10-year extension; trade Will Smith
Life is good for Austin Riley. The Braves third baseman ended July by breaking one of Hank Aaron’s records and he started August by learning he’ll have a chance to stay in Atlanta for at least another decade.
Riley and the Braves agreed to a 10-year, $212 million contract on Monday. This deal, the most lucrative in franchise history, includes a $20 million option for 2033, when the All-Star slugger will be 36 years old.
“How he plays the game and the consistency with which he does everything, is unbelievable,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “He does everything right and checks all the boxes to be that guy.”
As Riley has established himself as one of the game’s best players over the past two years, he has given the Braves reason to make him one of their cornerstones. First baseman Matt Olson is signed through 2029, right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. has a club option through 2028 and Ozzie Albies has a club option through 2027.
The Braves also announced they acquired veteran outfielder Robbie Grossman from the Tigers in exchange for LHP Kris Anglin. Around the same time that deal was announced, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand was among those reporting the Braves were nearing a deal that would send left-handed reliever Will Smith to the Astros for veteran starter Jake Odorizzi. That deal was finalized on Tuesday morning.
The Odorizzi trade is a significant one for the Braves, who have wanted to add insurance to their rotation. Grossman provides the defending World Series champions a left fielder who has had great success against left-handed pitchers.
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