Category: Sports

Three members of the Coffee County basketball teams were named to the Region 4AAA All-Tournament teams on Wednesday and Thursday night.  Senior Abby Morgan and sophomore Bella Vinson were selected for the girls’ team by the coaches in the region tournament.   Senior Darius Rozier was selected for the boys’ all-region tournament team.

Morgan was the leading scorer for the Lady Raiders as she scored 33 points in the 2 games, including 25 in the overtime win over Stewarts Creek in the quarterfinal round.  Vinson scored 28 points in the 2 Lady Raider games as she led Coffee County in scoring against Riverdale   in the semifinal round.  Vinson finished that game with 15 points.   Rozier was the leading scorer for Coffee County in their region quarterfinal on Tuesday against Riverdale.  Rozier scored 22 points and also reached the 1,000 career point mark during the game.

Both in and out of the swimming pool, Jack Beachboard continues to claim awards.  The Coffee County Central High School senior was recognized on Tuesday as an All-Region swimmer for Middle Tennessee and as an Academic All-American.

Beachboard, the most decorated swimmer in Coffee County swim team history, competed in his 4^th straight state meet earlier this month.  Beachboard also qualified for the Academic Honors due to his overall GPA.  To qualify for the Academic All-American award, you must:  Have a minimum GPA of 3.750 on a 4 point scale, or 93.7500% of the grade scale your school uses for 7 semesters/11 trimesters. GPA may not be rounded up.

The Coffee County swim team is coached by Becky Behrendorff.

Story provided by Tera Williams

This past weekend, February 22-24, the Manchester Makos swim team had 10 members that qualified to swim in the Southeastern Short Course Championships. The championship meet hosts teams from many states including Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida. In order to swim at this level, swimmers must have qualifying times in the event. The Makos, led by their coaches Shawn Daniels, Rebekah Buchanan, Becky Behrendorff, and Cindy Weber, placed 19th out of 50 teams.
The Makos had a strong showing of 5 swimmers in the senior age division. Swimmers raced in the morning for preliminaries, and the top 16 swimmers competed in the finals competition that night. Jack Beachboard competed in 6 events. He made finals in 4 events, 2 personal best times, and 3 team records. He also qualified to swim in the NCSA Jr. Nationals in Florida. Ashley Slayton also swam in 6 events and made finals in all 6. She swam away with 3 personal best times, 3 team records, and several qualifying times for Junior Nationals in Florida. Kaylee Williams competed in 3 events and made finals in 2. She came away from the weekend with 2 personal best times, 2 team records, and qualified for Senior Sectionals. Caitlyn Slayton swam in 3 events. She had 2 personal best time and team record in the mile. Maddie DeWolfe competed in 6 events with finals in 2. She made a personal best in 2 events and qualified for Senior Sectionals.
In the younger age groups, the Makos had 2 boys representing the 13-14 division. Nicholas Bogle had 6 preliminary races and 3 final races. He walked away with a personal best in the 200 Fly and qualifying times for the Age Group Sectionals. Isaac Lee had a strong performance for the weekend. He competed in 6 events, made 6 finals, and finished in the top 4 for each event. He took the team record holder position in all 6 events as well. He also qualified for Age Group Sectionals. David Everett competed in the 11-12 year division. He had 3 top 16 finishes and personal best times in all 5 events. He also took the team record in the 50 breaststroke. In the final age division, 10 & under, the Makos had 2 swimmers. Jack Stowe swam 4 events with a personal best in the 200 IM. Paizley Hodges swam in 2 events and had a personal best in the 100 back.
Next up for the Makos is the Long Course season which will culminate in a similar competition in July. Staring in May, the Makos will begin training for the Race League, a summer competition with local teams. See you at the pool.

2019 Southeastern Short Course Championships
Huntsville, Alabama
MMST Results

Jack Beachboard- 6 events 4 finals16th Place in 100 Breaststroke; 7th Place in 400 IM; 9th Place in 200 Breaststroke (PB, TR); 12th Place in 200 IM (TR); 26th in 200 Fly (PB, TR) qualified for NCSA Jr. Nationals in Orlando, FL

Ashley Slayton- 6 events  6 Finals 3rd Place in 200 Freestyle (JN); 2nd Place in 400 IM (JN); 12th Place in 50 Freestyle (PB, TR, JN); 3rd Place in 500 Freestyle (JN); 6th Place in the 100 Freestyle (PB, TR, JN); 2nd Place in 200 IM (PB, TR, JN); qualified for NCSA Jr. Nationals in Orlando, FL

Kaylee Williams- 3 events  2 finals 12th Place in 200 Breaststroke (PB, TR); 15th Place in 50 Breastsroke (TR, PB); qualified for Senior Sectionals

Caitlyn Slayton- 3 events 22nd Place in 1650 Freestyle with a PB and team record; a PB in 50 free

Maddie DeWolfe- 6 events  2 finals 15th Place in 200 Breaststroke (PB- 2:27.98), PB in 2 events and made a sectional cut for 200 Breast

Nick Bogle-6 events 3 finals 7th Place in 200 Butterfly (PB- 2:04.13); 7th in 200 Backstroke; 6th in 100 Butterfly; qualified for Age Group Sectionals in Cary, NC

Isaac Lee- 6 events  6 finals 4th Place in 200 Freestyle (TR); 2nd Place in 400 IM (TR), 2nd Place in 200 Butterfly(TR); 2nd Place in 500 Freestyle (TR); 1st Place in 1650 Freestyle (TR); 2nd Place in 200 IM (TR); set personal bests in every event; qualified for Age Group Sectionals in Cary, NC

David Everett- 11-12 yr old 5 events10th Place in 50 Breaststroke (PB- 34.11, TR); 14th Place in 100 Butterfly (PB- 1:08.12); 11th Place in 200 IM (PB- 2:24.46)

Jack Stowe- 10 & U swam 4 events 18th Place in 100 Butterfly; 14th Place in 200 IM with a PB of 2:58.57

Paizley Hodges- 10 & U swam 2 events 20th Place in 100 Backstroke with PB of 1:21.63

 

The Coffee County Middle School baseball team traveled to Sparta on Wednesday evening for the 2^nd game of their season opening conference series.  In a rematch from Tuesday night, it was another strong pitching performance by the Red Raider pitching staff that made the difference in the game.  Coffee Middle held White County to 3 hits in a 3 to 1 win.

Aiden Robertson pitched 6 innings allowing only 1 unearned run while striking out 6 to get the win.  Jack Anderson came on in relief and struck out 2 to get the save.  England Bryan had a pair of singles and 3 stolen bases to lead the Red Raider hitting attack.  Cole Pippenger had a single and a walk and scored two runs.  Jacob Holder had an RBI double and scored the other run for Coffee Middle.

The Red Raiders will hit the diamond again on Thursday as they welcome Lincoln County to the CCMS field.  First pitch is set for 5 PM

The Coffee County Middle School softball team traveled to Sparta on Wednesday afternoon for a conference tilt with White County.  The Lady Raiders once again jumped out to an early lead and powered to a conference sweep over the Warriorettes.  Coffee County won by a final score of 6 to 3.

A pair of walks ahead of a Kaitlyn Davis single staked the Lady Raiders to a lead with no one out in the top of the 1^st inning.  Davis’ courtesy runner came around to score as the Lady Raiders took a 3 to 0 lead after one half inning.  Coffee County added 2 runs in the 3^rd and an insurance run in the 5^th.  Davis went the distance in the circle as she scattered 6 hits to get the win.  Chloe Gannon had a pair of singles.  Savannah Cooper had a single and a triple and scored once while Alivia Reel added a double with a run scored.

The Lady Raiders will hit the road on Saturday for 4 games in a tournament in Shelbyville.  Coffee Middle will take on Rockvale at 10:30; Liberty at noon; Community at 4:30 and Columbia Academy at 6 PM.  The tournament will take place at Shelbyville’s Daisye Musgrave Hulan Park.

Taking on Warren County for the 2^nd straight night, Coffee County’s CHS baseball team traveled to McMinnville on Wednesday night for a 10 inning scrimmage.  The Red Raiders played error free baseball and got a great performance from their pitchers as they rolled to an 8 to 3 win.

John McKelvey and Griffin Meeker combined for 5 innings of no-hit ball to headline a strong pitching performance.  At the plate, Bryson Hullett and Harley Hinshaw led the Raiders in hitting as each had a single and a double.  Hullett had 2 RBI while Hinshaw drove in 1.  Skylar Bratcher and Zack Milan each had a double.

The Red Raiders will host a scrimmage on Saturday beginning at noon.  The Red Raiders will welcome Central Magnet to Powers Field.

Tuesday Prep Scoreboard

CHS Girls’ Basketball lost to Riverdale; 57 to 48 – See the story HERE

CHS Boys’ Basketball fell to Riverdale; 53 to 47 – See the story HERE

CCMS Softball defeated White Co; 14 to 1– See the story HERE

CCMS Baseball drops White Co; 9 to 0 – See the story HERE

WMS Baseball beat Riverside Christian; 11 to 1 – See the story HERE

CCMS Boys’ Soccer dumped White Co; 6 to 2 – See the story HERE

CHS Baseball lost to Warren Co(Scrimmage); 9 to 7 – See the story HERE

Wednesday Prep Schedule

4:00 PM – CCMS Baseball at White Co

4:00 PM – CCMS Softball at White Co

4:30 PM – CHS Baseball at Warren Co(Scrimmage)

 

The Red Raider basketball team opened the Region 4AAA Tournament on Tuesday night at home against Riverdale.  The regular season District 8AAA champions welcomed the regular season 7AAA district champions in a quarterfinal matchup in a win or go home battle.   After leading through 3 quarters, Coffee County saw Riverdale rally to capture the 53 to 47 win over the Red Raiders.

The Red Raiders jumped out to a 1 point lead in the first quarter and built it to 8 points at the half and 5 points entering the final stanza.  The depleted Coffee County roster seemed to run out of gas in the 4^th quarter.  With a pair of injured starters unavailable for the last 2 weeks, and several starters nursing injuries, the Red Raiders could not overcome a 4^th quarter rally from the deeper and taller Riverdale squad.

Darius Rozier finished the game with 22 points as he earned the Crazy Daisies player of the game honor.  Rozier also reached the 1,000 career point mark during the game.  Kyle Farless added 13 points and Jaxon Vaughn added 6 points.

The game marked the end of the careers for seniors Andrew Mahaffey, Chase Simpkins, Darius Rozier, and Harley Hinshaw who captured the regular season District 8AAA title.  The Red Raiders finish the season with a final record of 19 and 7 including the first regular season district title this century.

After a thrilling overtime win on Monday night, the Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team moved into Tuesday night’s semifinal at Murfreesboro.  Taking on the Riverdale Lady Warriors who are nationally ranked and the number #1 team in the state, the Lady Raiders fought the Lady Warriors to the very end before falling in the game.  Coffee County saw their season come to an end by a final score of 57 to 48.

After falling behind early, Coffee County outscored Riverdale 28 to 23 in the second half but could never run down Riverdale.  After trailing by 14 at the half, Coffee County fought the deficit to 7 in the 3^rd quarter.  Coffee County kept the deficit to single digits throughout the 4^th quarter but Riverdale held off a late Lady Raider charge to get the win.

Coffee County was led in scoring by Bella Vinson who had 15 points.  Senior Jacey Vaughn scored 14 points including 4 three point baskets and Senior Abby Morgan added 8 points.

The game marked the end of the careers for seniors Chloe Spry, Abby Morgan and Jacey Vaughn who won back to back regular season District 8AAA titles.  The Lady Raiders finish the season with a final record of 28 and 5 including going unbeaten in district play for the first time since 1993.

In the inaugural broadcast of the Gilley Crane Hometown Sports Series, the Coffee County Middle School softball team opened the regular season at home on Tuesday.  Taking on conference rival White County, the Lady Raiders jumped on White County in the first inning with 6 runs to coast to the win.  Coffee County won the mercy-rule game by a final score of 14 to 1.

The Lady Raiders got 4 walks and 3 hits in the bottom of the first highlighted by a bases clearing triple by Savannah Cooper that plated 3 runs.  Coffee County added 4 runs in the 2^nd and 4 more in the 3^rd to end the game by the 10 run Mercy Rule game after 3 ½ innings.

Kaitlyn Davis had a pair of singles and reached on a walk at the plate and pitched a 3 hitter allowing only 1 unearned run.  Cooper ended up with 2 hits and reached on an error.  Alivia Reel finished with a single and a triple and Chesnie Cox added a pair of singles.

The Lady Raiders will hit the road on Wednesday for the 2^nd game in the season series with White County.  Wednesday’s game is a make-up of Monday’s rain-out in Sparta.  First pitch is set for 4:00 PM.

Download the broadcast at: www.WMSRradio.com/downloads