Four members of the Coffee County CHS swim team will open up competition in the Tennessee Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association state meet on Friday in Nashville. Senior Jack Beachboard, who qualified for multiple events, will compete in the 200 Individual Medley and the 100 breaststroke.
Junior Kaylee Williams qualified for 4 events but will compete in the maximum 2 events. Williams will swim in the 200 Individual Medley and the 100 breaststroke.
Sophomore Jase Rice will compete in the 200 Individual Medley and senior Anna O’Conner will compete in the 100 butterfly.
The state meet will conclude on Saturday. The TISCA meet will be held at the Tracy Caulkins Aquatic Center at Nashville’s Centennial SportsPlex. The Centennial SportsPlex is located at 222 25th Avenue North in Nashville.
Members of the Coffee County Red Raider wrestling team open up competition in the Region V Individual wrestling tournament on Friday at Warren County High School. First and second round matchups are set to begin at 5:30 PM on Friday with the tournament set to conclude on Saturday. Those wrestlers that finish in the top 4 in their weight class at the region meet will punch their ticket to the TSSAA state meet in Franklin. The state meet will be held at the Williamson County Ag Center beginning on Thursday.
Ryan Johansen scored 43 seconds into overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 3-2 win against the Dallas Stars at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday.
Viktor Arvidsson passed the puck to Johansen, who beat Stars goalie Anton Khudobin from the slot for his 10th goal.
Dallas’ five-game winning streak ended.
The Predators have won five of their past six games.
Taylor Fedun scored for the Stars to tie it 2-2 at 9:46 of the third period on a shot from the point. It was his third goal.
Arvidsson gave the Predators a 2-1 lead at 8:41 of the third period. Johansen intercepted a pass and found Filip Forsberg, who passed it to Arvidsson for his 22nd goal.
Craig Smith gave the Predators a 1-0 lead at 17:48 of the first period. Kevin Fiala took the original shot that bounced off of Smith, above the net and past Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin for Smith’s 16th goal.
Miro Heiskanen scored for the Stars to tie the game 1-1 at 4:05 of the third period on a rebound from the left faceoff circle. Tyler Seguin took the original shot, and Heiskanen scored his 10th goal on the rebound.
Forward Brian Boyle and forward Cody McLeod made their season debuts for the Predators. Boyle was traded to the Predators on Wednesday from the New Jersey Devils for a second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, and McLeod was acquired Wednesday from the New York Rangers for a seventh-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft.
Nashville forward Kyle Turris returned to the lineup after missing 17 games because of a lower-body injury.
Allie Amado signs fer soccer letter of intent surrounded by family and coaches. Front Row – left to right: David Amado, CHS head soccer coach and grandfather; Jodi Amado, mother; Allie Amado; Anna Amado, sister; and Carlos Amado, father. Back Row, left to right – Travis O’Kelley, Coffee COunty Middle School coach; Lee Xixis, CHS assistant soccer coach, Matt Manning and Chris Louk, former travel soccer coaches for Allie.
“I think I ended up where I am supposed to be” said Coffee County CHS senior Allie Amado on Wednesday as she signed her letter of intent to play college soccer at Bryan College. Surrounded by family, teammates and friends, Amado signed with the Dayton, TN liberal arts college in a ceremony held in the CHS library. “When I visited there, it felt like home” said Amado. “I loved the team and the coach.”
The Lions of Bryan are coached by Kwame Appiah who just completed his first year at the head of the program. Bryan competes in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Lions finished their fall season in November with a final record of 7-10-1. Amado is the first commitment and signee for Appiah as expects her to compete in the midfield this coming fall. Amado expects to major in Biology with the ultimate goal of attending medical school.
Allie’s coach, and grandfather, David Amado was quick to praise Appiah noting that the Lions appear to be a team on the rise. When asked about the strengths of Allie’s game, David was quick to point out her game knowledge and ability to distribute the ball. He expects Allie to excel at Bryan because of “her work ethic, her desire and her love for the game.”
Andrew Mahaffey signs his football scholarship with Centre College. Joining him are: (Front row, left to right) Libby Miller-Rogers, grandmother; Renee Mahaffey , mother; Andrew; Gary Mahaffey , father; and Jack Rogers, grandfather. (Back Row, left to right) – Matt Mueller, CHS defensive coordinator; Paul Parsley, CHS principal; and Ryan Sulkowski, CHS head football coach.
Multisport Coffee County CHS athlete Andrew Mahaffey accepted a football scholarship on Wednesday at the CHS library. Mahaffey has accepted an offer to attend Centre College in Danville, KY to play football for the NCAA Division III Colonels. Mahaffey signed his letter of intent of Thursday surrounded by family, teammates and friends.
“Andrew brought a toughness and competitive edge to our team this year” said Coffee County football coach Ryan Sulkowski. “It is gratifying to send kids like Andrew on to the next level for me since so few players get that opportunity” said Sulkowski. “Andrew has a lot of experience in different roles and a willingness to adapt” added Sulkowski when asked what would make Mahaffey successful at the next level.
That flexibility factored into Andrew’s decision as the Centre coaches have given him the opportunity to play on either side of the ball. “They recruited me as an athlete and I want to go in and compete for whatever position they need me” said Mahaffey. Centre has also been active in recruiting locally as they have targeted players from Shelbyville and Tullahoma. After being recruited by several schools, Mahaffey said “Centre was the best option for me as a student and as a football player. They have a great program and it is in the Top 50 nationally in terms of academics.”
The Colonels area coached by head coach Andy Frye who is the all-time winningest coach in Centre history after taking over the program in 1998. Over the last four seasons, Frye’s program has put together a stellar 35-6 mark competing in the Southern Athletic Association of the NCAA Division III. Centre advanced to the 2nd round of the 2018 Division III playoffs in November before being eliminated by perennial power Mount Union.
District 8AAA Girls Basketball Tournament(updated February 6, 2019)
Six of the 7 schools in District 8AAA will square off to complete the regular season on Thursday night. Six of the 7 boys’ seeds are still up for grabs while 5 of the 7 girls’ seeds remain undetermined. Of the 3 seeds that are set, Coffee County owns 2 of those as each will enter the district tournament as the number 1 seed.
The Lady Raiders record now stands at 25
District 8AAA Boys Basketball Tournament(updated February 6, 2019)
and 3 on the season while the Red Raiders enter Thursday night with a mark of 17 and 5. The Lady Raiders will open the district tournament play on Thursday, February 14th at 6 PM at Lawrence County after a first round bye. The Red Raiders also get a first round bye as they open tournament play on Friday, February 15th at 6 PM at Lawrence County as well. The district finals and consolation will be held on Saturday, February 16th.
The Raiders and Lady Raiders will hit the road on Thursday to take on Shelbyville in Horse Country. The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM; Thunder Radio’s live coverage will begin with the Powers Storage pregame show at 5:50. Elsewhere in the district, Lincoln County is at Lawrence County and Tullahoma hosts Franklin County.
Hitting the road for the first time in 4 weeks, the Coffee County Raiders and Lady Raiders failed to capture their 10th straight doubleheader sweep on Tuesday night in Winchester. The Lady Raiders shot lights out in a 64 to 24 win. The Red Raiders ran into an equally hot shooting Franklin County team as they fell 70 to 64.
In the girls’ game Coffee County drained 12 baskets from behind the 1st National Bank 3 point line to coast to their 11th district win of the year. After a slow start, the Lady Raiders stepped on the gas as they scored 38 points in final 12 minutes of the first half. Abby Morgan led all scorers as she had 27 points on the night including 5 three point baskets to be named the Crazy Daisies player of the game. Bella Vinson finished with 10 points and Jacey Vaughn added 8 as Coffee County won their 25th game of the season.
Jaxon Vaughn of Coffee County CHS basketball
In the boys’ game, Franklin County hit 7 field goals from distance, including 6 in the second half to hand the Raiders their first defeat since December. Darius Rozier battled foul trouble to finish with a team high 21 points. Harley Hinshaw battled a bloody nose to add 12 points as he was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game. Jaxon Vaughn came off the bench to chip in 11 points.
The Raiders and Lady Raiders will hit the road on Thursday to take on Shelbyville in Horse Country. The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM; Thunder Radio’s live coverage will begin with the Powers Storage pregame show at 5:50.
Filip Forsberg scored on the power play, and Roman Josi notched three points as the Nashville Predators defeated the Arizona Coyotes, 5-2, on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena.
The result ends a three-game home losing streak for the Preds, and, perhaps more importantly, Forsberg’s tally snapped an 0-for-34 skid with the man advantage.
Nashville registered 47 shots on goal – just two off of their season high – and got five of them to count in an overall satisfying effort to conclude the season series with the Coyotes.
“It was a great game; they had their pushes and they worked hard, but Pekka Rinne made some great saves, and when we needed goals, we got them,” Predators defenseman Ryan Ellis said. “Tonight was a good team effort.”
“I don’t think the first period was bad, but I thought we were capable of playing better,” Preds Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “The second period, I thought we really cranked it up. We caught a team that played last night too, so I think that maybe worked to our advantage as well, but to push forward from going down 1-0, really important second period. I thought the guys played really well.”
Arizona had a 1-0 lead after the first 20 minutes thanks to a goal from Vinnie Hinostroza, but the Preds took over in the middle frame.
First, it was Craig Smith who poked home a loose puck at the side of the net for his 15th of the season, and then, the Predators went back on the power play. After a masterful keep-in at the point by Josi that kept the play alive, the puck eventually came to Forsberg who sniped home Nashville’s first goal on the man advantage in their past 35 tries for the first lead of the evening.
Less than six minutes later, it was defenseman Ryan Ellis who joined the rush and finished off the play right in front of the net to give his club a 3-1 advantage after two periods.
The Coyotes cut the lead to one early in the third, but that was as close as they came before Calle Jarnkrok converted on an odd-man rush, and Josi iced it with an empty-net strike from his own end boards to give the Preds their 32nd victory of the season.
“We were down after the first, but we had some good chances, some good looks, and we kept pushing,” Josi said. “Especially in the second, we had a lot of chances and got rewarded with some goals.”
The homestand concludes on Thursday as the Preds will host the Stars for the second time this week in search of some revenge after suffering a defeat on Saturday night.
“Dallas is playing really well right now,” Josi said. “It was a tough game Saturday, and we lost the last two against them at home, so we definitely have some work to do. It’ll be another tough game. It was a physical match last time, and we expect the same this time.”
The 0-for is Over:
It was bound to break eventually, right?
The Predators spent the majority of Monday’s practice working on the man advantage with the hope that things would eventually turn.
On Tuesday, Filip Forsberg helped his club’s cause.
“Forsberg had a good shot and Viktor Arvidsson had a terrific screen,” Ellis said of the play. “All of the movement was great. We were getting good shots and chances, and we finally got one.”
With a perfectly placed shot from the circle, Nashville ended their power-play drought with their first conversion since Forsberg also got one back on Jan. 9 in Chicago.
“We had a lot of looks and a lot of opportunities, I thought that there could’ve been more than one,” Laviolette said of the power play. “Filip made a terrific shot coming in on his… We talked about before the game the special teams could factor into the game and I thought they did.”
It allowed the group to breathe a sigh of relief, and while one success may not solve all of the woes, it certainly won’t hinder the efforts to rectify the situation with the postseason on the horizon.
“We’re all kind of tired of talking about it; we’re working on it and it was great to get a goal,” Josi said. “We’re going to keep working it, and hopefully get better and better.”
Notes:
With two points on the night, Ryan Ellis is now just one point away from 200 in his NHL career.
Nashville concludes their three-game homestand on Thursday as they host the Dallas Stars for the second time in the stretch before beginning a home-and-home with St. Louis this weekend.
Nashville Soccer Club single game tickets are on sale for its 2019 USL Championship home schedule. The slate features 12 Saturday games and five midweek starts in its 17-game regular season home schedule. All home games will kick off at 7 p.m. CST.
Single game tickets start at just $15 and are available to purchase at NashvilleSC.com/singlegame or through a Nashville SC ticket representative at (615) 457-8200.
The USL Championship regular season will begin at home for Nashville SC as they take on newcomers Loudoun United FC on March 9, followed by Saint Louis FC on March 16. May, August and October will be the busiest months of the season at home as each feature three home contests. Five of the final six games for Nashville will be at home as the club looks to secure a second consecutive postseason berth. A full home schedule can be found at NashvilleSC.com/2019schedule.
Season Ticket Memberships for Nashville SC’s final USL Championship season before moving to MLS in 2020 are still available at NashvilleSC.com/seasontickets and begin at just $10 a game. Purchasing season tickets will secure your place in line when MLS tickets go on sale.
For the first time in 40 years, the Coffee County Central High School basketball teams have each claimed the regular season district title in the same season. A pair of wins on Friday night over Tullahoma gave the Raiders and Lady Raiders their 9th straight doubleheader sweep and clinched the #1 seed for the upcoming postseason tournament. The Lady Raiders record now stands at 24 and 3 on the season while the Red Raiders improved to 17 and 4. The Lady Raiders will open the district tournament play on Thursday, February 14th at 6 PM at Lawrence County after a first round bye. The Red Raiders also get a first round bye as they open tournament play on Friday, February 15th at 6 PM at Lawrence County as well. The district finals will be held on Saturday, February 16th.
Equally exciting for the Lady Raiders is an appearance in this week’s Associated Press Class AAA Top 10. For the first time in more than 20 years, the Lady Raiders grabbed the #10 spot in the weekly poll which is voted on by writers across the state. Riverdale is the state’s #1 team with a record of 22 and 1 as they captured 13 first place votes. Blackman fell out of the Top 10 to 12th place but did receive a 1st place vote. The complete girl’s Associated Press Top 10:
1 – Riverdale(22-1)
2 – Maryville (25-1)
3 – Houston(22-2)
4 – Oak Ridge(24-2)
5 – Bradley Central(22-3)
6 – Bearden(22-3)
7 – Morristown West(21-3)
8 – Campbell County(243)
9 – Mt. Juliet(20-4)
10 – Coffee County(24-3)
The Raiders and Lady Raiders will hit the road on Tuesday to begin the final week of the regular season. The road trip begins in Winchester as Coffee County visits Franklin County. The regular season finale will be in Shelbyville on Thursday. The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM both nights; Thunder Radio’s live coverage will begin with the Char-El Apartments and Home Rental pregame show at 5:50.
Four members of the Coffee County CHS swim team will open up competition in the Tennessee Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association state meet on Friday in Nashville. Senior Jack Beachboard, who qualified for multiple events, will compete in the 200 Individual Medley and the 100 breaststroke.
