Category: Sports

The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball team has accepted an invitation to compete in the Class AAA TMSAA Section 2 Tournament being held this week at Stewarts Creek.  After finishing in 3^rd place in the CTC postseason conference tournament, Coffee Middle will enter the sectional as the 3^rd seed from Area 6 in the 8 team tournament.  The Lady Raiders will open up tournament play on Monday night at 7:15 PM at Stewarts Creek Middle School in Smyrna against an opponent from Rutherford County.  The winner of the sectional tournament will advance to the inaugural 4 team TMSAA middle school state tournament which will also be held at Stewarts Creek on February 8^th and 9^th.

The Temple Baptist Christian School basketball team welcomed Franklin Road Christian School to the E.C. Bailey Gym on Friday.   Taking on the Minutemen of Murfreesboro, the Eagles came up short in the varsity only contest.  Temple fell by a final score of 59 to 53.

Trailing by 4 at the half, the Eagles rallied to cut the deficit to 1 entering the 4th quarter.   Franklin Road was able to hold off a 4^th quarter charge by Temple for the win.  Cody Swayze was the leading scorer for the Eagles as he finished with a game high 40 points.  Alex Gloden added 5 points while Trace Woodard and Mich Gloden each chipped in 3.

The Eagles will next be in action on Monday, February 11^th when they travel to Murfreesboro for a rematch with Franklin Road.  That game is set to tip-off at 5 PM.

The Coffee County Central High School freshman basketball team played host to Warren County on Thursday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The Red Raiders rode a strong 2^nd half effort to claim the 41 to 28 win.

Connor Shemwell led the Raider scoring attack with 15 points, including 7 4^th quarter free throws.  John Dobson added 11 points and Rueben Alvarez chipped in 7 points.

The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball season came to a close on Thursday night in the semifinals of the CTC Postseason Tournament.  Squaring off against the top-seeded Warriorettes of White County, the Lady Raiders dropped a 43 to 25 decision.  The Lady Raiders finished the season with a record of 14 and 7.

The Lady Raiders got off to a strong start trailing White County by 2 points at the half.  White County was able to pull away in the 3^rd quarter before holding the Lady Raiders to 4 points in the 4^th quarter.  Coffee Middle was led in scoring by Olivia Vinson who had 9 points.  Alivia Reel finished with 8 points and Chloe Gannon who added 4 points.

Coach George Pearson will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show.  The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast every Saturday morning live from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.  The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.

 

This weekend, the Coffee County CHS, Coffee County Middle School and Westwood Middle schools will all be in action in their respective region swim tournaments in Nashville. The high school swimmers will compete in the Middle Tennessee Regional on Friday beginning at 10 AM. The middle school swimmers will compete on Saturday with their events also beginning at 10 AM. Both meets will be held at the Tracy Caulkins Aquatic Center in Nashville’s Centennial SportsPlex.

Qualifying for the region meet for the high school swimmers in individual events are:
Lindsey Cauble,
William Tobitt,
Kennedy Norman-Young,
Anna O’Connor,
Jase Rice,
Jack Beachboard,
and Kaylee Williams.
Gavin Benson has also qualified for the Raiders as a relay competitor.

Qualifying for the Westwood Middle swimmers in individual events are:
Nick Bogle,
Abby Gilday,
Cale Hayes,
and Elsie Lazalier
Ansley Beachboard has also qualified for the Rockets as a relay competitor.

Qualifying for the region meet for the Coffee Middle swimmers in individual events are:
Riley Bellamy,
Patience Driggers,
Michael Floyd,
Ellianna Masters,
Catherine Sands,
Emily Snider,
Taylor Wall,
and Emily Williams.

The state meet for the high school swimmers will take place on Friday and Saturday, February 8th and 9th in Nashville.

The Coffee County Central High School athletic department has partnered with Jiffy Burger restaurant to acknowledge the hard work and dedication that our student-athletes put into their sports. At the end of each month, each in-season head coach will be able to submit the name of one athlete who had a standout performance and demonstrated excellent leadership during that month. The head coaches and the administration will be given the opportunity to vote for one male and one female athlete to be named athlete of the month.

Earlier this week, the CHS athletic department announced the selection of Jack Beachboard and Jacey Vaughn as the student-athletes of the month for the month of December.

Jacey is a senior captain for the Lady Raider basketball team and has been a 4 year starter for Coffee County.   Jacey is also among the leading scorers for the Lady Raiders including a 21 point performance against Tullahoma on January 9^th.

Jack is a senior member of the swim program and has made State qualifying times in most of the events. He is always willing to help when needed and great with his peers.  Jack has the record for the highest finish in the state meet in program history and will graduate as the most decorated swimmer in school history.

Congratulations to Jacey and Jack

The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball team opened up CTC tournament play on Wednesday night in Tullahoma.  Coffee County squared off against Warren County in the quarterfinal round of the single elimination tournament.  In a game you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Raiders punched their ticket for the semifinals with a 35 to 9 win over the Lady Pioneers.

After Warren County opened the game with a 4 to 0 lead in the first 3 minutes, Coffee Middle held Warren County to 5 points in the final 3 and a half quarters to roll to the semifinals.  Alivia Reel led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 14 points as she was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.  Chloe Gannon and Olivia Reel each added 7 points as Coffee Middle improves to 14 and 6 on the season.

Coffee County will advance to Thursday afternoon’s semifinal matchup with top seeded White County.  That game will tip-off at 5 PM at Tullahoma High School.

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The Coffee County Middle School Red Raider basketball season came to an end on Wednesday in the semifinal round of the CTC tournament.  Taking on top-seeded South Franklin, Coffee County gave the favored Trojans all they could handle for 3 quarters.  But foul trouble and turnovers in the 4^th quarter cost the Raiders in a 35 to 23 loss.

Coffee Middle got off to a hot start as they led 10 to 1 after 1 quarter.  South rallied to cut the lead to 1 with 1 minute left in the half but Coffee County held that advantage going into intermission.  The Trojans took a 19 to 18 lead with 2:38 left in the 3^rd quarter and never surrendered control after that.

Coffee County was led in scoring by Hayden Garr, Dayne Crosslin and Jacob Holder who all finished with 6 points.   The loss ends the Red Raiders’ season.  Coffee Middle finished the year with a record of 10 to 10.

 

The Juice was loose in Vegas.

Juuse Saros made a career-high 47 saves, and the Nashville Predators defeated the Golden Knights, 2-1, on Wednesday night. The result gives the Preds their first-ever win at T-Mobile Arena, as well as a two-game win streak as they head into the 2019 NHL All-Star Weekend and subsequent bye week.

The Predators surrendered 48 shots to the Golden Knights – not their most stellar defensive effort of the season – but their netminder made the difference.

“He was unbelievable,” Preds Captain Roman Josi said of Saros. “Every time he steps in, he’s unbelievable. He’s a great goalie, and he’s got a great work ethic. It’s not always easy as a backup, and we’re really lucky to have two goalies like that.”

After surviving an early surge from the Golden Knights that saw the visitors surrender the game’s opening goal, Nashville found their footing as the first period wore on, and less than five minutes into the second, the Predators had themselves a lead.

First, it was Ryan Johansen who crashed the net and tallied in his first contest back after serving a two-game suspension for high-sticking.

Later, Nick Bonino continued his hot streak when he caught Marc-Andre Fleury out of position and potted his sixth goal in his last seven outings to give his team a 2-1 advantage after 40 minutes.

Throughout the night, Saros produced arguably his finest outing of his career for the Predators, which included robbing William Karlsson by turning aside a 2-on-0 in the middle frame.

Saros made 14 of his saves in the final stanza to seal the deal and send the Preds home with their 30th win of the season and a boost of confidence as they enter the break.

Notes:

Preds Captain Roman Josi and goaltender Pekka Rinne will represent their team in San Jose at the 2019 NHL All-Star Weekend over the next three days. The All-Star Skills Competition takes place on Friday night (8 p.m. CT, NBCSN) before the 2019 NHL All-Star Game commences on Saturday (7 p.m. CT, NBC).

Nashville’s bye week will follow the weekend, and the Preds will next see game action on Feb. 1 when they head to South Florida to take on the Panthers before returning home to host the Dallas Stars one night later.

The Coffee County CHS basketball teams got their 7^th straight doubleheader sweep on Tuesday night as claimed a pair of district wins from Columbia.  Both the Lady Raiders and Red Raiders played some of their best basketball of the year as each held on to the top spot in the district standings with impressive victories.  The Lady Raiders mauled the Lady Lions 77 to 28 while the Red Raiders dominated the pace of the game in a 66 to 55 win over the Lions.

The Lady Raiders got off to another red hot start as they drilled seven 3 point baskets in the 1^st quarter to build a 31 to 4 advantage, Coffee County held Columbia to 2 points in the 3^rd quarter as they built a phenomenal 67 to 13 lead heading to the 4^th quarter.  Abby Morgan led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 13 points.  Ellie Graham had four triples as she finished with 12 points.  Jacey Vaughn and Bella Vinson each added 11 points and Chloe Spry came off the bench to hit a pair of 3 pointers as Coffee County finished with 12 baskets from behind the arc.  For their shooting prowess, Graham and Spry were named the Crazy Daisies co-players of the game.  The Lady Raiders improved to 22 and 3 on the year and 8 and 0 in district play.

The Red Raiders closed out the first quarter on an 8 to 2 run to take an 18 to 12 lead.  Stopping Columbia in transition, keeping the Lions off the offensive glass and defending the perimeter allowed Coffee County to hold onto that lead throughout the game.  Coffee County forced 18 Columbia turnovers in the win.  Darius Rozier led the Raiders in scoring with 20 points.  Kyle Farless chipped in 13 while Harley Hinshaw and Rod Brinkley each netted 8.  For his spectacular rebounding performance, Brinkley was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.  The win is the 10^th win in their last 11 games and moves Coffee County to 15 and 4 overall and 7 and 1 in district play.

Coffee County will enjoy an off night on Friday before the Raiders return to the court on Tuesday night when they play host to Lincoln County in a pair of crucial games for district seeding.  Tip-off is set for 6 PM at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.   Thunder Radio’s live coverage begins with the Char-El Apartments and Home Rental pregame show at 5:50

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