Category: Sports

Lauren Davis of the Temple Baptist Christian School volleyball team[File Photo]

The Lady Eagles gave up consecutive points only 7 times in the match and none in the final set.  Rachel Butler led the Lady Eagles at the service line as she closed out the 1^st set with 8 straight points and 6 straight in the 2^nd set.  Lauren Davis added 5 straight points in the final set

The Lady Eagles will be off until August 31^st when they welcome Madison Baptist Academy of Alabama to Temple.  The JV(junior high) contest will get underway at 4:30 PM with the varsity(high school) to follow at 5:30

The Coffee County Middle School volleyball team welcomed perennial conference power Warren County to the CCMS gym on Tuesday.  The young Lady Raiders could not overcome the talented Lady Pioneers.  Coffee County fell in straight sets 25 to 14 and 25 to 10.

The Lady Raiders travel to Decherd on Thursday for a conference match with North Franklin.  First serve is set for 5 PM.

The Nashville Sounds’ offense never got going in a 2-0 loss to the Round Rock Express Tuesday night at Dell Diamond.

Nashville’s 10-game road trip started with a thud as the offense produced only three hits – all singles. Sheldon Neuse had a base hit in the second, Jorge Mateo singled in the third and Dustin Fowler had a single in the sixth. The Sounds had only two innings when they put a runner in scoring position.

A solid pitching performance went by the wayside as the combination of Daniel Mengden and Chris Bassitt limited the Express to two runs. Mengden started and tossed four shutout innings in a scheduled short start. The right-hander yielded four hits and struck out two in his second consecutive scoreless outing.

Bassitt took over for Mengden in a 0-0 game in the fifth. He breezed through two quick innings before he found trouble in the seventh. Andy Ibanez and Tony Sanchez produced back-to-back singles to start the inning and put runners at the corners for Round Rock.

Bassitt came back to strike out Cliff Pennington and Nick Noonan for the first two outs of the inning. But Nick Torres bounced a base hit up the middle to score Ibanez and Sanchez to make it 2-0.

There wasn’t much going the rest of the way. Round Rock relievers retired the final 11 batters they faced. Starter Chris Rowley tossed six shutout innings before Connor Sadzeck, Zac Curtis and RJ Alvarez each tossed a scoreless frame in relief.

Game two of the three-game series is scheduled for Wednesday night at Dell Diamond. Right-hander Raul Alcantara (5-4, 4.91) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Adrian Sampson (5-4, 4.02) for the Express. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

• With tonight’s 2-0 loss, the Sounds dropped to 67-60 on the season.
• Third baseman Sheldon Neuse extended his hitting streak to seven games with a single in the second inning.
• BJ Boyd appeared as a pinch-hitter and went 0-for-1, ending his 13-game hitting streak.
• Franklin Barreto’s on-base streak came to an end at 22 games.

The 2018 season is the Sounds’ 41^st in franchise history and fourth as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.

Madison Pruitt of CCMS volleyball

The Lady Raider volleyball team of Coffee County Middle School returned to conference play on Monday as they welcomed South Franklin to the CCMS gym.  The Lady Raiders were coming off a pair of season opening losses as they looked for their first win.  Coffee Middle got that win in straight sets by set scores of 25-10 and 25-17.

The Lady Raiders once again leaned on their strong service game as they struck 17 aces in the match you heard here on Thunder Radio.  Coffee Middle was led in aces by Madison Pruitt who had 8.  Chloe Gannon finished with 7 aces, 4 kills and a block.  Brayden Tomberlin added 4 kills for the Lady Raiders who improved to 1 and 2 overall and 1 and 1 in conference play.

The Lady Raiders will be back at home on Tuesday night as they play host to Warren County.  First serve is set for 4:30 PM.

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Rachel Butler of Temple Baptist Christian School volleyball[file photo]

On Friday, the Lady Eagles opened the tournament against the host team from Powell’s Temple Baptist Academy.  The Crusaders from Powell defeated Manchester’s Eagles.  The Lady Eagles bounced back to win matches over South Haven Baptist of Springfield and Victory Baptist of Shelbyville to claim a #2 seed coming out of pool play.

On Saturday, the Lady Eagles got a first round bye and a victory over South Haven to advance to the finals.  In the finals, the Lady Eagles squared off against Temple Academy for a rematch.  Unfortunately, Temple fell to the host Crusaders to finish in second place with a record of 3 and 2 on the tournament.

The Lady Eagles will host their first home game of the season on Tuesday when they welcome Dogwood Christian Academy of Tunnel Hill, Georgia to the E.C. Bailey Gym.  The varsity only contest will begin at 5 PM.

The Coffee County golf match with Lincoln County and Tullahoma at Willowbrook on Monday was cancelled due to the weather.  As of right now, there has been no make-up date has been announced.  Thunder Radio will keep you up to date on any developments.

After the event, Coach Nathan Wanuch had this to say: “It was a great start to the season.  We didn’t back off our training to prepare for this race, but pretty much the whole team ran PRs.”  The Raider harriers will next be in action on Saturday when they compete in the Voyles Classic at The Hermitage.  First race is set to go off at 8 AM.

C.J. Anthony of Coffee County football

Opening the season against border rival Franklin County, the Red Raider football team went toe to toe with the talented Rebels before falling 22 to 14.  Trailing 7 to 0 at the half, Coffee County got a pair of touchdowns to take a 14 to 7 lead with 11 minutes remaining in the game.  A pair of late touchdowns and a 2 point conversion gave the Rebels the win.

Coffee County got their first score in the 3^rd quarter as Marshall Haney powered in from 2 yards out.  An 84 yard interception return by Coffee County’s C.J. Anthony early in the 4^th quarter, plus an Andrew Mahaffey 2 point conversion, gave the Raiders the lead.  Franklin County answered with a score on a completed pass on a 4^th down broken play to cut the deficit to 1.  A fake kick was run in for the 2 point conversion and Franklin County led 15 to 14.  Franklin County added a late score for the win.

Mahaffey rushed 23 times for 106 yards and was 4 of 10 passing for 29 yards.  Haney finished with 48 yards rushing on 14 carries.  Trace Bryant caught 2 passes for 22 yards.  With his interception return for a touchdown, C.J. Anthony was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.

Coffee County will travel to Tullahoma on Friday to take on Tullahoma in the 93^rd Coffee Pot matchup.  Thunder Radio will once again bring you more than complete coverage.  Lucky Knott and Dustin Murray will bring you all the action from Wilkins Stadium beginning at 6:45 PM.  Thunder Radio’s live coverage begins at 6 PM with the Friday Night Thunder Pregame Show.

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The Coffee County CHS and Coffee County Middle School cross country teams opened their season on Saturday night in Murfreesboro.  The young Raider harriers competed in 30 heats with over 300 runners at the nighttime event at Siegel.

For the high school Red Raiders, Jacob Rutledge was the top finisher as he came in 11^th overall with a time of 10:55 for the 2 mile event.  Bodey Todd came in 36^th with a time of 11:35 and he was followed closely by Jacob Melton(11:43) and Renato Ayala(11:44).  Other Raider runners were: Christian Alvarez(12:23), Ethan Beaty(12:29), Rueben Alvarez(13:07), Landon Kenney(13:34) and Garrett Masters(13:36).

For the Lady Raiders, Madison Rooker was the top finisher in 48^th place with a time of 14:38.  Trava Brown was 50^th in 14:43.  Other Lady Raider runners were: Jayda Wright(15:58) and Zoe Mills(16:26).

For the middle school runners, Bradley Escue was the top finisher in 10^th place with a time of 9:46 for the 1.5 mile course.  Lucas Beaty finished 13^th overall at 9:48 and Manuel Gonzalez ran a 9:53 which was good enough for 17^th.  Other Raider runners were: Brayton Anderson (10:07), Brady Wright(10:19)and Clayton Bryant(11:57).

For the Lady Raiders, Greenlee Woods was the top finisher as she finished in second place with a time of 9:16.  Other Lady Raider runners were: Eleanor Rollman(12:48) and Elizabeth Young(14:24).

After the event, Coach Nathan Wanuch had this to say: “It was a great start to the season.  We didn’t back off our training to prepare for this race, but pretty much the whole team ran PRs.”  The Raider harriers will next be in action on Saturday when they compete in the Voyles Classic at The Hermitage.  First race is set to go off at 8 AM.

The JV Lady Raider soccer team from CHS took part in the SMT invitational in Tullahoma.  The Lady Raiders came up with a pair of wins on the day.  Coffee County got wins over Warren County and Tullahoma.

Coffee County defeated Warren Co 4-0 with goals by Maddie Jones, Britny Hernandez, Faith Willoughby and Trava Brown.  The Lady Raiders also defeated Tullahoma 3-1.  Coffee County was led by Britny Hernandez who had 2 goals and Maddie Jones who added the other tally.

Defensively Jayda Wright, Cybele Hoover-Horn, Roxy Rameriz, Laura Bogard and Gabby Dotson were called out by head coach David Amado for having a great tournament.  Clarissa Barrera, Kyleigh Harner and Ariana Hansen distributed the ball very well in the mid field.  Ashlynne Manning, Anna Amado, Diana Rameriz were called out for great attacking from the wings.  Meagan Jones and Lucy Riddle also had a great tournament in goal as they split the time between the pipes.