Monday Prep Results
> WMS Baseball lost to Liberty – DRVC Tournament – 7 to 2 – See the story HERE
> CHS Baseball fell at Riverdale- 6 to 4 – See the story HERE
> CHS Softball crushed Lincoln Co – 14 to 3 – See the story HERE
Tuesday Prep Schedule
5:30 PM – CHS Baseball HOSTS Forrest
6:00 PM – CHS Softball HOSTS Tullahoma
Needing a win on Monday for district seeding purposes, the Coffee County Central High School softball team hit the road to Fayetteville to take on Lincoln County. The Lady Raiders erupted for 9 runs in the 6th inning to capture a huge 14 to 3 win.
After taking a 2 to nothing lead in the 2nd inning, Coffee County fell behind the Lady Falcons 3 to 2 entering the 4th inning. The Lady Raiders got 3 runs in the 4th inning before exploding for 9 runs in the 6th to shorten the game due to the Mercy Rule. Coffee County banged out 15 hits on the game.
Haley Richardson led the hit parade for Coffee County as she was 3 for 4 on the night with 4 RBI including a 2 run home run in the 6th inning. Katie Rutledge was 3 for 5 on the night with a triple and an RBI. Ashley Evans had a triple, 2 singles and scored 3 times. Keri Munn was 2 for 4 at the plate with 2 singles and an RBI. Munn also took the win in the circle as she scattered 7 hits and allowed 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
The Lady Raiders will close out the regular season on Tuesday night at home. Coffee County welcomes Tullahoma to Terry Floyd Field for a varsity only contest. First pitch is set for 6 PM.
Hayden Skipper of CHS baseball
Traveling to Murfreesboro on Monday, the Red Raider baseball tangled with Riverdale. Despite back to back home runs from Hayden Skipper and Nathanial Tate in the 5th inning, the Red Raiders fell to the Warriors 6 to 4.
Coffee County struck first getting a run in the 1st inning on a Tate single as he scored Skipper who had doubled. Riverdale knotted the game in the 2nd and broke the game open with a 4 run 3rd inning. Coffee County added a run in the 4th with 2 outs as they got 3 walks and a hit batter. In the 5th, Skipper and Tate hit the first 2 pitches of the inning out of the park but the Raiders could not get any closer to Riverdale.
Tate finished the game with 2 singles, a home run and 2 RBI. Skipper had a double, a home run an RBI and 2 runs scored. Scottie Duke took the loss on the mound as he threw 3 innings giving up 1 earned run.
The Red Raiders will conclude the regular season on Tuesday when they play host to Forrest at Powers Field. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 PM. Tuesday night will also be Senior Night. Senior Night festivities will get underway at 5.
The Westwood baseball season came to an end on Monday in the Duck River Valley Conference baseball tournament at Liberty. A short-handed Rocket squad put up a valiant fight but could not claim the upset falling to Liberty 7 to 2.
Batting first as the lower seed, Liberty got on the board in the top of the first inning with a pair of runs and held the 2 to 0 lead through 4 innings. In the 5th, the Patriots tacked on 3 more runs to build a 5 to 0 cushion. Two more runs in the 6th put Westwood in a 7 to 0 hole with 6 outs remaining. As has been the case all season, Westwood battled back scoring a pair of runs in the 6th inning but could get no closer.
Blake Hale and Trenton Thompson led the Rockets offensively as each got on board twice and each scored a run. Brady Nugent and Jonathan Nelson each reached base safely two times as well.
Coach Dustin Hereford, along with members from the Westwood Middle School baseball team, will be guests on Saturday’ Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the season. The Coffee Coaches Show is heard live each Saturday from 10 to 11 AM HERE on Thunder Radio. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.
The Nashville Sounds were trounced 17-3 by the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in Monday night’s series opener. The Sky Sox scored 14 runs in the first three innings and coasted the rest of the way to the victory.
Dustin Fowler stayed hot for the Sounds, going 4-for-5 on the night for his team-leading 10th multi-hit game of the season and second straight game with at least three hits. For the second game in a row he came within one hit of completing the cycle. Fowler ripped a two-run double in the third inning to put Nashville on the board. He also singled in the fifth and ninth innings and tripled in the seventh.
After not pitching for nearly two weeks, Sounds starter Chris Bassitt struggled in his first start of the season. The Sky Sox pounced on him early as they took advantage of a wild pitch to score a run in the first inning. Then in the second inning they erupted for six runs as they batted around. The first four batters all reached base and came around to score. The six-run frame was highlighted by Ji-Man Choi’s two-run blast off the batter’s eye in straightaway center field. 10 batters came to the plate for Colorado Springs in the third inning against Raul Alcantara and Jake Sanchez as the Sky Sox scored seven more runs to extend their lead to 14-2.
Bassitt lasted just two innings while Alcantara went just 2/3 of an inning. Both right-handers surrendered seven runs on seven hits. Sanchez and Bobby Wahl also took the mound for Nashville on the night. With the bullpen short on available arms, infielders Slade Heathcott and Steve Lombardozzi were pressed into pitching duty for the first time in their careers. Heathcott tossed a scoreless seventh inning with one strikeout while Lombardozzi allowed one run on two hits with a walk and a strikeout in his inning of relief. Heathcott and Lombardozzi became the second and third position players to pitch for the Sounds this season, joining Melvin Mercedes who did so on April 21 at Omaha.
The Sounds continue a four-game series against the Sky Sox Tuesday night. Right-hander Kendall Graveman (0-0, 0.00) starts for Nashville against right-hander Freddy Peralta (4-1, 4.01) for Colorado Springs. First pitch is scheduled for 7:40 p.m. CST.
Post-Game Notes
The 2018 season is the Sounds’ 41st 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.
Friday Prep Results
> CHS Tennis in District Singles/Doubles Tournament at Sewanee – See the story HERE
> WMS Tennis split with Warren Co – Girls won 6 to 1, Boys lost 4 to 2 – See the story HERE
> CCMS Softball beat Tullahoma – 3 to 0 – CTC Tournament – See the story HERE
> WMS Softball lost to Fayetteville – 10 to 9 – DRVC Tournament – See the story HERE
> CHS Boys’ Soccer crushed Fayetteville – 8 to 0 – See the story HERE
> WMS Baseball lost to MTCS – 4 to 3 – DRVC Tournament – See the story HERE
> CCMS Baseball beat North Franklin – 4 to 3 – CTC Tournament – See the story HERE
Saturday Prep Schedule
> CHS Bass Club at Battle of Chickamauga (State Trail Tournament) on Chickamauga Lake – See the story HERE
> CHS Claybusters in SCTP Team Shoot at Hog Heaven – White Pine, TN – See the story HERE
> WMS Softball falls to Community – 10 to 2 – DRVC Tournament – See the story HERE
> CHS Baseball beat Central Magnet – 5 to 3 – See the story HERE
> CCMS Baseball lost to Tullahoma – 12 to 2 – CTC Tournament – See the story HERE
> CCMS Softball lost to Warren County – 5 to 3 – CTC Tournament – See the story HERE
> CCMS Softball beat Harris – 15 to 1 – CTC Tournament – See the story HERE
> CCMS Softball beat White County – 6 to 2 – CTC Tournament – See the story HERE
> CCMS Softball lost to Warren County – 8 to 2 – CTC Tournament – See the story HERE
> CHS Softball falls to Baylor – 11 to 4- Coffee Co Classic – See the story HERE
> CHS Softball loses to Forrest – 11 to 1 – Coffee Co Classic – See the story HERE
> CHS Softball stops Culleoka – 12 to 2 – Coffee Co Classic – See the story HERE
Sunday Prep Schedule
> CCMS Baseball defeats Harris – 16 to 1 – CTC Tournament – See the story HERE
> CCMS Baseball lost to Tullahoma – 9 to 8 – CTC Tournament – See the story HERE
Monday Prep Schedule
> 5:00 PM – WMS Baseball vs. Liberty – DRVC Tournament at Liberty
> 6:00 PM – CHS Baseball at Riverdale
> 6:30 PM – CHS Softball at Lincoln Co
2018 CHS Soccer seniors being recognized on Senior Night. [Photo by Pascale Randolph]
The Raiders built a 3 to 0 halftime lead, beginning with a beautiful goal from a pair of seniors in the 11th minute. Ben Reid made a long run upfield from his defenders position to convert an assist from David Morales to make it 1 to 0. Senior Tyler Walker added a pair of goals, one off an assist from fellow senior Paco Barrera in the 28th minute and one off a Ben Reid free kick in the 29th.
In the second half, Briggs Haithcock tallied a goal in the 47th minute off a feed from senior Cameron Kistler. Senior Paco Barrera added an unassisted goal in the 48th minute. Walker drove home an assist from Kistler in the 59th minute to make it 6 to 0. Barrera added a goal in the 62nd from Walker and Matteo Meazzi notched a goal off a feed from Kistler to make it 8 to 0 in the 75th minute.
Coffee County will close out the regular season on Tuesday as they travel to Tullahoma for the annual Coffee Cup game. That match will kick off at 7 PM at Tullahoma’s East Middle School.
Jacob Holder of CCMS baseball
Two wins and two losses over the weekend gave the Coffee County Middle School baseball team a 2nd place finish in the CTC baseball tournament this weekend. The Red Raiders got wins over North Franklin and Harris while losing a pair of games, including the tournament finals, to Tullahoma. The Red Raiders finished the season with a record of 14 win, 8 losses and a tie.
The Raiders opened tournament play on Friday with a walk-off win over North Franklin. A walk-off single from Jacob Holder gave Coffee County the big win and set up a trip to the winner’s bracket finals. Connor Shemwell finished with a double and a single and 2 RBI.
On Saturday afternoon, the Red Raiders squared off against Tullahoma with a berth in the finals on the line. The top seeded Wildcats used a 7 run 2nd inning to crush Coffee Middle’s upset hopes as the dumped the Raiders 12 to 2. Coffee County was held to 4 hits as Aiden Abellana had 2 singles. Jacob Holder added an RBI double.
Falling to Saturday’s loser’s bracket finals, Coffee County squared off against Harris. The Raiders banged out 13 hits as they swamped Harris 16 to 1. Coffee County scored 13 runs in a marathon 3rd inning. Tristan Grissom had a single and a triple and 3 RBI. Holder and Shemwell added doubles.
The win advanced the Raiders to Sunday afternoon’s finals in a rematch with Tullahoma. Coffee County rallied for a 4 run 7th inning to take an 8 to 7 lead entering the bottom of the 7th inning. The Wildcats pushed across a pair of runs in the 7th to crush the Raiders title hopes. The Raider bats exploded for 6 extra base hits on the game as they banged out 5 doubles to go along with a Jacob Holder home run. John McKelvey had a pair of doubles and finished with 2 runs scored. Kyler Terry had a double and 2 RBI.
Coach Brock Freeze, along with members from the Coffee County Middle School baseball team, will be guests on Saturday’ Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the season. The Coffee Coaches Show is heard live each Saturday from 10 to 11 AM HERE on Thunder Radio. The Coffee Coaches is broadcast from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.
CHS baseball player Nathanial Tate
The Coffee County baseball team traveled to Murfreesboro on Saturday for a non-district matchup with Central Magnet. The Red Raiders rallied from a 2 to 0 deficit to capture the 5 to 3 win.
With 2 outs in the 3rd, a pair of walks put Jacob Langham and Hayden Skipper on base ahead of a 2 RBI double from Nathanial Tate. Coffee County added 3 more runs in the 4th when a pair of free passes ahead of a 2 RBI single from Ryan Stephens gave the Red Raiders a 4 to 2 lead. Langham brought home Stephens with a sacrifice fly.
Harley Hinshaw came on in relief to get the win for Coffee County. Tate recorded the save. Gage Edwards led the Raiders in hitting with a pair of hits.
Coffee County returns to Murfreesboro on Monday for a non-district game with Riverdale. First pitch is set for 6 PM.
Kiya Ferrell of CCMS softball
A marathon weekend saw the Coffee County Middle School softball team claim a 3rd place finish in the CTC softball tournament. Entering the tournament as the host team and the #3 seed, it was a pair of losses to 2nd seeded Warren County that ended the year for the Lady Raiders. Coffee County finished the tournament with a record of 3 and 2.
On Friday night, Coffee County got a 3 to 0 over Tullahoma to open up the tournament action. Kiya Ferrell had a triple, a double and scored twice to lead the Coffee County hitting attack. Katie Crosslin got the win in the circle for the Lady Raiders.
On Saturday morning, the Lady Raiders got a pair of runs in the 1st inning but it was not enough to stop Warren County. The Lady Pioneers broke a 3 to 3 tie in the 4th with a pair of runs to win 5 to 3. Kaitlyn Davis had a pair of singles and scored a run to lead the Coffee Middle hitting attack. Ferrell finished with a double and a single.
In game #3, Coffee Middle used a 5 run 3rd inning to blow past Harris 15 to 1. Aly Harris, Davis and Ferrell all finished with 2 hits. Ferrell added a walk and scored 3 times. Hannah Richardson got the win in the circle.
Squaring off against White County in game #4, Coffee County got a home run, a double and a single to pave their trip to the semifinals with a 6 to 2 win. Honey Barnes had a triple and a single in her 2 plate appearances for Coffee County.
In the semifinals, the Lady Raiders ran out of gas falling to Warren County 8 to 2. The Lady Pioneers sent 12 batters to the plate in the 1st inning as they built an 8 to 0 lead. Barnes led off the 3rd inning with a walk and Olivia Evans drove her home with an RBI single. Evans scored Coffee County’s 2nd run of the game. Coffee Middle finished the year with a record of 10 and 7.