Coffee County wrestling took on Rockvale and Siegel Friday. Results below.
Rockvale (Girls) (RVG) 6.0 Coffee County High School (Girls) (COFG) 6.0
138: Jade Lenhart (COFG) over Ginny (Wes) Griffith (RVG) (Fall 0:00) 165: Crystal Rollins (RVG) over Sara Crosslin (COFG) (Fall 0:00)
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Coffee County High School (Girls) (COFG) 6.0 Siegel (Girls) (SIGG) 0.0
145: Lyra Leftwich (COFG) over Mollie Bowman (SIGG) (Fall 0:19)
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Coffee County (COFF) 31.0 Warren Co. (WACO) 21.0
132: Jeremiah Wardell (COFF) over (WACO) (For.) 138: Caleb Mackie (WACO) over Jamie Norris (COFF) (Fall 1:48) 145: Double Forfeit 152: Tommy Miller (COFF) over (WACO) (For.) 160: Gavin Prater (COFF) over Zach Keel (WACO) (MD 11-0) 170: Jacob Barlow (COFF) over Ethan Stanford (WACO) (Fall 1:30) 182: Bryan Currey (WACO) over Chris Hollis (COFF) (SV-1 14-10) 195: Ian Walker (COFF) over Jared Park (WACO) (Dec 7-1) 220: Double Forfeit 285: Blayne Myers (COFF) over (WACO) (For.) 106: Double Forfeit 113: Double Forfeit 120: Anthony Johnson (WACO) over (COFF) (For.) 126: Roberto Dodson (WACO) over Gabriel Westbrook (COFF) (Fall 0:22)
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Rockvale (RKV) 60.0 Coffee County (COFF) 18.0
126: Jerell Johnson (RKV) over Gabriel Westbrook (COFF) (Fall 2:45) 132: Parker Sparks (RKV) over Jeremiah Wardell (COFF) (Fall 3:06) 138: Logan Saller (RKV) over Jamie Norris (COFF) (Fall 3:19) 145: Ian Ramirez (RKV) over (COFF) (For.) 152: Caison Jones (RKV) over Tommy Miller (COFF) (Fall 4:12) 160: Gavin Prater (COFF) over Aden Clemons (RKV) (Fall 1:55) 170: Jacob Barlow (COFF) over Jaden Cannon (RKV) (Fall 0:36) 182: Nazario Flores (COFF) over Connor Hedges (RKV) (Dec 7-5) 195: Andrew Weinrauch (RKV) over Chris Hollis (COFF) (Fall 0:43) 220: Ian Walker (COFF) over Nicholaus Crowell (RKV) (Dec 4-2) 285: Brady Owen (RKV) over Blayne Myers (COFF) (Fall 3:15) 106: Eugene Hattabaugh (RKV) over (COFF) (For.) 113: Taiv Molchan (RKV) over (COFF) (For.) 120: Orion Humphrey (RKV) over (COFF) (For.)
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Raiders start, finish strong to take down Tullahoma
Coffee County never trailed against visiting Tullahoma Friday night.
The Red Raiders jumped out to a red hot start – taking a 11-0 lead – and fought off multiple Tullahoma runs to take a 50-36 win over the Wildcats at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym in Manchester.
Tullahoma eventually overcame the early start and tied the game at 24-24. Both teams went back and forth until 35-35, but the Wildcats never took the lead. And it was all Raiders from there, who closed on a 14-1 run down the stretch.
Three Raiders got into double figures. Dayne Crosslin scored 11 points, Phineas Rollman and Connor Shemwell each with 10. Shemwell scored 8 in the first half to get the Raiders off to a good start. Rollman was named Thunder Radio’s Stone Fort Mortgage Player of the Game.
CHS closed strong – not missing any free throws down the stretch. Brady Nugent was 4-of-4 at the line in the fourth quarter. The Raiders had their best night of the season at the charity stripe, going 15-of-19.
Tullahoma was led by Krys Uselton with 17. He scored the first 10 points on the night for the Wildcats. Coffee County held him to just 7 points after that.
The win makes four wins in the past 5 games for the Raiders and improves them to 8-4. They play next week in the Sonic Shootout in Sparta.
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Dayne Crosslin 
Gracie Fowler 
John Dobson 
Brady Nugent 
Connor Shemwell 
Aidan Abellana 
Dayne Crosslin 
Connor Shemwell 
Dayne Crosslin 
Phineas Rollman
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Gannon pounds Tullahoma into submission, Lady Raiders roll 54-36
It was only a matter of time before Chloe Gannon’s shots started to fall Friday night.
They did, Tullahoma had no answers and the Central High School Lady Raiders beat Tullahoma for the 12th time in the past 13 meetings: 54-36 at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium.
“We knew if we executed the game plan that we had that we would take care of business,” explained CHS head coach Joe Pat Cope. “We didn’t do that early, and it was so frustrating for me. We had a discussion at halftime and things improved.”
Improve they did. Coffee County struggled through the first half, but still took a 21-20 lead to the locker room. Foul trouble haunted the Lady Raiders early – Chloe Gannon and Channah Gannon each picked up 3 fouls in the first half.
But Cope put Chloe Gannon right back on the floor to start the second half and she went to work – not picking up a foul the rest of the night and finishing with a game-high 24 points (17 of those came in the second half).
The Lady Raiders turned up the defensive intensity, as well – holding the Lady Cats to just 6 third quarter points.
Senior Elli Chumley also turned in a solid performance – playing shutdown defense on Tullahoma’s top guard Lucy Nutt, and scoring 14 points on the offensive end. And in Jalie Ruehling’s first start of the year, she put up 8 points for the Lady Raiders, including a 3-pointer. It was one of only two 3-pointers CHS hit all night, with the other coming from Olivia Vinson.
But the 3-pointer wasn’t needed – size and dominant post play was the emphasis of the night for the Lady Raiders.
With the win, CHS moves to 7-3 on the year. It marks the Lady Raiders’ 4th straight win. Tullahoma falls to 5-2 – it is the Lady Cats’ second straight loss.
Coffee County will play next week in a pre-Christmas Tournament in Fort Payne, Ala.
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BASKETBALL: Coffee Middle splits on the road with East
A first-half shutout in basketball is rare. But that is exactly what the Coffee County Middle defense did to East Tullahoma Thursday night – taking a 27-0 lead into halftime as the Lady Raiders cruised to a 44-11 win.
It was a marked improvement over a team that scored 41 against CMS earlier this year.
“We made some changes this week to our defense and it worked Monday and tonight,” said CMS head coach David Vinson.
Eighth grader Natalie Barnes turned in an 18-point performance and sixth grader Adalyn Clark pitched in 11. Ella Arnold scored 8
The Lady Raiders move to 14-2 with the win and 8-1 in CTC play. They won’t play again until after the Christmas break.
Meanwhile, the Raider boys struggled again to find offense and lost a 44-12 decision to the Panthers. Luke Campbell and Levi Rollman each scored 3 points for CMS. The Raider boys fall to 3-11 with the loss.
BASKETBALL: Ferrell lights up Eagleville with 28 points in WMS blowout
Lady Rocket Jules Ferrell had herself a memorable Thursday night.
Eagleville will have nightmares about it.
The seventh grade guard piled up 28 points – 17 in the second quarter alone – to lead the Westwood Lady Rockets to a 47-19 conference beatdown of visiting Eagleville at Joel Vinson Gymnasium.
Westwood really took the game over in the second quarter. Leading 6-1 after a period, Westwood outscored Eagleville 21-2 in the second frame to put the game away by halftime.
The win improves the Lady Rockets to 17-1 on the year and a perfect 11-0 in conference play. They won’t play again until after the Christmas break.
Audri Patton also scored in double-figures for WMS Thursday with 11 points. Reece Finch added 4, Maddie Meacham 2, Bella VanZandbergen 2
The Westwood boys weren’t so fortunate, dropping a decision to the Eagles to fall to 6-11 overall, 6-5 in conference play.
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Coffee County swimmers post solid results at Friday home meet
Swimmers from Coffee County Central High School, Coffee Middle and Westwood all posted solid results Friday night, Dec. 10, in a home meet at the Manchester Recreation Center against Franklin County, White County, Fayetteville and Lincoln County high schools.
-The CCHS girls took first place in all three relays on the night.
-Junior Clancy Sand took home first in the 50 free posting a Regional Cut of 28.38.
-Senior Kennedy Norman- Young took first in the 100 Free with a Regional Cut of 100.98. Kennedy also swam the 100 Breaststroke posting another Regional Cut.
-Junior Emily Williams post a State qualifying time in the 500 freestyle of 5.59.49. She turned around and swam the 100 Breaststroke taking 2nd place for the Raiders.
-Freshman Abby Gilday made another Regional Cut for the Raiders in the 100 Breaststroke.
Meanwhile, for Coffee Middle: Brayden Kesling set another time that will see him to the Regional meet at the end of January. He posted a 232.44 in the 200 Individual Medley. He also made a qualifying time in the 100 Butterfly.
-Christian Borne also made a middle school Regional cut in the 100 Butterfly.
Westwood Middle also got good representation as Sydney Shelton posted a regional qualifying time in the 100 freestyle.
WRESTLING: Raiders drop Smyrna, Cascade in first home matches
Coffee County wrestling got a clean sweep of visiting Cascade Tuesday in the Raiders’ first home wrestling matches of the season. CHS dropped Cascade 42-27 and Smyrna 48-21. Results and photos below:
Coffee County (COFF) 48.0 Smyrna (SMYR) 21.0
152: Tommy Miller (COFF) over (SMYR) (For.) 160: Gavin Prater (COFF) over Jose Cordova (SMYR) (Fall 1:18) 170: Jacob Barlow (COFF) over Jeremiah Reese (SMYR) (Fall 0:58) 182: Hussein Hussein (SMYR) over Chris Hollis (COFF) (SV-1 8-6) 195: Kendall James (COFF) over (SMYR) (For.) 220: Ian Walker (COFF) over Tyler Green (SMYR) (Fall 1:34) 285: Elis Gardner (SMYR) over Blayne Myers (COFF) (Fall 0:00) 106: Double Forfeit 113: Double Forfeit 120: Eh Wee (SMYR) over (COFF) (For.) 126: Gabriel Westbrook (COFF) over Adrian Najar (SMYR) (Fall 1:15) 132: Jeremiah Wardell (COFF) over Joel Denton (SMYR) (Fall 1:29) 138: Jamie Norris (COFF) over Matthew Rogers (SMYR) (Fall 0:56) 145: Luis Sanchez-Garcia (SMYR) over (COFF) (For.)
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Coffee County (COFF) 42.0 Cascade (CASC) 27.0
170: Jacob Barlow (COFF) over David Bass (CASC) (Fall 0:48) 182: Hayden Dowell (CASC) over Zachary Waller (COFF) (Fall 3:12) 195: Isaac Chapa (CASC) over Ian Walker (COFF) (Dec 7-6) 220: Kendall James (COFF) over Waylon Napier (CASC) (Fall 0:59) 285: Blayne Myers (COFF) over Dylan Warren (CASC) (Fall 0:37) 106: Double Forfeit 113: Double Forfeit 120: Landon Kling (CASC) over (COFF) (For.) 126: Vayden Moore (CASC) over Gabriel Westbrook (COFF) (Fall 0:00) 132: Ryan James (COFF) over (CASC) (For.) 138: Jeremiah Wardell (COFF) over Chase Sutter (CASC) (Fall 0:28) 145: Jamie Norris (COFF) over Michael Martin (CASC) (Fall 1:35) 152: Taylor Dowell (CASC) over Tommy Miller (COFF) (Fall 1:43) 160: Gavin Prater (COFF) over Ethan Estes (CASC) (Fall 2:58)
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Raiders end Pickett County’s six-game winning streak
Pickett County rolled into Manchester Tuesday night with a 9-1 record, a six-game winning streak and a roster loaded with senior talent.
The Red Raiders of Coffee County Central were up to the challenge.
Coffee County had answers for everything the Bobcats did all night and Dayne Crosslin scored 17 points to drop the visiting Bobcats 61-52. It was the Raiders’ third win in their past four games.
CHS held Zach Amonett to 13 points – well below is season average of 22.
The Raiders spread out production on the offensive end – getting 9 from Aidan Abellana and 10 from Connor Shemwell, despite battling foul trouble for most of the night. Phineas Rollman, Cooper Reed and Brady Nugent all pitched in 7 points.
The Raiders led throughout – never trailing after midway through the fourth quarter. The Bobcats were unable to cut the deficit to any closer than 6 during the final minutes.
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Coffee County improves to 7-4 on the season and will be at home Friday to host cross-county rival Tullahoma. Tip is at 6 p.m. for the girls with the boys to follow and you can hear the games live on Thunder Radio: 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM , Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com.
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Olivia Vinson posts career high to lead Lady Raiders past Pickett County
The basket must have looked like an ocean for freshman Olivia Vinson Tuesday night.
The freshman guard started filling up the basket in the first quarter and didn’t let up, piling up a high-school career high 24 points to lead the Coffee County Lady Raiders to a 67-33 win over the visiting Bobcats of Pickett County.
“The ball kept going in so I just kept shooting it,” said Vinson, who was named Thunder Radio’s Stone Fort Mortgage Player of the Game. “I feel like, as a team, we all get along so well on and off the court and it is showing in how we play.”
Vinson scored 21 in the first half and added 3 more in the second half. She started 6-of-6 beyond the arc before finally missing a shot late in the third quarter. She was 2-of-2 at the free-throw line.
The Lady Raiders exploded on the talented Bobcats early – taking a 26-10 lead after one quarter to have the game under control early. CHS led 46-17 at the break and 60-26 after three quarters.
Elli Chumley and Channah Gannon each pitched in 13 points for Coffee County and Jalie Ruehling had 7. Chloe Gannon finished with 6.
“That is a good basketball team over there (in Pickett County,” said CHS head coach Joe Pat Cope. “We shot it lights out tonight. I don’t know if we are 40 points better than that team but we certainly played well tonight.”
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Coffee County improves to 6-3 on the season and will be at home Friday to host cross-county rival Tullahoma. Tip is at 6 p.m. and you can hear the game live on Thunder Radio: 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM , Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Coffee splits on the road with Walker Valley
CHS Lady Raiders 65, Walker Valley 31
What had the makings to be a “trap game” turned into a typical night for the Coffee County Central Lady Raiders.
CHS traveled two hours to Walker Valley and put a whipping on the Mustangs, leaving with a 65-31 mercy-rule shortened game to complete the season sweep.
Chloe Gannon with 19 points and Jalie Ruehling with 8 points and 7 rebounds were named Stone Fort Mortgage co-players of the game on the Thunder Radio broadcast.
But it was the defense that made the difference. CHS only led 19-11 after one quarter. But more defensive pressure frustrated Walker Valley. CHS held the Mustangs to just 4 points in the second quarter and 1 in the third. In fact, Walker Valley didn’t score an offensive field goal for the first 10 minutes of the second half.
Olivia Vinson buried a trio of 3-pointers to finish with 9 points and senior Elli Chumley also added 9 in the win. Coffee County improves to 5-3 win the win.
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Raiders 49, Walker Valley 62
A bad second quarter was costly for CHS.
The Raiders led 15-11 late in the first quarter over Walker Valley Monday night, Dec. 13, 2021, but a 23-4 Walker Valley run closed the half and made too big of a hole for the Raiders to climb back.
CHS cut the deficit to 5 points twice in the second half but never got any closer.
Connor Shemwell had a big night for the Raiders – piling up 20 points, including three 3-pointers. Dayne Crosslin pitched in 10.
The Raiders fall to 6-4 with the loss and suffer a season sweep at the hands of Walker Valley.
Both CHS teams will return home Tuesday to host good Pickett County teams. Tip at 6 p.m. and you can hear them both on Thunder Radio: 107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go app and Thunder1320.com.
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Aidan Abellana 
John Dobson 
Brady Nugent 
Dayne Crosslin 
Ava McIntosh 
Jalie Ruehling 
Elli Chumley 
Kiya Ferrell 
Olivia Vinson 
Alivia Reel 
Chloe Gannon
