Category: Sports

Jacob Holder of CCMS baseball

The Coffee County Middle School baseball team played host to the Middle Tennessee Monarchs on Thursday.  Hosting the Rutherford County team for the 2^nd time in 3 days, the Red Raiders celebrated 8^th Grade Night.  The Monarchs exploded for 3 runs in the 5^th inning as they dropped Coffee Middle 7 to 3.

With Coffee County leading 2 to 1 entering the 5^th inning, the Monarchs got a 2 out rally to score 3 runs with the help of a walk, an error and a pair of hits.  The Red Raiders were held to 4 hits.  Jacob Holder had a single, a double and 2 RBI.  Tristan Grissom and Remington Banks each had a single.

Coffee Middle returns to the diamond on Monday when they open up the final week of the regular season at home playing host to Tullahoma.  First pitch is set for 5 PM.

Wednesday Prep Results
> CCMS Track beat North, Harris and Warren County on Monday – See the Story HERE
> CHS Track wins All Area Track Championships on Tuesday – See the Story HERE
> WMS Softball lost to Moore County – 5 to 0 – See the Story HERE
> CCMS Softball fell at North Franklin – 7 to 0 – See the Story HERE
> Westwood Boys’ Soccer beat CCMS Boys’ Soccer – 5 to 0 – See the Story HERE
> CHS Baseball beat Shelbyville – 5 to 2 – See the Story HERE

Thursday Prep Schedule
4:00 PM – CHS Tennis at Cannon Co
4:00 PM – CCMS Golf vs Westwood at Old Stone Fort
4:30 PM – CCMS Baseball HOSTS Middle Tenn Monarchs
5:30 PM – WMS Softball HOSTS Cannon Co
7:00 PM – CHS Boys’ Soccer at Columbia
7:00 PM – CHS Softball HOSTS Lawrence Co – Thunder Radio broadcast

Hayden Skipper of CHS baseball

A five run 1^st inning was just enough on Wednesday as the Coffee County baseball team got a bounceback win over Shelbyville.  The Red Raiders snapped a 6 game losing streak and got their 10^th win of the year as they won 5 to 2.

Coffee County got 5 hits and 2 hit batters in the 1^st inning to jump out to a 5 to 0 lead.  Raider pitcher Hayden Skipper pitched 5 1/3 innings to get the win.  Zack Milan came on in relief in the 6^th inning to get the save.  Kael McCall had 2 singles and 2 RBI to lead the Raider attack.  A.J. Rollman, Skylar Bratcher, Gage Edwards and Hayden Skipper all had a hit for Coffee County.  The win improves the Raiders record to 10 and 8 on the year and 6 and 4 in district play.

Coffee County will open up play in the Grundy County Tournament on Friday with a pair of games.  The Raiders will take on Whitwell at 5 PM and Grundy County at 7:15 on Friday at Grundy County High School.  They will finish up play on Saturday.

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John Martinez of Westwood soccer

Facing off in a regular season game for the first time in recent memory, the Coffee County Middle School and Westwood Middle School boys’ soccer teams squared off at the Raider Academy on Wednesday night.  In front of an overflow crowd, the Rockets used a pair of 1^st half goals to jump start them to a 5 to 0 win over the Raiders.

Westwood got a pair of goals from John Martinez and single goals from Keaton Sherrill, Jose Carbajal and Nico Sanfilipo.  Louie Frazier and Kevin Perigrino added assists.

Both teams will take part in Saturday’s Red Raider Invitational.  The Red Raiders will take on DeKalb County at 9 AM at Carden Jarrell Field while the Rockets will square off against Prescott at 10 AM at the Raider Soccer Field.

The Coffee County CHS track teams got a pair of huge wins on Tuesday evening as they captured a pair of wins at the All Area Championships at Tullahoma. The Red Raiders and Lady Raiders each finished in first place in the 5 team meet. The Red Raiders outdistanced 2nd place Franklin County 201.5 to 179. The Lady Raiders snuck past the Rebelettes of Franklin County 186 to 172.

The Red Raiders got first place individual finishes from Leo Penne in the 800M run and 1600M run; Neil Slone in the 3200M run; Jalen Cummings in the Shot Put; Raven Weber in the 110M hurdles and Trace Bryant in the high jump. The Red Raiders also captured 1st place in the 4×400 relay.
Other Red Raiders with Top 5 finishes were:
Dillon Helms – 2nd, 110M hurdles; 3rd, 300M hurdles; 4th, High Jump;
Raven Weber – 2nd, Pole Vault; 5th, Triple Jump;
Jacob Melton – 2nd, 3200M;
Neil Slone – 2nd, 1600M;
Jalen Cummings – 3rd, 400M; 3rd, Long Jump;
Trace Bryant – 3rd, Pole Vault;
Sebastian Ledford – 4th, 3200M;
Zach Speegle – 4th, High Jump;
Johnny Dulin – 4th, Triple Jump;
Tanner Hulvey – 5th, 200M;
Eli Norton – 5th, Discus;
Tyler Luttrell – 5th, Shot Put;

The Lady Raiders got first place individual finishes from Jaden Campbell in the 3200M run and Macy Tabor in the high jump. The Lady Raiders also won the 4x200M relay.
Other Lady Raiders with Top 5 finishes were:
Sarah Pearson – 2nd, 300M Hurdles; 2nd, 400M; 3rd, High Jump;
Ryan Green – 2nd, 3200M; 4th, 1600M;
Emily St. John – 2nd, 1600M; 5th, 400M;
Jaden Campbell – 2nd, 800M;
Chloe Haggard – 3rd, 300M Hurdles; 3rd, 100M Hurdles; 5th, Long Jump;
Laura Bogard – 3rd, High Jump; 3rd, 200M;
Trava Brown – 3rd, 3200M; 5th, 1600M;
Keisheal Norton – 3rd, Shot Put; 5th, Discus;
Faith Floyd – 4th, Shot Put; 4th, Discus;
Taela Bland – 4th, 200M;
Jaden Campbell – 4th, Long Jump;
Macy Tabor – 5th, 300M Hurdles;

The Raider runners will be back at home on Saturday. When they play host to the Coffee County Night of Miles. Field events are set to begin at 1 PM at Carden-Jarrell Field.

The Coffee County Middle School track team played host to Warren County, Harris and North Franklin on Monday. The Red Raiders captured 1st place as they outdistanced North Franklin 75 to 50. The Lady Raiders edged Warren County 55.5 to 51.5. North Franklin came in 3rd place with 51 points.

The Lady Raider 4x400M relay team of Greenlee Woods, Alyssa McClanahan, Kinzie Givens and Madison Rooker finished in 2nd place.
Top finishers individually for the Lady Raiders were:
Marley Perry – 1st, Shot Put; 2nd, Discus;
Kinzie Givens – 1st, High Jump; 4th, 400M;
Emma Wood, 1st – Long Jump;
Chandlar Carter – 2nd, Shot Put;
Greenlee Woods – 2nd, 1600M;
Madison Rooker – 3rd, 800M; 4th, Long Jump;
Jayda Wright – 3rd, Discus;
Alyssa McClanahan – 4th, Shot Put;
Josie Willis – 4th, 1600M;
Jorja Waggoner – 4th, 800M;
Katie Cotton – 4th, 200M;
Alexis Wise – 5th, 800M;
Brianna Shelton – 5th, 200M;
Nikki Graham – 5th, Discus;

The Red Raider 4x400M relay team of Ethan Beaty, Braison Yancer, Preston Houck and Jacob Rutledge captured 1st place.
Top finishers individually for the Red Raiders were:
Jacob Rutledge – 1st, 1600M; 1st, 3200M; 1st, 800M;
Ethan Welch – 1st, Discus; 1st, High Jump; 2nd, 1600M;
Kelby Walker – 1st, 100M; 3rd, High Jump; 3rd, 200M;
Braison Yancer – 1st, Long Jump; 3rd, 400M;
Ethan Beaty – 1st, 400M;
Jacob Slabaugh, 2nd, 800M;
Michael DeLong – 4th, Shot Put; 4th, Discus;
Ethan Baker – 4th, 200M; 5th, 100M;
Blake Young – 5th, 800M;
Elijah Clemmons – 5th, High Jump;
Phinehas Rollman – 5th, Shot Put;

The Coffee County Middle School track teams will be back at home on Friday. The Raider thinclads will play host to Harris, North Franklin and South Franklin. Field events will begin at 4:30 PM at Carden-Jarrell Field.

Construction photo by Rob Clutter

In a story we first brought to you in November, plans were put in place to erect an indoor practice facility for football at the Coffee County Middle School.  After months of design, planning, site work and weather delays, construction began on the facility on Wednesday at CCMS.

Local businessman Robert Gilley, CCMS athletic director Kyle Harris, CCMS Principal Kim Aaron and others undertook discussion in August and it became evident that there was a need for space for other sports as well.  It was after those talks that it was decided that if a facility was going to be built that it should be used by other outdoor sports including football, baseball, softball and boys’ and girls’ soccer. The facility was designed as a 60 by 75 foot practice facility with artificial turf, locker rooms, weight room and offices for the coaches.  The proposed building is being erected beyond the right field fence at the softball field at CCMS.

As talks continued it became about money and how much this facility would cost. Gilley, the owner of Gary Crane talked to other businesses and community leaders and they decided that they should be able to get a lot of the work and needed materials donated. This brought down the need for money drastically.

Gilley told WMSR Radio that there is still a need for monetary donations for equipment and other various needs for the complex. Harris says that people can make donations to the CCMS Athletic Facility and he added that NO taxpayer money will be used for the facility, it will be 100% funded by donations. Donations can be made at the Coffee County Schools central office, CCMS or Robert Gilley.  The school board has approved the building of the facility on the campus of Coffee County Middle School but there is no money in the budget for such a facility, so it would take the community to get this done.

Haidyn Campbell of WMS softball

Facing conference leading Moore County, the Lady Rockets of Westwood welcomed the Lady Blue Raiders to Lady Rocket Field on Tuesday.  The Lady Rockets were unable to keep their unbeaten season alive to the talented against the Lynchburg 9.  Westwood fell by a final score of 5 to 0.

Moore County used a pair of hits in the 1^st inning to grab a 1 to 0 lead.  They added single runs in the 5^th and 7^th innings, but it was the 4^th inning that broke the Rockets back.  Moore County used 3 walks, a squeeze bunt and a Westwood error to plate 2 runs.

Haidyn Campbell finished with 3 singles for the Rockets.  Sister Paisley Campbell added another single as Westwood was held to 4 hits.  The Rockets struck out 11 times.  The loss drops the Rockets to 7-1-1 on the year.

Westwood returns to the diamond on Thursday for a non-conference home game.  The Lady Rockets will play host to Cannon County at Lady Rocket Field.  First pitch is set for 5:30 PM.

Kiya Ferrell of CCMS softball

A leadoff single by Kiya Ferrell of the CCMS softball team turned to be the only hit of the night on Wednesday as the Lady Raiders fell to North Franklin.  After a 10 to 7 loss at home last Thursday, Coffee County lost 7 to 0 on Wednesday night.  The loss gives the Lady Gators a season sweep over Coffee County.

North Franklin scored 3 runs in the 1^st inning and iced the game in the 4^th inning with 4 more runs.  The Lady Raiders open their final regular season series on Monday at home when they welcome Tullahoma to CCMS.  First pitch is set for 5 PM.

The Nashville Sounds shut out the Iowa Cubs for the second consecutive game and grabbed a 6-0 win in front of 5,252 fans at First Tennessee Park Wednesday night.

Frankie Montas, Ryan Dull, Chris Bassitt and Lou Trivino combined on a five-hit shutout one night after four Nashville pitchers blanked Iowa in the home opener.

Montas was impressive in his second start of the season as he faced the minimum over three frames. Dull, working in consecutive games, tossed a scoreless fourth before handing off to Bassitt who went four innings and racked up six strikeouts. Trivino worked a perfect ninth to lock in the win for the Sounds.

The offense was steady and provided Montas with a 3-0 lead after one inning. Jorge Mateo, Renato Nunez and Beau Taylor had hits in the first inning. The Sounds had 14 on the night – the first time with over 10 since opening the season with 16 against New Orleans on April 5.

BJ Boyd made it a 4-0 game in the fourth when he knocked in Slade Heathcott who started the inning with a double. Boyd went 3-for-4 and Heathcott went 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored.

The Sounds took advantage of sloppy defense by the I-Cubs in the sixth and extended the lead to 6-0. With Heathcott at second and Steve Lombardozzi at first, Boyd hit a bouncer in the hole between first and second. The ball trickled under the glove of Chris Gimenez at first base and went into right field. Heathcott scored easily and Lombardozzi trotted home as Iowa’s defense fell asleep at the wheel.

The Sounds and Cubs conclude the three-game series Thursday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Trevor Cahill (0-1, 2.25) starts for Nashville against left-hander Michael Roth (0-0, 0.00) for Iowa. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

• The Sounds improved their record to 3-4 with tonight’s 6-0 win. The two straight wins against Iowa is the first back-to-back wins of the season.
• Prior to tonight, the last time the Sounds posted back-to-back shutout wins was May 23 and 24 of 2017 in 10-0 and 4-0 wins against Omaha.
• Nashville tallied 14 hits tonight. It’s the first 10+ hit effort since the 16-hit barrage on April 5 at New Orleans.
• Nashville’s bullpen tossed 6.0 scoreless innings and has a 0.57 ERA on the season (31.2 IP/2 ER).
• Ryan Dull continued his MLB rehab assignment with a scoreless fourth inning. In three games, Dull has allowed one earned run in 4.0 innings.
• Renato Núñez’s single in the bottom of the first inning extended his hitting streak to a team-high five games. He’s hitting .350 (7-for-20) during the streak.
• Nashville’s Nick Martini swiped second base in the third inning. It’s the seventh stolen base of the season for the Sounds who were tied for third-most in the PCL entering tonight’s game.

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.