The CHS Red Raider basketball team suffered its first loss of the season Saturday afternoon in Woodbury, falling 63-47 to Cookeville to close out the Cannon County Thanksgiving Classic.
The Raiders trailed 28-26 at the break, but turnovers and second chance buckets for Cookeville cost the Raiders in the end.
Dayne Crosslin paced the Raiders with 15 points, his second consecutive double-digit game of the weekend. He was able to knock down a trio of 3-pointers. Phineas Rollman added 12 for Coffee County.
The Raider fall to 4-1 with the loss. They have two tough opponents coming to Manchester this week: hosting Blackman on Monday, Nov. 29 and Walker Valley on Tuesday, Nov. 30. You can hear both games live on Thunder Radio WMSR- 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go App and Thunder1320.com. Girls tip both nights at 6 p.m. with the boys to follow.
Raiders cruise to Friday afternoon win in Woodbury
Coffee County’s Red Raider basketball team shook off the Thanksgiving food and took care of business Friday afternoon, dropping Loretto 54-33 in the Cannon County Thanksgiving Classic in Woodbury.
After a slow offensive start, the Raiders caught fire from beyond the 3-point line and buried Loretto. CHS took a 31-13 lead and led by as much as 23 points at a few different points in the second half.
The Raiders were led by Dayne Crosslin, who scored 15 points behind a trio of 3-pointers. CHS also got 3-pointers from Aidan Abellana, Cooper Reed and Phineas Rollman. In total, 10 different Raiders got into the scorebook.
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The Raider defense was the real story of the afternoon. CHS forced 17 Loretto turnovers and didn’t allow a Mustang field goal until there were six seconds to play in the first quarter.
Cooper Reed came off the bench and scored 9 points for the Raiders in the win, Connor Shemwell 6, Rollman 5, Jackson Shemwell 4, Jahlin Osbourne 4, Abellana 4, Brady Nugent 4, John Dobson 2 and Treyton Williams 1 point.
The win improve the Raiders to 4-0 on the season. They will play Cookeville at 4 p.m. Saturday in Woodbury before getting back to regular season play.
Next week will be slammed busy for the Central High School boys and girls basketball teams with three games, all at home, and all against good teams. The Lady Raiders and Red Raiders will host Blackman at 6 p.m. Monday, host Walker Valley at 6 p.m. Tuesday and host cross-county rival Tullahoma on Friday, Dec. 3. You can hear all of those games live on Thunder Radio — 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go App and thunder1320.com.
Brady Nugent 
Cooper Reed 
Jackson Shemwell 
Treyton Williams 
Brady Nugent 
Dayne Crosslin 
John Dobson 
John Dobson 
Connor Shemwell 
Phineas Rollman 
Cooper Reed
Lady Raider point guard Jalie Ruehling set to return soon; cleared from ACL injury
Coffee County High School’s Lady Raider basketball team could be getting a boost to its starting lineup soon.
Junior point guard Jalie Ruehling, who started the past two years for CHS, got medical clearance Tuesday afternoon to return to the floor after tearing her ACL during a summer camp game in June. She underwent surgery in July for the injury.
Fans shouldn’t expect to see Ruehling inserted immediately into the starting lineup when the Lady Raiders host state powerhouse Blackman on Monday, but she could start seeing floor time in the next couple of weeks. She did begin practicing with the Lady Raiders on Wednesday.
The Lady Raiders could definitely use Ruehling. Double-digit turnovers against the Page ball pressure last week cost CHS in a loss. Coffee County is off to a 2-1 start.
Next week will be slammed busy for the Central High School basketball teams with three games, all at home, and all against good teams. The Lady Raiders and Red Raiders will host Blackman at 6 p.m. Monday, host Walker Valley at 6 p.m. Tuesday and host cross-county rival Tullahoma on Friday, Dec. 3. You can hear all of those games live on Thunder Radio — 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go App and thunder1320.com.
Raider boys to play Friday, Saturday in Cannon County Thanksgiving Classic
Coffee County Central boys basketball team will put its 3-0 record on the line this weekend in a pair of matinee basketball games in Woodbury.
The Raiders are once again participating in the Cannon County Thanksgiving Classic.
The Raiders will travel to Cannon County High School to take on Loretto at 2:30 p.m. Friday (Listen on Thunder Radio: 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go App and thunder1320.com).
CHS will be back in action again on Saturday when the Raiders play Cookeville at 4 p.m. at Cannon County High School. These are boys only games. The Lady Raider basketball team has the weekend off.
Next week will be slammed busy for the Central High School basketball teams with three games, all at home, and all against good teams. The Lady Raiders and Red Raiders will host Blackman at 6 p.m. Monday, host Walker Valley at 6 p.m. Tuesday and host cross-county rival Tullahoma on Friday, Dec. 3. You can hear all of those games live on Thunder Radio — 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go App and thunder1320.com.
Raider XC runner reaches finals for “Mullet of the Year” award
Coffee County Central Red Raider cross country runner Landon Kenney has reached the final round for the inaugural “Mullet of the Year” award.
Kenney advanced past the semi-final round and is now up against one other person for the Tennessee Runner Mile Split “Mullet of the Year” award.
You can vote for Landon by clicking here
10 Red Raider football players pick up postseason honors
Coffee County Central’s football program had 10 players to earn Region 3-6A honors – headlined by three position players of the year.
Red Raider senior quarterback Connor Shemwell was named Region Quarterback of the Year. Meanwhile, two players who will return picked up big honors. Junior running back Konor Heaton was named Region Running Back of the Year after a 1,398 yard campaign with 10 rushing TDs; junior tight end Jahlin Osbourne was named Tight End of the Year.
Named to the Region 3-6A All-Region team are senior defensive end Derrick Scott, sophomore middle linebacker Jake Barlow, senior wide receiver Kelby Walker, junior center Darryn Strickland, freshman defensive back Cole Pippenger, junior linebacker Tristan Galy and junior Wide Receiver Travis Martin.
Coffee County’s Red Raiders finished the regular season 5-5 overall, ending the season with a first-round playoff loss to Riverdale High School. The Raiders lose 7 seniors and will return 10 starters on defense and 6 on offense.
PERFECT START: Raider boys dominate Lighthouse Christian to cap 3-0 weekend
Coffee County pressured Lighthouse Christian early and cruised to a 66-46 win Saturday night at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium.
The win caps a perfect 3-0 weekend for the Raider boys, beating Moore County, Monterey and Lighthouse Christian.
“We are just wanting to work on being a better basketball team with each opportunity we get to play,” said Red Raider head coach Andrew Taylor. “We are working on a lot of little things right now and I’m happy with what we’ve done to this point.”
The Raider defense smothered the Lions Saturday night, forcing 15 turnovers and multiple transition buckets. It could have been far worse, but the Raiders called off the full court press early.
Dayne Crosslin led the Raiders with 13 points, Jackson Shemwell 11 and Phineas Rollman 12.
The Raiders did struggle at the free throw line – hitting on less than 50 percent.
Coffee County will have a few days off before playing in the Cannon County Thanksgiving Classic Friday and Saturday. The Raiders will play Loretto at 2:30 p.m. Friday and Cookeville at 4 p.m. Saturday – both games at Cannon County High School.
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Brady Nugent 
John Dobson 
Jackson Shemwell 
Connor Shemwell
Turnovers costly in Lady Raider loss to Page
Lady Raider head basketball coach Joe Pat Cope knew a time would come when he would miss starting point guard Jalie Ruehling.
That time came in game 3 of the season.
Coffee County struggled against the pressure of Page High School Saturday night, turning the ball over 16 times in a 50-41 loss to cap a 2-1 weekend in Hall of Champions games at CHS.
“Our guard kind of disappeared on us tonight,” said Cope, noting that without Ruehling, other guards have to step up. Ruehling is currently sidelined after tearing her ACL in a summer game in June.
Senior forward Elli Chumley offered a blunt assessment of Coffee County’s performance.
“I think this game just showed how out of shape we are and how much work we have to do. I guarantee you we will be in the gym everyday this (Thanksgiving) week,” said Chumley.
The Lady Raiders fell behind by 12 midway through the second quarter, but otherwise were able to keep the game close. Coffee County closed the gap to 6 after three quarters but the Lady Raiders were held to just 7 points in the fourth quarter.
What offense Coffee County was able to muster was in the post – as the Lady Raiders fed Chloe Gannon to the tune of 20 points. But there wasn’t much production after that – Chumley had 6 points, Channah Gannon 5 and Olivia Vinson and Emma Fulks each had 3 points.
Coffee County started the game 10 of 10 at the free throw line, but faded in the second half, hitting just 1 of its final 7 at the stripe.
By contrast, Page’s guard play was outstanding. Lili Wilken scored 18 and McKenzie Cochran 20 for the Lady Patriots.
Coffee County will have a few days off before taking on Blackman on Monday, Nov. 29 at 6 p.m.
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Elli Chumley 
Alivia Reel 
Channah Gannon 
Olivia Vinson
Raider boys blowout Monterey in early Saturday win
Sophomore Cooper Reed came off the bench and delivered a game-high 19 points, 9 different Raiders scored and Coffee County cruised to a 72-33 win over Monterey Saturday morning at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium.
Coffee County took a 16 point halftime lead and steadily pulled away before enacting the running-clock mercy rule about midway through the fourth quarter.
Jahlin Osbourne also put in double-digit points off the bench for the Raiders, with 10 points.
Connor Shemwell pitched in 9 points, Brady Nugent 8, including a pair of 3 pointers, Jackson Shemwell 6, Aidan Abellana 6, Phineas Rollman 6, John Dobson 6 and Dayne Crosslin 2.
The Raider defense forced 15 turnovers in the win, which improved CHS to 2-0 on the season. The Raiders play again Saturday night at approximately 7 p.m. against Lighthouse Christian.
Lady Raiders thump Monterey, move to 2-0
The Gannon sisters teamed up for 28 points and the Central High School Lady Raiders woke up from a slow Saturday morning start to put a 68-35 beating on Monterey at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium.
Coffee County got off to a slow start, not mustering up much offense in the first 5 minutes but eventually pulled ahead 33-16 by halftime.
The win improves Coffee County to 2-0 on the season after a Friday night win over Moore County.
Saturday morning, junior Chloe Gannon put up 15 points in the paint and her freshman sister Channah Gannon added 13 points in the paint as Coffee County exerted some paint dominance. Another freshman – Olivia Vinson – was able to finish in double digits with 12 points despite sitting much of the first half with foul trouble. Senior Elli Chumley poured in 11 points – including a 3-pointer.
Also scoring for Coffee County: Kiya Ferrell with 8 points off the bench, Emma Fulks 5, Alivia Reel 2 and Ava McIntosh, Bryleigh Gray and Remi Benjamin all added a single point.
CHS is scheduled to host Page at 5:45 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are available at the gate. The game will be broadcast live on Thunder Radio: 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go smartphone app and thunder1320.com.