The 2021 Mid-South Conference has announced its women’s soccer awards.
Among those receiving honors are Tennessee Southern assistant coach Zach Crownover, a Manchester native, who was named Mid-South Conference Assistant Coach of the Year.
Westwood Middle splits on the road at North Franklin
The wins keep coming for the Westwood Middle Lady Rockets.
WMS went on the road Tuesday and picked up a 42-35 win over North Middle School – the win completes the season sweep of the Gatorettes for Westwood.
Reece Finch turned in a stellar performance for the Lady Rockets – leading the team with 16 points. She managed to knock down a 3-pointer and was 7-of-9 at the free-throw line. Jules Ferrell And Audri Patton added 8 points apiece for Westwood. Ziya Dillard and Anna Reed pitched in 5.
The Lady Rockets improve to 5-0 win the win (8-0 including the World Tournament at Forrest). They will host Cascade Thursday – tip at 6 p.m. and you can hear it live on Thunder Radio as part of the Ben Lomand Connect / Capstar Bank Hometown Sports Series.
Rockets fall to Gators for 2nd time
Westwood trailed by only 2 points at halftime, but an 18-point North 3rd quarter doomed the Rockets in a 50-40 loss on the road Tuesday night.
Davis McKenzie led the Rocket offense with 11 points, including 3-of-4 at the free-throw line. Kaysen Lowery added 10, Lane Fann 8, Matt Moore 6, Blake Cummings 4 and Will Rogers 1.
Westwood falls to 2-4 on the season with the loss. The Rockets will return home Thursday to host Cascade.
Coffee Middle Lady Raiders remain unbeaten; Raiders fall in Rockvale tournament
Coffee Middle handled business in a close one Tuesday night at the Rockvale Tournament, eking past Ellis Middle School 40-37.
Natalie Barnes racked up 19 points in the victory and Ella Arnold added 13.
CMS improves to 6-0 on the year with the win. The Lady Raiders will play at West Tullahoma at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Raider boys struggle with Oakland
For the second game in a row, Coffee Middle’s boys struggled to get offense going and took a loss on the chin, falling to Oakland 46-16 at the Rockvale tournament Tuesday.
The Raiders trailed 22-6 at the halftime break and 38-10 after three quarters.
Jacob Mullen and Luke Campbell each scored 5 points for CMS. The loss drops the Raiders to 1-5 overall. they will play at West Tullahoma Thursday.
HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS: Lady Raiders handle business in 6 quarters of preseason work with Fayetteville City
The Central High School Lady Raider basketball team got six quarters of preseason work at Fayetteville City Tuesday night. For what the final score is worth – CHS won the scrimmage 85-26.
The Lady Raiders used the format to work on zone defense for 2 quarters, man defense for 2 quarters and press for 2 quarters.
Junior post Chloe Gannon dominated down low on the afternoon, scoring 26 points for CHS. After that, a few freshmen stepped up for CHS: Olivia Vinson pitched in 16 points, Channah Gannon 14 and Ava McIntosh added 12. Junior guard Alivia Reel added 13 points on the afternoon.
The Lady Raiders will open the 2021 basketball season with Moore County coming to Manchester on Friday, Nov. 19. The girls will play at 6 p.m. with the Raider boys to follow. You can hear Lady Raider and Red Raider basketball all season on Thunder Radio – your Coffee County Sports Authority. Listen at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, thunder1320.com and on the Manchester Go Smartphone app.
Coffee County basketball on Thunder Radio is made possible by the following amazing sponsors:
Al White Ford-Lincoln
First Vision Bank
Shanelle Gray – REMAX 1st Realty
Dr. Jay Trussler
Common John Brewing Company
Garners Furniture & Appliance
Elk River Public Utility District
Gilley Construction
Powers Storage
Hullett’s Service Center
A Wining Attitude
Capstar Bank
Titan Material Handling
Coffee County Bank
Bush Insurance
Workout Anytime
Realtor Charlie Gonzales
Stone Fort Mortgage
Realtor BB Brown
Garretson Stone
Peoples Bank
Attorney Shawn Trail
Westwood picks up road sweep of Thurman-Francis
Westwood basketball went on the road and took care of business Monday night, picking up girls and boys wins over Thurman Francis.
The Lady Rockets got double-digit performances from Jules Ferrell (14) and Audri Patton (13) in a 56-10 win. Reece Finch pitched in 9 points.
In total, 10 different Lady Rockets were able to crack the scorebook in the win. Anna Reed scored 6, Bella VanZandbergen 3, Maddie Meacham, Ziya Dillard, CeCe Burgess all scored 2 and Jazz Fells and Bailey Barsenas each scored 1.
The Lady Rockets improve to 4-0 win the win (7-0 including the World Tournament at Forrest). They travel to North Tuesday.
Rockets get 16 from Lowery in win
Westwood’s boys followed up the girls with a 16 point performance by Kaysen Lowery and a 53-42 win.
Lane Fann added 12 for the Rockets – including a pair of 3-pointers – and Davis McKenzie pitched in 9. Matt Moore also added 9 points from the post and Will Rogers 4.
Westwood improves to 2-3 with the win.
CMS Lady Raiders drop E. Tullahoma, remain perfect; Raiders fall
Eighth grader Natalie Barnes piled up 27 points to lead the Coffee Middle School basketball team to a 61-27 rout of visiting East Tullahoma Monday night – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio.
It was a dominating win from start to finish for CMS to push the Lady Raiders to 5-0 on the year and 4-0 in CTC play.
The Lady Raiders led 32-16 at halftime and got a 30-point mercy rule running clock in the second half.
Ella Arnold put up 13 points for CMS in the win and sixth grader Adalyn Clark also added 13. Morgan Spears pitched in 4.
Raider boys fall
The Raiders weren’t able to handle the press of the East Panthers in a 56-16 loss.
The Raiders trailed 33-9 at the half and weren’t really able to mount a meaningful run. East forced 20 CMS turnovers. Luke Campbell and David Lewis each scored 5 points for CMS as the Raiders drop to 1-4 overall with the loss.
HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS: Lady Raiders show out, win 2 at playday
High School basketball tips off the season with Hall of Champions games on Nov. 19 – but the Central High School Lady Raiders got some preseason work and looked solid Saturday at Whitwell.
The Lady Raiders used 15 points from freshman Olivia Vinson and 10 apiece from Elli Chumley and Chloe Gannon to beat Clay County 44-20. CHS then turned around and put a 60-27 beating on Whitwell, behind 22 points from Gannon, 11 from Alivia Reel and 10 from freshman Channah Gannon.
“We had a good day in a lot of areas,” explained Lady Raider head coach Joe Pat Cope. “Emma [Fulks] handled the point really well for us – didn’t turn it over and made good decisions. We obviously have things to keep working on, but I like what I saw for the most part.”
The Lady Raiders will open the 2021 basketball season with Moore County coming to Manchester on Friday, Nov. 19. The girls will play at 6 p.m. with the Raider boys to follow. You can hear Lady Raider and Red Raider basketball all season on Thunder Radio – your Coffee County Sports Authority. Listen at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, thunder1320.com and on the Manchester Go Smartphone app.
Coffee County basketball on Thunder Radio is made possible by the following amazing sponsors:
Al White Ford-Lincoln
First Vision Bank
Shanelle Gray – REMAX 1st Realty
Dr. Jay Trussler
Common John Brewing Company
Garners Furniture & Appliance
Elk River Public Utility District
Gilley Construction
Powers Storage
Hullett’s Service Center
A Wining Attitude
Capstar Bank
Titan Material Handling
Coffee County Bank
Bush Insurance
Workout Anytime
Realtor Charlie Gonzales
Stone Fort Mortgage
Realtor BB Brown
Garretson Stone
Peoples Bank
Attorney Shawn Trail
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE: Nov. 8-12
Below is this week’s area prep sports schedule.
A * indicates Thunder Radio Hometown Sports Series radio broadcast. Listen to hometown sports series broadcasts – presented by Capstar Bank and Ben Lomand Connect – at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM and thunder1320.com and also on the Manchester Go Smartphone app.
| *Monday | 11/8/21 | 6:00 PM | CMS | Basketball | East Tullahoma | Home |
| Monday | 11/8/21 | 6:00 PM | WMS | Basketball | Thurman Francis | Away |
| Tuesday | 11/9/21 | TBD | CMS | Basketball | Rockvale Tournament | Away |
| Tuesday | 11/9/21 | 6:00 PM | WMS | Basketball | North Middle | Away |
| Thursday | 11/11/21 | 6:00 PM | CMS | Basketball | West Tullahoma | Away |
| *Thursday | 11/11/21 | 6:00 PM | WMS | Basketball | Cascade Middle | Home |
Mako swimmers dive into new season
The Manchester Mako Swimmers swimmers opened their season at the Tullahoma Great Pumpkin Invitational over the weekend and are excited for a busy slate of meets over the winner. Below is the team’s full schedule:
Nov 11 @ FC / Grace Academy
December 10 vs FC / Grace Academy
December 16 @ Sewanee
Jan 14 Home vs Sewanee/ Grace Academy
Jan 20th away at Tullahoma/ Grace Academy
Jan 22nd Snowball, HS only Sewanee University of the South TENTATIVELY
Jan 28 HS Regional meet (qualifier), Sportsplex Nashville NAC
Jan 29th, Saturday MS Regional meet (qualifier) Sportsplex Nashville Excel
February 11th & 12, HS only State Meet qualifier, Sportsplex Nashville
FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS: Raiders put scare in Riverdale, fall 22-7 in first round of playoffs
Friday night didn’t turn out the way Coffee County faithful would have hoped.
But the Central High School Red Raiders put all teams in 6A football on notice for next year – this team is serious about contending.
After winning 4 of their last 5 to close the season, the Red Raiders went on the road Friday to 9-win Riverdale, and were just a couple of plays away from leaving Murfreesboro with an upset.
Trailing 7-0 midway through the third quarter, Raider senior quarterback Connor Shemwell connected with Kelby Walker deep down the field for a 32 yard touchdown strike to tie the game at 7-7.
The Raider defense then turned around and forced back-to-back Riverdale punts, but the Raiders muffed the second punt inside their own 15. Riverdale scored two plays later to push ahead 15-7. Special teams mistakes were costly for the Raiders. It was a bobbled punt snap on the game’s first series that gave the Warriors field position inside the Raider 20 to put Riverdale up 7-0 in the first quarter. Two of Riverdale’s touchdowns came on short fields – 19 yards and 16 yards. The Warriors were only able to establish one lengthy drive on the Raider defense.
The final drive of the game was the best one for the Warriors – putting the game away on a 2-yard touchdown run by Lekoda Young to cap a 75 yard drive with 4:40 on the clock.
After struggling to get the offense going in the first half, Coffee County (5-6 overall) found life in the final two periods. CHS only had 61 yards of offense at the break and finished with 268, just behind Riverdale’s total of 314.
Shemwell finished 17-of-31 through the air for 207 yards, one touchdown and an interception in the end zone on a fourth-down play. Shemwell was key to pushing the Raider offense with the Warriors keying on tailback Konor Heaton, who had to claw his way to 66 yards on 16 carries.
Travis Martin caught 6 passes for 102 yards for the Raiders and Jahlin Osbourne five for 45. Walker had 2 catches – including the lone Raider touchdown.
The loss ends the season for the Raiders and the high school careers of a small senior class – Derrick Scott, Shemwell, Walker, Xavier Garcia, Tyler Myrick, Kurt Jesch and Michael DeLong.
The 2021 season marked several steps forward for the Raider football program. CHS made its first playoff appearance since 2016, won 5 games – the most since 2007 – and put together the team’s first 4-game winning streak since 2003.
Riverdale will play Lebanon next week.
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Derrick Scott 
Darryn Strickland 
Jahlin Osbourne 
Brendan Sheppard 
Ian Weldon 
Travis Martin 
Konor Heaton
