Category: Sports

The Coffee County Raider golf team hosted the Sundrop Golden Classic tournament on Wednesday at Willowbrook. The field featured 10 boys’ teams and 6 girls’ teams in the 18 hole tournament.  When the day was over, the Coffee County Red Raiders won the boys’ championship with a score of 307.

Samuel Prater led the Raiders with an 18-hole score of 73 followed by Reid Lawrence with a 74.  Austin Farris shot a 76 and Matthew Hale carded an 84. Josh Perry and Chase Hancock also played for Coffee County. Prater finished 4th overall in individual play with Jacob Uehlein of Tullahoma winning the tournament in a scorecard playoff with an even-par 72. The Raiders ran their record to a staggering 31-2 on the season.  White County finished second with Cookeville coming in at 3^rd place.

Raider Head Coach Mike Ray stated after the tournament, “I am very excited for the guys. This group of kids are very special and all of their hard work is really starting to pay off,” Ray added.

White County won the girls’ championship trophy with a team score of 173.  Signal Mountain came in with a 176, good for 2nd place and Milan finished 3rd with a 180.  Reagan Hall from Cleveland High School won the girl’s individual championship with a round of 75.

Coffee County will be back in action on Tuesday in the McMinnville at the Keith Maxwell Tournament.

The CHS Red Raider Football game at Blackman will be played on Friday at 7 PM. There was a PRELIMINARY decision to move the game by Blackman before they changed it back to Friday.  The game time will STILL be 7 PM and the game date will STILL be on Friday!!!!
Coach Ryan Sulkowski talked about what it would take to pull off the upset against the state’s #2 team on the Ryan Sulkowski Show on Wednesday night.

The Ryan Sulkowski Show is broadcast each Wednesday night from 6 to 7 PM. The show is broadcast LIVE from West Main Brick Oven and the public is welcomed to come out and join Coach Sulkowski. The Ryan Sulkowski Show is heard exclusively here on Thunder Radio. If you missed the broadcast, you can download a copy of it by visiting: www.wmsrradio.com/downloads
And speaking of exclusive, Friday night’s game will be heard exclusively here on Thunder Radio with Lucky Knott calling all the action. Kickoff is set of 7 PM and Thunder Radio will have live coverage beginning at 6 PM and after game until 11 PM with Friday Night Thunder.

The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club has announced an online jersey and memorabilia auction for the remainder of the 2017 season to assist with the Hurricane Harvey relief effort in Texas, including the City of Houston and MiLB communities such as Corpus Christi and the surrounding areas that were impacted.
All home white jerseys of players currently with the Sounds, or most recently worn, will be part of the auction that is now live and can be found at qtego.net/qlink/sounds. It will close at 5:00 p.m. (CST) on Monday, September 4.
Fans wishing to make a cash donation are invited to do so at www.nashvillesounds.com under the “Community” tab and “Share the Sound” feature. The money raised by fans will be matched by the Nashville Sounds Foundation up to $10,000.
The memorabilia auction will include items such as a Rickey Henderson autographed jersey, 2017 Nashville Sounds autographed team bat, and other player-related items.
Additionally, the Sounds will be accepting donations of clothes, water, and diapers at First Tennessee Park for the remaining home games. All monetary donations will be contributed to the Houston Astros Hurricane Relief Fund.
Several Sounds players, field staff, and front office members have ties to the areas in Texas being affected by Hurricane Harvey. Pitcher Daniel Mengden is a Houston resident and attended Westside High School, a few miles from downtown Houston. Strength and conditioning coach Henry Torres also resides in Houston during the offseason.

The Coffee County CHS soccer team hosted Warren County on Tuesday night for a non-district rivalry match-up.  The Lady Raiders used their superior conditioning to out-shoot, out-hustle and out-score the Lady Pioneers in a tough physical battle.  Coffee County got a pair of goals in each half to capture the 4 to 1 win.

Coffee County got on the board first with a goal in the 16^th minute by Jenna Garretson off a feed from Allie Amado to take an early 1 to 0 lead.  Warren County answered in the 23^rd minute as Abby Roller got behind the Raider defense and finished the long through pass assist.  Ellie Graham put Coffee County on the board for good as she sliced through the right side of the Lady Pioneer defense to score on another Amado assist.

In the second half, Coffee County held Warren County to 2 shots as the Lady Raiders got goals in the 56^th minute from Samantha Ellison and in the 75^th minute from Anna Gann.  Garretson had the assist on the Ellison goal and Reagan Ellison assisted on the Gann score.  Coffee County outshot the Lady Pioneers 26 to 7 in the match and a whopping 12 to 2 in the second half.  Ashley Woods had 4 saves in net for the Lady Raiders.

The win improves the Lady Raiders’ record to 3-0-1 on the season.  Coffee County returns to action on Thursday when they travel to Unionville to take on Community.  That match is set to kick off at 7 PM.

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The Coffee County volleyball team hit the road to Columbia on Tuesday night for a district match with the Lady Lions.  Looking to keep their perfect district record intact, the Lady Raiders captured the top spot in the district with a 4 set win over the Lady Lions.  Coffee County won by set scores of 25 to 16, 20 to 25, 25 to 22 and 25 to 23.  The win moves Coffee County to 3 and 0 in district play.

The Lady Raiders dominated the play at the net as they had 47 kills and 5.5 blocks on the night.  Seniors Odalis Garcia and Alliyah Williams each had 9 kills.  Keelie Hillis added 8 kills and Lexi Bryan added 7.  Amanda Mukai led Coffee County in assists with 33.  Tyana Fenton led the team in digs with 20 while Williams added 12 and Alexis Baker had 10 digs.  Fenton also shared the team lead in aces with Garcia as each had 4.  Williams added 3 service aces.

The Lady Raiders will play host to Franklin County on Thursday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  First serve is set for 6 PM.

Coming off a strong 2^nd half on Monday, the Coffee County Middle School soccer team traveled to Tullahoma on Tuesday for a conference match.  After spotting the Lady Cats an early goal, Coffee County roared back to capture the 3 to 2 win.

Tullahoma got on the board in the 6^th minute to take the early lead.  Coffee County knotted the game in the 12^th minute as they pressed the attack and forced Tullahoma into an own goal.  Marley Perry added a goal 3 minutes later to give the Lady Raiders a 2 to 1 halftime lead.

In the second half, Jorja Waggoner found the back of the net in the 39^th minute to give the Lady Raiders a 3 to 1 lead.  Perry was credited with the assist on the play.  Tullahoma scored a goal in the 68^th minute to make it a one goal game, but Coffee County was able to run out the final 2 minutes for the win.

The Lady Raiders hit the road on Thursday for a nonconference friendly with North Franklin.  That match will take place in Winchester and will begin at 5 PM.

Hosting their first conference game of the year, the Coffee County Middle School football team hosted Harris on Tuesday night at Carden-Jarrell Field.  The Red Raiders could not ground the Eagles as they fell by a final score of 34 to 6.

After scoring once in the 1^st quarter, Harris added a pair of touchdowns in the 2^nd quarter to take a 20 to 0 halftime lead.  After a scoreless third quarter, Harris added a touchdown with 5:58 left in the game to stretch the lead to 26 to 0.  Conner Shemwell scored for Coffee County before the Eagles got their last touchdown in the final minutes.

The Raiders will host South Franklin next Tuesday for Homecoming.  That game will kick off at 6:30 at Carden-Jarrell Field.

The Nashville Sounds trailed from start to finish en route to a 9-3 defeat at the hands of the Omaha Storm Chasers Tuesday night. The Sounds dropped to 64-70 on the season with the loss.
The Sounds were unable to take advantage of five walks from Omaha starter, Christian Binford and left the bases loaded without plating a run in each of the first two innings. In total they left 11 runners stranded and went just 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
Omaha took a 2-0 lead with help from the Sounds defense. In the first inning Frank Schwindel dribbled a ground ball to third base for a potential double play but the ball was thrown away by Sounds second baseman Franklin Barreto, allowing a run to score.
Three innings later Schwindel doubled to lead off the fourth inning and advanced to third on a wild pitch from Sounds starter, Daniel Mengden. With two outs Hunter Dozier popped up to Barreto who dropped the ball and allowed Schwindel to score.
Nashville knotted the game at two runs a piece in the home half of the inning. Jaff Decker began the inning with a base hit while Jake Smolinski worked a one out walk. Both Decker and Smolinski advanced on a Josh Phegley fly out to center field. Barreto atoned for his earlier defensive gaffe by serving a broken bat single into shallow center field to plate a pair of runs.
The Storm Chasers posted crooked numbers in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings to run away with the victory. Jorge Soler crushed a two-run blast to left in the fifth inning while Raul Mondesi roped a two-run double into right field in the sixth. A run-scoring ground out from Terrance Gore and a two-run triple from Billy Burns in the seventh inning completed the scoring for Omaha.
Mengden was dealt the loss while reliever Logan Bawcom was tagged for five runs in two innings.
Yairo Muñoz tallied two more hits including a fifth inning double to extend his streak to four straight multi-hit games.
Game three of the four-game series is scheduled for Wednesday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Zach Neal (3-8, 5.29) starts for the Sounds against left-hander Eric Skoglund (4-5, 4.11) for the Storm Chasers. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Both losses this season for the Coffee County Red Raider golf team have come at the hands of Cookeville.  On Monday, Coffee County hosted Cookeville in an 18 hole match at Willowbrook.  The Red Raiders exacted some revenge on the Cavaliers as they captured a 3 stroke win to improve to 22 and 2 on the year.

Coffee County was led by Austin Farris who had the low round of the day at 74.  Samuel Prater was 2 strokes back at 76.  Reid Lawrence scored a 91 and Matthew Hale and Josh Perry each fired identical rounds of 92 for the win.

Coffee County returns to Willowbrook on Wednesday when they host the Golden Classic.  A full slate of teams will be on hand for the 18 hole tournament.  The shotgun start is scheduled for 9 AM.