Category: Sports

The Coffee County Middle School track teams qualified 2 athletes for the state meet at the TMSAA Sub-Sectional track meet which concluded on Monday at Riverdale. Lexie Hosea and Macy Tabor qualified for the TMSAA State Meet which will be held on Saturday, May 20th at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. Tabor will compete in the high jump while Hosea will compete in the discus.
Both Lady Raiders qualified on Wednesday of last week in the first day of the Sub-Sectional meet. Wednesday was reserved for field events. Thursday’s running events were pushed back to Monday due to Thursday’s rain. Tabor finished in 2nd place in the high jump as she cleared 4’8”. Hosea finished in 4th place(large school division) in the discus as she had a throw of 59’ 2”.
In the team relay races; Tabor teamed with Maddie Husted, Alyssa Gipson & Reagan Ellison for a 10th place finish in the 4x200M relay. The Lady Raiders also captured a 10th place finish in the 4x100M relay with the team of Ellison, Husted, Gipson and Livy Rayfield. The Lady Raider team of Gipson, Madison Rooker, Emma Singleton and Ryan Greed were 8th in the 4x400M relay.
For the Red Raiders, the team of Jaden Yates, Kelby Walker, Andrew Hite and Hunter Good finished 10th in the boys’ 4x200M relay and 15th in the 4x100M. The team of Ethan Beaty, Braison Yancer, Jacob Rutledge and Ethan Welch captured an 11th place finish in the 4x400M relay.
Below is a list of the top individual finisher in each event for the Coffee County Middle School teams. You can find complete results at: http://tn.milesplit.com/meets/254536/results

Lady Raiders
Shot Put – Reagan Ellison, 25’ 1.5” (9th place)
Discus – Lexie Hosea – 59’ 2” (4th)
High Jump – Macy Tabor – 4’ 8”(Tie – 2nd)
Long Jump – Maddie Husted – 12” 7.5” (10th)
1600M – Holli Hancock – 7:03.98(27th)
100M – Livy Rayfield – 14.49(21st)
400M – Ryan Green – 1:11.38(17th)
800M – Brianna Shelton – 3:07.38(26th)
200M – Macy Tabor – 30.78(12th)

Red Raiders
Shot Put – Zach Speagle – 35’ 2.5” (13th place)
Discus – Zach Speagle – 90’ 10” (10th)
High Jump – Ethan Welch & Andrew Hite – 4’ 8”(Tie – 12th)
Long Jump – Braison Yancer – 14” 8” (28th)
1600M – Jacob Rutledge – 5:20.91(9th)
100M – Zach Speagle – 13.20(23rd)
400M – Ethan Beaty – 1:03.38(16th)
800M – Jacob Rutledge – 2:29.09(11th)
200M – Harley Penn – 29.99(35th)

Next up for the Raider harriers is the CTC Conference Meet set for Wednesday. That meet will be hosted by CCMS and be hosted at Carden Jarrell Field. Field events will get underway at 10 AM.

The Westwood tennis team traveled to Sewanee on Tuesday for a rematch with St. Andrews. The match was the final match of the year for Westwood. The Rockets and Lady Rockets captured a pair of wins on May 1st at home. On Tuesday, with several players missing, the Rockets and Lady Rockets fell in their matches with the Mountain Lions.
The Lady Rockets fell 3 to 2 in their match. Westwood got a win in singles from Lauren Perry. The doubles team of Perry and Callie Roper won their doubles’ match. The Rockets lost 4 to 1. Braeden Massicotte and Caelan Ducker won in doubles play.

The Coffee County Middle School baseball team held their annual awards banquet on Monday night at the Manchester/Coffee County Conference Center. Ten varsity awards and five JV awards were presented on the evening. Red Raider coaches Brock Freeze and Reid Wolfe presided over the night’s activities.
Varsity Award winners are:
Offensive MVP Award: Kyle Farless
Defensive MVP Award: Braxton White
Team MVP Award: Trey Rogers
King of the Hill Award: Griffin Meeker and Braden Brown
Red Raider Award: Nic Watkins
Silver Slugger Award: Hayden Hullett
Compete, Battle, and Win Award (OBP): Lane Spry
Play of the Year Award: Tanner Kistler
Big Brother Award: Nic Watkins
Team-First Award: Braxton White

JV Award winners are:
JV Offensive MVP Award: Aidan Abellana
JV Defensive MVP Award: Kyler Terry
JV Team MVP Award: Connor Shemwell
JV King of the Hill Award: John McKelvey
JV Red Raider Award: Nolan Jernigan

Carlos Correa and Carlos Beltran slugged back-to-back homers to cap a five-run first inning against Bartolo Colon, and Josh Reddick took him deep in the fifth to send the Astros to their seventh win in nine games, 8-3, over the Braves on Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park.

The Astros improved to 22-11, which ties the 1973 team for best start in club history.
Colon (1-4) fell behind 5-0 before recording an out, but he came back to send down 13 of the next 14 batters faced. Reddick hit a home run — the 100th of his career — to push the Houston lead to 6-0 in the fifth.
Astros starter Charlie Morton (4-2) cruised into the sixth before his command betrayed him. Matt Kemp and Nick Markakis had RBI singles in the sixth, and Morton was pulled after he walked Dansby Swanson with the bases loaded to get the Braves to within three runs, 6-3. Chris Devenski struck out Danny Santana to end the threat.

The El Paso Chihuahuas scored a pair of runs in the ninth inning to grab an 8-6 win over the Nashville Sounds, spoiling Bark in the Park Night in front of 8,691 humans and 500+ dogs at First Tennessee Park Tuesday night.

Nashville (13-16) scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth to even the game at 6-6 only to see El Paso do the exact same in the ninth to steal a series-clinching win.

Reliever Ross Detwiler started the top of the ninth for the Sounds and got two quick outs before yielding a walk to Diego Goris. The Sounds turned to right-hander Simon Castro out of the bullpen. He hit Dusty Coleman with a pitch, and then allowed consecutive run-scoring singles to Christian Villanueva and Rocky Gale.

El Paso right-hander Jason Jester worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning to lock down the win for the Chihuahuas.

Sean Manaea started the game for Nashville on a Major League rehab assignment. The southpaw went four innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits. He walked one, struck out five, and threw 72 pitches.

Chris Bassitt followed on a Major League rehab assignment of his own. The right-hander also worked four innings and didn’t factor into the decision. Bassitt allowed four runs on five hits and four walks. He struck out six and threw 70 pitches.

The Sounds out-hit the Chihuahuas, 12-11, thanks to multi-hit games from Ryan LaMarre who went 3-for-4, and Matt Olson who added a pair of hits including his fifth home run of the season.

Olson’s solo blast came in the second inning and was followed immediately by a solo shot from Matt Chapman. It was the first set of back-to-back homers by Nashville this season.

Every other player in the lineup for Nashville had a hit. Franklin Barreto knocked in a pair of runs – both coming on his game-tying two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Detwiler was charged with the loss while Christian Bethancourt earned the win despite a blown save.
The Sounds have a team off day Wednesday before beginning a four-game series with the Albuquerque Isotopes Thursday night. First pitch at First Tennessee Park is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.

Facing elimination on Monday night, the Red Raiders faced off against Lawrence County in the loser’s bracket of the District 8AAA baseball tournament.  After the Red Raiders saw a bad 4^th and 5^th inning put them in a 5 to 1 hole, it appeared that the season was over with 9 outs remaining.  But Coffee County rallied to get a walk off win on a single from AJ Rollman to capture a 6 to 5 victory.

Trailing by 4 entering the bottom of the 5^th inning, Coffee County chipped away at the Wildcats lead getting a single run in the 5^th, 2 in the 6^th and a pair of runs in the 7^th to claim the dramatic win.  Noah Anderson led off the bottom of the 7^th with a double.  One out later, Nathaniel Tate doubled Anderson home to tie the game.  After Grant Sadler walked, it looked like extra innings as Coffee County made the 2^nd out.  But an intentional walk of Garrett Eldridge brought up Rollman with the bases loaded.  Here is how Thunder Radio’s Lucky Knott called the action:

Anderson finished the game going 3 for 3 with a double and a sacrifice.  Tate also had a double and a pair of singles.  Eldridge finished with a pair of singles.  Rollman finished with 2 hits and the game winning RBI to earn the Crazy Daisies player of the game award.  Jacob Langham came on in relief to pitch 2 1/3 scoreless innings to get the win.

The Red Raiders will be back in action on Tuesday when they take on Franklin County that game will get underway at 6:30 PM.  The contest will take place at the Gamble Sports Complex in Winchester.

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The Coffee County Youth Bass Club completed their club tournament spring season on Saturday with a tournament on Tims Ford. The tournament also brought to an end the 2017 season as club champions and runner-ups were crowned.
For the tournament, the team of Hunter Sanders and Brayden Majors captured first place as they landed a stringer weighing in at 13.44 pounds. Majors also won the big fish honors as he landed a 3.52 pound largemouth. Standings for the tournament were as follows:
1st: Hunter Sanders/Brayden Majors 13.44lbs
2nd: Blake Mangrum 8.07lbs
3rd: Hunter Haley/Garrett Fellers 5.20lbs
4th: Issac Turner/Cam Rutledge 2.84lbs
5th: Shannah Frame 1.92lbs
6th: Hogan Scott/Jacob Garms
Big Fish: Brayden Majors 3.52lbs

The tournament win helped the team of Sanders & Majors win the season championship for the club. The team of Hunter Haley and Garrett Fellers finished a close second. Both teams will have their entry fee paid to the state tournament coming up this weekend. Each will receive $50 for gas for their boat. Additionally, the team of Sanders and Majors will receive $2000 in scholarship money while the team of Haley & Fellers will receive $1000 in scholarship money. Those scholarship monies will go towards any school expense they have outside tuition when they advance to their next level of education.

The final 2017 standings for the Coffee County Youth Bass Club are:
1st: Hunter Sanders/Brayden Majors – 38.97pts
2nd: Hunter Haley/Garrett Fellers – 35.29pts
3rd: Shannah Frame – 27.76pts
4th: Blake Mangrum/Taylor Fletcher – 22.07pts
5th: Braeden and Colby Thurmond – 17.28pts
6th: Madison Harryman/Blythe Petty – 13.76pts
7th: Issac Turner/Cam Rutledge – 13.04pts
8th: Hogan Scott/Jacob Garms – 8.43pts
9th: Megan Hartung – 7.60 pts

Next up for the anglers will be this week’s TN BASS Trail state tournament at Tims Ford Lake. The tournament will be held on Friday and Saturday. If you want more information about the Coffee County Youth Bass Club, and to see pictures from this weekend’s tournament, check out the club’s Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Coffee-County-Youth-Bass-Club-1227052340639230/

The Coffee County Middle School golf team welcomed Tullahoma to Willowbrook on Monday. The match was the final regular season match of season. The Raider team was only able to capture 1 ½ flags out of a possible 12 to fall to the talented Tullahoma squad. The Raider team of Logan Hale and Chase Hancock got all the points for Coffee County.
Coffee Middle and Westwood will be back in action on Wednesday when they travel to Tullahoma for the CTC conference tournament. Tee time is set for 9 AM.

Another late comeback attempt fell short for the Nashville Sounds in a 5-4 loss to the El Paso Chihuahuas in front of 5,943 fans at First Tennessee Park Monday night.
Renato Nuñez belted a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to pull the Sounds within a run, but that’s where the game ended up.
Nashville put three runners on after the home run but failed to score. Matt Chapman singled but was caught stealing moments later. After two more reached safely, Ryan LaMarre struck out to end the threat.
Franklin Barreto started the ninth with a single but was caught stealing second two batters later. Reliever Phil Maton retired Joey Wendle and Mark Canha to earn his sixth save of the season.
Daniel Mengden started for the Sounds (13-15) on a Major League rehab assignment and allowed a pair of runs in 3 2/3 innings. The right-hander yielded four hits, walked two, and struck out three in his season debut.
Mengden and El Paso starter Zach Lee matched zeros until the Chihuahuas plated two in the third. Carlos Asuaje plated the first run of the night with a double off the left field wall. Moments later, Nick Buss lifted a sacrifice fly to left field to score Asuaje and make it a 2-0 game.
The Sounds got a run back in the fourth thanks in part to some shaky El Paso defense. Walks issued to Matt Olson and Matt Chapman put runners at first and second for Nashville. On a base hit to left field by Jaycob Brugman, Olson and Chapman both ended up near third base. As Chapman ran back to second base and got in a rundown, Olson broke for home and scored. El Paso’s throw back to second got into center field and Chapman was safe at second.
It stayed 2-1 until the top of the eighth as pitchers locked in on both sides. Lee allowed just one run over six innings of work and earned his first win of the season.
Nashville’s Paul Blackburn worked four innings of relief but ran into trouble in the eighth inning – his final frame. Rafael Ortega drilled a two-run homer, and Rocky Gale knocked in a run as part of a 4-for-4 night.
The series finale is scheduled for Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. Left-hander Sean Manaea starts for the Sounds on a Major League rehab assignment against right-hander Walker Lockett (3-1, 5.34) for the Chihuahuas. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.
The 2017 season is the Sounds’ 40th in franchise history and their third as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate. Season ticket memberships are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.

Playing perhaps their most complete game of the season, the Coffee County Lady Raiders opened District 8AAA tournament play with an 8 to 0 win over Shelbyville on Sunday. Coffee County, who struggled with Shelbyville in their last meeting on Wednesday, played error free softball while Kaylee Skipper pitched a 3 hit shutout to get the win.
The Lady Raiders got off to a hot start in the tournament game played at Lawrence County. Skipper retired the Eaglettes in order in the top of the first before Coffee County plated 4 runs in the bottom of the inning; all coming with 2 outs. The big hit in the frame was a 2 RBI triple from Kaylee Skipper. Her battery mate Lauren Tomberlin added a 2 RBI single. After going scoreless in the 2 thru 4th innings, Coffee County sent 10 batters to the plate in the 5th inning getting 5 hits and scoring their final 3 runs. Skipper picked up another RBI on the fielder’s choice and Ashlynn Morton had an RBI bunt single. Skipper finished the game with 6 strikeouts and no walks to go with her 3 RBI to earn the Crazy Daisies player of the game honor. Raven Rogers finished with a pair of singles for the Lady Raiders.
Coffee County will now take on Lawrence County in the winner’s bracket final on Tuesday at Lawrence County High School. That game will begin at 7 PM and Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast. A win there would guarantee the Lady Raiders a berth in Thursday’s championship game AND a berth in next week’s Region 4AAA tournament.
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