When Coffee County Central’s volleyball team played Franklin County in Winchester back on Aug. 31, it was a 5-set marathon that lasted two-hours and required a strong comeback by the Lady Raiders to escape with a win.
The Lady Raiders made sure it was much simpler Thursday in Manchester. CHS put a beating on the visiting Rebelettes, winning 25-17, 26-24 and 25-18 for a clean 3-0 sweep.
Franklin County nearly pulled out a win in the second set, taking a 24-20 lead. But Anna Johnson got hot at the service line and the Lady Raiders rattled off 6 straight points to take the set and eventually the match.
Coffee County spread around the production all night. Lauren Brandt led the team with 7 kills and she added a pair of service aces. She added six assists.
Kiya Ferrell had 5 kills and Anna Johnson, Camry Moss and Gialejandra Perez all tacked on four kills.
Ferrell’s 5 kills added to her school record. Over the weekend Ferrell surpassed the school record and is now the all-time kills leader for Lady Raider volleyball with over 700 for her career. On Thursday, she led the team in assists with 17 and she turned in a team-leading performance with 5 digs.
The win keeps CHS unbeaten in district play and improves the Lady Raiders to 12-8 overall. They will host the Southern Slam this weekend before closing the regular season with four straight road matches.
FOOTBALL: Coffee Middle blows past Baylor
Coffee Middle went on the road and made quick work of Baylor Thursday, coming back home with a dominating 33-0 win.
Kaiden Martin scored the first two touchdowns and added extra points for the Raiders. Deontae Short added a score with an interception return for a touchdown from 40 yards out and the Raiders led 21-0 at the half.
Leiton Yancer added a 10-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and Martin broke free for a 55-yard scoring rumble in the fourth.
The win improves the Raiders to 4-0 on the year.
SOCCER: Westwood rolls to 6-1 win over Webb
Westwood’s soccer Lady Rockets handled business Thursday, getting goals from six different players in a 6-1 rout of the Webb Feet.
Scoring for Westwood was Jenny Sanchez, Abigail Bellamy, Carmen Barrett, Bailey Barsenas, Keira McInturff, and Evelyn Basurto. Barrett and Barsenas each added an assist.
Anna Rutowski was solid in goal with two saves for WMS.
The win makes Westwood 6-1 on the season.
THURSDAY PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Here is Thursday’s (Sept. 16) area prep sports schedule.
| Thursday | 9/16/21 | 5:30 PM | CMS | Football | Baylor | Away |
| Thursday | 9/16/21 | 6:30 PM | *WMS | Football | Liberty | Home |
| Thursday | 9/16/21 | 7:00 PM | CHS | Soccer | Shelbyville | Away |
| Thursday | 9/16/21 | 5:00 PM | WMS | Soccer | Webb | Away |
| Thursday | 9/16/21 | 6:30 PM | %CHS | volleyball | Franklin County* | Home |
| Thursday | 9/16/21 | 6 p.m. | CMS | Volleyball | North Franklin | Away |
| Thursday | 9/16/21 | 5:30 PM | WMS | Volleyball | Fayetteville City | Home |
Coffee Middle, Westwood teaming up for cancer awareness volleyball match Friday
The Westwood Middle School and Coffee Middle School volleyball teams are teaming up to fight cancer on Friday, Sept. 17.
CMS will host Westwood with a junior varsity game at 5 p.m. and varsity at 6 p.m. Throughout the night there will be opportunities for donation: there will be a raffle for a volleyball signed by both teams, cancer awareness t-shirts promoting each team will be for sale and a memory banner will be there to be signed. All proceeds from these donations will go directly to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital on behalf of both volleyball teams.
The match will be held at Coffee Middle School on McMinnville Highway. All of those affected by cancer – survivors and family members of survivors – are encouraged to attend, enjoy volleyball and take place in fundraising efforts.
TUESDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP
CMS volleyball 1, South Franklin 2
Westwood Soccer 1, Cascade 3
Westwood soccer’s team is undefeated no more. The Lady Rockets dropped a 3-1 decision at Cascade Tuesday night to fall to 5-1 on the year. The only WMS goal was an own-goal by Cascade.
CHS volleyball 3, Lincoln County 1
Coffee County completed the season sweep of Lincoln County with a 3-1 win in Fayetteville Tuesday night; 25-18, 25-23, 18-25 and 25-19.
Kiya Ferrell had 12 kills and Lauren Brandt added 7 for CHS.
SOCCER: Lady Raiders can’t keep up in 4-3 loss to Franklin County
Junior Katie Cotten fired off a desperation shot with 30 seconds to play that found the back of the net and pulled the CHS Lady Raiders to within one goal of the Franklin County Rebelettes Tuesday night. But the Lady Raiders ran out of time, falling 4-3 to the visiting Rebelettes – a match you heard live on Thunder Radio.
It was the second goal of the night for Cotten, who scored just 30 seconds into the second half to cut a two goal deficit down to 3-2.
But Franklin County’s offense proved too powerful as the Rebelettes controlled the game from the start. Franklin County led 1-0 just 4 minutes into the game and never trailed. Coffee County did manage to tie the game halfway through the first half on a goal from Ellie Fann after a great crossing pass from Cotten. Franklin County scored again four minutes later and took a 2-1 lead into the half.
Kara McDaniel scored twice for Franklin County, Ella Masters added a goal and Baylor Russell dropped in a goal with a perfect shot with 20 minutes left to play.
Lady Raider senior goalkeeper Lucy Riddle was busy all night Unofficially, Franklin County put 14 shots on goal compared to Coffee County’s five.
The Lady Raiders will be back in action Thursday when they travel to Shelbyville.
MONDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP: Coffee Middle volleyball, frosh football win
Coffee County had a few area sports teams in action Monday night.
CMS Volleyball 2, Warren County 0
After dropping a match to Warren County 2-1 earlier in the year, the CMS Lady Raiders served up some revenge Monday night in Manchester with a 2-0 win, winning 25-8 and 25-14.
Meanwhile, the JV Lady Raiders won 2-1.
WMS volleyball 0, Cascade 2
Westwood struggled to an 0-2 loss Monday at Cascade, losing 21-25 and 14-25. Audri Patton had a pair of kills in the loss and Maggie Brei 4 service aces.
The JV Lady Rockets put on a solid performance, winning 2-1: 23-25, 25-12 and 15-5.
Jules Ferrell had 3 service aces and Reece Finch added 5.
Red Raider Freshman football 20, Warren County – 0
The freshman / JV Raiders went on the road and shutout Warren County Monday night in McMinnville.
TITANS: 6 things that stand out after loss
The Titans turned in a sub-par performance in the season opener against the Cardinals, losing 38-13 in a contest that really wasn’t very competitive.
Let’s take a look at six things that stood out from the contest …
Protection Probs
Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill was sacked six times, including five times by Cardinals linebacker Chandler Jones. Twice Tannehill lost the ball on sacks, and the Cardinals recovered the football. Plenty of Titans shared the blame in this one, and left tackle Taylor Lewan was certainly among the culprits. Lewan, in fact, took ownership on social media immediately after the game. “Got my ass kicked today, no way around that,” Lewan posted on Twitter. “I let the team and the fans down. Thank you (Chandler Jones) for exposing me. It will only force me to get better.” The Titans need to get this cleaned up fast if they want to keep Tannehill healthy this season.
Leaky Defense
Some of the problems that plagued the Titans in 2020 were back on full display on Sunday – the defense…
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE: Tuesday, Sept. 14
Below is the local prep sports schedule for Tuesday, Sept. 14.
| Tuesday | 9/14/21 | 7:00 PM | CHS | Soccer | Franklin County ** | Home |
| Tuesday | 9/14/21 | 5:30 PM | CMS | Soccer | Harris | Home |
| Tuesday | 9/14/21 | 6:30 PM | CHS | Volleyball | Lincoln County* | Away |
| Tuesday | 9/14/21 | 6 p.m. | CMS | Volleyball | South Franklin | Home |