Category: Sports

The Coffee County wrestling team opened the season with a 3 team match at Warren County on Tuesday night. The Red Raiders dropped a 42 to 24 decision to Warren County and a 42 to 18 decision to Shelbyville.

In the match against Warren County, Coffee County got forfeit wins at 145 pounds(Rein Bozich), 152(Owen Teague), 113(Dustin Duke) and 126(Noah O’Shields) for their 24 points. Joseph White(138 pounds), Joel Lawrence(170), Andrew Larson(220) and Reynaldo Reyes(285) fell in pinfall decisions.

Against Shelbyville, Owen Teague(152) got a pin in 1:48 to capture a win for the Red Raiders. Joel Lawrence(170) and Dustin Duke(113) received forfeit wins. Rein Bozich(145) and Noah O’Shields(126) both fought to decision losses.

Coffee County returns to the mats on Tuesday, November 29th when they travel to Smyrna to take on Smyrna and Antioch in a tri-match. First match is at 6 PM. Coach Roger Barlow and members of the CHS wrestling team will be guests on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the upcoming season. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast live from Al White Ford/Lincoln beginning at 10 AM and is heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.

A pair of hungry Coffee County basketball teams pulled out impressive wins at Huntland on Monday night in non-district basketball action. The Lady Raiders led for almost 29 minutes in a 63 to 51 win. The Red Raiders had a 44 point 2nd half to beat the Hornets 77 to 64.
The Lady Raiders fell behind 4 to 0 before going on a 16 to 5 run to capture a 1st quarter lead they would not relinquish. Coffee County built an 8 point halftime lead and the Lady Hornets could get no closer than 6 points the rest of the way in the dominating win. Coffee County was led in scoring by Aerial Williams and Holli Smithson who each finished with 12 points. Alliyah Williams finished with 10 points while Abby Morgan and Bailey Morgan each finished with 8 points. Holli Smithson was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.

A 22 to 7 run in the last 4 minutes of the 3rd quarter by the Red Raiders erased their first half struggles and lifted the Red Raiders to a convincing win. Coffee County scored 30 points in the 3rd quarter to erase a 2 point halftime deficit and give Coffee County a 15 point lead going into the 4th quarter. In the final frame, Huntland could never get within 9 points of Coffee County as the Raiders improve to 3 and 0 on the year. Coffee County had 5 players in double figures led by Grant Sadler who finished with 18 points to be named the Crazy Daisies player of the game. Tyrese McGee added 15 points, Stephen Sullivan had 14 while Garrett Eldridge and Darius Rozier each finished with 10.
Coffee County is back on the road on Tuesday night when they travel to Coalmont to take on Grundy County. The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM. Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast beginning with the Char-El Apartments and Home Rental Pregame Show at 5:50
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Coffee County Middle School basketball teams gained a sweep at East Tullahoma on Monday night in CTC conference play. The Lady Raiders crushed the Lady Panthers 60 to 10. The Red Raiders exploded for 30 first half points in a 50 to 25 win.
Lady Raiders held East to 3 field goals in the game in the dominating win. All 9 Lady Raiders that dressed out scored in the win as Coffee County was led in scoring by Bella Vinson who had 28 points. Marley Perry scored 10 points while Keri Munn and Kiya Ferrell each added 7 points.

 

The Red Raiders opened up a 20 point lead at the half, thanks in part to holding the Panthers to 3 points in the 2nd quarter. In the 2nd half, Coach Jonathan Oliver was able to empty his bench as 8 different Red Raiders scored on the night. Coffee County was led in scoring by Jaxon Vaughn who had 21 points. Hayden Hullett finished with 7 points while Kyle Farless and Andrew Hite each chipped in 6 points.
Coffee Middle is off until Monday when they return home to face North Franklin. Tip-off is set for 6 PM.

The Westwood Rockets and Lady Rockets traveled to Rutherford County on Monday night for a Duck River Valley Conference doubleheader with Eagleville. The Lady Rockets came up short in a 33 to 16 loss while the Rockets broke a 7 game losing streak in a 49 to 44 win.
The Lady Rockets were able to go toe to toe with the Lady Eagles for much of the first half trailing by 3 at intermission. Eagleville was able to pull away in the 2nd half as they outscored Westwood 21 to 7 after intermission to earn the season sweep over the Lady Rockets. Westwood was led in scoring by Valerie Barger who finished with 5 points. Haidyn Campbell finished with 4 points while Clarissa Barrera netted 3 free throws.

After jumping out to a 14 to 2 lead in the boys’ game, Westwood saw Eagleville fight back to only trail by 4 points at the half. The Rockets dominated the 3rd quarter only to see the Eagles make it a game in the 4th quarter before closing the door. The Rockets were led in scoring by Trenton Thompson who scored 17 points. Cruz Pitsinos added 9 points and Wyatt Nugent finished with 7 points.
Westwood is off until Monday when they head to Lynchburg to face Moore County. Tip-off is set for 6 PM. Westwood’s next home game is on Thursday, December 1st when Cascade visits the Joel Vinson Gym for the Annual Teddy Bear Toss. Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast of all the festivities. Lucky Knott will bring you all the action on the 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series.

The Predators returned home Monday night to kick off their Thanksgiving week home stand to take on the Steven Stamkos-less Tampa Bay Lightning.

This was one of the better starts the predators have had this season. Viktor Arvidsson continued to remain red-hot, scoring his sixth goal of the game on a beautiful pass from Roman Josi. The Preds were able to keep the pressure on the Lightning, as Tampa Bay was not able to get much going offensively.

Pekka Rinne continues to baffle opposing defenses. He has turned away some pretty good chances by the Bolts in the second period. P.K. Subban unloads a slap shot, and Ben Bishop has no chance there and Nashville takes a 2-0 lead. Moments later, Subban strikes again, his first multi-goal game since October 2014. Ryan Ellis quietly has three assists, the third three point game of his career, and first three assist game.

The game started getting chippy in the third period. Arvidsson rode Namestnikov kind of hard into the boards and drew a penalty. J.T. Brown returned the favor knocking Roman Josi into the boards fairly hard as well. Josi had to leave the ice and get checked out. Not too long after that, Brown pounced on Ryan Ellis, unloading a barrage of punches WWE style. The Lightning added a goal after Ellis and Brown were handed misconducts. The shutout is gone but luckily this one ends before any steel cage matches break out.

The refs deserve most of the blame for that 3rd period, as they severely mishandled the physical play that led up to the final melee. Brown is definitely culpable, as is Ellis, but the refs had chances to call penalties for obvious infractions and didn’t.

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report

Two in a row!  The Red Raider and Lady Raider basketball teams have opened the regular season with identical 2 and 0 records after a pair of wins on Friday afternoon at Tullahoma against Community in the Russell Barnett Hall of Champions Classic.  The Lady Raiders got a 44 to 32 win while the Red Raiders edged the Vikings 46 to 40.

After a hard fought first quarter, Coffee County used a 14 point 2^nd quarter to open up an 11 point halftime lead as they coasted to the non-district win.  Aerial Williams led Coffee County in scoring as she had 13 points.  Holli Smithson added 9 points and Bailey Morgan and Abby Morgan each added 6 points.

The Red Raiders were able to open up a lead in the first quarter and held off a late Community charge to grab their 2^nd win on the season.  Garrett Booth led the Raiders n scoring with 11 points as he drained three 3 pointers on the night.  Garrett Eldridge finished with 9 points and DeAaron Rozier finished with 8 points.

Coffee County has a pair of road games next week as Raider basketball returns to Thunder Radio.  On Monday, Coffee County visits Huntland to take on the Hornets while on Tuesday night; the Raiders will head up to Coalmont to take on Grundy County.  Both doubleheaders begin at 6 PM; Thunder Radio begins live coverage with the Powers Storage Pregame Show at 5:50 each night.

The St. Louis Blues broke a 1-1 tie and scored twice in the third period to defeat the Nashville Predators by a 3-1 final on Saturday night at Scottrade Center. The result gives Nashville a 1-2-0 record to finish their three-game excursion and a 7-7-3 mark overall.

The final frame saw the Preds give up a couple odd-man chances and the Blues took advantage, scoring two goals in the last 20 minutes to seal the victory, with Pekka Rinne suffering his first regulation loss of the month.

“I thought we were good for two periods,” Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “They seemed to grab some momentum off of that power play to open the third period, and shortly after that, we just couldn’t seem to corral it. They gained some momentum… to start the third and we just couldn’t get going.”

“It was a close, tight game,” defenseman Roman Josi said. “It’s always tight games against St. Louis, not a lot of room out there. It was close, and they played better in the third.”

Mike Ribeiro got the lone Preds goal on the evening on the power play, his second in as many games. But Blues netminder Jake Allen shut the door the rest of the way, turning aside 30 Nashville shots on the night.

 

“We did some things well; starting [the third] period, we were on the penalty kill and I think that it maybe took us a while to get going,” defenseman P.K. Subban said. “Until that second goal, I felt that we had a really good chance to get two points in this game, but it didn’t happen.”

From here, the Preds head back to Nashville for a three-game set, looking to replicate the success of their previous home stand.

“We’ve been on the road for a couple games now, and it’s always nice to go home to Nashville,” Josi said. “We’ve been playing well at home.”

Notes:

James Neal saw his six-game goal streak come to an end on Thursday night. He finished tied for the franchise record for consecutive games with a goal, along with Filip Forsberg, Patric Hornqvist, Alexander Radulov and J-P Dumont.

Forward Colin Wilson participated in Nashville’s morning skate, but missed the contest against the Blues with an upper-body injury and is day-to-day.

Earlier in the day, d-man Anthony Bitetto was sent to Milwaukee (AHL) on a conditioning assignment. Bitetto record four shots in a 2-1 overtime victory for the Admirals over the Cleveland Monsters on Saturday night.

The Preds return to Bridgestone Arena for a Thanksgiving week home stand, beginning on Monday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning.  Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast of that game following Red Raider basketball.

Pete Weber Postgame Report

The Rockets of Westwood welcomed the Rockets of Forrest to the Joel Vinson Gym on Thursday night. An injury depleted Lady Rockets team fell to Forrest 30 to 15. The Westwood boys came up short in a double overtime thriller 58 to 57.
Despite 5 Westwood girls unavailable due to injury, the Lady Rockets opened the game with a swarming half court defense to stifle Forrest in the first quarter. After holding Forrest to 4 points in the 1st quarter, Westwood entered the 2nd quarter tied with conference leading Forrest. The visiting Lady Rockets were able to outscore Westwood 11 to 2 in the 2nd quarter to open up a lead that Westwood could not overcome. From that point, the depth of Forrest was more than enough to hold off a scrappy Lady Rocket team and secure the season sweep over Westwood. Anna Johnson and Haidyn Campbell led Westwood in scoring as each netted 4 points.

In a boys game that featured more than 50 free throw attempts, the Westwood Rockets dropped a physical double overtime contest with Forrest to end with a season split with the Rockets from Chapel Hill. A driving basket by John Dobson with 12 seconds remaining in regulation capped off Westwood’s rally from an 8 point 4th quarter deficit to send the game to overtime. In the first overtime, Cruz Pitsinos hit a 3 point basket as the horn sounded to tie the game and force a 2nd overtime. Four Rockets ended up fouling out as Forrest was able to hold off Westwood in the 2nd overtime period. Trenton Thompson was the leading scorer as he netted 17 points; Pitsinos finished the game with 15 points. Wyatt Nugent had 7 points, including 5 in the last 2 minutes of regulation.
Westwood will travel to Eagleville on Monday night for a conference doubleheader with the Eagles. The girls’ game will tip off at 6 PM.

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