The Lady Raider volleyball team struggled to a 1-3 record over the weekend at the Rocky Top Classic in east Tennessee.
Montgomery County 2, Coffee County 0 (22-25, 18-25)
Coffee County was led in digs and kills by Kiya Ferrell with 13 and 10, respectively. Lauren Brandt pitched in 3 service aces and 10 assists.
Prestonburg, Ky 0, Coffee County 2 (25-18, 25-18)
Ryleigh McInnis and Kiya Ferrell each served up four aces in the win over Prestonburg.
Westminster 2, Coffee County 1
Lauren Brandt had 4 service aces in the loss.
Eagleville 2, Coffee County 0 (15-25, 20-25)
CHS fell short to Eagleville despite 7 digs from Kiya Ferrell and 5 apiece from Maddy Sussen and Lauren Brandt.
The Lady Raiders return to district play when they travel to Lincoln County on Tuesday, Sept. 14.
THREE-PEAT! Lady Raider soccer drops Tullahoma in PKs, retains Coffee Cup for third straight year
It came down to penalty kicks between Coffee County Central and Tullahoma soccer Saturday night.
And the Lady Raiders came through.
Coffee County was good on four penalty kicks and senior CHS keeper Lucy Riddle rejected two Tullahoma attempts to give the Lady Raiders a 5-3 win. It is the third straight Coffee Cup victory for Coffee County soccer over Tullahoma.
With the scored tied 1-1 after regulation, Coffee County’s Diana Ramirez, Katie Cotten, Jayda Wright and Jorga Waggoner all made good on their penalty kicks. Meanwhile, Tullahoma was only able to get two into the net thanks to the stifling work of senior goalkeeper Lucy Riddle.
The score was tied 1-1 after both teams picked up goals in the first half. Tullahoma took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Amy Johnson. But the Lady Raiders answered after Cotten was fouled and drilled a penalty kick to knot the score at 1-1.
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Raiders drop 3rd straight, fall to Page 38-17
Coffee County appeared to be in good position against page Friday night. The Raiders led 14-7 late in the first half, but the Patriots quickly stormed down the field for a touchdown with 50 seconds to play, recovered a surprise onside kick and scored again to take a 21-14 lead into the locker room and eventually a 38-17 win over the CHS Red Raiders at Carden-Jarrell Field Friday night.
It marked the third consecutive loss for the Raiders (1-3 overall) after opening the season with a win at Franklin County. Page improves to 4-0 with the win.
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Coffee County’s biggest struggle on the night was stopping Page quarterback Jake McNamara. The senior quarterback toasted the Raider secondary for 434 yards on 26-of-33 passing and 5 touchdowns. He completed passes to 8 different receivers. The Page running game went for negative yards.
Meanwhile, the Raiders were able to run the ball effectively between the tackles with Konor Heaton, who was named Mid Tenn Turf Player of the Game. Heaton finished with 165 yards on 27 carries that included a 6 yard touchdown run.
Senior quarterback was 13-of-23 through the air for 76 yards and a touchdown – hooking up with Travis Martin for a 7 yard touchdown in the first half. Freshman Cole Pippenger worked at quarterback late in the game, completing 3-of-3 passes for 20 yards.
The only Raider points in the second half come on a 33 yard field goal from sophomore Elijah McCoy.
The Raiders return to region play next Friday, Sept. 17, traveling to Lebanon. You can hear that game live on Thunder Radio – 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com.
Derrick Scott with a stop 
Connor Shemwell 
Darryn Strickland prepraes to snap the ball. 
Connor Shemwell hands off to Konor Shemwell
Jennings resigns as CHS wrestling coach
Longtime Coffee County Wrestling coach Randall Jennings submitted his resignation to the high school on Friday.
Jennings, a state wrestler for the Raiders and 2009 graduate from CHS, spent the past 16 years as part of the wrestling program either as a wrestler, assistant coach or head coach. He took over the program as head coach last year.
He is resigning due to personal and health issues within his family that demand his time.
“I’ve got some family members with some health issues that I need to help out with and take a bigger role in the responsibility of our family,” Jennings explained.
“I’ve either wrestled or coached here for the past 16 years and wanted to do it for another 16 years or more, but with the things I’ve had arise it’s just not something in the cards right now.”
Jennings plans to continue helping with the wrestling kids club to help the high school feeder program.
VOLLEYBALL: Lady Raiders spank Shelbyville on senior night
Coffee County volleyball made quick work of visiting Shelbyville Thursday night, dispatching of the Eaglettes 3-0 for a senior night sweep.
Coffee County won by scores of 25-18, 25-19 and 25-12.
Senior Kiya Ferrell had a big night for the Lady Raiders – leading the team with 14 kills and tying Abby Clark for the team lead in digs with 6. Ferrell also served up 3 aces.
Fellow senior Maddy Sussen led the Lady Raiders at the service line with 4 aces – part of a 14-ace performance for CHS. Sussen added 5 kills. Senior Lauren Brandt added four kills and two aces to go along with her team-leading 20 assists.
The win completes the season sweep for the Lady Raiders over Shelbyville.
Abby Clark 
Zowee Dillard 
Gia Perez 
Lauren Brandt 
Lauren Brandt 
Kiya Ferrell 
Anna Johnson and Camry Moss 
Anna Johnson 
Maddy Sussen 
Kiya Ferrell 
Lauren Brandt 
Maddy Sussen 
Lauren Brandt 
Kiya Ferrell
THURSDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP
Westwood soccer moved to 5-0 on the season with a 4-1 beating of St. Andrews Thursday.
The Lady Rockets got 2 goals from Abigail Bellamy and one apiece from Bailey Barsenas and Elizabeth Montealgre in the win.
Westwood soccer will be a guest on the Coffee Coaches Show Saturday, Sept. 11. Show airs from 10-11 am on Thunder Radio.
CHS Lady Raider soccer 0, Warren County 7
CMS volleyball 0, Tullahoma 2 (21-25, 20-25)
Westwood, CMS football teams each win on the road Thursday
Westwood Middle and Coffee Middle School football teams both hit the road and returned home with victories Thursday night.
For the Rockets, it was a big day on the ground for Isaiah Deadman who rumbled 110 yards on just 7 carries and a touchdown to lead the way in a 20-0 win over Cannon County – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio.
Joel Barrera got the scoring started for Westwood, running in from 24 yards out to take a 6-0 lead.
Deadman scampered 76 yards for a touchdown and Kane Dixon added a score from 16 yards out to cap the scoring for the Rockets in the shutout.
Meanwhile, Coffee Middle went on the road and took a 26-0 lead in the first half over North and cruised to a 26-6 win.
BASEBALL: David Martin leaving Red Raider baseball program
Coffee County Central head baseball coach David Martin intends to resign, Thunder Radio sports has learned.
Martin, who just completed his sixth season at the helm of the Red Raider baseball program, said he needed to step aside for personal reasons. Martin told his team of his intentions late Thursday afternoon.
“I put a lot of time and thought and consideration into this decision,” Martin told Thunder Radio. “If you are going to do this job, you have to be in it 100 percent. If you can’t be in it 100 percent and put the time that it requires to do it right then that’s not fair to the players in the program and the great history of this program and you need to step aside and let someone else give it their best shot.”
“The hardest part is not being able to have these experiences with the kids that we have here,” added Martin. “But I have to do what is best for my family and right now I need some time with my family to see if I can’t make up some lost time. It is a difficult situation but after a lot of thought, my family comes first and I got to do what is best for them.”
Martin brought much needed stability and success to a reeling program. The Raiders won just 4 games the season prior to his arrival, a number that steadily increased over his tenure and reached to over 20 wins in the 2021 spring season – the most team wins since the Raider baseball team reached the TSSAA State Tournament in 2010.
“I appreciate all of coach Martin’s contributions and his time commitment to all of our baseball student athletes over the past 6 years,” said CHS principal Paul Parsley.
Whoever is next to coach the Raiders will have the benefit of taking over a program that is much more stable that it was six years ago and has a strong pipeline of talent. The Raiders are early favorites to content for a district championship in 2022 with the talent expected to return.
“I really appreciate (former principal) Dr. (Joey) Vaughn and the administration for bringing me in and trusting me and standing behind me,” said Martin. “And (former AD Rebecca) Koger and principal Paul Parsley for their continued support. I was lucky enough to coach these kids that I’ve been able to coach.”
Martin remains with the school system as a physical education teacher.
Parsley said the administration will evaluate the next move as it pertains to a head coach.
“For now, we are evaluating where to go with our program and we will have more to say over the next week or two,” explained Parsley. For now assistant coach (Kyle Douglas) and coach (Parker) Gunn will lead the kids through their offseason workouts.”
THURSDAY PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
Thursday will be a busy day in local prep sports – and the Thunder Radio broadcast team will be busy covering as many games and matches as possible.
| Thursday | 9/9/21 | 6:30 PM | *CMS | Football | North Franklin | Away |
| Thursday | 9/9/21 | 6:30 PM | ***WMS | Football | Cannon County | Away |
| Thursday | 9/9/21 | 6:00 PM | *CHS | Soccer | Warren County | Away |
| Thursday | 9/9/21 | 5:00 PM | WMS | Soccer | St. Andrews | Away |
| Thursday | 9/9/21 | 6:30 PM | *CHS | volleyball | Shelbyville * | Home |
Games with a * will be broadcast through the Thunder Radio online streams. Click here to access those streams. Games with *** will be a Radio Broadcast at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM and 106.7 FM.
WEDNESDAY SPORTS ROUNDUP: Westwood soccer drops Huntland; volleyball falls to Fayetteville City
Westwood Soccer
Two goals from Carmen Barret and another from Jenny Sanchez powered the Westwood Lady Rocket soccer team to a 3-2 win over Huntland on the road Wednesday afternoon.
Lady Rocket Anna Rutowski had four saves in goal for WMS.
Westwood Volleyball
The Lady Rocket volleyball team played Fayetteville City close, but dropped 0-2 on the road Wednesday. Westwood lost 23-25 and 22-25 in the best-of-three.
Ziya Dillard, Audri Patton and Maggie Brei all had a kill apiece for Westwood. Anna Reed and Patton each had one service ace.