Coming off a pair of convincing wins last week, the CHS tennis team traveled to Columbia on Monday to take on the Columbia Lions in district action. The defending district champion Lions made quick work of Coffee County getting the 6 to 1 win over the Red Raiders. Will Davis had the lone win for the Raiders in his singles match. The Lady Raiders battled to a 5 to 2 win getting 4 wins in singles play from Maddie Taylor, Kayla Wright, Makayla Morgan and Natalie Elzeer. Morgan teamed with Anna Harrell to claim a doubles win. The Raiders and Lady Raiders travel to Lawrenceburg on Thursday night to take on Lawrence County in a district match. First serve is scheduled for 4 PM.
The Westwood softball team needed a 7 run 5th inning to capture the come-from behind 9 to 7 victory over Fayetteville on Monday night at Lady Rocket Field. Faith Willoughby had a pair of triples in the inning as she finished with 3 hits and 2 RBI on the night. Hallie Wimberley was 3 for 3 with a walk and 2 stolen bases. Haidyn Campbell had 2 hits and 2 runs scored and got the pitching victory as she struck out 15 batters. The Lady Rockets travel to Huntland on Tuesday night for a 5 PM conference game with the Lady Hornets.
A five run 3rd inning helped lift the CCMS softball team to an 8 to 1 win over North Franklin on Monday night in Winchester. The Lady Raiders struggled in the first time through the order as they were held to 1 hit through the first 2 innings. In the 3rd, the Lady Raiders used 4 walks and a 2 RBI double from Gracie Pippenger to take a 6 to 0 lead. Starting picture Maci Head made that lead stand up as she held the Lady Gators to 5 hits on the night. Pippenger finished with 2 hits and 2 runs scored to lead Coffee County. The Lady Raiders return home on Tuesday night for the second game in the series with the Lady Gators. First pitch is set for 5 PM at CCMS.
The Fayetteville Tigers scored 2 runs in the top of the 7th inning to edge the Westwood baseball team on Monday night 4 to 2 at Fred Deadman Park. After trailing 1 to 0 after 2 innings, Westwood took a 2 to 1 lead with single runs in the 3rd and 5th innings. The visiting Tigers tied it in the 7th and used 3 hits and an error in the 7th to claim the win. Westwood was able to get the tying runs in scoring position in the 7th, but a strikeout and a flyout ended the threat. Jacob Garms led Westwood in hitting with a pair of singles Nick Smith had a single a walk and was hit by a pitch in 3 plate appearances. The Rockets return to the diamond on Thursday night when they welcome Community to Looney Riddle Field at Fred Deadman Park. First pitch is set for 5 PM.
The Red Raider defense of the Coffee County Middle School baseball team gave up 6 unearned runs in the second inning in a 13 to 3 loss to North Franklin in Winchester on Monday night. The Raiders grabbed an early lead after Jalen Morris, who reached base on a triple, was singled home by Hayden Skipper. That lead was erased by walks and errors as the Gators sent 12 hitters to the plate in the 2nd inning. Hayden Skipper and Garrett Davis were each 2 for 3 at the plate to lead Coffee County on offense. The Raiders return home on Tuesday night for the second game in the series with the Gators. First pitch is set for 5 PM at CCMS.
The Red Raider soccer team of Coffee County Middle School found no answers for the defense of the Fayetteville Tigers on Monday night as they fell 5 to 0. The Raiders, who started 3 sixth graders, were no match for an experienced Tigers team which thwarted any offensive counter attack. The Raiders return home on Thursday night for a 5:30 PM match with North Franklin. That matchup will take place at CCMS.
Ryan Johansen had a goal and two assists to lead the Nashville Predators to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.
James Neal added a goal and an assist for the Predators, winners in three of their last four. Mike Fisher, Filip Forsberg and Roman Josi also scored.
Kings defensemen Drew Doughty and Alec Martinez each contributed a goal, but Los Angeles had its four-game winning streak snapped. Anze Kopitar had two assists.
Neal scored the game’s first goal at 7:37 of the second period.
In the left circle inside the Los Angeles zone, Johansen won a faceoff back to Neal at the top of the circle, where he immediately fired a shot low to the far side that just slid past the outstretched left leg of Kings goalie Jonathan Quick.
Fisher doubled the Nashville lead at 13:17 of the second.
With the Predators on a power play after the Kings were called for too many men on the ice, Fisher’s initial shot from the slot was denied by Quick. But the rebound fell in the crease, where a diving Fisher poked it into the net for his 12th goal of the season.
Before the opening faceoff, Fisher was honored for reaching 1,000 games played on March 3. Fisher’s parents, wife Carrie Underwood, and son Isaiah were part of the on-ice ceremony.
Neal had the primary assist on Fisher’s goal, giving him his 400th NHL point.
Forsberg tapped home the rebound of Craig Smith’s shot at 15:23 of the second period to make it 3-0.
The goal was the 30th of the season for Forsberg. He became the fifth player in Predators history to score 30 or more in a season, joining Jason Arnott, Paul Kariya, Steve Sullivan and Patric Hornqvist.
Quick was lifted in favor of Jhonas Enroth, who began the third period in net for the Kings. Quick stopped 24 of the 27 shots he faced through 40 minutes.
Los Angeles scored 32 seconds into the third when Doughty’s shot from the blue line beat goalie Pekka Rinne, who finished with 28 saves.
Martinez scored at the 8-minute mark with a wrist shot from the left point through traffic, but Nashville regained its two-goal advantage at 11:45 when Johansen redirected Shea Weber’s shot from the right side.
Josi added an empty-net goal in the final minute.
The Predators host the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night at 7 PM. Thunder Radio will bring you the action on the Fifth Third Bank/Nashville Predators Radio Network.
Sophomore Cameron Pearson hit a two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Motlow Lady Bucks a 5-3 win Saturday afternoon and complete a four-game softball sweep over visiting Dyersburg State.
The Lady Bucks (9-13, 4-8) won three of the four games in their final at bat. Motlow won Friday’s opener 7-6 after entering the final inning trailing 6-3. Pearson pitched a shutout in game two, leading the Lady Bucks at a 3-0 win. In Saturday’s opener the two teams played 10 innings before Riley O’Neal gave Motlow a 4-3 win with a run scoring single, setting up Pearson’s heroics in Saturday’s finale.
Motlow will host non-conference visitor Georgia Highlands on Tuesday at Lady Bucks Field for a 2 p.m. doubleheader, then jump back into Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) play this coming weekend with a trip to Harriman and a four-game series with Roane State.
Dyersburg State controlled much of Friday’s opening game after each team scored a pair of runs in the first inning. Riley Long started in the circle for Motlow, but gave up seven hits and six runs in 3.1 innings. Pearson got the win, allowing only two hits in the final 3.2 innings.
McKenzie Jo Anderson was the hero for Motlow when her two-run double drove in Ashton Watkins and Aubrey Crowell with the winning runs in the seventh. Crowell was 3-4 with two runs batted in and Watkins and Anderson each had two hits.
Pearson (6-5) was virtually untouchable in the circle in Friday’s second game, allowing only two hits and three walks in seven innings. Motlow scored all three runs in the third inning on RBI by Crowell, Anderson and Summer Carter. Caroline Abernethy, Crowell and Carter each had two hits for the Lady Bucks.
Saturday’s action was dramatic from start to finish. The visitors led 2-0 when Watkins slammed a solo home run in the fifth. After Dyersburg State increased its lead to 3-1, Watkins stepped up and hit another homer in the bottom of the seventh, tying the game 3-3 and sending it into extra innings. Riley O’Neal provided the big hit with a walk-off single in the 10th inning, scoring Crowell. Pearson got the win, scattering 10 hits with three walks.
After scoring twice in the first inning in Saturday’s finale, the Lady Bucks allowed the Lady Eagles to climb back in it with a run in the fourth and two in the fifth. Long (3-5) shut them down after that though, setting the stage for Pearson’s dramatic game winner, which came with two outs and Watkins on third and Crowell on first. Pearson was 3-4 with all five runs batted in.
Crowell leads the Lady Bucks with a .527 batting average and 23 runs batted in. Her average ranks her No. 16 in the nation. Watkins leads the team with three home runs and with 19 runs scored.
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The bats finally woke up for the Raider baseball team of Coffee County Middle School on Saturday as Coffee County blasted Whitworth-Buchanan 10 to 0. The Raiders broke open a close game in the 4th with a 4 run outburst as they banged out 10 hits on the day. Brandon Jernigan and Noah Bradshaw each had 2 hits for the Raiders. Bradshaw led the team in RBI with 3 while Jernigan added a walk to go with his double and single. Griffin Meeker got the start on the bump as he threw 3 shutout innings. Garrett Davis and Jernigan combined to hold Whitworth-Buchanan hitless in the final 3 innings. The win is the 2nd straight for the Raiders who return to conference play on Tuesday against North. That game is set to get underway at 5:00 PM in Winchester.
The Coffee County Central High School tennis team finished off a busy first week of action with a pair of 7-0 wins over Cannon County on Friday. The Raider netters got their 2nd straight 7-0 double sweep over the Lion netters in Woodbury. Individual winners for the Lady Raiders were: Maddie Taylor, Ali Shelton, Makayla Morgan, Anna Harrell, Natalie Elzeer, Kara Roper and Jessica Barrera. The doubles team of Harrell and Morgan also blanked their Lady Lion opponents 8 to 0. In boys action, Jared Hu, Shlip Patel, Trevor Ivey-Bodman, Will Davis and Evan Harrell got singles wins while Grey Riddle and Reid Lawrence teamed up for a doubles win. The Raider tennis teams travel to Columbia in Monday for a district match with the Lion and Lady Lions. First serve is scheduled for 4:00 PM.
