Category: Sports

Savannah Quick of CHS Golf tees off Tuesday on the back 9 as the rain begins to fall at the TSSAA Golf Tournament at Willowbrook (Photo by John StClair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)

The one-two punch of Savannah Quick and Sophie Vinson fired a team score of +8 (152) on Tuesday to finish the day in a 2^nd place tie at the TSSAA State Golf Tournament at Willowbrook.  Coffee County will enter tournament play on Wednesday trailing tournament leader Houston by 1 stroke.  A lightning delay of almost 2 hours effectively broke the day up into halves as Coffee County entered the delay in first place.  Quick and Vinson shot a combined 4 over par on the first 2 holes when the golfers returned to the course after the lengthy delay.  Teagan Perry finished the day with an 88 for the Lady Raiders.  Savannah Quick will be in the first group on Wednesday as she will tee off at 8:00 AM on the 1^st tee.  Sophie Vinson follows her at 8:10 while Teagan Perry’s foursome tees off at 8:20.  Quick, with her 3 over par score of 75, is also in a 6th place tie for the individual medal as she is 4 strokes off the lead.  Vinson, at 6 strokes back, is in a tie for 11th.

John Parigger, the lone Red Raider who qualified for Coffee County, struggled on the back 9 as he shot a 6 over par 78 on the day.  John also struggled after the lightning delay as he got a bogey on each of the first 3 holes he played after returning to the course.  Parigger rallied to complete his final 7 holes at even par to give him momentum going into Wednesday.  Parigger will begin Wednesday in a tie for 45^th place 13 strokes off the lead.  Parigger will begin his 2^nd round on the 10^th tee in a foursome that will tee off at 9:40 AM.

The Class AAA State Golf Tournament concludes on Wednesday.  The public is invited to come out and support all the golfers.  Admission for the tournament is $8 and golf carts will not be available for spectators.

Maddie Taylor of CHS volleyball (Photo by John StClair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)

The Coffee County volleyball team got their 11th win in their last 14 matches on Tuesday night with a straight set sweep of Franklin County. The Lady Raiders struggled early in each of the 1st two sets before ruining Franklin County’s Senior Night by scores of 25 to 13, 25 to 8 and 25 to 9. The Lady Raiders were strong at the front line as they served 24 aces on the match with only 8 service errors.
Coffee County was led in aces and assists by Maddie Taylor who had 8 aces and 11 assists on the match. She also scored 5 kills. Diana Davis led the team in kills with 10, while Peyton Nicoll added 5 and Baylee Nester added 4. Nicoll and Bailey Morgan added 5 assists a piece while Makayla Morgan added 5 aces.
The win improves Coffee County to 18 and 15 on the season and 8 and 3 in District 8AAA play. Coffee County closes out the regular season on Thursday as they travel to Lawrence County for a 6 PM district match.
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CCMS RB Tanner Hulvey (Photo by John St. Clair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)

The Coffee County Middle School football team used 4 first half touchdowns against White County to power them to a 30 to 0 halftime lead as they ended their regular season with a 42 to 0 shutout of the Warriors. Tanner Hulvey had 2 touchdown runs and a pair of 2 point conversions in the first half for the Raiders. Blanton Brown added 2 touchdowns, one on a long punt return while Brandon Jernigan and Adam Petty each added a touchdown. The win improves the Red Raiders record to 7 and 1 on the season and 5 and 1 in conference play. Coffee County will finish the season at no worse than a three way tie for first place as they have the week off next week. Coffee County now needs to wait until the conclusion of next week’s games to determine if they will take part in the CTC Championship game. That CTC Championship Game is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, October 10th.

The CHS Volleyball team celebrates following their Warren County Invitational Tournament championship (Photo Provided)

As the regular season for high school volleyball nears its conclusion, the Coffee County CHS volleyball team is playing the best it has played all season.  Never was that more evident than on Saturday when the Lady Raiders swept all 6 of their matches to win the Warren County Invitational.  Coffee County rolled through the day dropping only 1 set on the day.  After pool play wins over Cannon County, Tullahoma, Grundy County and Warren County, the Lady Raiders were seeded first in the elimination bracket.  After blitzing Grundy County on the semifinals 9 & 15, Coffee County dropped the host Lady Pioneers 21 & 15.

Peyton Nicoll and Maddie Taylor were the statistical leaders for Coffee County on the weekend.  Nicoll led the team in aces with 16 and kills with 28 while adding 40 assists, 17 digs and 2 blocks.  Maddie Taylor led the team in assists with 52 and digs with 23.  She also added 10 aces and 9 kills.  Kaylee Skipper led Coffee County in blocks with 6 and added 21 kills, 12 digs and 10 aces.  Coffee County had an amazing 73 aces in their 13 sets on the day, with only 34 service aces, as 5 Lady Raiders had at least 10 aces.  The Lady Raiders conclude the regular season this week with 2 road games.  Coffee County travels to Franklin County on Tuesday and Lawrence County on Thursday.  Thunder Radio will bring you the 6 PM contest on Tuesday LIVE from Winchester as Hometown Tuesday will begin with a 5:50 pregame show.

Beatris Barrera of Westwood soccer

A penalty kick in the 42^nd minute by Community gave the Viqueens a 3 to 2 win and spoiled the chance of a perfect season for the Lady Rocket soccer team on Friday in the semifinals of the Central Tennessee Soccer Conference on Friday.   Westwood tied the match at 2 as the horn sounded to end the 1^st half on a beautiful unassisted goal by Beatris Barrera.   Community dominated the time of possession in the first 30 minutes scoring first in the 17^th minute.  Barrera drew Westwood even one minute later, but a Community rush made it 2 to 1 for the visitors in the 20^th minute.  Westwood turned up the attacking pressure, but a collision in the penalty gave Community the PK which they used to take the final lead of the match.  Westwood had 5 excellent scoring chances in the last 15 minutes, but shots by Barrera and Faith Willoughby could not get past the Community keeper.  The loss was the first loss of the season for Westwood as they finish the season with a record of 6-1-1.

Alexis Raymon(in black) of CCMS Soccer (Photo provided)

For the 3^rd year in a row, the Coffee County Middle School JV soccer team won the CTC JV Conference Tournament championship on Saturday at Warren County.  The Lady Raiders got a huge 6 to 0 win over Harris Middle in the semifinals to set up a finals match with the host Lady Pioneers who gave the JV Lady Raiders their only loss of the season.  Alexis Raymon scored a pair of goals for the Lady Raiders, including the game winner off a cross from Maddie Jones.  Kyleigh Harner added a goal as Coffee County beat Warren County 3 to 2.  The CCMS varsity will play in the CTC conference tournament on Saturday at Tullahoma.

Andrew Mahaffey of CHS football

Thirteen big plays on Friday night by Oakland dropped Coffee County on Friday night by a final score of 48 to 0. In a game that saw Coffee County get the first scoring opportunity, a blocked field goal by Oakland set up a 71 yard TD run by the Patriots to open the scoring with 8:09 left in the first quarter. The Patriots used 10 plays of more than 10 yards in the first half to build a 35 to 0 lead at intermission. A stout Oakland defense held Coffee County to 114 total yards and 4 first downs while forcing 3 Red Raider turnovers.
Coffee County got a big play of their own as freshman Andrew Mahaffey got the first interception of the year throw by Oakland QB Brandon Matthews. The interception stopped a potential scoring drive in the first half and earned Mahaffey the Thunder Radio/Farm Bureau Player of the game honor. Alontae Taylor led 8 Red Raiders runners as he carried the ball 9 times for 58 yards. DeAaron Rozier rushed 7 times for 20 yards while Mill Harner had 19 yards on 8 carries. The loss drops Coffee County to 0 and 3 in Region 2-6A play. Coffee County travels to Cookeville next Friday in a 7 PM region contest.

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CHS Senior Ali Shelton

The Lady Raider soccer team celebrated Senior Night in appropriate fashion claiming a 4 to 0 win over Cascade on Thursday night at Raider Field. Senior Halie Conner got the shutout between the pipes for Coffee County while senior Ali Shelton scored a goal. Also adding goals for the Lady Raiders were Caitlyn Moore, Allie Amado and Eliza Masters. Seniors Maclay Brandon, Ali Shelton, Andrea Vazquez, Izzy Huddleston, Halie Conner and Leiliane Diniz were honored following the match. The win improved the Lady Raiders record to 8-7-1 on the season. Coffee County will have a break before beginning the district tournament in October.

CHS senior Diana Davis

In a match that came down to the final swings, the Columbia Lady Lions volleyball team thwarted a valiant Coffee County upset attempt dropping the Lady Raiders in 5 sets.  The win was big for Columbia as it gives them a season sweep of Coffee County who currently sits in 2^nd place.  The Lions roared out to 21 to 9 lead in the first set before claiming a 25 to 13 win.  Coffee County battled back in the 2^nd set to even the match with a 25 to 22 win and the match stayed close the rest of the night.  A crucial line shot along the sideline with the 3^rd set tied at 23 went Columbia’s way to lift them to a 25 to 23 set win before Coffee County tied the match again with a 25 to 15 win in the 4^th set.  In the decisive 5^th set, the Lady Raiders built a 12 to 10 lead only to see Columbia tie the set before winning it 16 to 14.

Diana Davis was spectacular for Coffee County as she led the team in kills, digs and aces.  The senior finished the night with 15 kills, 13 digs, 4 aces and a block.  Maddie Taylor also had 4 service aces, added 7 digs and led the team in assists with 17.  Aerial Williams led in blocks with 3, while Peyton Nicoll finished with 8 kills, 13 assists and 5 digs.

Coffee County travels to McMinnville on Saturday to take part in the Warren County tournament.  Coffee County plays Cannon County at 9:00 AM, Warren County at 10:00 AM, Tullahoma at 11:00 AM and Grundy County at 1:00 PM in pool play.  The championship bracket begins at 2:00 PM and all matches will take place at Warren County High School.