Category: Sports

Coffee County Fall league softball games are cancelled for Thursday night. Games will be Monday, Tuesday and Thursday next week from 6-8

4:00 PM – CHS Golf(boys only) at Tullahoma
5:30 PM – CHS Football(JV) HOSTS Grundy Co
6:00 PM – CCMS Volleyball HOSTS Harris
6:00 PM – CHS Volleyball at Shelbyville
6:30 PM – WMS Football HOSTS Community
7:00 PM – CHS Soccer at Shelbyville

Aerial Williams of CHS Volleyball (Photo by John St.Clair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)

The Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball program has a good relationship with Eagleville as they trade out matches on their opponents home floor in front of the student body. After hosting the Lady Eagles back on August 26th, it was the Lady Raiders turn to play in front of the Eagleville student body. The Lady Raiders fared no better on the road then they did at home as they dropped the rematch in straight sets on Wednesday afternoon. Offensively, the Lady Raiders cut down on the number of service errors as they hit only 8, but the caution in the service game only resulted in 7 service aces for the Lady Raiders. Defensively, the Lady Raiders managed to pull 30 digs on the match, but those resulted in only 9 assists and 12 kills as the passing game was less than spectacular.
Kaylee Skipper led the team in digs with 8 digs. Maddie Taylor added 7 digs and was tied for the team lead in assists with Bailey Morgan as each had 3 assists. Aerial Williams led Coffee County in Kills with 3 while Diana Davis and Peyton Nicoll each had 2 kills. Sophomores Sarah Pearson and Tyana Fenton led Coffee County in the service game as each had 2 aces and committed no service errors. The Lady Raiders are back on the road on Thursday night as they travel to take on Shelbyville. The JV match is scheduled for 5 PM with the varsity team getting underway at 6.

CHS freshman soccer player Allie Amado

An Alli Amado goal in the 18^th minute, coupled with an outstanding defensive performance from the Lady Raider defense and keeper Ali Shelton, lifted the CHS Lady Raider soccer team to a 1 to 0 win over Warren County on Tuesday night.  After a shaky start that forced Shelton to stop 4 Warren County shots, the Lady Raiders pressed the attack resulting in Amado’s goal off of a beautiful feed from the left wing by Eliza Masters.  Coffee County controlled the middle of the field, especially in the middle 40 minutes of the contest as they outshot the Lady Pioneers 15 to 7 going into the last 20 minutes.

As the game became more physical down the stretch, Warren County was able to take more shots but had only 2 real chances to tie the game.  An apparent Warren County goal in the 63^rd minute was waved off due to an offside call and a 3 shot volley in the 72^nd minute saw Shelton get 2 heroic saves before Warren County sailed a shot over the crossbar to kill the rally.  Shelton finished the night with 9 saves while Coffee County had 16 shots with 14 of them being on frame.   The Lady Raiders travel to Shelbyville on Thursday night for a 7 PM district match.

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2015 CCMS Homecoming Court

Four touchdown runs by Tanner Hulvey lifted the Coffee County Middle School football team to a 42 to 20 homecoming win on Tuesday night over South Franklin.  The visiting Trojans scored on their first possession of the game to take an early 6 – 0 lead, but Hulvey raced 65 yards for the tying touchdown 58 seconds later and Coffee County never trailed again.  Quarterback Hayden Skipper added 2 first half touchdowns to give the Red Raiders a 20 to 6 halftime lead.  Hulvey scored on runs of 19, 10 and 51 yards in the 2^nd half to help the Raiders pull away for the win.  At halftime, Emi McKee was named the CCMS homecoming queen as she was escorted by Brandon Jernigan.   The Raiders will travel to Winchester on Tuesday night for a 6:30 PM conference game with North Franklin.  The JV team will host North Franklin on Monday in a 6:30 PM at Carden-Jarrell Field.

Beatris Barrera of Westwood soccer

Facing another stiff challenge to their undefeated record on Tuesday, the Westwood Lady Rocket soccer welcomed Lincoln County to Dyer-Bouldin Field. The Lady Rockets raced out to a 3 to 0 halftime lead and held on to stop the visiting Falcons 5 to 2. Beatris Barrera had 2 first half goals while Jimelda Penaloza added a tally to give the Lady Rockets a 3 to 0 lead at the half. Faith Willoughby notched a 2nd half goal as Barrera added her 3rd goal to give her a hat trick to complete the scoring for Westwood. Lady Rocket keeper Abbi Lowery finished the match with 12 saves. The Lady Rockets close out the regular season on Monday when they travel to Unionville to take on Community. Kickoff is set for 5:30 PM.

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

Needing to close the gap from “almost there” to “there” has been the focus of Coach Andrew Taylor with his CHS Lady Raider volleyball team.  Tuesday night they welcomed district foe Lawrence County to “The Patch”.  The pesky Lady Wildcats gave Coffee County a scare before the Lady Raiders prevailed in 5 sets.  The Lady Raiders were able to work their offense effectively as they scored 42 aces on the match off of 33 assists.  At the service line, Coffee County had 19 aces with 15 service errors on the match.  Defensively, Coffee County was credited with 3 blocks and 46 digs.

Leaders for Coffee County in aces was Tyanna Fenton as she scored 8 aces.  Diana Davis had 11 kills and 12 digs to lead in both of those categories.   Fenton added 11 digs while Maddie Taylor had 8 digs and led the team in assists with 22.  Logan Carr, Aerial Williams and Grace Spellings each had a block for the Lady Raiders while Peyton Nicoll and Kaylee Skipper joined Williams with 7 kills apiece.  The Lady Raiders travel to Eagleville on Wednesday for an “In-School” game before the Eagleville student body.  First serve is set for 1:30 PM.

CHS senior golfer Teagan Perry

Facing a talented field of golfers, the CHS Lady Raider golf team placed 3 golfers in the top 5 of the Keith Maxwell Invitational in McMinnville on Tuesday.  The Lady Raiders shot a 154 to outdistance Warren County by 15 strokes.  Savannah Quick and Sophie Vinson had matching scores of 77 to tie for low score honors for the tournament.  Quick won the 2 hole playoff to finish in 1^st while Teagan Perry won a 2 hole playoff to claim 5^th place.  The girls finish the regular season with a record of 51 and 5.  The girls will participate in the district tournament beginning Monday at Lakewood Country Club.

CHS Golfer John Parriger

The Red Raiders shot a 339 to finish 9^th overall out of a field of 14 teams. John Parriger shot a 78 for low score honors for Coffee County.  Hayden Proffitt fired a 84, Austin Farris had an 87 and Samuel Prater added a 90 to round out the scoring.  The boys are 45 to 23 on the season and will conclude the regular season on Thursday in a 9 hole match at Lakewood Country Club in Tullahoma.  The match tees off at 4.

The CHS and CCMS cross country teams got strong performances from their top runners in Tuesday’s meet at St. Andrews-Sewanee. For the boys, James Lynn was 2nd overall with a time of 19:52 over the 5K course. Andy Rosson finished in 10th place and Edgar Marceleno finished in 11th place.
For the Lady Raiders, Makenzie Morgan finished in 3rd place and Bynaka Woods finished in 4th place. The Coffee County Middle School squad got a pair of top 5 finishes as Larson Meltzer won the boys division of the middle school race and Ethan Welch tallied a 3rd place finish. The Raider runners will host their lone home meet of the season on Tuesday as they welcome high school and middle school teams to their home course at the site of the former Old Stone Fort golf course.

9:00 AM – CHS Golf at Keith Maxwell Invitational in McMinnville

4:00 PM – CHS Cross Country at St Andrew’s – Sewanee

5:00 PM – CCMS Cross Country at St Andrew’s – Sewanee
6:00 PM – CHS Volleyball HOSTS Lawrence Co
6:00 PM – WMS Soccer HOSTS Lincoln Co

6:30 PM – CCMS Football HOSTS South Franklin (Homecoming)

7:00 PM – CHS Soccer HOSTS Warren County – Thunder Radio Broadcast