Category: Sports

Eliza Masters of CHS Soccer

The CHS soccer team had a good showing in Franklin County this weekend as they finished with a 2 and 1 record in the Rebelette Classic. After splitting a pair of games on Saturday, the Lady Raiders came back and got a consolation game win over Livingston Academy on Sunday . The Lady Raiders opened up play on Saturday morning falling to Blackman 4 to 1. Freshman Sam Ellison scored the lone goal for the Lady Raiders. Coffee County was able to regroup on Saturday afternoon to drop DeKalb County 3 to 0. Andrea Vasquez, Sam Ellison and Ashley Woods had the 3 goals for the Lady Raiders. Vasquez and Izzy Huddleston had assists.
In Sunday’s consolation game, the Lady Raiders blanked Livingston Academy 2 to 0. Caitlyn Moore and Eliza Masters had the goals for Coffee County while Huddleston and Holli Smithson had assists. The Lady Raider JV finished the weekend going 3 and 0 with wins over Shelbyville, Franklin County and Blackman JV teams. The Lady Raiders return home on Tuesday night for a 7 PM contest with Warren County. Thunder Radio will bring you that contest with the pregame show beginning at 6:50 PM.

CHS senior Boone Riddle hauls in a pass against Pope John Paul II (File Photo by John St. Clair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)

Boone Riddle’s 32 yard field goal in the first quarter was the only score Coffee County could muster against Smyrna on Friday night at Carden-Jarrell Field. Coffee County was held to 151 yards of total offense on the night as they fell by a score of 38 to 3 in their first Region 2-6A game of the season. Smyrna tacked on 10 points in the final 1:51 of the first half to take a 24 to 3 lead into the locker room at the half. Coffee County took the first drive of the second half into the Smyrna Red Zone before having their drive stall. The Smyrna defense was effective all night long holding Coffee County to 151 yards of total offense in the game.

Sophomore Alontae Taylor led the Coffee County offense as he rushed 17 times for 57 yards and was 5 for 13 passing for 23 yards and 1 interception. Tyrese McGee caught 3 of those passes for 19 yards while Gavin Husted rushed 6 times for 46 yards to earn the Farm Bureau/Thunder Radio Player of the Game award. The loss drops the Raiders record to 1 and 2 on the season and 0 and 1 in region play. Coffee County travels to Cleveland next week for a 6:30 PM Central Time kickoff with Walker Valley. Thunder Radio will bring you exclusive coverage beginning with the pregame show at 6:00 PM.

Peyton Nicoll of CHS volleyball (Photo by John StClair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)

Needing some momentum heading into a tough weekend tournament in Chattanooga, the Coffee County CHS Lady Raider volleyball team swept Franklin County in 3 sets on Thursday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The Lady Raiders blitzed the Rebelettes 25-10, 25-12 and 25-15.  Coffee County had 26 aces on the night as Diana Davis had 9 aces and Kaylee Skipper added 6.  Peyton Nicoll led Coffee County in kills with 7 as 12 Lady Raiders had kills for a team totl of 31.  Maddie Taylor had 14 assists and Bailey Morgan added 9.  The win lifted the Lady Raiders district record to 3 and 2.

The Lady Raiders head to Red Bank High School on Friday afternoon for a pair of games in the Choo Choo Classic.  Coffee County will face East Ridge at 4:00 PM CDT and GPS at 5:00 PM CDT on Friday afternoon.  The Lady Raiders will return on Saturday for bracket play in the competitive tournament.  The Lady Raiders return home on Tuesday night for a district match with Lawrence County.  That match will begin at 6 PM.

Lady Raider golfer Savannah Quick

Both CHS golf teams posted low scores on Thursday in their match with Cookeville at the Cookeville Golf Club. The Lady Raiders got a pair of 2 over par scores of 72 from Savannah Quick and Sophie Vinson as they defeated the Lady Cavaliers 144 to 166. Teagan Perry came in at 79 for the 18 hole match as all 3 Lady Raiders outshot the 3 Cookeville golfers. With the win, the Lady Raiders improved their record to 43 and 5 on the season.
The Red Raiders got 75’s from John Parriger and Samuel Prater, along with a 76 from Austin Farris and an 80 from Reid Lawrence but still dropped a 289 to 306 match to the Cavaliers. Cookeville got sub-par scores from their top 2 golfers on the day as they shot an amazing 9 over for a team score. The loss drops the Raiders record to 41 and 15 on the season.
The Raider golf teams will be back in action on Tuesday in the Keith Maxwell Invitational hosted by Warren County. Tee time is 9 AM at the McMinnville Country Club.

Keri Munn of CCMS Volleyball

The Coffee County Middle School volleyball team 29 aces on the match to get a hard fought, straight set sweep of Fayetteville on Thursday night in Fayetteville. The Lady Raiders won by set scores of 25-22 and 25-19 over the scappy Lady Tigers. Coffee County was brilliant at the service line as 11 different Lady Raiders had service aces in the win. Kyla Craig led the way for the Lady Raiders as she had 7 aces. Amanda Mukai , Maci Head and Keri Munn all had 4 aces each for the match. The JV Lady Raiders were just as successful as they swept Fayetteville 25-17 and 25-7. The Lady Raiders return home on Thursday for a 6:00 PM match with Harris.

Coffee County and Tullahoma each got scoring opportunities in the final minute of play but their middle school soccer match ended in a 1 to 1 draw on Thursday. The Lady Raiders struck first when Jade Arnold pushed a shot past the keeper at the tail end of an impressive Lady Raider press attack in front of the net in the 16th minute.
The 1-0 lead held up into the half, but Tullahoma tied it in the 34th minute on a missed defensive assignment by Coffee County. The Lady Raiders countered with 2 excellent scoring chances in the 47th and 55th minutes but each just missed the frame. With the draw, the Lady Raiders record stands at 3-0-1 in conference play and 4-0-1 overall. The Lady Raiders will have a week off before hosting North Franklin in their next conference match. That match will take place on Monday, September 14th at 4:00 PM at CCMS.

CHS junior Hollie Smithson(file photo)

The speed of the Tullahoma forwards, coupled with several missed scoring opportunities sent the Coffee County CHS soccer team down to a 5 to 1 defeat on Thursday night in Tullahoma. A pair of Wildcat goals by Shannon Reagan in the 7th and 17th minutes put Tullahoma ahead 2 to 0 at the half. The Lady Raiders got several excellent scoring opportunities in the first half but could not capitalize. Lady Raider keeper Ali Shelton kept the Lady Raiders in the match with a beautiful save at the 38 minute mark, one of at least a half dozen on the match.
After encouraging his team to be more aggressive in the second half, Lady Raider head coach David Amado saw his team do exactly that. Junior Holli Smithson centered a pass to Allie Amado in the box which Amado drilled home in the 48th minute to cut the Coffee County deficit to 1 goal. Tullahoma added a goal in the 55th minute to stretch the lead back to 2 just ahead of a pair of excellent Lady Raider scoring chances in the 58th and 61st minutes which Coffee County could not convert. Tullahoma added 2 late goals in the last 10 minutes to make an otherwise close match seem like a blow out. Coffee County will return to the pitch on Saturday in the Franklin County Tournament in Winchester. The Lady Raiders will take on Blackman at 9 AM and DeKalb County at 3:40 PM on Saturday. The Finals will be held on Sunday. The JV team will also compete in the JV portion of the tournament as they play Shelbyville JV at 10:20 AM and Franklin County JV at 2:20 PM on Saturday and the Blackman JV on Sunday at 11:15 AM.

The Coffee County Middle School baseball is holding a Ford/Lincoln Drive for Your Team fundraising event on Saturday, September 19th. The event, sponsored by Al White Ford/Lincoln, will run from from 10 AM until 4 PM in the parking lot of
Metro Industrial, across from Al White. Folks wishing to help are asked to come by to test drive a new Ford at NO OBLIGATION. Ford Motor Company will make a donation to the baseball program for each test drive taken on that day.
As an added incentive, Coach Rodney Meeker will be in the dunking booth all day so folks can come out to dunk him. M Manchester Chill will be selling frozen yogurt and there will be a Coca Cola booth on site as well. Please make time to support this fun and worthwhile event.

Thursday Prep Schedule
1:00 PM – CHS Golf at Cookeville
5:00 PM – CCMS Soccer HOSTS Tullahoma
6:00 PM – CCMS Volleyball at Fayetteville
6:00 PM – CHS Volleyball HOSTS Franklin Co
7:00 PM – CHS Soccer at Tullahoma