Category: Sports

CCMS RB Tanner Hulvey eludes the Harris defense en route to the game winning TD on Tuesday night(Photo by John St. Clair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)

A 35 yard 4th quarter touchdown run by Tanner Hulvey lifted the Coffee County Middle School football team to a 28 to 24 victory over Harris on Tuesday night at Carden-Jarrell Field. After failing to convert on a first and goal at the end of the first half, the Raiders went to the locker room down 16 to 14. Harris took their first drive of the 2nd half down the field to score on a touchdown pass. The 2 point conversion made it 24 to 14 and it appeared that Coffee County was in deep trouble. Brandon Jernigan galloped in from 40 yards out for the Raiders on the next possession and the missed PAT made the score 24 to 20 heading to the 4th quarter. After the Raider defense stopped the Eagles, Coffee County went on a 8 play drive to get the ball down inside the 20 yard line before QB Blanton Brown went down with an injury. 2 plays later, Harris pounced on a Raider fumble and with 2:49 left in the game, it appeared that the Eagles were a first down away from putting the game out of reach. But not to be denied, the Raider defense forced an Eagle fumble setting up Hulvey’s heroic touchdown run with 2:34 left in the game.
After recovering the Raiders squib kick and out of timeouts, the Eagles went to their passing game. On the first play from scrimmage, Gilberto Infante sacked the Harris QB forcing a fumble. The Raiders however fumbled the ball back on the next snap but held the Eagles on downs at midfield. Coffee County was able to run out the clock and secure their 3rd win of the year and 2nd in conference play. Hulvey finished the game with 2 TD’s while Brown had the first score of the game for Coffee County.  The Red Raiders will host South Franklin next Tuesday night in their homecoming game. Kick-off is set for 6:30 PM at Carden Jarrell Field.

Westwood’s Beatris Barrera prepares to score on a penalty kick against Huntland(Photo by John StClair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)

In a match contested until the final minute, the Lady Rockets ran their season record to 5 and 0 on the year with a 3 to 2 win over Huntland on Tuesday at Dyer-Bouldin Field. The Lady Rockets scored all 3 of their goals in the first half to take a 3 to 1 lead into the half. Beatris Barrera hammered home a penalty kick home in the 9th minute to give the Lady Rockets an early 1-0 lead. Huntland evened the score on an odd man rush in the 19th minute as Riley Hazard scored off an assist from Camille Bland. The goal was the first surrendered by Westwood’s defense this season.
Westwood got goals from Faith Willoughby in the 21st minute and Barrera in the 26th minute which gave the Rockets a lead they would carry into the final 4 minutes. The Hornets pushed forward late as Kylea Micheal got behind the Rocket defense to register the Hornets 2nd goal and set up a dramatic 4 minute finish. Abbi Lowery made a pair of late saves for Westwood to seal the victory. The Lady Rockets host Lincoln County on Tuesday, September 8th at Dyer-Bouldin Field for their next match. Kick-off is set for a 6:00 PM.

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Eliza Masters of Coffee County soccer(file photo)

The long bus ride to Lawrenceburg made the CHS Lady Raider soccer team hungry to score goals on Tuesday night, and score they did. The Lady Raiders Eliza Masters scored a pair of goals for Coffee County while Allie Amado and Andrea Vasquez each found the back of the net. Amado was credited with an assist. Ali Shelton had had 6 saves between the pipes to earn the shutout win. With the win, Coffee County improves to 1-0-1 in district play after Thursday’s apparent overtime win over Columbia was ruled a draw.
The JV Lady Raiders won 5 to 2 over Lawrence County as Allison Everette had a hat trick for Coffee County. Savannah Smith and Allie Amado scored the other 2 goals as Everette and Ashley Woods were credited with assists. The Lady Raiders hit the road again on Thursday as they travel to Tullahoma to take on the Lady Cats in a much anticipated district rivalry match. Kickoff is set for 7 PM.

Starting the season as they ended it last year, the Westwood Rocket Cross Country teams had a strong showing in their first meet of the season on Tuesday at Warren County. The Rocket boys finished 1st ,2nd and 3rd in the boy’s race to lead Westwood to the win. 8 Rocket runners finished in the top 10 led by Andres Cavalie who was 1st, Renalto Ayala was 2nd and Samuel Workman finished 3rd.
In the girls race, Patricia Barrera finished 1st while Sunshine Mai was 4th and Braden Gray was 5th to lead the Lady Rockets to the meet win. Zoe Mills finished in 6th place while Hallie Wimberly finished in 7th as the Lady Rockets showed the same type of dominance as the boys. Westwood coach James Dobson was pleased with the outcome. “All the kids did a great job today. They really did a great job in representing the school” said Dobson. The next scheduled meet for the Rocket thinclads in a home meet on September 15th. The meet will be run at the site of the former Old Stone Fort golf course.

The Red Raider Cross Country team got another strong performance from James Lynn as they finished in 4th place at the Warren County meet on Tuesday afternoon in McMinnville. Lynn, who ran a time of 19:24, finished in 5th place in the boys race to lead Coffee County to a 4th place finish. Andy Rosson finished in 12th place with a time of 20:23.
The Lady Raiders finished 2nd in the ladies meet paced by Byanka Woods who finished in 6th place at 25:30. Makenzie Morgan finished in 9th place with a time of 27:14. The CCMS Raiders got a 4th place finish from Larson Meltzer and a 10th place finish from Ethan Welch in the first race for the CCMS program. Coach Robert Harper was proud of the performance of all his runners and is excited about the hard work and dedication of his young team. The Raiders will host the Coffee County Meet on Tuesday, September 15th.

Facing their second tough district road match of the week, the Lady Raider volleyball team traveled to take on district leading Columbia on Tuesday.  The Lady Raiders dropped the 3 set match 22-25, 15-25 and 22-25 to see their district record fall to 2 and 2.  Diana Davis led Coffee County in kills with 10 and digs with 7.  Aerial Williams added 9 kills and Kaylee Skipper had 6.  Peyton Nicoll had 6 digs for the Lady Raiders while Makayla Morgan added 4.  Maddie Taylor led Coffee County in assists with 9 while Bailey Morgan added 5.

The Lady Raiders return home on Thursday as they welcome Franklin County to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  First serve is set for 6:00 PM.

Westwood wingback Dylan Koon

The Westwood Rocket football team dropped a 48 to 14 decision on Tuesday night at Cascade. The game, moved up from Thursday night due to the Walking Horse Celebration, forced the young Rockets into their 2nd game in 5 days and their 3rd game in 12 days. Dylan Koon got a first half touchdown for the Rockets and Trent Thompson added a 2nd half score for Westwood. Kaiden Mullican added a 2 point conversion for the Rockets. The Rockets will host Community on Thursday, September 10th at Dyer-Bouldin Field. Kickoff is set for 6:30 PM.

CHS golfer Sophie Vinson

After falling to the Lady Pioneers twice already this season, the Coffee County Lady Raider golf team exacted some revenge on Monday with a 10 stroke win over Warren County at Willowbrook. The Lady Raiders were led by junior Savannah Quick who shot an even par 36 over the 9 hole match. Sophie Vinson fired a 40 and Teagan Perry carded a 43 as the Lady Raiders won by a score of 76 to 86 over a Warren County team that many expect to compete for a state title. With the win, Coffee County improves to 42 and 5 on the season.

CHS golfer Reid Lawrence

The Red Raiders got a solid score of 161 to beat Franklin County by 16 strokes. Warren County had the low team score for the boys firing a 153. Coffee County was led by Samuel Prater who fired a 3 over 39. John Parriger was one stroke back at 40, while Hayden Proffitt and Reid Lawrence shot matching 41’s. The Red Raiders record moves to 41 and 14 on the season.
The Red Raiders will travel to Smithville to take on Cannon County on Tuesday for a 9 hole match teeing off at 4 PM. The Lady Raiders are off until after Labor Day as they join the Red Raiders in McMinnville for the Keith Maxwell Invitational on Tuesday, September 8th. That tournament tees off at 9:00 AM.

September 18th is going to be the 5th Annual Team Up to Tackle Breast Cancer event at the home football game versus Riverdale at 7 p.m. Farm Bureau Insurance is sponsoring the event of the night by purchasing pink jerseys for the football team to wear during the game. All other participants of the night such as the cheerleaders, dance team members, and band members will also be sporting pink for the night. Fans are encouraged to participate by purchasing the t-shirt designed for the event. Anyone wishing to purchase a shirt can contact any Coffee County CHS FBLA member or contact the high school at 931.723.5164 or 931.723.5159. The shirts can be purchased starting September 1. All proceeds from the shirts will be donated to the Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition to assist breast cancer patients in Coffee County. Let’s all team up with Coffee County CHS to tackle breast cancer and fight like a Raider.

CCMS soccer player Jenna Garretson

A first half goal was all the scoring that Coffee County Middle School soccer team would need on Saturday as they blanked Warren County in a crucial CTC Conference match in McMinnville.  The lone goal was scored on a build up between Jenna Garretson and Julia Duncan as Duncan netted a shot at the 20 minute mark.  The Lady Raider defense was spotless on the afternoon, even after losing center back Kyleigh Harner to injury just before the half.  Duncan was moved to center back in the second half as the Lady Raiders pitched a shutout to improve their record to 4 and 0 on the season and 3 and 0 in conference play.  Coffee County will host Tullahoma on Thursday afternoon for a 5:00 PM conference match at CCMS.