Category: Sports

Brianna Jones threw her 5th no-hitter of the year on Thursday night in the District 8-AAA softball championship game, but it wasn’t enough to carry the Coffee County to a win as they fell to Tullahoma 2-1 in Tullahoma. The Lady Cats scored both runs on 3 Lady Raider errors.
Jones threw a no-hitter, striking out 13 batters and walking none.
Tullahoma’s Mo Edde got the win. She allowed one run over seven innings. She struck out six, walked one and surrendered four hits.
The Lady Raiders scored their only run in the third inning when Shelby Giles scored on one of four Tullahoma errors.
Coffee County will travel to Murfreesboro on Monday for Region 4-AAA action at Riverdale and you’ll hear the game live on Thunder Radio with a game time to be announced.

In middle school track action the Coffee County Middle School track teams played host to Warren County on Thursday at Carden-Jarrell Field. The Raiders and Lady Raiders each defeated Warren Co. The Lady Raiders won 69 to 27, while the Raiders won 60 to 36. Detailed results were:

Girls
Discus: Faith Floyd-1st, Lindsey Perry-2nd
Shot Put: Carlie Barnes-1st, Haley Richardson-2nd
High Jump: Julia Duncan-1st
Long Jump: Marissa Douglas-1st, Gracie Pippenger-2nd
4x100m Relay: 1st-Gracie Pippenger, Laura Bogard, Mady Gravitt, Marissa Douglas
1600m: Karie Wooten-1st, Trava Brown-2nd, Shelby Watkins-3rd
100m: Mady Gravitt-3rd
4x200m Relay: 1st-Abby Morgan, Ryan Green, Kayla Johnson, Marissa Douglas
400m: Gracie Pippenger-1st, Morgan Henley-2nd
800m: Willow Hobbs-1st, Jasie Willis-3rd
200m: Amelia Prater-3rd
4x400m Relay: 1st-Laura Bogard, Chloe Spry, Abby Morgan, Morgan Henley

Boys
Discus: Andrew Mahaffey-1st, Cade Davis-3rd
Shot Put: Drake Medina-1st, Chase Davis-2nd
High Jump: Trace Bryant-1st, Weston Hargrove-2nd
Long Jump: Weston Hargrove-1st, Andrew Mahaffey-2nd
4x100m Relay: 1st-Trace Bryant, Andrew Mahaffey, Zach Morgan, Weston Hargrove
1600m: Larson Meltzer-1st
100m: Tyler Bouldin-3rd
4x200m Relay: 1st-Zach Morgan, Marcos Garcia, Tucker Anderson, Trace Bryant
400m: Jalen Morris-2nd
800m: Marcos Garcia-1st
200m: Tyler Bouldin-3rd
4x400m Relay: 1st-Larson Meltzer, Andrew Mahaffey, Tucker Anderson, Weston Hargrove

CCMS is scheduled to take on Warren Co. and Tullahoma in the CTC conference meet on Tuesday, May 12, at 10:00 AM in McMinnville.

Facing a Siegel Stars team that has won 10 straight Region Titles coming into Thursday’s Region Tournament, the Lady Raider tennis team faced a monumental task.  In the hottest temperatures they had faced this season, the Lady Raiders could not overcome a solid and talented Siegel team as they fell 4 to 1.  Maddie Taylor was the lone Lady Raider to win her matchup as the two teams competed in set play.  All five singles matches were decided in straight sets as Taylor swept both sets winning 6 to 1 and 6 to 3.  Senior Karlee Reed fell 2-6 and 0-6, Alex Crossland dropped a 3-6/3-6 decision, Savannah Hodge fell 1-6/3-6 and Alli Shelton dropped a 3-6/0-6 decision.  With the loss, Coffee County’s team tennis season comes to a close but the Lady Raiders do have a doubles team set to take part in the Region doubles tournament on Monday.  The doubles team of Alex Crossland and Savannah Hodge will compete in the region doubles tournament on Monday at Old Fort Park.  Doubles matches are set to get underway at 1:00 PM.

If Coffee County wanted a chance to win a softball district championship, it had to first defeat Shelbyville before taking on Tullahoma. Brianna Jones threw a shutout and allowed only 2 hits to help the Lady Raiders to a 1-0 victory over the Eaglettes Wednesday night in Columbia.
In the third inning Coffee County pushed across their only run of the day on an RBI single by Haley Hinshaw to score Shelby Giles.
The Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game was Giles.

In game one of a possible two for the District 8-AAA championship Coffee County took on Tullahoma. The Lady Cats defeated the Lady Raiders 2-0 on Saturday. This time Coffee County picked up an exciting 1-0 victory. The Lady Raiders scored their only run of the game on an RBI single by Jones in the first inning. Jones was masterful in the pitching circle as she gave up just one hit. She was named the player of the game.
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Coffee County at 29-5-1 on the season will take on the Lady Cats again tonight in a winner-take-all matchup. The game has been moved from Columbia to Tullahoma and will start at 7pm. You can hear the game live on Thunder Radio.

The Westwood Rockets tennis teams dropped their final scheduled tennis match of the year on Wednesday night in Fayetteville.  The Rockets could not get a match win against Riverside Christian as the boys fell 8 to 0 while the girls fell 9 to 0.  2015 was the inaugural season for Westwood tennis and Coach Justin Winton was proud of the progress his team made throughout the season.  Winton said that he saw improvement in all the players of which few had any tennis experience at all.  Coach Winton is holding out hope that a previously cancelled matches with Shelbyville and St. Andrew’s can be rescheduled before the end of the school year.

A 3 run 1^st inning lead was not enough for the Lady Rockets softball team on Wednesday night as they dropped a 12 to 8 decision to Liberty in Shelbyville.  Keyleigh Alford and Haley Miller each had 3 hits for the Rockets while Avery Whitsett and Sarah West finished the night with a pair of hits each.  Westwood will begin their conference tournament on Friday night at 5:45 as they take on Cascade.  The conference tournament will be held in Fayetteville.

Four 1st half goals staked the Coffee County CHS soccer team to a 4 to 1 halftime lead and a furious 2nd half Shelbyville rally fell short as the Red Raiders defeated the Eagles by a final score of 5 to 3 on Wednesday night. Coffee County got off to a fast start getting 4 shots on goal in the first 3 minutes before Paco Barrera redirected a deflected free kick past the keeper at the 7 minute mark to get Coffee County on the board first. His brother Abelene Barrera tallied a goal a minute later and Breyer Taylor added a 3rd goal at 15 to put the Raiders in the driver’s seat early. Shelbyville tightened up their defense but could not mount an attack against Coffee County. Breyer Taylor notched his second goal at the 27 minute mark on a beautiful fake to get around the keeper and it looked like the rout was on. But Shelbyville responded with a goal in the 36th minute and then opened up the second half with goals at the 54th and 56th minute to put the home standing Raider fans on edge. A huge save by keeper Lafredo Ramirez in the 60th minute seemed to change the momentum and Paco Barrera nailed his second goal of the night in the 68th minute to put the game out of reach. With the win, Coffee County will play for a district title on Friday night in Columbia.  The district title match will kick off at 7:00 PM. The win also guarantees the Raiders a berth on the Region 4AAA Tournament which begins next Monday.

After Day #2 of the TSSAA Sub-Sectional Track meet at Riverdale, 3 Lady Raider thinclads have qualified to move on to next week’s Sectional track meet at Rhea County. Both the Raider and Lady Raider teams completed the field events on Monday, while the Lady Raiders finished the running events on Tuesday. The Raider runners return to Riverdale on Thursday.
For the Lady Raiders, Cameron Davis, Taylor DeBerry and Sarah Pearson each qualified in an event for Tuesday’s Sectional Meet. Davis finished 2nd in the discus with a throw of 90 feet and 5 inches. DeBerry came in 2nd place in the 100M hurdles with a time of 17.18 seconds while Sarah Pearson finished 4th in the 300M hurdles with a time of 49.23. As a team, the Lady Raiders finished in 4th place in the region in field events and in 7th place in the running events.
Other top finishers for the Lady Raiders were:
Sarah Pearson – 5th in the 100M hurdles, 7th in the 300M hurdles and 5th place in the high jump
McKenzie Anderson – 7th in 100M hurdles, 6th in the 300M hurdles and 6th place in the high jump(tie)
Cameron Davis – 5th in the shot put
Bailey Nester – 6th place in the high jump(tie)
Nadja Hansen – 10th in 1600M run

The Red Raiders finished in 10th place in the field events however no one qualified for the Sectional Meet. Top finishers for the Coffee County boys in field events were:
Kani Johnson – 6th place in the high jump
Reece Pratt – 8th place in the Discus Throw & 9th place in the shot put
The boys running events will begin at 5:00 PM on Thursday at Riverdale High School.

The CCMS track teams traveled to Warren County for their first dual meet of the season on Tuesday. Both Raider teams topped the Pioneers. Final scores were 65.6 to 30.3 for the girls and 63 to 33 for the boys. Detailed results are:

Girls
Discus: Lindsey Perry-1st, Faith Floyd-2nd
Shot Put: Carlie Barnes-1st, Haley Richardson-3rd
High Jump: Marissa Douglas and Gracie Pippenger were part of a 3-way tie for 2nd
Long Jump: Gracie Pippenger-1st, Marissa Douglas-2nd
4x100m Relay: 1st-Gracie Pippenger, Laura Bogard, Mady Gravitt, Marissa Douglas
1600m: Kaytee Christian-1st, Karie Wooten-2nd, Trava Brown-3rd
100m: Mady Gravitt-3rd
4x200m Relay: 1st-Abby Morgan, Ryan Green, Kayla Johnson, Marissa Douglas
400m: Gracie Pippenger-1st, Morgan Henley-2nd
800m: Willow Hobbs-1st, Makenzie Webb-2nd, Jasie Willis-3rd
200m: Claire Bryant-3rd
4x400m Relay: 1st-Laura Bogard, Chloe Spry, Morgan Henley, Abby Morgan

Boys
Discus: Trace Bryant-1st, Cade Baker-3rd
Shot Put: Chase Davis-1st, Cade Davis-3rd
High Jump: Trace Bryant-1st, Weston Hargrove-2nd
Long Jump: Weston Hargrove-1st, Andrew Mahaffey-2nd
4x100m Relay: 1st-Trace Bryant, Andrew Mahaffey, Zach Morgan, Weston Hargrove
1600m: Larson Meltzer-1st, Jalen Morris-2nd
100m: Jake Cooper-3rd
4x200m Relay: 1st-Zach Morgan, Marcos Garcia, Tucker Anderson, Trace Bryant
400m: Jalen Morris-1st
800m: Marcos Garcia-1st
200m: Jake Cooper-3rd
4x400m Relay: 1st-Larson Meltzer, Andrew Mahaffey, Tucker Anderson, Weston Hargrove

CCMS will host Warren Co. in another dual meet on Thursday, May 7 and wrap up the season with the CTC Championship Meet on May 12.

A superb effort by Brianna Jones spurred the Coffee County Lady Raiders to a 1-0 win over Lincoln County on Tuesday in the District 8-AAA softball tournament.
Jones’ 16 strikeouts helped Coffee County to the victory. Jones gave up just four hits in the shutout.
She also led the Lady Raiders offensive threat, as she got on base three times in the game. She also drove in the only run of the game when she doubled in Brittany Williams in the third inning.
Next up for the 27-5-1 Lady Raiders is match up against Shelbyville who lost to Tullahoma on Tuesday, game time 5pm. The winner will face the Lady Cats for the district tournament championship at 7pm. If Tullahoma loses a 2nd game would be played at 5pm Thursday.

After dropping their opening game in the TCCAA/Region VII softball tournament in Chattanooga, the Motlow Lady Bucks made a run through the elimination bracket to the semifinals before falling 8-2 to Volunteer State Saturday to end the 2015 season.
Motlow (27-19-2) completed its first winning campaign since 2011, despite losing multiple players to injury and finishing the tournament with only 10 players available.
During tournament action Motlow upset nationally-ranked Columbia State.