Category: Sports

Another week and another postseason award for Coffee County Central Lady Raider Keri Munn.

The recent CHS graduate led the Lady Raiders to their deepest postseason run in program history, finishing AAA State Runner Up last month.

Now Munn has been named Tennessee Softball Coaches Association Class AAA Middle Tennessee Miss Softball.

Last week Munn was selected to play in the TNSCA All-Star Game on June 17 at Riverdale High School.

As a senior, Munn was 27-4 for Coffee County in the circle with a microscopic 0.78 ERA. She allowed just 20 earned runs over 178 innings worked. She struck out 277 opposing batters.

Munn has signed to play at MTSU next year.

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Both Coffee County Central basketball teams participated in their first summer camps in two years last week.

COVID-19 prevented team camps during the summer of 2020. Both teams were glad to be back at work and were pleased with their results.

Lady Raiders

There is one big storyline to watch for the CHS Lady Raider team that made a deep postseason run last winter – how will they fill the void left by departing senior Bella Vinson.

A strong post game was the answer on Friday as the Lady Raiders went 3-0 – beating Tullahoma, Lincoln County and Fayetteville City.

Junior post and returning starter Chloe Gannon had her way against Tullahoma in a 45-20 win, piling up 22 points. Elli Chumley led the way with 17 against Lincoln County and incoming freshman Olivia Vinson teamed up with junior point guard Jalie Ruehling to each score 14 in a win over Fayetteville City.

The Lady Raiders have two more camps this week.

The junior varsity Lady Raiders went 2-0 in camp play, beating Moore County and Marshall County. Holli Hancock scored 10 for the Lady Raider JV against Moore County and Remi Benjamin added 10 in the paint against Marshall County.

Red Raider boys

The Raider boys have multiple storylines to watch over the summer and going into the 2021-2022 season. CHS lost 7 seniors and its head coach. But returning to the bench is Andrew Taylor – who led the program once before and served as an assistant with Micah Williams, who left for Webb School following the past season.

The Raiders went to UAH on Friday and went 2-2 on the day.

“Very pleased with improvement from game one to game four,” said Taylor. “This is going to be a fun group to watch. They are undersized but they will flat get after you.”

The Raiders will go to Cleveland on Monday and Tuesday this week before going to Shelbyville on Thursday and Friday for more team camps.

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The Titans are adding a big-time playmaker to their offense in Julio Jones.

On Sunday, the team agreed to trade terms with the Atlanta Falcons on a deal that will send Jones to Tennessee, pending a physical.

The full terms include Tennessee trading their 2022 second-round pick and a 2023 fourth-round selection to Atlanta in exchange for Jones and a sixth-round pick in 2023.

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Jones is a big get for the Titans, a team that finished 2nd in the NFL in total offense a year ago but lost a pair of top performers – receiver Corey Davis and tight end Jonnu Smith – earlier this offseason in free agency.

A seven-time Pro Bowler, Jones is one of the top players in the league at his position.

A 6-foot-3, 220-pounder, Jones has 12,896 receiving yards and 60 touchdowns in his 10-year career, on 848 catches. He’s caught over 100 passes in three of his seasons, and he had at least 80 catches and 1,300 yards in every year from 2014-19, with an average of 104 receptions for 1,565 yards during that time period.

Jones is Atlanta’s all-time career leader in receptions (848), receiving yards (12,896) and 100-yard receiving games (58), and his 60 touchdown receptions rank second.

With an average of 95.5 receiving yards per game through 135 career games, Jones ranks first in NFL history, topping Calvin Johnson’s previous record of 86.1 receiving yards per game. His 12,896 career receiving yards already place him 20th in league annals. Jones’ 58 career 100-yard receiving games put him fourth all-time behind Jerry Rice (76), Randy Moss (64) and Marvin Harrison (59). Among all players in NFL history with at least 848 career catches, only Moss’ 15.6-yard average ranks higher than Jones’ average of 15.2 yards per reception.

For those with youth ages 5-12 who wish to play youth football this fall – registration is now underway.

You can register by clicking here.

You can also register your child in person and participate in sizings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 5 at Carden-Jarrell Field on the visitor’s side. In person registration will continue Saturday, June 12 and Saturday, June 26 from 9 am. to 1 p.m. both days.

For those who have already registered, those athletes will still need to attend one day for sizing and bring a copy of birth certificate.

he Titans added a pair of veteran defensive linemen on Thursday, while parting ways with two others.

Added to the team: Trevon Coley and Abry Jones.

To make room on the 90-man roster, the Titans waived Daylon Mack and Jullian Taylor.

Coley (6-1, 311) has appeared in 44 games, including 31 starts, in four seasons with the Browns (2016-18), Colts (2019) and Cardinals (2020). He’s recorded 95 tackles and 3.5 sacks for his career. Coley initially signed with the Ravens after going undrafted out of Florida Atlantic in 2016, and he’s also spent time with the Washington Football Team and the New York Jets.

Jones (6-4, 318) has played in 105 games, with 52 starts, over the past eight seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He’s tallied 186 tackles and 9.5 sacks in his career, along with three fumble recoveries. Jones signed as an undrafted free agent with the Jaguars following the 2013 NFL Draft after playing in college at Georgia.

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Dansby Swanson continued to lead the charge on offense, and thanks to a couple of milestones, Atlanta’s offense came alive to secure a 5-1 victory over Washington in the series finale at Truist Park on Thursday afternoon.

With Austin Riley on second in the bottom of the sixth after an RBI double, Swanson stepped into the box looking to capitalize with another runner in scoring position. Swanson responded with a 440-foot home run over the left-field wall to push the Braves’ lead to four. This gave Swanson 10 homers on the year and was his 500th career hit. The monstrous jack also marked the longest of his career.

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Players wanting to be a part of the Coffee County Middle School softball team – tryouts are soon.

CMS will have tryouts for upcoming 6th and 7th grade from 4-5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 7. Tryouts for 6th and 8th grade will have tryouts from 4-5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8.

If you need more information, contact Tiffany McCormick at mccormickt@k12coffee.net.

ALL tryouts will be held at Coffee County Middle School.

-Every student MUST have a physical dated on or after April 15, 2020 to participate in tryouts. If he/she makes a team, he/she will need a physical dated on or after April 15, 2021 prior to the beginning of the 21-22 school year.

-Every student must have a completed Parent Consent, Cardiac Arrest & Concussion Form prior to tryouts. (The Parent Consent is part of the Physical form.)-All forms can be found on the CCMS Website. http://ccms.coffeecountyschools.com/ They are located on the left side of the home page. (Sports > Sports Forms).

-Beginning 21-22 school year, Homeschool students ARE now allowed to try out prior to completing their paperwork for the year. If he/she makes a team then the paperwork must be turned into the Central Office prior to August 1. However, they still must possess all the forms noted above (Physical, Parent Consent, etc….)

Postseason awards and accolades continue to roll in for members of the 2021 Coffee County Central High School softball team.

Junior Kiya Ferrell and sophomore Kaitlyn Davis have both been named to the Tennessee Softball Coaches Assocation (TSCA) All-State Team.

Ferrell was the table setter for the Lady Raider offense all season – batting at a .466 clip with a .537 on-base percentage and 50 runs scored. She had 9 doubles and 3 triples.

Davis anchored the middle of the lineup all season and set a single-season home run record for the Lady Raider program. She hit .385 and led the team in doubles (11), home runs (14) and RBIs (50).

As Thunder Radio reported Tuesday, Senior Lady Raiders Keri Munn and Justus Turner have been selected by the Tennessee Softball Coaches Association to play in the TSCA All-Star Game.

The game will be held June 17 at Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro.

Braves manager Brian Snitker isn’t ruling out the possibility of adding Shane Greene to his bullpen within the next few days.

“I think there’s always a chance,” Snitker said prior to Wednesday’s game against the Nationals at Truist Park. “We just need to get him to the ballpark.”

After making his third scoreless appearance for Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday, Greene was slated to go through his normal pregame running and throwing exercises on Wednesday. His recovery from those activities will influence when he could join Atlanta’s bullpen.

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The Titans on Tuesday announced a number of updates to the team’s football staff.

In the personnel department, Blaise Taylor is now a pro scout and Matt Miller is now a college scout, transitioning from their previous roles as scouting assistants.

Taylor’s focus will be involved in advance scouting for upcoming opponents, as well as evaluating potential free agents for the free agency period every spring. Miller will have a region of colleges to visit, evaluate, and gather information on prospects for the annual NFL Draft. Both will retain portions of their previous roles as scouting assistants.

Also, Mical Johnson will now serve as a scouting assistant in a full-time role. Last fall, Johnson served as the Amy Adams Strunk Women in Football intern. She will work in both college and pro scouting, evaluating players, monitoring the daily waiver wire, and assisting in the preparation for free agency and the NFL Draft.

Johnson, who played women’s tennis at Belmont from 2015 to 2019, helped put the advanced reports together for the coaches during the 2020 season for the team’s weekly opponent.

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