Saturday night in Woodbury, Cannon County girls defeated Coffee County 55-31. The Lady Raiders fell to 4-5 on the year. In boy’s play Cannon County knocked of the Raiders 68-52. Coffee County falls to 3-8 on the season.
Tuesday night Coffee County will host Lincoln County.
Category: Sports
Tough Night For Raider Basketball
Motlow Men Win Two as the Lady Bucks Drop Two
Bree Horner led the Motlow Lady Bucks in scoring with 10 pts. Lauren Brown & Erin Layne added 9 each in the 87-62 loss to Roane St. on Friday night at Motlow College.
On Saturday the Lady Bucks lost to the nation’s 20th ranked Wallace St Lady Senators, 69-41. Sabrina Jackson led Motlow with 11 and Horner added 10.
The Motlow men defeated Roane St. 119-85. Clint Nwosuh leads the Bucks in scoring with 32 points. Jaylen Barford chipped in with 23.
On Saturday the Bucks fought off Wallace St to move to 11-1 on the season with a 74-69 conference win. The Senators held All-American DeQuan Miller to 3 points (all free-throws) and Clint Nwosuh to zero points but Terry Holt stepped up with 24 and Jaylen Barford added 19.
Motlow has no games this week.
Raiders Split Wrestling Matches
The CHS Wrestling team welcomed Lawrence County and Stewarts Creek for a 3 team match on Friday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The grapplers got strong performances from top to bottom of their roster as they got a win over Lawrence County and a strong performance, in a losing effort, against Stewarts Creek. Against Stewarts Creek, Joel Singleton dropped a tough 6 to 2 decision(132
pounds). The Raider grapplers got pin fall wins by Owen Teague (126), David Tate (138), Jose Ruiz (145) and Joshua Tobitt (195).
In their winning match against Lawrence County, Owen Teague won a 4 to 2 decision at 132 and Austin Payne got a 9 to 3 decision (182). Hannah Curtis (106), Joshua Tobitt (195) and Joel Singleton (132) got forfeit wins. Getting pin fall wins for Coffee County were: Brandon Baumstein (113), David Tate (138), Jose Ruiz (145). The pin for David Tate was his 7th win by pin fall for the week.
Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the Week 5 December 2014
The Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the week for 5 December 2014 is Madison Armstrong. Madison is in fifth grade at Deerfield Elementary School in Coffee County. She is the daughter of proud parents Kim and Chris. She was nominated for this award because she is academically minded, an excellent student and helpful to all classmates and teachers. She plays basketball for her school and her favorite subject is science because she enjoys learning about the ecosystem and animals. Appropriately, she plans to be a veterinarian or dog trainer when she gets older. Madison was presented with a plaque (courtesy of K&S Trophies of Tullahoma) and a set of tickets to an up-coming Nashville Predators game. Congratulations to Madison Armstrong, the Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the Week.
Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the Week – Madison Armstrong
Coffee County Gets Two Wins Over Grundy County
Wyatt Day hits a free-throw on Thursday night against Grundy County.
Coffee County played host to Grundy County in high school basketball on Thursday night. In the girl’s game the Lady Raiders dominated the Lady Jackets as the cruised to a 49-18 non-district win. Tyger Fenton led Coffee County with 11 points. Freshman Brooke Freeze came in to play the final 3 minutes of the game and scored 5 points to earn the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game.
Coffee County is now 4-4 on the year.
The Raider boys played a tight game with Grundy County until the 4th quarter and that’s when Coffee County pulled away for a 61-48 win. Four Red Raiders scored in double figures with Addison Carter and Wyatt Day leading the way with 14 each. Peyton Talley added 13 and J.P. Duncan chipped in with 11. Day was named the player of the game.
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Coffee County will travel to Cannon County on Saturday night for a 6pm tip-off.
Coffee County Battles Tullahoma In High School Wrestling
David Tate got a pin of Tullahoma’s Bryce Triplett to earn the only points for the CHS grapplers as the Raiders fell to the Wildcats 78 to 6. The dual match, played before the Tullahoma student body on Wednesday afternoon, was the second match for Coffee County in 2 days and one of 4 matches this week.
Coming off his 2 pin performance on Tuesday night at home, Tate continued his strong showing this season as he bested Triplett at 3:54 of his 138 pound match. The Raiders will be back at home on Friday night as they welcome Stewarts Creek and Lawrence County to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym for a 6 PM 3-way meet. The Raiders travel to Mt. Juliet on Saturday for the Mt. Juliet Duals. The first match is set to begin at 9 AM.
Raider Wrestlers Compete In 3-Way Match
CHS Wrestler David Tate in preseason action
season’s home opener. The Raider grapplers dropped a 62 to 18 match to Oakland while falling to Independence 52 to 22. For Coffee County, David Tate won both of his matches by a pin earning Coffee County 12 points at 138 pounds. Hannah Curtis got a pin against Oakland and a forfeit win against Independence to garner 10 points at 106 pounds. Jose Ruiz had a pin at 145 pounds, as did Brandon Baumstein at 113 pounds. Joshua Tobitt scored a major decision win in his match against Independence at 195 pounds.
The Raiders will be back at home on Friday night as they welcome Stewarts Creek and Lawrence County to “The Patch” starting at 6pm.
Bucks Win, Ranked 28th In The Nation
The Motlow Bucks celebrated their appearance in the national rankings by going on the road and beating Snead State 87-67 Tuesday night in Boaz, Ala. The first regular season poll released by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) listed Motlow as the No. 28 team in the nation.
Sophomores Dequon Miller and Greg Mason had big games for the Bucks. Miller accomplished a rare triple-double with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Mason was dominant with 17 rebounds to go along with eight points.
The Lady Bucks (1-9, 1-4) suffered their eighth consecutive loss when they dropped a 66-59 decision to Snead State in a non-conference contest in Boaz, Ala., Tuesday night.
Motlow had four players score in double figures, with Lauren Brown scoring all of her team-high 13 points in the first half.
The Bucks will join the Lady Bucks will be hosting a pair of Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) teams this weekend, the final conference games until January. Roane State visits Copperweld Arena Friday night, with the women tipping off at 5:30 p.m., and Walters State will be the guest on Saturday starting at 2 p.m.
Lawrence County Picks Up Two Wins Over Coffee County
Wyatt Day scores two points for Coffee County during a game earlier this season… Photo by Dennis Weaver
Tuesday night in Lawrenceburg the Coffee County Lady Raiders took on District 8-AAA basketball foe Lawrence County. After trailing by 15 at halftime the Lady Raiders had a difficult time coming from behind and dropped the game 68-45.
Sara Brown led Coffee County with 9 points followed by Bailey Morgan and Tyger Fenton with 8 each. Morgan was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game.
In boys action the Raiders shooting touch was cold as they scored only 14 in the first half as the Wildcats grabbed a 27-14 advantage. Coffee County’s cold shooting continued in the second half as the Raiders lost to Lawrence County 60-29.
Leading scorer on the night for the Raiders was Wyatt Day with 10 and that earned him the player of the game.
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The Coffee County teams will be searching for wins on Thursday night at home as Grundy County comes to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium for a doubleheader. Game time for girl’s action is 6pm with airtime on Thunder Radio set for 5:50pm.
Community Sweeps Westwood Basketball
After a shaky start, the Westwood Middle Rockets boy’s basketball team erased a 1st quarter deficit to take a 15 to 13 lead into the locker room at the half over Community on Monday night. Foul trouble cost the Rockets in the second half as Community found their perimeter shooting touch to drop the Rockets 30 to 25. Chase Simpkins led Westwood in scoring with 12 points while Marcus Pendleton added 5 points and Byron Sullivan chipped in four.
The Lady Rockets of Westwood Middle held the Community Viqueens to four points in the 4th quarter, but could not overcome a first half deficit falling 33 to 22 to Community on Monday night in Unionville. Ashley Starks poured in 8 points for the Lady Rockets and Kristen Wray added 6 points.
Westwood will be at home on Thursday night as they welcome Fayetteville to the Joel Vinson Gym. Tip-off for the girl’s game is 6 PM.