Category: Sports

An area football team is looking for a new head coach. James Carr was fired as head coach of the Franklin County Rebels football team Wednesday.
Dr. Rebecca Sharber, the director of schools, said she decided release Carr after a recommendation from Franklin County High School principal Greg Mantooth. She added that Carr will remain on staff as a teacher.
Carr’s team finished the most recent season with a 3-7 record and was 21-30 during his five year stint, making the playoffs one time.

The Coffee County Central High School girls’ soccer team celebrated their 2014 season with their end of year banquet on Tuesday night at the Manchester-Coffee County Conference Center. In addition to the awarding of varsity letters, Coaches David Amado, Kandi Shemwell and Lee Xixis honored several award winners:

Shannon Green Sportsmanship Award – Maclay Brandon and Karson Young
Most Improved – Maddie Creek
Rookie of the Year – Eliza Masters
Coaches Choice Award – Izzy Huddleston
Outstanding Offensive Player – Alex Ellison
Outstanding Midfielder – Izzy Huddleston
Outstanding Defensive Player –Karson Young
Most Valuable Player – Alex Ellison
All District 8AAA Team Members – Alex Ellison, Karson Young, Maclay Brandon and Izzy Huddleston
All District 8AAA Freshman of the Year – Eliza Masters
Gateway Tire and Service Center Horizon Award – Izzy Huddleston

The recipe for success for the 6th grade CCMS Lady Raider basketball team has been run their offense and play tenacious defense. On Tuesday night, the Lady Raiders used that combination together better than they have all year long in a 48 to 12 win over Harris Middle. Coffee County held Harris to no more than 4 points in each quarter as eight different Lady Raiders scored baskets. Bella Vinson was the high scorer on the night as she dropped 22 while Keri Munn continued her dominant post play with 8 points. Reagan Ellison came off the bench for 5 points and Amelia Prater added 4 points.
The boys were just as dominant in their contest as they beat the Harris boys 30 to 11. The Red Raiders held Harris to just 1 free throw and 1 field goal in the second half with their strong defense. On offense, Jaxon Vaughn scored 11 points while Trenton Scrivnor added 8 points and Hayden Hullett scored 6.
The 6th grade teams conclude their season on Friday night as they travel to Morrison. The girl’s game will tip off at 6 PM.

The Raiders and Lady Raiders opened CTC play on Monday as they continued to build off their strong performances in last week’s Woodbury Border War. Both teams got close wins on the road as they squeaked by South Franklin. The Lady Raiders picked up a 32 to 31 comeback win over the Lady Trojans. Alisha Jennings had 10 second half points to lead the Lady Raiders, including 4 in the 4th quarter. Julia Duncan also netted 10 points while Abby Morgan finished with 8 points. With the win, Coffee County improved to 4 and 0 on the young season.
Bouncing back from a finals loss on Saturday night, the Red Raiders opened conference play with a hard fought 23 to 20 win over the Trojans. The Red Raiders were hampered offensively by the physical play, but managed to shoot 11 of 14 from the free throw line to grind out the conference win. Weston Hargrove led the team with 6 points while Harley Hinshaw, Andrew Mahaffey and Briggs Haithcock all added 4 points each. With the win, the Red Raiders upped their record to 3 and 1 on the year.
The Raiders and Lady Raiders will host North Franklin on Thursday night for their 2014 home opener. Game time is 6:00 PM at the new CCMS gym.

The Westwood Lady Rockets saw a halftime lead give way to a furious Forrest rally on Monday night falling 26 to 23 in Chapel Hill. In a battle of Rocket teams, the Forrest Lady Rockets outscored the Westwood Lady Rockets 12 to 1 in the pivotal 3rd period to take a 22 to 13 lead into the 4th quarter. Three point baskets by Morgan Jones and Karen Medina sparked a rally by Westwood in the 4th quarter that came up just short. Jones led all scorers on the night with 12 points, while Karen Medina netted 6. Ashley Starks finished with 3 points and Haley Miller added 2 points.
The Westwood boys fell behind 14 to 8 in the first quarter and could never overcome the hot shooting of Forrest as they fell 51 to 30. Forrest had seven 3 pointers on the night, including 3 in the 4th quarter to quell any Westwood comeback attempt. Westwood was led in scoring by Marcus Pendleton who had 12 points while Chase Simpkins added 6 points and Jake Hollandsworth added 5. Westwood will be back in action on Thursday night as they play host to Liberty. The girl’s game will begin at 6:00 PM at the Joel Vinson Gym.

Swim Meet in Murfreesboro

 

Women – Team Scores

Place School Points

1 Central Magnet High School CMHS-SE 432

2 Siegel High School STARS 374

3 Coffee County Central HS CCCHS 262.50

4 LaVergne High School LHS 220.50

5 Stewarts Creek High School SCHS-ZZ 207

6 Blackman High School BLKHS-US 181

7 Coffee County Middle School CCMS 15

 

Men – Team Scores

Place School Points

1 Central Magnet High School CMHS-SE 315

2 Stewarts Creek High School SCHS-ZZ 290

3 Siegel High School STARS 246

4 Blackman High School BLKHS-US 245

5 Coffee County Central HS CCCHS 162

6 LaVergne High School LHS 130

7 Coffee County Middle School CCMS 17

Here are some of the top finishers

 

Men 200 Yard IM

2^nd place Jack Beachboard Coffee County Middle School NT 2:23.53

Women 50 Yard Freestyle

1^st place Lili Harris Coffee County Central HS 31.00 29.24

Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

Team Relay Seed Time Finals Time Points

2^nd place Coffee County Central HS A NT 2:03.34

• Allen, Emma 2) Tucker, Ariah 3) Scott, Kaycee 4) Harris, Lili

 

Men 100 Yard Backstroke

1^st place Daniel Larsen Coffee County Central HS 1:02.00 1:01.50

The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raiders broke open a tight game in the 4th quarter to beat DeKalb Middle on Saturday night to win the Woodbury Border War Tournament. Leading 22 to 20 after 3 quarters, Coffee Middle turned up the offensive pressure to pull out the 35 to 26 win. The Lady Raiders were paced by Julia Duncan’s 12 points and Abby Morgan’s 7 points. Ellie Graham added 6 points and Alisha Jennings added four 4th quarter points.
The Red Raiders were not as fortunate as they got off to a cold shooting start to fall to Westside by a final score of 44 to 21. The Red Raiders could only manage 2 points in the 1st quarter as they finished as the runner up in the boys division of the Woodbury Border War Tournament. Harley Hindshaw led the Red Raiders in scoring with 6 points while Andrew Mahaffey finished with 4 points.
The Raiders and Lady Raiders travel to Cowan on Monday night to open conference play as they take on South Franklin. Tipoff for the girls game is 6 PM.

The college basketball season opened for Motlow on Friday night. The Lady Bucks drop a thriller in OT as they fell to Snead State 96-90. Sabrina Jackson 19 and Chelsea Holman 16 led Motlow.

In the men’s game, Jaylen Barford led the Bucks with 22 pts. D’Andre Downey finished with 20 and DeQuan Miller added 18 in the Bucks’ 104-86 win over Snead State.

On Saturday the men took on the Shooting 4 Greatness Academy from Atlanta, Georgia. The game was close throughout with the Bucks leading at halftime 48-45. Motlow was finally able to pull away late in the 2nd half for a 104-87 win. DeQuan Miller led the Bucks with 32 followed by Jaylen Barford with 222 and Clint Nwosuh chipped in with 17.
The Bucks and Lady Bucks will be back in action at on Friday and Saturday as they host Jackson St followed by Columbia St.

Girls
Hickerson defeated East Coffee – 10 to 6
Westwood raced past New Union – 39 to 13
North Coffee hammered Deerfield – 25 to 4
Hillsboro doubled up College Street – 20 to 10
Boys
East Coffee squeaked by Hickerson – 13 to 9
Westwood dropped New Union – 34 to 5
Deerfield outlasted North Coffee – 27 to 19
College Street beat Hillsboro – 33 to 6