After being forced to sit out team camps last summer because of COVID-19 pandemic, the Coffee County Central Lady Raider basketball team is chomping to get to work this summer in preparation for the 2021-22 high school basketball season.
The CHS Lady Raiders will return all starters with the exception of one – Bella Vinson.
The Lady Raiders will welcome a handful of other teams CHS’ Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium next Friday, June 4 for their first summer camp. Below is a schedule for the day:
JUNE 4
CCHS SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE
MAIN COURT
9AM COFFEE CO VS LINCOLN CO
10AM DEKALB CO VS TULLAHOMA
11AM MARSHALL CO VS CANNON CO
12PM LINCOLN CO VS DEKALB CO
1PM COFFEE CO VS TULLAHOMA
2PM CANNON CO VS MOORE CO
3PM FAY CITY VS TULLAHOMA
4PM LINCOLN CO VS CANNON CO
5PM MOORE CO VS TULLAHOMA
6PM COFFEE CO VS FAY CITY
SIDE COURT
12PM FAY CITY JV VS DEKALB JV
1PM LINCOLN JV VS MOORE JV
2PM MARSHALL JV VS FAY CITY JV
3PM CANNON JV VS LINCOLN JV
4PM MOORE CO JV VS COFFEE JV
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Lady Raiders to host camp of champions this summer for youth
Coffee County Central Lady Raider basketball coach Joe Pat Cope has announced that his team will be having a “Camp of Champions” June 7-9 at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium.
The camp will be held from 8-10:30 a.m. each day and is for boys and girls, ages kindergarten through 8th grade.
Kids will be placed in groups by age and skill level and work on basketball fundamentals with Head Coach Joe Pat Cope as well as assistant coaches Matt Vinson, Rece Chumley, Anita Gannon and Amanda Ruehling; as well as current and former players. Campers will work on dribbling, shooting, passing, offense and defense each day. Each camper will receive a camp T-Shirt. Cost $60 per player.
Registration takes place from 8 a.m. through 6 p.m. on Friday, June 4 at the CHS gymnasium. For questions, contact coach Cope at copej@k12coffee.net.
SOFTBALL: Lady Raiders open state tournament Tuesday afternoon in Murfreesboro
Coffee County Central’s Lady Raider softball team will play Collierville at Starplex Field # 1 at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday to open up the TSSAA Spring Fling State Tournament.
If the Lady Raiders win on Tuesday, they will play again at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday. If they lose, they will play at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The state tournament is double elimination.
The State Championship game is set for 3 p.m. Friday at Starplex. Click here to see the bracket in its entirety.
If you plan to travel to Murfreesboro to watch the Lady Raiders play – Admission is $12 per game. Tickets for each venue will be limited and must be purchased in advance through GoFan. No tickets will be sold on site. Children five years of age and older must purchase a ticket. TSSAA Championship Event Cards, TACA cards, TSSAA ID cards and TMSAA ID cards will NOT be accepted for admission. Parking will also be $5.
Under current TSSAA COVID-19 protocols and venue capacity restrictions, spectators will only be allowed entry into the venue where they purchased their ticket. There will be no moving between venues without purchasing a new ticket. In the event a team will be playing again later in the day at the same venue, spectators will be given a wristband or handstamp good for re-entry.
The Lady Raiders are looking to bring the first team state championship to Coffee County since Lady Raider basketball in 1993.
Coffee County beat Soddy Daisy 2-1 in an instant classic Friday night. Click here for that game story, photos and a link to the broadcast replay.
Titans safety Kevin Byard hosting free kids camp in July
Titans safety Kevin Byard is hosting a football camp for kids on July 24.
The Byard Family Legacy Youth Football Camp will be held in Murfreesboro at Middle Tennessee Christian School (100 E MTCS Road) from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
The free camp is for boys and girls, ages 9-16.
Here’s the short listed on ByardFamilyLegacy.org:
‘The Byard Family Legacy Youth Football Camp brings a NFL experience to the youths of Nashville! An absolute jam packed day filled with football taught by not only NFL players, but coaches as well. Available to boys AND girls ages 9-16. The gridiron meets grins as food, drinks, giveaways and a few pick up games help children in need get exposure to a team atmosphere.’
“At this camp, we go through a ton of drills,” Byard said. “I am able to talk to the kids, not only about football, but about life. I think it is huge for me for me to (have) camps for kids that are aspiring to be NFL superstars, to see my face at these camps, and see me giving back.”
To register, CLICK HERE.
You can hear the Tennessee Titans all fall long on Thunder Radio – your exclusive home for the Titans in Coffee County.
Predators even series after 2OT win
Double the overtime, double the fun. Again.
Luke Kunin scored the game-winning goal at the 16:10 mark of the second OT, and the Nashville Predators defeated the Carolina Hurricanes by a 4-3 final in Game 4 on Sunday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena. The game was heard live on Thunder Radio (presented by realtor Charlie Gonzales with Weichert Realtors, Joe Orr & Associates).
The result gives the Preds their second consecutive victory in double overtime against the Hurricanes, and more importantly, the best-of-seven series is now even at two games apiece.
Behind the energy of yet another thunderous crowd at Bridgestone Arena of 12,135 strong, the Predators went back and forth with Carolina all day long, and it by the time it was all over, Preds goaltender Juuse Saros had made a franchise-record 58 saves to record his second-straight, double-OT win.
The effort from Saros, combined with regulation goals from Kunin, Ryan Johansen and Nick Cousins propelled Nashville to win consecutive postseason games in multiple overtimes for the first time in team history.
SOFTBALL STATE TOURNAMENT: Ticket and scheduling information
Coffee County Central’s Lady Raider softball team now knows what its road to the program’s first-ever state championship looks like. The TSSAA released the double-elimination bracket for this week’s state tournament: Coffee County will play Collierville at Starplex Field # 1 at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
If the Lady Raiders win on Tuesday, they will play again at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday. If they lose, they will play at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
The State Championship game is set for 3 p.m. Friday at Starplex. Click here to see the bracket in its entirety.
If you plan to travel to Murfreesboro to watch the Lady Raiders play – Admission is $12 per game. Tickets for each venue will be limited and must be purchased in advance through GoFan. No tickets will be sold on site. Children five years of age and older must purchase a ticket. TSSAA Championship Event Cards, TACA cards, TSSAA ID cards and TMSAA ID cards will NOT be accepted for admission. Parking will also be $5.
Under current TSSAA COVID-19 protocols and venue capacity restrictions, spectators will only be allowed entry into the venue where they purchased their ticket. There will be no moving between venues without purchasing a new ticket. In the event a team will be playing again later in the day at the same venue, spectators will be given a wristband or handstamp good for re-entry.
The Lady Raiders are looking to bring the first team state championship to Coffee County since Lady Raider basketball in 1993.
Coffee County beat Soddy Daisy 2-1 in an instant classic Friday night. Click here for that game story, photos and a link to the broadcast replay.
TRACK STATE TOURNAMENT: Four Raider athletes will compete Thursday
Four Coffee County Central High School track athletes will compete in Murfreesboro at the TSSAA State Track & Field Championships.
Ethan Welch and Travis Martin will be competing in the Pole Vault – which begins at 9 a.m.
Following that, senior Kelvin Verge will be competing in the state high jump at 11 a.m.
Jacob Rutledge will run in the 1600 meter run. The running events begin at 4 p.m. – his run will begin at approximately 5:30 p.m. but there is no set time.
Admission
Admission is $12. Tickets for each venue will be limited and must be purchased in advance online through GoFan. No tickets will be sold on site. Children five years of age and older must purchase a ticket. TSSAA Championship Event Cards, TACA cards, TSSAA ID cards and TMSAA ID cards will NOT be accepted for admission.
This year all track and field events will be at Rockvale High School.
Braves get 2 HR from Riley to take series vs. Pirates
While complimenting the significant progress Austin Riley had made with his plate discipline and approach, Chipper Jones said, “You’ve got to crawl before you walk,” when asked about when the young third baseman might start showing more power again.
Five days later, Riley is sprinting through another impressive May stretch and the Braves are powering their way back toward the top of the National League East standings. A 7-1 win over the Pirates on Sunday afternoon concluded a power-packed, confidence-building series at Truist Park.
Riley tallied his second multihomer game of the series and of his career to back a strong seven-inning effort by Max Fried. Fried allowed just one run and received more than enough support from a Braves lineup that belted 15 homers in the four-game series. The Pirates have totaled just 30 homers all season.
With their powerful onslaught, the Braves increased their MLB-leading total to 78 home runs. No other club had more than 66 homers when Atlanta’s game concluded on Sunday. This 47-game total is just shy of the franchise record (82) which was set last year.
By taking the final three games of this series, the Braves find themselves one game below .500 (23-24) and within striking distance of the first-place Mets. Their rise back toward the top of the division standings has been spurred by a rotation that has produced a 2.35 ERA over the past 19 games.
You can hear the Atlanta Braves on Thunder Radio – your home for the Braves in Coffee County.
STATE BOUND! Lady Raiders drop Soddy Daisy 2-1 in sectional thriller
Not all heroes wear capes.
Some of them wear no. 6 on the back of their softball jersey.
With two outs, no runners on and the game tied at 1-1 in the top of the seventh inning of Friday night’s state sectional game in Soddy-Daisy, Olivia Evans ripped the ball down the leftfield line. The speedy junior motored all the way around the bases, beat the throw from the relay and her inside the park home run gave Coffee County Central’s Lady Raiders a 2-1 win over Soddy Daisy and punched their ticket to the TSSAA Spring Fling in Murfreesboro next week.
Prior to that at bat, Evans was 0-for-2 with two strikeouts.
“I knew Oliva was better than that, I knew that she had something in her,” said CHS head coach Brandon McWhorter. “As soon as I saw the left fielder dive … I knew if she would turn it on we could get her around the bases.”
The win gives Coffee County 30 for the year and is the most important. The Lady Raiders are now one of 8 teams left in the state of Tennessee. They move to the TSSAA Spring Fling next week in Murfreesboro. Click here for the tournament bracket. CHS opens at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday against Collierville.
Friday night in Soddy Daisy, Coffee County took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Keri Munn dropped a well-placed single in right field to send Kiya Ferrell home. That score held until the 5th, when Soddy Daisy’s Jayde Baron lifted a high pitch over the left field fence to tie the game at 1-1.
That set the stage for Evans to put Coffee County in front 2-1 in the top of the 7th with two outs.
Soddy Daisy got its leadoff runner on in the bottom of the seventh, but senior pitcher Keri Munn closed out a strong performance with a strikeout, pop out and another strikeout.
Munn earned the win in the circle – allowing 5 hits and striking out 12. Her and Evans were named Mid Tenn Turf co-Players of the Game by Thunder Radio.
THIS GAME WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON THUNDER RADIO! LISTEN TO THE REPLAY HERE.
The 2021 Lady Raiders are headed to the State Tournament. 
SOFTBALL: Win Friday sends Lady Raiders to the state tournament
Over the past 2 months, the Coffee County Central High School softball team has piled up 29 wins.
The Lady Raiders need just one more.
Coffee County will travel to Soddy Daisy High School Friday, May 21 for the state sectional game where the stakes are quite simple: Win and you’re in the state tournament. Lose and your season is over.
Ironically, the Lady Raiders’ last trip to the state tournament was in 2017 when they went on the road and beat Soddy Daisy in the state sectional.
Soddy Daisy enters Friday with a 20-8 overall record. The Lady Raiders carry a 29-5-1 overall mark.
The game will be broadcast live on Thunder Radio – 107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, thunder1320.com and on the Manchester Go smartphone app. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. Central Time (7 p.m. Eastern).
The softball team will leave CHS at approximately 2:30 with a police escort. Anyone planning to make the trip is welcome to join the caravan.