The National Hockey League is expected to announce at a Friday press conference in Nashville that the 2016 NHL All-Star game will be played at Bridgestone Arena.
The league announced a press conference for a major announcement on Friday at Bridgestone Arena.
The Predators submitted a bid to host the 2016 game in June.
According to ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com, an announcement had expected to be made by July 1, but was delayed.
This will be the first all-star game hosted by Nashville. The city hosted the NCAA Women’s Final Four in April.
The Predators hosted the NHL draft in 2003.
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NHL All-Star Game Headed To Nashville In 2016
Coffee County Volleyball Falls in Region 4AAA Tournament
Tyger Fenton – CHS senior volleyball player
The 8 seniors that make up the senior class for the Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team have accomplished a lot in their high school careers, including 3 straight trips to the region tournament. But the accomplishment of advancing to the first sectional berth in the program’s 9 year history will have to wait for another class as Blackman ended the Raider season in the Region 4AAA semifinals. The Lady Blaze swept the Raiders in straight sets 25-18, 25-3 and 25-17. After rallying to make the first set close, the Lady Blaze’s height and net dominance spelled doom for the Lady Raiders. Coffee County was led in kills by Tyger Fenton, Sara Brown and Cursten Vaughn who each had 3 kills. Fenton and Vaughn each had 3 aces. Aerial Williams led in blocks with 2, Brittany Williams led in Assists with 6 and Sara Brown led in digs with 11. Fenton added a block and 5 digs to earn the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game honors. With the loss, the Lady Raiders season came to a close with a school record 28 wins against 15 losses. In a post game ceremony, Sara Brown was named to the All-Region Team.
Middle School Basketball Season Opened On Monday
The Westwood Middle School and Coffee County Middle School 6th grade teams opened the 2014 basketball season on Monday night. In both pairs of contests, the girls won while the boys came up short in the road contests. Westwood opened the season at Moore County while Coffee Middle was at North Franklin.
Westwood girls got a 30 to 16 win at Moore County. Morgan Jones and Ashley Starks each poured in 11 points to lead the Lady Rockets in scoring. Haley Miller and Kristen Wray each added a field goal and a free throw. The Rocket boys came out with a cold shooting touch as they fell 38 to 28. The Rockets trailed 20 to 5 at the half before making a frantic 2nd half comeback to close the deficit to 4 points midway of the 4th quarter. There foul trouble ended the comeback attempt. Marcus Pendleton led the Rockets in scoring with 10 points while Chase Simpkins added 9. Jake Hollandsworth and Augie Burch each added 4 points. The Rockets and Lady Rockets open their home season on Thursday night as they welcome in conference rival Eagleville. Opening tip will be at 6 PM.
For Coffee Middle, the girls won 25 to 20 as Bella Vinson led all scorers with 13 points. Kerrie Munn added 8 points while Kylie Phillips and Amelia Prater each notched a field goal. In the boys contest, the Red Raiders suffered a heart-breaking 27 to 25 loss. Jaxon Vaughn led the Raiders in scoring with 8 points while Kyle Farless and Trenton Scrivnor each added 4 points as 8 Raiders tallied points for Coffee County.
Update On Local Cross Country Teams
Closing out their inaugural season in glorious fashion, the Westwood Cross Country teams finished strong at the Mid-State Cross Country Association Regional Championship in Smyrna on Saturday. The boys’ varsity team finished 11th out of 22 teams as 183 runners competed in the boys’ varsity race. Samuel Workman finished the 2 mile course at 13:05 which placed in the top 25 after Saturdays meet and qualified him for the State Championship Meet to be held this Saturday in Knoxville. James Tyler, Corey Walker and Eric Randolph all finished in the Top 100. The girls varsity team finished in 14th place as they were paced by M.E. Spadley who finished at 17:28 just ahead of Anna Widener who came in at 17:30. The meet proved to have the fastest times for the girl’s varsity team as the top 5 runners finished within 25 seconds of one another. Coach Jim Dobson remarked following the race that “it has been a pleasure to coach” this team this season. Samuel Workman will compete in the Tennessee State Middle School Cross Country Championships to be held Saturday, October 18 at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville.
Battling rainy conditions and the absence of several runners, the Coffee County Cross Country teams competed in the Mid-State Cross Country Association Championship on Saturday in Smyrna. The Red Raider runners finished 21st as a team out of 49 teams and were again paced by Andy Rosson who ran the 5K course in 18:32 to finish in 16th place out of more than 300 runners. Scott Randolph finished in 39th and Maxwell Nicoll ran 20:02 to notch 52nd place. For the girls, Kayla McCormick ran a personal best 27:48. The Raiders and Lady Raiders run at Webb School on Thursday at the Freeman Invitational as they prepare for next week’s Region Championship on the Sharp Springs course at Smyrna.
Westwood Cross Country Runner qualifies for State Cross Country Meet
Closing out their inaugural season in glorious fashion, the Westwood Cross Country teams finished strong at the Mid State Cross Country Association Regional Championship in Smyrna on Saturday. The boys’ varsity team finished 11th out of 22 teams as 183 runners competed in the boys’ varsity race. Samuel Workman finished the 2 mile course at 13:05 which placed him in the top 25 and qualified him for the State Championship Meet to be held this Saturday in Knoxville. James Tyler, Corey Walker and Eric Randolph all finished in the Top 100. The girls varsity team finished in 14th place as they were paced by M.E. Spadley who finished at 17:28 just ahead of Anna Widener who came in at 17:30. The meet proved to have the fastest times for the girls varsity team as the top 5 runners finished within 25 seconds of one another. Coach Jim Dobson remarked following the race that “it has been a pleasure to coach” this team this season. Samuel Workman will compete in the Tennessee State Middle School Cross Country Championships to be held Saturday, October 18 at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville.
CHS Cross Country Competes in Mid State Cross Country Association Championship
CHS Cross Country runner Kayla McCormick (file photo)
Battling rainy conditions and the absence of several runners, the Coffee County CHS Track team competed in the Mid State Cross Country Association Championship on Saturday in Smyrna. The Red Raider runners finished 21st as a team out of 49 teams and were again paced by Andy Rosson who ran the 5K course in 18:32 to finish in 16th place out of more than 300 runners. Scott Randolph finished in 39th and Maxwell Nicoll ran 20:02 to notch 52nd place. For the girls, Kayla McCormick ran a personal best 27:48. The Raiders and Lady Raiders run at Webb School on Thursday at the Freeman Invitational as they prepare for next week’s Region Championship on the Sharp Springs course at Smyrna.
Lady Raiders Shocked At Home In Soccer Final
Seniors Alex Ellison(Left) and Andrea Fisher(Right) fight back tears following Saturday night’s loss to Lincoln County… Photo by Dennis Weaver
Two goals in the first 8 minutes and a supportive home crowd were not enough to keep the Coffee County CHS soccer team season alive as they dropped a 3 to 2 decision to Lincoln County on Saturday night in the 1st round of the District 8-AAA soccer tournament. The Lady Raiders got off to a hot start on a wet and cool night at the Red Raider soccer field as Eliza Masters buried a nice cross from Holli Smithson in the 4th minute to give the Lady Raiders a 1 to 0 lead. 4 minutes later, Alex Ellison hit a 35 yard missile from in front of the net over the Lady Falcon keeper to make the score 2 to 0 and it looked like the rout was on for Coffee County. Lincoln County’s Caragon Treola cut the lead in half 3 minutes later from the right wing and that 2 to 1 score held up until halftime. Lincoln County managed to tie the score in the 47th minute as Coffee County deflected a Lincoln County shot past Lady Raider keeper Ali Shelton off of a set piece. From there, each defense held tight as the game ended in regulation tied at 2. Lincoln County’s Treola scored late in the first of two 10 minute extra periods to advance the Falcons to Tuesday’s soccer semifinals. With the loss, the Lady Raider season came to a close marking the end of the high school careers of 3 senior Lady Raiders. Seniors Taylor Deberry, Alex Ellison and Andrea Fisher each played well in their final contest as the Lady Raiders finished the season with a record of 6 wins, 8 losses and 3 draws.
Heartbreaker
Mill Harner #2 heads to the end-zone for a Coffee County touchdown against Franklin County… Photos by Barry West
After 111 points and a combined over 900 yards of offense the Coffee County Red Raiders lost a heartbreaking football game to Franklin County on Friday night in Winchester.
Freshman Alontae Taylor scored a school record 6 touchdowns (runs of 82, 10, 6, 4, 5 and 5 yards) and rushed for 256 yards for the Raiders in the 56-55 triple overtime loss. Taylor has nearly 900 yards rushing on the season with 3 games to go.
Cody Howes and Mill Harner scored the other TD’s for the Raiders.
After Coffee County scored to make it 55-48 in the third OT the Rebels scored and went for a 2-point conversion and converted to pick up the District 8-AAA win.
Alontae Taylor #6 scores one of his 6 TD’s against the Rebels.
Gavin Husted played great on defense as he picked off 2 Franklin County passes.
Taylor was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game for his record breaking performance.
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The 2-5 Raiders will host the 2-6 Lincoln County Falcons on Friday night. This is the annual “Pink Out” game. Fundraising will be done throughout the night for breast cancer awareness. The team will be wearing pink jerseys to bring more awareness and the jerseys will be auctioned off.
Lady Raider Volleyball Claims District 8AAA Title
Coffee County Lady Raiders celebrate their District 8AAA Volleyball Championship following Thursday’s 5 set win over Lincoln County
Seeking their first district title in volleyball since 2007, the CHS volleyball team looked to their seniors to lead them to victory…and the seniors came through in a big way on Thursday night. The Lady Raiders swept Lawrence County in 3 sets in the semifinals before outlasting a tenacious Lincoln County team in the finals in an action packed 5 set thriller. Senior Cameron Davis was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game for Coffee County as her 11 service aces, including 7 in a row in the 3rd set of the semifinals, propelled the Lady Raiders to a 25-16, 25-18 & 25-16 win over Lawrence County. Senior Sydney Pearson added 4 aces while senior Tyger Fenton served 3 aces. Pearson and Fenton led in kills with 7 and 6 respectively while senior Valaina Barger added 3 blocks. Senior Brittany Williams added 14 assists as Coffee County advanced to the finals.
In the district finals, Coffee County faced off against Lincoln County, a team that the Lady Raiders had spilt with in the regular season. After taking the first 2 sets, 25 – 21 and 25 – 16, the Lady Raiders saw the Lady Falcons rally from behind in sets 3 and 4 to tie the match setting up a dramatic 5th set. Coffee County raced out to a 10 to 4 lead before Lincoln County charged back to tie the game. The Lady Raiders made the key shots in the 5th set to claim a 15 to 13 win. Coffee County owned the play at the net as senior Valaina Barger had 11 kills and a block, senior Cursten Vaughn had 9 kills and 2 blocks and senior Cameron Davis added 6 kills and one and a half blocks. Senior Sara Brown scraped 28 digs off the floor as Tyger Fenton added 12 digs. Brittany Williams had 24 assists for Coffee County.
After the game, Coffee County had 6 seniors named to the All-District team. Cameron Davis, Valaina Barger and Sara Brown were all named to the District 8AAA 2nd team while Cursten Vaughn, Tyger Fenton and Brittany Williams were named to the 1st team. With the District title, Coffee County will host the Region 4AAA Tournament on Tuesday night as they will take on District 7AAA runner-up Blackman in the semifinals. Lincoln County will take on District 7AAA champion Siegel in the other semifinal match. The championship game will be played following the 2nd semifinal at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. Game times will be announced this weekend.
Prep Cross Country Teams in Action Saturday
CHS Cross Country runner Makenzie Morgan(in red) during a recent meet.
The CHS and Westwood Cross Country teams will compete in the Midstate Cross Country Championship on Saturday at Sharp Springs Park in Smyrna. Both teams look for the opportunity to qualify runners for the state meets Th
e high school meet is set for Saturday, November 1st in Nashville and the middle school state is slated for October 18 in Knoxville. This Saturday, the CHS boys will get underway at 8:30 AM with the Girls racing at 9:15. The Westwood boys get underway at 1:30 PM with the girls racing at 2:00.
Both teams are coming off strong performances last week in the Lincoln County meet. For CHS, the boys finished 2nd out of nine teams as all 7 of the Raider runners finished with personal best times. The Raiders had 3 runners in the Top 10 as Andy Rosson again led the way with his 2nd place finish at a time of 17:55 which was 41 seconds faster than his previous best time. Scott Randolph turned in his best time of the year running an 18:24 and placing 5th overall. Next for the Raiders was Maxwell Nicoll who placed 6th with a time of 18:40. The CHS girls finally fielded enough runners to qualify for a team score as they finished 5th out of 8 teams. Makenzie Morgan who ran her best time of the year with a time of 24:02 finishing 10th overall cutting 55 seconds off her former best. Nadja Hansen finished 14th with a new personal best while Claudia Bertuzzi, Kayla McCormick and Claire Spellings all recorded new personal bests.
Westwood’s Cross Country team leaves the starting line in a recent match
Westwood boys and girls finished 2nd in their middle school races. For the Rockets, Andres Cavalie finished 2nd with a time of 13:21 while Samuel Workman finished in 3rd place at 13:44. Jacob Moore, Chandler Poe and Eric Randolph finished 12th, 14th and 17th respectively out of nearly 40 runners. In the Girls Varsity Race, M. E. Spradley finished in 6th Place with Sunshine Mai and Katharine Hills finished in 11th and 12th place respectively out of a field of 40 runners.