Category: Sports

The Coffee County Lady Raider’s softball team will host Smyrna in the Region 4-AAA tournament Monday night at 7pm. The winner will move on to play for the region championship on Wednesday. The loser’s season will end. Check out live softball action Monday night on Thunder Radio with pre-game show starting at 6:50pm.

The All-District 8-AAA soccer team has been announced and 5 Coffee County Red Raiders soccer players were recognized for their outstanding play this season. The district coaches voted junior Cody Howes as the District 8AAA Defensive Player of the Year. Junior goalkeeper Lafredo Ramirez and junior midfielder/forward Abelen Barrera were named to the 1st team All-District 8-AAA team. Senior defender Chris Freimuth and junior defender/midfielder Cole Hawkins were tabbed for the 2nd team all-district team. The Red Raiders finished the season with a record of 8-7-3 and will return a strong nucleus for 2015. The Red Raiders will need to replace seniors, Marcos Villegas, Michael Garcia, Chris Freimuth and David Morgan plus foreign exchange students Pedro Hernandez of Spain and Matheo Senegas of France. The Red Raider soccer team is coached by Robert Harper, Andy Escue and Nick Hibdon.

The CHS boys track team traveled to Riverdale on Thursday night to compete in the Section 2 Sub-Sectional track meet.
The top performance on the night was recorded by senior Anthony Jackson who finished 5th in the 800M run with a time of 2 minutes, 4.25 seconds. The 4×800 relay team of Peyton Floied, Anthony Jackson, Ben Myers and Andrew Rosson also finished 5th while the 4×200 relay team of Justice Benitez, Kani Johnson, Tyler Jones and Jakota Alexander finished in 9th place.
Top individual performances included: Kani Johnson, who was 7th in the 110M hurdles and 12th in the 200M dash. David Keith, who finished 9th in the high jump, 11th in the 400M dash and 16th in the long jump. Parker Smith was 11th in the Discus Throw and 17th in the shot put and Tyler Jones, who was 13th in the 200M dash and 20th in the 100M dash.
None of the performances qualified a Red Raider for the Sectional meet, drawing the Red Raider boys track season to a conclusion. The Lady Raiders qualified 3 athletes for the Sectional meet to be held on Tuesday. Lady Raider Haley Banks had previously qualified to compete in the Spring Fling state track meet in the pentathlon. The Spring Fling is held in Murfreesboro.

The Westwood and Coffee Middle golf teams traveled to Shelbyville on Thursday to wrap up their regular season as they took on Harris Middle and Liberty.
In girls play, Westwood got the match win over Harris by a final score of 118 to 122. Jordan Green shot a 55 and Maggie Partin carded a 63. Coffee Middle’s Jacque Crossland was the only Lady Raider golfer to participate but she shot the low round of the day with a 39. Liberty did not have a girls player that competed.
In boys play, the Coffee Middle boys continued their hot play defeating Liberty by a final margin of 195 to 208. Westwood finished 3rd carding a 223. Coffee Middle’s Austin Farris led all boys with a 41, Samuel Prater came in at 43 and Josh Perry finished at 48. For Westwood, Dalton Maccagnone and Jacob Garms each had a 54 while Chance Lowery carded a 56.
Westwood and Coffee Middle will close out their season with their postseason tournament on Monday at Willowbrook Golf Club. The matches will tee off at 9 AM and are free and open to the public.

With the conclusion of the Coffee County Central High School baseball season, the District 8-AAA coaches recognized 3 Red Raiders for their outstanding play this season. Named to the All-District 8-AAA team were seniors Hunter Smithson and Kyle Douglas; while senior catcher Tyler Cavender was named the District 8 Co-Offensive Player of the Year. Smithson, who played left field, had a batting average of .406 in district play and hit 6 doubles on the regular season. Douglas finished the season as the Raiders pitching ace leading the team in innings pitched while compiling a record of 6 and 2 and a team best ERA of 0.75. Cavender, the Raiders’ catcher, led the team in most offensive categories including batting average with a .385, doubles with 15 and home runs with 4. The Red Raiders finished the regular season in 3rd place in the district while finishing 4th in the District 8-AAA tournament.

WMSR Radio’s sister station Sports Radio The Ticket will be having a 5K Run in Tullahoma TN Saturday, May 17. The run is presented by Urgent Team Immediate Family Care.
Location: Race begins and ends at the Tullahoma Northgate Mall
Route: Participants begin at the mall, proceed to the Green way, turn around at the DW Wilson Community Center, and return through the Green way to the mall.
Registration: $20.00 (Only online registrations will get FREE 5K performance t-shirt.) Registration cut-off will be May 12th. Online Registrations can pick up their t-shirts on the day of the 5k run at The Ticket Radio Booth. Registration fees and t-shirts are handled thru Tshirtspot.com. Go to WmsrRadio.com for more information, just click on the ad for the 5K.

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The Coffee Middle School track team traveled to Warren County for a dual match on Tuesday sweeping the Pioneers. The girls defeated Warren County 83 to 13 while the boys got a 64 to 32 win. The girls team won the 4×100, 4×200 and 4×400 relays. The boys team won the 4×100, 4×200 and 4×400 relays.
Individual girl results were as follows:
Shot Put – Carlie Barnes 1st & Faith Floyd 3rd
Discus Throw – Faith Floyd 2nd & Jessica Swoape 3rd
High jump – Alliyah Williams & Sarah Pearson 1st (tie)
Long jump – Alliyah Williams 1st & Sarah Pearson 2nd
1600m- Karie Wooten 1st, Kaytee Christian 2nd & Trava Brown 3rd
100m – Alliyah Willisms 1st & Sarah Pearson 2nd
400m – Allie Amado 1st & Morgan Henley 3rd
800m – Sarah Pearson & Willow Hobbs 1st (tie) and Laura Bogard 3rd
200m – Alliyah Williams 1st & Jenna Garretson 2nd

Individual boy results were as follows:
Shot Put – Jacob Rice 3rd
Discus Throw – DeAAron Rozier 1st & Jacob Newman 3rd
High Jump – Jalen Cummings 2nd & Johhny Dulin 3rd
Long Jump – Johnny Dulin 1st & Stephen Lovins 3rd
1600m – Larson Meltzer 2nd & Gage Edwards 3rd
100m – DeAAron Rozier 1st & Riley Westlake 2nd
400m – Jalen Cummings 1st & Jacob Newman 2nd
800m – Dalton Dehaven 2nd & Marcos Garcia 3rd
200m – Michael Lockhart 1st & Johnny Dulin 2nd

Motlow College has begun the search process for a new women’s head basketball coach, according to Tori Raby-Gentry, athletic director at the College.
Aaron Holland will not return as coach after two seasons as leader of the Lady Bucks program. Holland, who came to Motlow after five seasons as a member of the staff at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, compiled a 7-43 record as head coach of the Lady Bucks.
“We will start a nation-wide search for a new women’s basketball coach immediately,” said Raby-Gentry. “We are looking forward to finding someone to rebuild our women’s basketball program.”
The next Lady Bucks coach will inherit a program with a number of returning sophomore players who displayed plenty of potential during the 2013-14 season. Motlow lost only two players from last year’s team due to graduation, Brianna McDonald and Lacy Gaines.

The Coffee County Lady Raider softball team punched their ticket to the Region 4AAA tournament with a 5 to 0 win over Lincoln County on Tuesday night in the semifinals of the District 8AAA tournament in Shelbyville. Brianna Jones was stellar in the circle as she pitched the 7 inning shutout, allowing but 2 hits while striking out 9. Jones had a solo homerun to highlight a three run 2nd inning for Coffee County. Brittany Williams was 3 for 3 at the plate for Coffee County with an RBI and a run scored. With the win, Coffee County will play at 7 PM on Wednesday night as they will take on the winner of the 5 PM game between Lincoln County and Tullahoma. If Coffee County wins they will win the district championship if not they’ll play again on Thursday

Coffee Middle and Westwood traveled to Tullahoma’s Lakewood Country Club for a boys golf match with Tullahoma on Tuesday afternoon. The host Cats had 4 golfers to break 50 for the nine hole match to win 181 to 207 over Coffee Middle. Austin Farris shot the low round for the Raiders with a 45 while Josh Perry carded a 50 and Samuel Prater got around in 54. For Westwood, Chance Lowery carded a 59 while Jacob Garms finished with a 62. Westwood and Coffee Middle will travel to Shelbyville on Thursday to take on Harris and Liberty in a 4 way match. That match will be held at the Shelbyville Country Club beginning at 3:30.

The CHS girls track team competed in the Section 2 Sub-Sectional on Tuesday attempting to qualify competitors for the Sectional meet. On the night, Haley Banks advanced to the sectional meet in both the 100M hurdles and the shot put. Lexee Miller qualified in the Shot Put and Discus Throw and Karson Young qualified in the triple jump and the high jump. These 3 Lady Raiders will compete in the sectional meet, coming up on May 13th at Riverdale as they will attempt to qualify for the state track meet. The boys will hold their sub-sectional on Thursday afternoon.

Coffee County baseball jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the 1st inning but Lincoln County chipped away and finally put away the Raiders 6-5 on Monday night in the district tournament. Coffee County got its 4 runs in the 1st on a Peyton Meeker RBI, Hunter Smithson 2 RBI double and a JP Duncan RBI.
The Raiders struggled at the plate in 3rd-6th innings as they went hitless.
Tyler Cavender hit a solo bomb in the 7th but it was not enough as the Falcons will move on in the tournament.
Meeker suffered the tough luck loss on the mound.
Tyler Cavender was the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game.
The loss ended the season for the Raiders at 15-17 for the year.
Coffee County will now begin to look for a new head coach as Brent Whitlock resigned recently to spend more time with his family.

Sophomore Luke Toms hit a walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Motlow Bucks to a 7-6 win over Walters St. Saturday in the semifinals of the TCCAA/Region VII Tournament in Gallatin. With the win the Bucks advanced to Sunday’s championship game, where they fell to top-seed Columbia St 8-4. However, because Motlow (40-22) finished as the tournament runner-up, they will advance along with Columbia St. to the NJCAA East/Central District tournament May 15-17 in Covington, Georgia. The tournament in Georgia will be held this coming weekend to determine its two representatives in the national tournament. The last time the Bucks advanced to a district tournament was 2000, when former coach Don Rhoton led Motlow to a district championship and a berth in the NJCAA national tournament where they finished as national runner-up. It is the only time in Motlow baseball history the Bucks have played in the national tournament.

Two years ago Dequon Miller had a decision to make. Was he going to be just another former high school basketball player who didn’t live up to his potential, or was he going to use his talent on the court to get an education and create opportunities for his future?
Miller chose option two, and Motlow College and its basketball family are glad he did.
When Matt Sligh was named head men’s basketball coach at Motlow College in July 2013, he inherited a program that had won the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association championship the previous season. With no players returning from that championship team, his first order of business was to build a roster.
His first recruit was Miller, a point guard who had averaged 28 points and eight assists per game in prep school. Sligh liked what he saw in Miller and felt that he could build a team around the talented freshman. Miller exceeded expectations by being named an All-American, and despite offers from multiple major-college programs will return to play his sophomore season at Motlow.
While Miller’s goal is to ultimately play basketball for a four-year college, he recognizes the benefits in returning to Motlow; both for his game on the court and his personal goals as a student-athlete.