Category: Sports

 

Coffee County went mountain climbing Tuesday night with a non district basketball tilt at Grundy County. In the girl’s game, Coffee County got a layup off of the opening tip and never looked back in a 58 to 39 win over the Yellow Jackets. After leading by 10 at the half, Coffee County outscored Grundy County 16 to 7 in the 3rd quarter to win comfortably against the young Yellow Jackets. Alaina Lusk and Ginny Clayborne tied for high scoring honors with each having 16 points. Coffee County’s Ginny Clayborne was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game. With the win, Coffee County improved to 8 and 10 on the year.

In boys play, Coffee County got six 1st National Bank 3 pointers in the 1st quarter and held Grundy County to 16 points in the 1st half to take a 40 to 16 lead into the break. In the 2nd half, Coffee County cleared the bench as they completed the season sweep over Grundy County by a final score of 63 to 34. Coffee County was led in scoring by Lance Crismond who had 18 points and Lance was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game. With the win, Coffee County improved to 7 and 10 on the year.

Coffee County will be at home on Friday night as they play host to Cumberland County in a big District 6AAA doubleheader and you can hear all the action here on Thunder. The girls game will tip off at 6 followed immediately by the boys game. Our broadcast begins at 5:50 with the pregame show.

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Rank	Team	Record
1	Alabama	13-1
2	Oregon	12-1
3	Ohio State	12-0
4	Notre Dame	12-1
5	Texas A&M	11-2
5	Georgia	12-2
7	Stanford	12-2
8	South Carolina	11-2
9	Florida	11-2
10	Florida State	12-2
11	Clemson	11-2
12	Kansas State	11-2
13	Louisville	11-2
14	LSU	10-3
15	Oklahoma	10-3
16	Utah State	11-2
17	Northwestern	10-3
18	Boise State	11-2
19	Texas	9-4
20	Oregon State	9-4
21	San Jose State	11-2
22	Northern Illinois	12-2
23	Vanderbilt	9-4
24	Michigan	8-5
25	Nebraska	10-4
25	Kent State	11-3

Coffee County welcomed Cannon County to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial gymnasium last night in non district basketball action. In the girl’s game, Coffee County welcomed the #1 team in the state in the AP Class AA rankings released on Monday. In a game where neither team led by more than 4 points, Cannon County nipped the Lady Raiders by a final of 41 to 38. Alaina Lusk was the leading scorer for Coffee County as she netted 14 points. Ginny Claybourne added 12 points as 8 of the 9 players that dressed for Coffee County scored on the night. Coffee County’s record fell to 7 and 10 on the year with the loss. For their team effort, team defense and overall team performance, the entire team was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game.

In boys play, Coffee County closed out the 2nd quarter on a 10-0 run to take a 19 to 17 lead into the half. Using that momentum, Coffee County pushed their lead to 11 after 3 quarters and hit 21 of 24 free throws on the night, to capture the 61 to 49 win over Canon County. Lance Chrismond and Lucas Chrismond each scored 21 points to pace the Coffee County offense on the night and improve the Coffee County to 6 and 10 on the year. Lucas Chrismond was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game.
Coffee County travels to Coalmont on Tuesday night to take on Grundy County. The girls game will tip off at 6 and can be heard here on Thunder Radio beginning with the pregame show at 5:50.

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Vanderbilt wide receiver Jordan Matthews will return for his senior season instead of entering the NFL draft a year early.
Joined by his parents and Vanderbilt coach James Franklin on Sunday, Matthews said he believes he can return and help the Commodores win their first Southeastern Conference championship.
He led the SEC this season with a school-record 1,323 yards receiving, which is also the fifth-most in league history. The 6-foot-3, 205-pounder had 94 receptions, the second-highest total in school and SEC history.
Matthews, an all-SEC selection, has 150 career receptions for 2,290 yards and 16 touchdowns. Matthews has a shot to become the school’s all-time leader in receiving yards, receptions and touchdowns.

Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice.
With the season on the line, the NHL and the players’ association agreed on a tentative pact to end a 113-day lockout and save what was left of a fractured schedule.
Commissioner Gary Bettman and union executive director Donald Fehr ceased being adversaries and announced the deal while standing side by side near a wall toward the back of the negotiating room
All schedule issues, including the length of the season, still need to be worked out. The NHL has models for 50- and 48-game seasons.
The original estimate was regular-season games could begin about eight days after a deal was reached. It is believed that all games will be played within the two respective conferences, but that also hasn’t been decided.
The players have been locked out since Sept. 16, the day after the previous agreement expired. That deal came after an extended lockout that wiped out the entire 2004-05 season.
Under the new CBA, free-agent contracts will have a maximum length of 7 years, but clubs can go to eight years to re-sign their own players. Each side can opt out of the deal after eight years.
The players’ share of hockey-related income, a total that reached a record $3.3 billion last season, will drop from 57% to a 50-50 split. The salary cap for the upcoming season will be $70.2 million and will then go down to $64.3 million in the 2013-14 season.
All clubs must have a minimum payroll of $44 million.
The league had wanted next season’s cap to fall to $60 million, but agreed to an upper limit of $64.3 – the same amount as last season.
Inside individual player contracts, the salary can’t vary more than 35% year to year, and the final year can’t be more than 50% of the highest year.
A decision on whether NHL players will participate in the 2014 Olympics will be made apart from the CBA. While it is expected that players will take part, the IOC and the International Ice Hockey Federation will have discussions with the league and the union before the matter is settled.

On Friday night, Coffee County opened the District 6AAA season with a trip to McMinnville to take on Warren County. In Girl’s action, Coffee County jumped out to a quick 10 to 0 lead, led in part by 2 early baskets from TaNeesa Buchanan and cruised to a 52 to 24 win. The Lady Raiders placed 3 players in double figures as Ginny Clayborne scored 19 points, Alaina Lusk added 14 and Buchanan finished the night with 10 points. The Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game was TaNeesa Buchanan for her quick scoring start and her defensive performance. With the win, Coffee County improved to 7 and 9 on the season and 1 and 0 in district play.

In the boy’s game, Coffee County managed to incrementally build a 9 point lead late in the 4th quarter before Warren County closed out on an 11 to 1 run in the last, furious 3 minutes of play falling by a final of 46 to 45. The Warren County comeback was completed with 3 seconds remaining as the Pioneers got a 3 point play in the paint from 6’6” senior Nick Simmons before a packed house at Warren County. Coffee County was led in scoring by Lance Crismond and Lake Elam who each had 12 points. Lucas Crismond added 8 points and Anthony Jackson finished with 6. Lake Elam was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game. With the heartbreaking loss, Coffee County’s record fell to 5 and 10 on the year and 0 and 1 in district play.

The Raiders and Lady Raiders will be back at home at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym on Monday night to take on Cannon County. Tipoff for the girl’s action will be 6 PM.

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USA Baseball has announced the 16 high schools that will compete in the second annual National High School Invitational (NHSI) at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C., March 27-30, 2013. The tournament will include teams from 10 states and will feature some of the top prep baseball programs and players in the country. The Tullahoma Wildcats will play in this tournament and feature their top 2 players Jordan and Justus Sheffield. Jordan has his fastball hitting at over 95mph and will play for Vanderbilt next season. Justus is verbally committed to Vanderbilt the following year.

With the second half of the basketball season quickly approaching, the Motlow Bucks are in position to compete for their second regular-season conference championship in the past three years.
The Bucks (9-2, 7-0) resume action following a month-long holiday break when they host non-conference opponent Snead State on Wednesday, Jan. 9. Tipoff for the men is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Copperweld Arena. The Bucks edged the Parsons 72-68 back on Nov. 12 in Boaz, Ala.
Motlow currently stands alone at the top of the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) standings, a full two games ahead of Cleveland State and Southwest Tennessee who each have two conference losses.
Head coach Jerry Nichols knows his team ended the first half of the season on a four-game winning streak, but he also realizes that regaining that momentum will not come easily.
Due to an expansion in the number of teams the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) will invite to the national tournament in Hutchinson, Kan. in March, the Bucks have two opportunities to make it.
In past years the NJCAA tournament consisted of only the 16 tournament champions from its 16 regions across the country. Motlow plays in Region VII and has finished as tournament runner-up the past two seasons. In 2010-11 the Bucks won the regular season title, only to fall in the championship game to Chattanooga State. Last year Motlow lost a heartbreaking 56-53 decision to tournament champion Columbia State.
“The NJCAA has expanded its tournament to 24 teams now,” said Coach Nichols. “Four regular season region champions will be added as well as four wild card selections. Region VII is among the four regions that will send its regular season champion as well as its tournament champion to the national tournament this season. Those regions will rotate every season, but we were fortunate to be chosen in a random drawing to be one of the first four regions in this new format.”
The TCCAA/Region VII Tournament will be held at Motlow this season, beginning Tuesday, Mar. 5 and ending with both men’s and women’s champions being crowned on Saturday, Mar. 9 at Copperweld Arena.

Sheldon Jeter scored a career-high 14 points to lead Vanderbilt past William & Mary 64-50 Wednesday night at Memorial Gym.
Kedren Johnson and Rod Odom added 12 points apiece.
Vanderbilt (6-6) will open Southeastern Conference play against Kentucky on Jan. 10 at 8 p.m. CT  at Memorial Gym.

After going 12 years without a visit to the Spring Fling the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team finished 3rd in the state of Tennessee. The ladies had a record of 33 wins and 13 losses.

Hollee Sadler as sophomore golfer earned her way to the TSSAA state golf tournament. Sadler finished 21st overall

Tori Taylor came in 8th place in the discus in TSSAA state track and field meet in Murfreesboro.

Chelsea Howell set a state record for the most homeruns in one state softball tournament. Howell hit 3 round trippers.

Chase Jones after several district and region championships plus one sectional championship and state tournament resigned as head coach of the Coffee County baseball team. Jones left the school system after serving the system for 13 years. Jones finishes with well over 200 wins as head of the program.
Brent Whitlock was named to replace Jones. Whitlock was serving as an assistant at Riverdale.

Paul Parsley resigned as Athletic Director at Coffee County High School. Parsley remains at the school. Richard Skipper was named as Parsley’s replacement.

Motlow men’s basketball team lost in Region VII tournament finals for the 2nd year in a row. One win away from the National Junior College championship tournament.

The Coffee Co. Bank little league baseball team completed an undefeated season going 20-0 and a 2 year record of 39-1.

The Manchester 15 year-old Babe Ruth all-star team won the district championship and made the state tournament.

Nashville sports talk show host George Plaster will return to radio after being off the air for almost a year.
Plaster joined Thunder Radio on July 23 as host of “Sports Night” from 3 to 6 p.m.