Category: Sports

The Motlow Bucks and Lady Bucks will open the 2012-13 basketball season when they travel to Dayton, Tenn., to face the Bryan College JV teams on Friday, Nov. 2. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. central time.
The first home contest and the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) opener will come a week later, with Columbia State scheduled to visit Copperweld Arena on Friday, Nov. 9. The women are set for a 6 p.m. start and the men will follow at 8 p.m. There is no admission charge to Motlow regular season athletic contests.
Bucks head coach Jerry Nichols enters his fourth season with perhaps his most talented lineup. His squads have been on the brink of winning the conference tournament, finishing as runner-up the past two seasons. Last season ended with a heartbreaking 59-56 loss to Columbia State in the finals as Motlow finished with a 17-11 overall record.
The Lady Bucks are in their first season under new head coach Aaron Holland, who has four returning sophomores and a promising group of freshmen on his roster. Nichols was the interim head coach last season, leading the Lady Bucks to an 11-13 overall record.
The regular season will end on Feb. 23, 2013 with a trip to Jackson State. The TCCAA Tournament will be held at Copperweld Arena beginning Mar. 5, with the men’s and women’s championship games scheduled for Saturday, Mar. 9.
A meet the Bucks event was held at First Vision Bank in Tullahoma yesterday with several people from the community attending.

The Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA) held the 2012 Tony Lama CMSA World Championship in Amarillo, TX October 17-20.  Over 280 competitors participated in the run for the highest payout in the history of the sport of Mounted Shooting. Over a 4 day period CMSA awarded over $170,000 in cash and prizes. Gary Vickers, of Manchester, TN, was the Main Match World Champion with an overall time of 82.615.
ABOUT THE CMSA: The Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association is one of the fastest growing equestrian sports organization in the nation. Mounted contestants compete in this fast-action timed event using two .45 caliber single action revolvers each loaded with five rounds of specially prepared blank ammunition. The family-friendly CMSA offers multiple levels of competition for men, women and children, from the novice to the seasoned professional.

Coffee County Anti-Drug Coalition’s LEAD group is hosting a tailgate party before the Coffee County/Cookeville football game on Friday night in the parking lot at Carden-Jarrell Field. It will begin at 5:30pm and go until kick-off. Free BBQ, games and prizes. Check it out!

The Westwood Rockets boy’s basketball team faced a very good Forrest middle team on Tuesday Night. The Rockets played well for four quarters and held the lead most of the game. The score got as close as two point in the final 3 minutes but the Rockets hit a late run and closed out the game with an 8 point win 36-28. Westwood was led by Stephen Sullivan with 18 points.
Will Pannell Head Coach of Westwood said “He is proud of the hustle and intensity the boys showed tonight. Even when things got close they played hard and played together for the win. The boys are doing a great job getting better each night. I am proud of the work we are doing”
The Rockets will face Cascade Monday at home.

Two Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball players were named to the All-Tournament team for the Region 3AAA volleyball tournament held in Cookeville last week. Hollie Moore and Kelsey Munn were recognized for their play in last Monday’s 3 set loss to Ooltewah. Moore and Munn, both juniors for Coffee County, led in assists and blacks respectively in that contest. They join 5 Lady Raider teammates who were named to the All District 6AAA team. Garnering 1st team honors for the Raiders were junior Haley Banks and senior Brooke Carter. Sydney Holmes, Kaitlyn Husted and Beth Kinzer were all named to the 2nd team All-District squad. The Lady Raiders are coached by Head Coach Andrew Taylor and he is assisted by Stan Jarrell and Jon Spears.

Coffee County fell to Soddy Daisy last night 7-3 (Oct. 23, 2012) in the Region 3-AAA soccer tournament. Katie Reid scored 2 goals and Sarah Monroe added one goal for the Lady Raiders.

Defending national champion Kentucky is the preseason favorite to win the Southeastern Conference title.
The Wildcats received 17 of the 24 first-place votes in balloting by a panel of media members despite losing six NBA draft picks, including national player of the year and No. 1 selection Anthony Davis. Kentucky went 38-2 last season and won all 16 SEC games, and coach John Calipari brought in a highly rated recruiting class.
Florida was first on five ballots while Missouri and Tennessee got one first-place vote apiece.
Missouri point guard Phil Pressey is preseason player of the year. His six votes outpaced Florida’s Kenny Boynton (five). Arkansas’ BJ Young, Tennessee’s Jarnell Stokes and Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel each got three votes.
Those five are first-team preseason All-SEC picks.

Class 6A

Record Pts Prv

1. Maryville (16) 9-0 179 1
2. Siegel 9-0 149 2
3. Whitehaven (1) 9-0 146 3
4. Kingsport Dobyns Bennett (2) 9-0 142 4
5. Science Hill 9-0 115 6
6. Mt. Juliet 8-1 90 7
7. Oak Ridge 8-1 78 10
8. Brentwood 8-1 47 5
9. Bearden 7-2 29 8
(tie) Sevier County 8-1 29 NR

Class 5A

Record Pts Prv

1. Beech (17) 9-0 186 1
2. Jackson Northside (1) 9-0 162 2
3. Lenoir City (1) 8-1 150 3
4. Powell 9-1 131 4
5. Knoxville West 7-2 108 5
6. Henry County 7-2 91 6
7. Daniel Boone 7-2 76 7
8. Columbia 7-2 49 9
9. Clarksville NE 6-3 25 10
(tie) South Doyle 7-2 25 8

Class 4A

Record Pts Prv

1. Giles County (13) 9-0 182 1
2. Covington (5) 9-0 173 2
3. East Hamilton (1) 8-1 141 4
4. DeKalb County 9-0 124 5
5. Lexington 8-1 98 6
6. Knoxville Fulton 7-2 94 3
7. Greeneville 6-3 79 7
8. Dyersburg 8-1 65 8
9. Livingston Academy 8-1 57 9
10. Mitchell 7-2 19 10

Class 3A

Record Pts Prv

1. Alcoa (15) 8-1 183 T1
2. CAK (4) 9-0 167 T1
3. CPA 9-0 145 3
4. Cheatham County 9-0 132 4
5. South Gibson 9-0 107 5
6. Elizabethton 7-2 93 7
7. Sullivan North 8-1 73 8
8. Milan 7-2 65 6
9. Fairview 6-3 43 10
10. Polk County 6-3 21 9

Class 2A

Record Pts Prv

1. Dresden (11) 9-0 177 2
2. Grace Christian (4) 8-1 163 3
3. Boyd Buchanan (1) 8-1 146 1
4. Friendship Christian (2) 8-1 143 4
5. Adamsville 9-1 102 6
6. Oneida 8-1 98 5
7. Hampton (1) 8-1 79 7
8. Silverdale Baptist Academy 8-1 35 NR
9. Peabody 6-3 26 NR
10. Westwood 7-2 21 9

Class 1A

Record Pts Prv

1. Gordonsville (12) 8-1 175 1
2. Moore County (5) 9-0 173 2
3. South Pittsburg (1) 7-2 144 3
4. Greenback (1) 8-1 143 4
5. Huntingdon 7-2 111 5
6. West Carroll 7-2 85 6
7. Coalfield 8-1 83 7
8. Clarksville Academy 7-2 48 8
9. Copper Basin 7-2 39 9
10. Union City 6-3 23 10

Division II

Record Pts Prv

1. Ensworth (17) 9-0 170 1
2. MUS 7-2 139 3
3. Brentwood Academy 7-2 134 2
4. CBHS 8-1 120 4
5. Knoxville Webb 7-1 94 5
6. Baylor 6-3 82 7
7. University-Jackson 9-0 77 6
8. MBA 6-3 58 8
9. St. George’s 8-1 34 9
10. Briarcrest 7-2 26 10

The Westwood boy’s basketball team traveled to Moore county Thursday night and left Lynchburg with a big victory 45-22. The Rockets came out strong and went up early and never looked back. The rockets were led by Stephen Sullivan with 15 points. Eight other Rockets added points to the total.
Coach Pannell said about his team; “I am very proud of the boys tonight. We played well, played strong and we took care of little things. This was a very good win and an end to a good week. I am proud to be 2-1 at the end of this week. The Duck River Valley conference is very tough on the boys side this year. We will need to continue to get better each day and work hard for wins.”
The Rockets have two home games next week. Tonight vs Liberty and tomorrow against Forrest.