Category: Sports

In District 6-AAA soccer last night in Sparta Coffee County took on White County. The Lady Raiders played very well picking up a 4-0 victory.
Katie Reid scored 2 goals and Alex Ellison and Izzy Huddleston had one each.

Last year in middle school football Harris Middle out of Shelbyville played Coffee County twice with each team winning once. Last night (Aug. 28, 2012) Harris knocked off the Raiders 36-14.
Coffee Co. Middle will be back on the road this coming Tuesday night at 6:30pm South Middle in Winchester.

The first home match of the year for the Coffee County volleyball team last night did not go as planned. Warren County jumped to one set lead with a 25-20 win. Set 2 went to Coffee County 26-24. The next two sets Warren County won 26-24 and 25-14. The Coffee County JV beat Warren County 2-0.

The Motlow Bucks have been on the brink of reaching the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) basketball tournament for the past two years. With a strong nucleus of returning sophomores and redshirt freshmen, and a recruiting class with sterling credentials, this might just be the year for the Bucks to break through.

Head Coach Jerry Nichols enters every season with the goal of winning the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) tournament title and advancing to the national tournament. This season not only the tournament champion, but also the regular season champion, will advance to the national tournament. Nichols likes his teams’ chances.

“We don’t shy away from saying that winning our conference and playing in the NJCAA tournament is our goal at Motlow College,” said Nichols. “With the new format of the national tournament we are confident that we have the talent and experience to be both the regular season champions and win the state tournament.”

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,” continued 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 Bucks will begin practice on October 1 and play their first game in early November. Motlow home basketball games are played at Copperweld Arena inside Nisbett Center on the Moore County campus. There is no admission charge.

The Lady Raiders improved to 4-0 in volleyball last night as they traveled to Lincoln County and beat the Lady Falcons 3 sets to 1. 25-15, 26-28, 25-23 and 25-16.
The Gateway Tire and Service Player of the Game was Haley Banks, who had 11 kills and 4 aces. Hollie Moore added 29 assists.
Coffee Co. plays host to Warren Co. Tuesday night starting at 6pm at Joe Frank Patch Gym.

Yesterday (Aug. 27, 2012) the Coffee Co. golf teams took on White County in Sparta. The Warriors were too tough on their home course winning the boys match 143-156. Andy Stout led Coffee County with an even par 35. Others scores: Matt Johnson 39, Kyle Johnson 40 and Justin Mooneyham with a 42.
In girls action White County defeated the Lady Raiders 78-93. Hollee Sadler led Coffee County with a 46 followed by Devin Green with a 47.
The boy’s team will host the Red Raider Inv. on Wednesday.

According to the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association’s (TSSAA) Matthew Gillespie, the Volunteer State saw another increase in the number of students participating in sports. This trend appears to be nationwide.

Boosted by continued growth in several girl’s sports, participation in high school sports increased for the 23rd consecutive year in 2011-12, according to the annual High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).

Based on figures from the 51 NFHS-member state high school athletic/activity associations, which includes the District of Columbia, sports participation for the 2011-12 school year reached an all-time high of 7,692,520 participants – an increase of 24,565 from the previous year.

An additional 33,984 girls participated in high school sports last year, making the all-time record total 3,207,533. This also marks the 23rd consecutive year for an increase in the number of female participants with Outdoor track and field leading the way with 468,747.

While girls participation continued to climb, boys participation figures dipped for the first time since the 1992-93 school year, down 9,419 from last year’s number of 4,494,406 to 4,484,987. Seven of the top 10 boys sports registered drops in participation, with 11-player football leading the way with 1,095,993 boys playing.

Jake Locker threw for 134 yards and two touchdowns in his home debut as Tennessee’s starting quarterback, and the Titans beat the Arizona Cardinals 32-27 on Thursday night.
Locker threw for 124 yards and both TDs in giving Tennessee a 17-10 halftime lead and finished 11 of 20 for 134 yards
Punt returner Marc Mariani broke his left leg early in the game returning a punt.

Coffee County defeated Cumberland County on Thursday night 3-0. The District 6-AAA win improves the Lady Raiders to 3-0 on the year. Coffee County travels to Lincoln County on Monday night and you’ll hear it live on Thunder Radio.