Category: Sports

The Middle Tennessee softball team has announced the hiring of Falon Catalano as assistant coach/pitching coach for the 2012-13 season. Catalano spent two seasons at Riverdale High School as an assistant coach for MT head coach Jeff Breeden prior to joining the Blue Raider staff.
Breeden was excited to announce the hiring, both because of the familiarity with Catalano and what she brings to this program.
As a Tennessee native, Catalano played at Coffee County Central High School from 2001 to 2003 and at Riverdale High School for Breeden from 2003 to 2005. During her senior year at Riverdale, Catalano was 24-4 with a 0.32 ERA, 301 strikeouts and three no-hitters for the Warriors. She pitched in college for Lipscomb, Motlow and Union.
“I’ve known Coach Breeden for several years,” Catalano said. “I’ve played for him and coached with him, and I’m excited to continue that here.”

The Coffee County boy’s golf team shot a combined score of 296 yesterday in the Cookeville High School tournament finishing in 4^th place. The score of 296 is a team record for 18 holes. The Raiders were led by Junior Andy Stout with a 71 followed by Junior Kyle Johnson shooting a 72 and his twin brother Matt came in with a 77 and Senior Garrett Adams shot a 78.
The boys have an overall record of 32-16.
The Lady Raiders also finished 4^th with a score of 164. The Cookeville Lady Cavs won the tournament with a 150.
Hollee Sadler had the low score for Coffee County shooting an 80 and Devin Green scored an 84. The Lady Raiders are now 22-9 for the year.

The Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association board will continue to hold its state basketball tournaments and the Spring Fling championships in Rutherford County for five more years. Spring Fling is held at locations across the county and the state basketball playoffs are at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. The Daily News Journal reports that Spring Fling brings in an estimated $3.5 million in tourism spending for the county while the basketball tournament leads to $3 million in tourism. Willowbrook Golf Club in Manchester will continue to host the TSSAA high school championships.

Saturday in Lebanon the Coffee Co. Raider varsity football team saw action against Lebanon in a jamboree. The Blue Devils were attempting to punt the ball out of their end zone but the snap was too high and the Raiders got a safety. The game would end up with Coffee County winning 2-0. The JV lost their game 24-18 but the Freshmen Raiders had a good night winning 12-6.
The Raiders open the regular season on Friday at home against Shelbyville. Friday Night Thunder starts at 6pm and kickoff at 7pm on Thunder Radio.

Pre-season look at the Raiders

Last Season’s Record-3-8, lost to Riverdale in first round
District-6-AAA (3-1, finished 2nd)
Head Coach- Lee Davis
Offense-Pro I
Defense- 3-4
Last Playoff Appearance-2011
Key Returnees- Peyton Meeker (QB, Jr.), Deangelo Rozier (RB, Jr.), Tyler King (OL, Sr.), Hunter Smithson (DB, Jr.), Grayson Miller (TE, Jr.), Jesse Brown (WR, Sr.)
Key losses- Charles Jones (RB), Brent Wix (WR), Chris Murray (WR), Austin Cutshaw (DT), Caleb West (OL), Aaron Ruhl (WR)

Brock Myers pitched five no-hit innings and Blake Osborne scored on a passed ball Friday to help Goodlettsville beat host Warner Robins, GA, 1-0 to advance to the Little League World Series.
The Goodlettsville team, which won the Tennessee state championship, will become the first Tennessee team to play at the World Series at South Williamsport, PA, since 1987.

The Tennessee Titanslost their 2012 preseason opener to the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday (August 11, 2012). The Seahawks scored ten points during the fourth quarter en route to a 27-17 victory. The Seahawks also had a 10-3 halftime lead.
Titan backup running back Darius Reynaud scored on a 21-yard TD run midway through the third quarter, just sneaking his arm inside the pylon. He followed with an 85-yard punt return for a touchdown.
Tennessee plays at Tampa Bay on Friday.

The Coffee County Central Lady Raiders soccer team put on a good preseason showing as they defeated Marshall County (6-0), Franklin County (3-0), and Smith County (3-0) before falling to Shelbyville 2-1 to conclude the CHS play day recently.
The Lady Raiders will begin the season by hosting St. Andrews-Sewanee at 7 p.m. August 21.

MTSU baseball associate head coach Jim McGuire has been promoted to the head coaching position, as announced on Thursday by Director of Athletics Chris Massaro and President Sidney A. McPhee. McGuire has spent the last 20 years serving alongside former head coach Steve Peterson, who retired on July 5 after 25 seasons at the helm.
McGuire becomes just the third different Blue Raider coach since 1974, following John Stanford (1974-87) and Peterson (1988-2012). He is the 21st coach since the program began at MTSU in 1913.

The Coffee County Middle School Red Raiders put the finishing touches on the preseason as they split a scrimmage with South Pittsburg and Lewisburg last week in Manchester.
CCMS was defeated by Lewisburg three touchdowns to one, but rebounded and shutout South Pittsburg 2-0 in the final tune-ups before the season opener. The CCMS Red Raiders will begin the season on the road as they face Winfred Bryant at 6:30 p.m. tonight in Lebanon.

The Westwood Middle School Rockets ended their preseason with the Blue team claiming a five touchdown to three victory over the White team Friday night in Manchester in the annual Blue-White game – and a 14-6 victory over Middle Tennessee Christian School at the Cascade Jamboree on Saturday night.
The Rockets open the regular season by hosting Cascade Middle at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.