Category: Sports

The Coffee County tennis teams got impressive wins over Cumberland County in District 6-AAA play. Both boys and girls teams defeated the Jets 5-4 at Fred Deadman Park on Friday.

The Coffee County Red Raiders played very well in the Trojan Classic over the weekend getting 2 big wins. The Raiders slipped past Wilson Central 4-1 on Friday for their 10^th win of the year. Win number 11 came on Saturday against Rhea County. Coffee County came from behind pounding out 10 hits in the 7-6 victory. Peyton Meeker had 5 hits on the day and Kyle Douglas added 2. The Raiders will be back in District 6-AAA play tonight at Warren County and home against the Pioneers on Tuesday.

The Motlow Bucks baseball team beat Roane State 11-2 on Saturday to win the series 2 games to 1. Tyler Murphy hits four home runs in three games. Murphy is 2nd in the nation with 17 this season. Bucks won the opening game on Friday, 14-2. Roane State beat the Bucks 9-2 in game two.

Lady Bucks softball beat Southwest TN 4-1 in game one of a doubleheader. Roxanne Hillman was the winning pitcher. The Lady Bucks dropped game two 5-4 to the Lady Saluqis. Lady Bucks won game one of a doubleheader on Saturday on Fan Appreciation Day, 8-0 over Dyersburg State. Manchester’s Veronica Blackburn hit a 3-run homer. Motlow dropped game two 14-9.

David Legwand scored 13 seconds into the third period, and the Nashville Predators advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night. The fourth-seeded Predators capped a season in which they finished ahead of their Central Division rival for the first time by beating the Red Wings for the first time in their third playoff series. Nashville made it even sweeter by handing the Red Wings their earliest postseason departure since a six-game first-round loss to Edmonton in 2006. Legwand added an assist, and Alexander Radulov also had a goal and assist for Nashville. The team that scored first won each game, and that was Nashville again.

The Raiders playing in Trojan Classic dropped game 1 of the tournament to Soddy Daisy 11-1. In game 2 against Ooltewah Coffee Co. held a 3-0 but saw the Owls fight back. Ooltewah came from behind to win 6-5 in 8 innings. The Raiders take on Wilson Central today.

The Coffee Co. boy’s soccer team suffered a 4-1 loss at Cookeville on Wednesday night. Cookeville got things going early scoring 3 goals in the first half.
Red Raider Baltazar Barrera curled in a free kick early in the second half, but Cookeville scored again to finish off the scoring.
Tonight Coffee County plays for the Coffee Cup in Tullahoma (@ East Middle School) at 7:30. Everyone to come and watch the Raiders and Cats play for the Cup.

The White House says former Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

President Barack Obama says Summitt is an “inspiration” as the coach who has won more games than anyone else in NCAA college basketball history and for her willingness to “speak so openly and courageously about her battle with Alzheimer’s.”

The White House says Summitt was notified last week of Obama’s decision to present her with the award. It will be presented later this year.

Summitt announced Wednesday she was stepping aside as Tennessee’s head coach after 38 seasons. Summitt said in August that she had been diagnosed with early onset dementia.

Summitt has won eight national titles and 1,098 games during her coaching career at Tennessee.

It was a night for the long ball as Coffee County hit 3 homeruns in an 11-1 win over Cookeville in District 6-AAA softball play. Anna Spellings led the way with a grand slam and a 3-run blast. Spellings finished with 7 RBI’s and was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center Player of the Game. Niki Campbell had a triple, double and a solo homer. Brianna Jones got the win.
Coffee Co. plays again Monday at home for Senior Night starting at 7pm.

Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college history, retired Wednesday as head coach of the University of Tennessee women’s program, according to the school. Summitt, an Ashland City, TN, native, announced last August that she had been diagnosed with early onset dementia. The school said she will now take the title of “head coach emeritus” after coaching the program for 38 seasons and amassing 1,098 victories. Summitt will continue to work with the women’s basketball program and remain involved in on-campus recruiting in her new role, said the school. Holly Warlick, an assistant on the Tennessee staff for 27 seasons, has been named Summitt’s successor and will assume head coaching duties.