Coffee County’s tennis teams cruised to wins on Thursday afternoon – which happened to be senior day.
The Red Raiders picked up a 7-0 win with the Lady Raiders winning 5-2 over Shelbyville.
For the Lady Raiders, Lauren Perry won 8-6, Rylea McNamara 8-4, Wren Lawson 9-7 and Emma Fulks 8-1. The doubles team of Perry/McNamara won 8-1. Macie Lawrence dropped her match 8-2 and the doubles team of Lawson/Lawrence fell 8-5.
Meanwhile, the Raiders got wins across the board: Jaden Talley winning 8-4, Jonathan Nelson 8-2, Johnathan Welch 8-3, Landen Booth 8-0 and Krish Patel 8-2. The doubles team of Welch/Nelson won 8-3 and Talley Patel 8-0.
Rocket baseball season ends with tough loss to Moore County
Moore County scored 7 runs in the final three innings, including three in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead and the win away from Westwood Thursday night, 7-6.
The Rockets lost despite outhitting Moore County 12-7. The loss ends the season for the Rockets. A win would have put them in the conference championship game.
Vaughn Parker and Trevor Jesse led the way at the plate with three hits each. Jesse had a pair of RBIs and a run scored to help Westwood build an early 3-0 lead.
Dylen Trail also had a pair of hits and an RBI. Cayden Trail (2), Blake Hillis, Kaysen Lowery and Davis McKenzie also scored runs
Davis McKenzie allowed six runs on five hits over five innings of work. He struck out five. Trevor Jesse allowed one run (unearned) in an inning of work.
Bats heat up as Raiders roll past Marshall County
After struggling to get runs across the plate earlier in the week, the Central High School Red Raider bats started heating up on Thursday.
CHS pounded out 13 hits, including three off the fence and one over it, in a 10-3 win over visiting Marshall County in the first game of the Crethan Hansert Memorial Tournament.
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Carter McKenzie had a solid night at the plate. The third baseman had an RBI single in the first inning, a single and a run scored in the fifth and a 2 RBI double in the sixth that put the game out of reach. He also initiated a 5-4-3 double play in the first inning on defense.
Nolan Jernigan lifted his second home run of the season, a 2-run shot over the left field fence in the second inning to score Griffin Meeker. Meeker had a single, double and a pair of runs scored.
Raider catcher Lane Spry also double and singled at the plate and had a pair of RBIs. Hayden Hullett singled twice and scored, Braden Brown had three hits and and an RBI and Jacob Holder doubled off the fence and scored in the sixth.
Wyatt Nugent picked up the win on the mound. The senior allowed three runs on four hits through five innings. He struck out three. Aiden Robertson had a solid evening in relief – striking out 8 through three innings of work. He walked four Tigers, but didn’t allow a hit.
The Raiders improve to 12-7 overall with the win.
Coffee County will play Central Magnet in a double-header Friday – first game at 4:30 p.m. at Powers Field in Manchester.
Hayden Hullett 
Carter McKenzie 
Lane Spry 
Nolan Jernigan 
Aiden Robertson 
Carter McKenzie
CMS soccer wins round one of CTC tournament
Coffee Middle School School piled up 9 goals in a 9-0 win over White County in the first round of the CTC tournament Wednesday night.
The Red Raiders got goals from 6 different players.
Manny Gonzales, Emanuel Rodriguez and Trey Caron each scored two goals. Meanwhile, Luke Campbell, Samuel Medina and Kameron Pobanz scored one goal apiece.
Liam Brown had a relatively easy night in goal, saving his one and only attempt as the Raider defense didn’t allow anything deep in their territory.
CMS will play in the semi-finals of the tournament in Tullahoma at 3:30 p.m. Saturday against Harris Middle School. The winner of that game will play in the championship game at 7 p.m. Saturday.
SOFTBALL: Coffee Middle Lady Raiders advance to semi-finals with win over Warren County
A three-run fourth inning powered by the bottom of the lineup gave the Coffee Middle School Lady Raider softball team the boost it needed Wednesday night in a 5-2 win over Warren County in the CTC Tournament in McMinnville.
Tucker started the fourth inning by working a walk, followed by a single from Samantha Cothran. McBide doubled to send both Tucker and Cothran home, then she later scored on an RBI single by Savannah Cooper.
CMS also picked up two runs early to set the tone. Cooper doubled home Ella Arnold and scored on an error.
Channah Gannon was solid in the circle for CMS, striking out 10 Lady Pioneers through 5 innings. She allowed 2 runs on 4 hits.
CMS is scheduled to play in the winner’s bracket finals at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 24, weather permitting.
Westwood softball survives with 15-0 conference tourney win
Westwood made quick work of Fayetteville City, piling up 15 runs over 3 innings to end the game early via mercy rule with a 15-0 win on Wednesday night in the Lady Rockets’ conference tournament.
Lily Norman had a solid night at the plate with a pair of doubles to go along with a single and two runs scored.
Everyone in the Rocket lineup reached base at least twice.
The Lady Rockets will advance to play at 7 p.m. Friday as they try to fight through the loser’s bracket of the tournament.
CMS, WMS each pick up golf wins this week
Tallan Crosslin 
Amelia Thomas
Coffee County Middle School’s golf team took care of business with a 10.5 to 1.5 win over Fayetteville at Pebble Creek on Tuesday.
Middle school golf scoring consists of earning flags and scramble-style scoring. For each pair of golfers scrambling, they earn a “flag” by winning at least 2 out of 3 holes – giving the possibility of winning 3 flags per pairing in a 9-hole match.
For Coffee Middle, every possible flag was won.
Tallan Crosslin and Braydon Kesling won their match 3-0, Cade Williams and James Bradley won 3-0 and Lorelai Rodriguez, Elizabeth McBride and Rylee Patrick won 3-0 to give CMS a 9-0 edge.
With neither team fielding a fourth match, those flags are split – leading to the 10.5 – 1.5 final.
Meanwhile, Westwood Middle School on Monday took a 7 flag to 5 win over Harris at WillowBrook Golf Course.
The Rocket team of Jack Stowe and Peyton Evans earned one flag and Landon Collins and Jaxon Phillips won a half.
Meanwhile, Colin Bryant, Ziya Dillard and Thompson Lowe earned 2.5 flags and the team of Leah Kate Sullivan, Amelia Thomas and Alyssa Harvey picked up 3 flags for the Rockets.
CHS track places multiple athletes near top in Monday meet
Coffee County Central track & field had multiple athletes with first place finishes and even more with top 5 finishes in a home meet Monday, April 19. See top-5 results in each event below:
Girls 100-meter dash
4 – Maddie Sullivan. 14.15
200-meter dash
3 – Madison Rooker. 30.13
4 – Maddie Sullivan. 30.79
5 – Jalyn Case. 31.58
400-meter dash
3 – Nayeli Cano. 1:12.61
5 – Kera Marlow. 1:18.31
800-meter run
3 – Kailee Rossman. 3:13.93
4 – Kera Marlow. 3:20.11
5 – Taylor Semelroth. 3:46.19
1600 Meter Run
1 – Patricia Barrera. 5:59.01
3200 Meter Run
1 – Patricia Barrera. 13:00.23
100-meter hurdles
1 – Madison Rooker. 17.85
4 – Alexis Rayman. 20.74
5 – Elizabeth Brown. 20.79
300-meter hurdles
1 – Maddie Sullivan. 56.73
2. Alexis Rayman. 59.43
4×100 relay
2 – Coffee County. 56.87. Maddie Sullivan, Kyleigh Morgan, Kasen Holt, Elli Chumley
4×400 Relay
2 – Coffee County. 5:02.60. Mallory Freeman, Liza Johnson, McKenzie Oliver, Natalie Prince
4×800
2 – Coffee County. 12:33.06. Patricia Barrera, Zoe Mills, Nayeli Cano and Madison Rooker.
High Jump
2 – Macy Tabor. 4-08
3 – Elizabeth Brown. 4-06
4 – Jalyn Case. 4-06
5 – Claire Bryant. 4-04
5 – Kenzie Givens. 5-04.
Long Jump
3 – Madison Rooker. 14-01
5 – Macy Tabor. 13-06.50
Triple Jump
1 – Madison Rooker. 30-04.50
4 – Claire Bryant. 27-05.00
Shot Put
1 – Elli Chumley. 31-01.00
3 – Holli Hancock. 26-02.00
5. Brayden Tomberlin. 23-08.00
Discus
2 – Nikki Graham. 64-10.50
4 – Holli Hancock. 58-06.50
5 – Brayden Tomberlin. 56-06
BOYS RESULTS
100-meter dash
5 – Travis Martin. 12.08
200-meter dash
4—Travis Martin. 25.24
5 – Jaiden Foster. 25.75
400-meter
2 – Ethan Welch. 56.17
3 – Ethan Beaty. 56.38
800-meter
2. Cayden Miller. 2:21.11
1600-meter
2 – Garrett Masters. 4:59.97
5 – Holden Shew. 5:32.31
3200-meter
1 – Jacob Slabaugh. 12:16.89
2 – Garrett Masters. 12:21.98
110 hurdles
2 – Zach Galy. 50.20
3 – Clayton Bryant. 52.31
4×100 relay
3 – Coffee County. 47.41. John Dobson, Kelby Walker, Elijah Clemmons, Jaiden Foster
4×400 relay
2 – Coffee County. 4:01.77. Jaiden Foster, Trey Rogers, Jacob Rutledge, Ethan Beath
4×800 relay
1 – Coffee County. 10:06.37. Cayden Miller, Clayton Bryant, Jesus Gonzales, Jacob Slabaugh.
High Jump
1 – Kelvin Verge. 5-08
2 – Travis Martin. 5-06
3 – Ethan Welch. 5-06
4 – John Dobson – 5-06
Long Jump
1 – Kelvin Verge. 20-11
4 – Kelby Walker. 17-05
Triple Jump
1 – Kelvin Verge. 41-03
Shot Put
1 – Tristan Galy. 44-02
Discus
3 – Ethan Welch. 121-11.
SEE COMPLETE MEET RESULTS HERE.
Kelvin Verge 
Elli Chumley 
Kelvin Verge 
Jalyn Case
BASEBALL: Coffee Middle Raiders shutout Warren County in second round of CTC Tourney
After receiving a BYE in the opening round of the CTC Tournament, Coffee Middle’s Red Raiders flexed on Warren County in round two with a 7-0 shutout Tuesday night in Sparta.
Evan Kirby and Cole Pippenger led the shutout effort on the mound with an error-free defense behind them. Kirby only allowed two hits and struck out 3 Pioneer batters over four innings of work. Pippenger allowed two hits and K’d five batters over three innings.
Pippenger was dynamic at the plate – going 4-for-4 with 5 RBIs. Grant McCullough and Jace Cashion also had hits for the Raider offense.
The Raiders will play Tullahoma Thursday night at 5 p.m in the semi-finals.
BASEBALL: Rockets advance to tournament semi-finals
Westwood’s Rockets are one of three teams remaining in their conference baseball tournament after a 9-5 win over Cornersville Tuesday night.
Vaughn Parker, Cayden Trail, Owen Whitsett, Brayden Trail, Dylen Trail (2) and Davis McKenzie (2) all had RBIs for the Rockets Tuesday. Parker led the way at the plate with a pair of hits, including a triple – WMS’ only extra base hit of the game.
Trevor Jesse also scored a pair of runs on a hit and a walk.
Kaysen Lowery struck out three batters and allowed three earned runs on four hits over five and one-thirds innings for the Rockets. Jesse worked an inning and two-thirds and allowed one run.
Westwood will play in the loser’s bracket finals at 4 p.m. Thursday at Liberty.