Category: Sports

Up with the sunrise on Saturday morning, Coffee County Central’s Lady Raiders dropped an 8-1 decision to William Blount in the final game of pool play of the Gibbs Tournament in Corryton, Tennessee.

CHS bounced back to beat Powell 7-6 and Girls Prep 4-1 before falling to Baylor 10-1.

Coffee County 1, William Blount 8

The Lady Raiders managed just 4 hits in an 8-1 loss to William Blount.

Keri Munn had one and and the lone RBI, scoring Chesnie Cox.

Kaitlyn Davis had a double in the loss.

Emily Schuster was hit with the loss – allowing 8 runs on 7 hits. She walked two and struck out three.

Coffee County 7, Powell 6

Kaitlyn Davis smashed a home run and Keri Munn had 2 RBIs to lead the Lady Raider offense to a 7-6 win over Powell.

Justus Turner, Olivia Evans and Cheyenne Vickers all had an RBI for the Lady Raiders.

Munn was the winning pitcher – giving up one hit and one run. She struck out 5 over 2 innings work.

Haidyn Campbell worked 3 innings in the circle – allowing 5 runs (1 earned, as the Lady Raiders committed 3 defensive errors).

Coffee County 4, Girls Prep 1

Senior Justus Turner doubled and scored a run to go along with RBIs from Chesnie Cox and Olivia Evans to lead CHS over Girls Prep.

Eliza Carden and Alivia Reed scored runs for CHS.

Coffee County 1, Baylor 10

Coffee County managed just 3 hits and committed 6 errors in teh field in a 10-1 loss to BAylro.

Cheyenne Vickers, Willow Carden and Alivia Reed had hits for CHS – Vickers scored the lone run.

Davis was tagged with the loss – giving up 10 runs (6 earned). She struck out 2 batters and allowed 10 hits.

The Lady Raiders host Warren County at 7 p.m. Monday, April 12.

You can listen to that game live on Thunder Radio.

Coffee County Central’s Lady Raider softball team remains unbeaten through 16 games.

But the Lady Raiders haven’t won them all, either. On Friday in Corryton, Tennessee, CHS put an 11-0 beating on Grace Christian Academy before turning around and tying East Hamilton 14-14.

CHS 11, Grace Christian Academy 0

Coffee County put together 14 hits and scored 6 in the third and 5 in the fourth inning to end this game at 11-0 and improve to 15-0 on the season.

Olivia Evans continued her red-hot production. The Lady Raider centerfielder was 3-for-3 at the plate with 3 RBIs. Evans is how hitting .630 on the season with an even more impressive on-base percentage of .667.

Chesnie Cox, Kiya Ferrell and Kaitlyn Davis all had doubles for CHS. Cox knocked in a pair of runs and Ferrell had an RBI. Keri Munn also put together a pair of hits and 2 RBIs.

Munn picked up the win in the circle – allowing 3 hits over 4 innings of work and striking out 5.

CHS – 14, East Hamilton – 14

The nightcap on Friday was sloppy.

Coffee County committed 6 defensive errors and allowed 7 runs in the bottom of the fifth to leave in a 14-14 tie (regular season tournament pool-play games often aren’t played out once inning or time-limits are hit).

Coffee County actually trailed 5-0 before putting together 7 runs in the third and fourth innings.

With the game tied at 7-7, the Lady Raiders got 7 runs in the 5th – a rally that started when Aleayia Barnes drew a bases loaded walk to push Justus Turner across the plate. Turner started the inning on base due to the international tiebreaker rules.

Chesnie Cox scored on a passed ball and then Kiya Ferrell singled to score Brianna Shelton. Munn followed that win a single to score Barnes, Evans and Ferrell both came in to score on the same play thanks to help from an error. Kaitlyn Davis hit a sacrifice fly to score Munn.

But a couple of errors and some timely hitting by East Hamilton in the bottom half of the inning tied the game at 14.

Davis pitched for CHS and gave up 8 earned runs. She struck out 8 and walked a pair. She also led CHS at the plate with 4 RBIs.

CHS is now 15-0-1 on the season.

The Lady Raiders have a game at 8:30 a.m. Saturday against William Blount in the pool-play portion of the tournament. Elimination play begins later in the day.

Coffee County scored just enough goals and got a solid effort from its defense as the CMS Raiders dropped Harris 2-1 Friday.

The Raiders were able to put together 11 shots on goal, converting two. Manny Gonzales scored on a penalty kick and Emmanuel Rodriguez was able to score on an assist from Gonzales to put the Raiders up 2-0.

The Raiders defense allowed one goal in the second half but otherwise stood up to hold on for the win. Liam Brown had 8 saves in goal for the Raiders.

The Raiders are set to play at Tullahoma on Monday at 6:30.

Westwood didn’t score a run until the fifth inning Friday night. In fact, the Rocket baseball team trailed Cascade 2-1 after five.

Then the bats woke up.

Westwood Middle School pounded out 11 hits and scored 13 runs in the final two innings to beat Cascade 14-2 Friday night in Wartrace.

Everyone in the lineup got in on the production – as all Rockets scored at least one run. Vaughn Parker, Cayden Trail, Dylen Trail, Kaysen Lowery and Davis McKenzie all had two hits for the Rockets. Whitsett and McKenzie had three RBIs.

Perhaps more impressive was the Rocket pitching staff and defense – allowing just two hits.

Trevor Jesse allowed 2 runs on 1 hit. He struck out 2 and walked 5. Meanwhile, Cayden Trail tossed three innings and allowed one hit on three strikeouts while only walking one.

The win caps a 4-0 week for Westwood, improving the Rockets to 8-5 on the season.

A pair of 5-run innings powered the Coffee County Central Red Raider offense in a 13-0 shutout victory at Grundy County High School Friday night.

Sophomore Nolan Jernigan showed out at the plate, knocking in four runs on a pair of hits, including a double. He also scored a pair of runs.

Braden Brown added 3 RBIs on a pair of hits, including a double, and Lane Spry had 2 RBIs on a hit and a walk

Griffin Meeker and Brady Nugent both had multi-hit games with 2-hits each. Meeker scored three runs from his leadoff spot.

The Raiders threw “Johnny Wholestaff” at the Yellow Jackets, using four-pitchers over the six-inning affair.

Wyatt Nugent earned the win – working two innings and allowing no runs on four hits. He struck out a a pair of Grundy County batters.

Charlie Pierce, Aiden Robertson and Braden Brown all worked on the mound for the Raiders and combined to allow no hits.

The win completes a 3-0 week for the Raiders and improves their record to 9-4.

The Raiders have a two-game district series with first place Lawrence County next week.

Coffee Middle School’s Lady Raider softball team combined to outscore Harris Middle 31-1 in a double header Friday afternoon.

In game one, Lady Raiders Channah Gannon and Samantha Cothran combined to no-hit the Eaglettes in a 14-0 win.

Cothran also picked up three RBIs at the plate to go along with a pair of RBIs from Ava McIntosh.

In the second game, CMS cranked out 7 runs in the first inning and 10 more in the second to easily dismiss of Harris and end the game in the third inning with a 17-1 mercy rule. CMS pitching only allowed one hit in the game.

Ava McIntosh led the way at the plate for the Lady Raiders with a pair of hits and three RBIs.

Dani Hillis also had two hits and three RBIs.

Kaylee Buckley earned the win in the circle, striking out six in three innings of work.

The Lady Raiders are now 10-3 on the season and are scheduled to play Tullahoma on Monday.

The Westwood Rockets got the offense going late against Eagleville Thursday night, scoring 5 runs over their final three at bats to pick up a 7-5 win on 8^th-grade night.

After trailing 4-2, the Rockets took the lead in the fifth when Dylen Trail worked a bases loaded walk to send Owen Whitsett across the plate.

The Rockets added a pair of insurance runs in the sixth when Owen Whitsett singled home Vaughn Parker and Trevor Jesse’s line-drive single to center scored Blake Hillis. It was one of Jesse’s three hits to go along with three RBIs to lead the Westwood offense.

Parker had 2 hits and a pair of RBIs to go along with 2 runs scored.

Kaysen Lowery picked up the win for the Rockets, allowing four runs (2 earned) on four hits and a pair of strikeouts. Blake Hillis struck out three over three innings of work, allowing a run.

The win improves the Rockets to 7-5 on the season.

Westwood is scheduled to travel to Cascade on Friday.

Chesnie Cox pounded out three hits and three RBIs to help the Coffee County Central Lady Raider softball team open up the Gibbs tournament with a win over Gibbs High School in Corryton, Tenn. Thursday afternoon.

The Lady Raiders managed 12 hits and took advantage of four Gibbs errors to slowly and steadily pull away. CHS led 5-1 going into the seventh, when the Lady Raiders added three insurance runs.

Kiya Ferrell (2) and Olivia Evans (3) also had multi-hit games at the plate for the Lady Raiders. Justus Turner, Haidyn Campbell and Abby Mahaffey all had a hit and an RBI. Ferrell also drove in a run and scored twice. Evans scored once and drove home a run.

Keri Munn was solid in the circle once again for the Lady Raiders. The senior MTSU signee only allowed four hits over seven innings. She struck out 10 and walked 1, allowing one earned run.

The Lady Raiders are now 14-0 with a busy Friday ahead – playing Grace Christian Academy and East Hamilton.

Coffee County Central’s tennis teams remain unbeaten after both teams dropped Giles County 7-0 Thursday afternoon.

The Lady Raiders made easy work of Giles County, with Lauren Perry, Rylea McNamara, Wren Lawson, Emma Fulks and Macie Lawrence all picking up wins.

The doubles teams of Perry/McNamara and Lawson/Lawrence both won.

Meanwhile, the Raider boys also made easy work – with Jaden Talley, Jonathan Nelson, Johnathan Welch, Landen Booth and Krish Patel all winning singles play.

The doubles teams of Talley/Nelson and Welch/Booth also picked up easy wins.

Happy birthday, Viktor Arvidsson.

On the day he turned 28, the Predators winger recorded his third-career hat trick, and Nashville scored seven against the Red Wings for the second time this season to defeat Detroit by a 7-1 final on Thursday night at Little Caesars Arena.

The result gives the Preds wins in six of eight tries against the Wings to finish the season series and victories in 11 of their last 13 overall outings to continue their hold on the fourth spot in the Central Division.

After Detroit got the game’s first goal, Nashville tallied seven unanswered, and Arvidsson finished off his hat trick when he converted on a penalty shot in the third period en route to registering quite an outing for him and his hockey club. 

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