Category: Sports

Franklin County loaded the bases in the top of the seventh inning of a 2-1 game Wednesday night against Coffee County in Manchester.

But Red Raider senior Braden Brown slammed the door, striking out back to back batters to end the game – giving the Raiders a 2-1 win and a 2-game series sweep of the Rebels.

Brown entered and picked up the save for the second night in a row, closing the game for Jacob Holder, who was solid on the mound for the Raiders.

Holder took a shutout and a no-hitter into the seventh inning before running into trouble.

The Raiders took the lead in the bottom of the first inning after Griffin Meeker scored on a Franklin County error.

The Raiders tacked on another run in the second, taking a lead when Hayden Hullett picked up an RBI on a fielder’s choice to score Brady Nugent.

That was all the support that Holder need. The sophomore right-hander went six and one-third, striking out 11 batters. He didn’t allow a hit until the seventh, when the Rebels picked up a pair of hits. He walked three.

The win improves the Raiders to 8-4 overall and 4-2 in District 8-AAA play. CHS will play at Grundy County at 5 p.m. Friday.

Each time Coffee County got a goal, Lincoln County was able to answer.

Despite taking a 1-0 lead in the first half and a 2-1 lead in the second half, Coffee County couldn’t hold the lead and ended up in a 2-2 tie with Lincoln County Wednesday night in Manchester, a game you heard live on Thunder Radio.

Coffee County took a 1-0 lead 21 minutes into the first half when Emilio Contreras fired a shot that ricocheted off the cross bar and dropped behind Lincoln County keeper Angel Lopez.

The Raider lead was short lived. Ten minutes later, Falcon Sammy Gantes cleaned up a corner kick around the net and snuck one past Raider keeper Bodey Todd to tie the game at 1-1, which held until haltime.

The Raiders quickly retook the lead just a minute into the second half. Todd punted from his goal keeper position and the ball bounced over the Falcon back line, setting up Red Raider John Martinez, who didn’t miss in a 1-on-1 opportunity, putting the Raiders up 2-1.

But the Falcons tied the game 18 minutes later when Shane Morris took advantage when Bodey Todd left the goal to try and collect a loose ball.

Coffee Middle’s Lady Raiders went on the road and took care of business Wednesday night, rolling over White County 22-0 in a mercy-rule shortened game.

CMS started the game red hot, pounding out 10 hits in the first inning and taking an early 10-0 lead. Ella Arnold, Kellie Tucker, Channah Gannon and Kaitlyn Anderson each had multi-hit first innings. Arnold, Tucker and Gannon each scored twice in the opening frame.

Coffee County was able to work multiple players into the game throughout the night.

The Lady Raiders are now 7-3 on the season. They host South on Thursday.

Coffee County’s boys and girls track teams showed out Tuesday night in a multi-team meet at Blackman High School.

The Lady Raiders outpaced the likes of Siegel and Oakland to take first place overall in a nine-team event. The Lady Raiders were powered by first-place finishes by Macy Tabor in the high jump and Patricia Barrera in the 3000 meter. See results for top-8 finishers below.

Meanwhile, the Raider boys took second behind Blackman. The Raiders got big performances all around, including first place finishes for Kelvin Verge, Ethan Welch and Jacob Rutledge. Results also below:

Girls 200 Meter

8. Maddie Sullivan – 29.39

Girls 600 meter

5. Liza Johnson – 2:01.53

Girls 800 Meter

2. Patricia Barrera – 2:37.71

4. Elli Chumley – 2:39.30

8. Madison Rooker – 2:44.59

Girls 3000 Meter

1 – Patricia Barrera – 11:57.50 (a full minute better than second place)

4. Nayeli Cano – 14:09.40

Girls High Jump

1 – Macy Tabor – 4-08

3. Jalyn Case – 4-04

4. Kenzie Givens – 4-00

5. Elizabeth Brown – 4-00

Girls Long Jump

4. Madison Rooker – 15-01.50

7. Macy Tabor – 14-09.50

Girls Shot Put

2 –  Elli Chumley – 31-00.00

3. Holli Hancock – 26-06.50

4. Brayden Tomberlin – 25-02.00

Girls Discus

3. Nikki Graham – 66-07

6. Elli Chumley – 65-03.50

8. Holli Hancock – 58-01

TEAM RANKINGS

1. Coffee County  – 95

2 . Siegel – 80.50

3. Oakland – 78

4. Blackman – 58

5. Middle Tennessee Christian – 33

6. Providence Christian – 18

7. Antioch – 16

8. LaVergne – 9

9. Centennial – 4

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE GIRLS RESULTS

BOYS RESULTS

Boys 600 Meter Run

7. Cayden Miller – 1:41.24

Boys 800 Meter Run

2. Jacob Rutledge – 2:08.13

Boys 3000 Meter Run

1 – Jacob Rutledge – 9:31.42

Boys High Jump

1 – Kelvin Verge – 6-02

7 – John Dobson – 5-06

7 – Ethan Welch – 5-06

7 – Travis Martin – 5-06

Boys Long Jump

1 – Kelvin Verge – 20-01.50

6 – Jaiden Foster – 17-01.50

Boys Shot Put

6. Ashton Ferrell – 34-05.50

Boys Discus

1 – Ethan Welch – 122-02

4. Ashton Ferrell – 104-07

5. Tristan Galy – 103-04

Team

1 – Blackman – 132

2 – Coffee County – 69

3 – Siegel – 62

4 – Antioch – 54

5 – LaVergne – 27

6 – Middle Tennessee Christian – 24

7 – Oakland – 21

8 – McGavock – 1

9 – Shelbyville – 1

Click here for complete boys results.

Coffee County’s Red Raider baseball team waited until the very end to take care of business Tuesday night.

But the Raiders got the job done nonetheless.

CHS pushed two runs across in the top of the seventh inning and snuck away from Franklin County with a 6-5 District 8-AAA win.

Trailing 5-4 entering the seventh inning, Nolan Jernigan started the Raider rally with a line-drive single up the middle, followed by an infield single by Hayden Hullett. Jernigan came across the plate on a wild pitch to tie the game and Hullett advanced to third. Hullett scored on a deep sacrifice fly hit by Wyatt Nugent to give CHS the lead.

Franklin County got the got the tying run to third and the winning run on second in the bottom of the seventh inning with just one out, but Braden Brown struck out McKeon Whitsett and Eric Jones to end the game.

Brown earned the save, pitching the final inning and striking out two. Griffin Meeker is credited with the win on the mound, allowing seven hits over six innings and five runs. He struck out seven.

Coffee County had opportunities to take care of business earlier. CHS had runners on first and second with no outs in each of the third and fourth innings but were unable to push runs across the plate. The Raiders stranded 8 runners on base.

Coffee County led 3-1 early, powered by a 3-run second inning. Wyatt Nugent, Brown and Jacob Holder all scored in the second. Nugent singled, Brown reached on an error and Holder flipped a single into right field for an RBI. Brady Nugent hit a sac fly to send a run across the plate and Griffin Meeker singled home a run.

The series with Franklin County moves to Manchester Wednesday for a 6 p.m. first pitch at Powers Field.

Coffee County’s Lady Raiders brought their big bats to Columbia Tuesday.

Coffee County got back-to-back home runs from Justus Turner and Kaitlyn Davis in a 9-2 win over the Lady Lions and improve to 13-0 on the season.

The Lady Raiders got all of their offense in a three run first inning and a six run third – helped in part by six Columbia errors.

Keri Munn also had a good night at the plate, picking up a pair of RBIs on a hit.

CHS was somewhat sloppy defensively, committing six errors on the night.

Kaitlyn Davis picked up the win in the circle for Coffee County – striking out four batters over five innings of work. She allowed two runs on one hit. Haidyn Campbell pitched two innings and did not allow a hit.

The Westwood Lady Rocket softball team won a pair of games on Tuesday: 6-5 and 10-2.

In a 6-5 win, Westwood got all of its scoring in the first two innings. Lily Norman singled twice and scored twice in the first two innings and Liza Freeze was hit by a pitch and score. Maggie Brei had a pair of doubles and two runs scored.

Meanwhile, in a 10-2 win the Lady Rockets were powered by Paisley Campbell with three hits and a pair of runs scored. She had two singles and a double.

The Coffee County Central High School tennis teams picked up two more wins Tuesday – sweeping Tullahoma.

Lauren Perry (8-1), Rylee McNamara (8-0), Wren Lawson (8-0), Emma Fulks (8-5), Macie Lawrence (8-5), Kylie Millaway (6-1) and Katie Lawrence (6-2) all picked up match wins in a 7-0 win for the Lady Raiders over Tullahoma.

The doubles teams of Perry/McNamara and Lawson/Lawrence won 8-2 and 8-1 respectively .

Meanwhile, the boys tennis team squeaked out a 4-3 win over Tullahoma.

Jonathan nelson (8-6-), Landen Booth (8-2), Krish Patel (8-3) and Tyler Rigney (6-2) picked up singles wins. The doubles team of Jaden Talley and Nelson won 8-5

Track with wins

The Central High School girls team took first place out of 13 teams with 95 total points Tuesday, while the boys were second with 69.

Individual results will be posted when they are available.

Coffee Middle School’s Red Raider soccer team shutout Warren County 4-0 Monday night in McMinnville.

Manny Gonzales (2), Emmanuel Rodriguez and Ethan Sloan all scored goals for the Raiders in the shutout.

Jacob Bradley and Rodriguez each had an assist.

Liam Brown had one save in goal for the Raiders.

Meanwhile, Kameron Pobanz scored a goal but the JV Raiders fell 4-1. Logan Geddes assisted Pobanz. Seth Beaty had two saves.

Westwood took care of business against Fayetteville Monday night at Fred Deadman Park – winning a double header against the visiting Tigers.

Rockets 13, Tigers 3

Every player in the Rocket lineup scored at least one run in the opener (a game you heard live on Thunder Radio) as Westwood cruised past Fayetteville 13-3.

A 7-run second inning and a 4-run fourth enabled the Rockets to end the game early via the mercy rule.

WMS batted around n the second inning. Kaysen Lowery did a lot of the damage with a pair of hits, two RBIs and a run scored in the second inning alone. He also walked and scored in the fourth.

Vaughn Parker had a pair of RBIs on a triple in the second and two runs scored. Blake Hillis reached base every time he stepped to the plate, including RBI singles in each of the first two innings with runs scored.

Trevor Jesse was the winning pitcher – he also had a single with an RBI and a run scored in the big Rocket second inning. On the mound, Jesse worked two and two-thirds innings, allowing a pair of hits and three runs. He struck out two.

Lowery was nearly perfect in relief. He allowed a walk over one and one-thirds innings. He entered with the bases loaded in the third and got a pop up on the Hillis at shortstop to end the threat.

Also scoring runs for Westwood in the win were Brayden Trail (2), Owen Whitsett, Cayden Trail, Elijah Vernon and Dylen Trail.

Westwood 8, Fayetteville 2

The Rockets picked up right where they left off in game one, scoring at least one run in every inning except the third in an 8-2 win in the nightcap.

Kaysen Lowery and Cayden Trail were solid on the mound, combining to allow just four hits and a pair of runs. Trail picked up the win – working three innings and allowing a pair of earned runs on two hits. He walked six and struck out five. Lowery tossed two innings, allowing two hits and striking out two. He only walked one.

Trail helped his cause quite a bit at the plate – pounding out two hitsand knocking in three runs. He also scored a run. Elijah Vernon also had a pair of RBIs for the Rockets.

With the two wins, Westwood is now 6-5 on the season. The Rockets are set to host Eagleville on April 8.