Category: Sports

The Lady Raider softball team of Coffee County Central High School just keeps on winning.

CHS put together two wins on Friday in the Warrior Classic – blowing out White House Heritage and squeaking out a late-inning win over Florence-Ala. to improve to 10-0 on the season.

Coffee County – 12, White House Heritage – 0

Six first-inning runs set the tone and the Lady Raiders cruised to a 12-0 win in four innings over White House Heritage.

Eight different Lady Raiders got into the hit column – including a 3-for-3 performance from senior Justus Turner, who launched a fourth-inning home run over the centerfield fence and had 4 RBIs on the day. Turner is now hitting at an impressive .667 clip on the season.

Turner, Chesnie Cox and Haidyn Campbell all doubled for the Lady Raiders and Olivia Evans tripled, one of her two hits.

Senior Keri Munn picked up the win in the circle for Coffee County – she worked four innings and allowed just two hits while striking out 9.

Florence, Ala. 2, Coffee County 2

Brianna Shelton singled to score Riley Phillips in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 2-2 tie and give the Lady Raiders a 3-2 win over Florence, Ala. Friday afternoon.

Shelton, Haidyn Campbell and Jada Bowen all picked up RBIs for the Lady Raiders on the afternoon. Campbell had a double.

Emily Schuster picked up the win in the circle for the Lady Raiders, working the final 2 and two-thirds innings in relief. She allowed four hits, but struck out three and didn’t let anyone get across the plate.

Campbell started for CHS and went three and one-thirds, allowing two runs and striking out one batter. Florence pushed across both of its runs in the fourth inning. The Lady Raiders did commit three errors.

next week’s schedule

The Lady Raiders travel for a pair of District 8-AAA games this week – at Franklin County at 7 p.m. Monday and at Lincoln County at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Both of those games will be broadcast on Thunder Radio – 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com

Coffee County’s Red Raiders bounced back from a tough two-game district sweep in style Friday night.

Tied 6-6 with visiting Central Magnet in the bottom of the 10^th, senior Braden Brown laced a single to right field to score Nolan Jernigan and give the Raiders a 7-6 walk-off win at Powers Field in Manchester.

Brown’s single scored Jernigan, who had walked and then advanced to scoring position at second base on a wild pitch.

Jernigan also had a big day at the plate for the Raiders, blasting his first career high school home run and also reaching third on a triple. Brown, Jernigan, Lane Spry, Wyatt Nugent and Carter McKenzie all picked up RBIs for the Raiders.

Brown entered in relief and earned the win on the mound for the Raiders – working 4 and two-thirds, allowing just one hit and striking out give Central Magnet batters. He didn’t allow a run. Aiden Robertson was also solid in relief for the Raiders – allowing just one run and two hits over four innings. He struck out seven batters and walked three.

After early scoring – this game was mostly a pitchers duel until the 10^th. The Raiders took a 4-1 lead in the first and then Central Magnet tied the game in the second and took a 6-5 lead in the third – a lead that held until the bottom of the fifth, when Hayden Hullett stole home to tie the game.

The Raiders are now 4-2 on the season and will travel to Lebanon for a non-district tilt on Tuesday, March 30. They are set to compete in the Warrior Classic next weekend in Murfreesboro.

Coffee County’s Lady Raiders pushed across at least one run in every inning as CHS dominated Tullahoma 11-0 in a run-rule shortened District 8-AAA contest Wednesday night in Manchester.

The issue was never really at doubt. Coffee County took a 4-0 lead in the first and never looked back.

Kiya Ferrell dropped down a bunt single to leadoff the bottom of the first and motored around to score on a hard-hit triple to right field by Chesnie Cox. Kaitlyn Davis singled to center to score Cox and then came around to score on a line-drive single by Justus Turner, who later scored on an error.

Coffee County finished with 10 hits and got help on 5 Tullahoma errors.

Davis continued her hot hitting at the plate for the Lady Raiders, launching a home run to left field She finished with 4 RBIs and both of her hits. It was Davis’ fifth home run in 8 games. The sophomore is now hitting at an impressive .647 clip and slugging 1.647

Jada Bowen also parked one over the wall to centerfield. She was 1-for-3 with a pair of runs scored and 2 RBIs.

Keri Munn picked up the win in the circle for CHS – working 4 innings and allowing just one hit while striking out 8. She was named Mid Tenn Turf Player of the Game by Thunder Radio.  

The Lady Raiders are now 8-0 on the season and 3-0 in District 8-AAA play.

CHS will compete in the Warrior Classic this weekend.

Coffee Middle’s Lady Raiders got the best of Westwood in a cross-town rivalry Wednesday afternoon at CMS – but just barely.

The Lady Raiders got three runs in the third with the help of some errors and that was the difference in a 4-1 CMS win over Westwood.

Channah Gannon got CMS on the board first with a double in the second inning, coming  in to score on a fielder’s choice hit into by Skipper.

Westwood answered in the third when Campbell reached on an error and made her way around the bases to tie the score at 1-1.

CMS pulled away for good in the bottom of the third, though. Savannah Cooper walked, Anderson reached on an error and Gannon singled – all three came around to score.

Gannon got the win for CMS. She struck out 11 Westwood batters. Lily Norman was hit with the loss despite allowing just four Lady Raider hits.

Coffee County improves to 6-3 on the season with the win. Westwood falls to 3-2.

The bats just couldn’t get going for the Raiders Wednesday in Tullahoma.

Coffee County Central managed just 4 hits and gave up 4 runs in the 3^rd to fall to the Wildcats 4-0, giving Tullahoma the series sweep.

Trailing by 4, the Raiders got 2 of their 4 hits in the top of the seventh on singles by Hayden Hullett and Wyatt Nugent to try and start a rally. Griffin Meeker worked a walk to load the bases and move the tying run to the plate, but Carter McKenzie flied out to right field and that ended the game.

The big blow for the Raiders came in the third when Brody Melton launched a 2-run home run. Errors were also costly for Coffee County.

The bats were dead for the Raiders, who got a single from Lane Spry, two from Wyatt Nugent and 1 from Hullett.

William Zebick picked up the win on the mound for the Wildcats – striking out three Raiders over 6 innings of work.

Griffin Meeker was tagged with the loss for CHS. The senior worked three and a third, allowing four runs on 7 hits. None of those runs were earned.

Braden Brown allowed just one hit over the final 2 2/3 innings for the Raiders. He struck out 2 Wildcats. It was the second night in a row Brown worked scoreless in relief.

The Raiders fall to 3-2 on the season and 2-2 in District 8-AAA play with the series loss to the Wildcats. The Raiders have a 2-game series scheduled with Central Magnet Thursday (away) and Friday (home) weather permitting. Both games are set to start at 5:30 p.m.

CHS has next week off in district play.

Missed opportunities and defensive miscues haunted the Central High School Red Raiders in their series opener against Tullahoma Tuesday night at Powers Field in Manchester.

The Raiders committed 4 errors and had some defensive miscues, the Wildcats scored 3 in the first and that turned out to be enough as CHS fell 6-1. It is the Raiders’ first loss of the season after starting 3-0.

Tullahoma pushed 3 runs across in the first inning and loaded the bases in the third to chase Raider starter Jacob Holder after just 2 official innings of work. Holder was hit with the loss, allowing 5 runs (4 earned) and striking out two. He also walked two and hit one.

Braden Brown entered in relief and settled things down for the Raiders. He did not allow a run over two innings. He struck out 4 and gave way to Wyatt Nugent, who allowed one run on two hits over his three innings of relief work (Nugent was named Thunder Radio’s Mid Tenn Turf Player of the Game).

But by the time the Raiders settled down on the mound and defensively, it was too late. CHS left 7 runners on base and struggled to get much going against Tullahoma starter Brody Melton, who needed just 80 pitches to get through 6 innings of work.

CHS got runners on in the seventh inning to try a rally, the the Wildcats induced a game-ending double play ball.

Griffin Meeker and Braden Brown each doubled for the Raiders. Wyatt Nugent had the lone RBI, a sacrifice fly to deep left field to plate Carter McKenzie.

Lane Spry, Wyatt Nugent and McKenzie each added singles. Meanwhile, Brown added a pair of singles and was 3-for-3 at the plate.

The series moves to Tullahoma for the finale on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. at Grider Stadium.

Coffee County Central High School’s track team had several competitors to finish in the top 5 and top 10 in their respective events Saturday at a 13-team track and field meet at Stewarts Creek.

As a team, Coffee County Lady Raiders took 8^th out of 13 teams.

The Raider boys took 4^th out of 12.

Below are those who placed in the top 10 of their respective events:

Landon Kenney, 8^th in men’s 800 meter: 2:18.67

Jacob Rutledge, 3^rd in men’s 1600 meter: 4:36.41

Jacob Rutledge, 2^nd in men’s 3200 meter: 9:55.75

Garrett Masters, 10^th in men’s 3200 meter: 11:39.61

Ethan Welch, 7^th in men’s 110 hurdles: 18.30

Travis Martin: 2^nd in men’s high jump: 5-08

Ethan Welch: 5^th in men’s high jump: 5-06

Kelby Walker, 10^th in men’s triple jump: 34-02

Ethan Welch, 1^st in men’s pole vault: 11-00

Travis Martin, 3^rd in men’s pole vault: 9-06

Ethan Welch, 4^th in men’s discus: 114-11

Ashton Ferrell, 9^th in men’s discus: 87-11

Ashton Ferrell, 6^th in men’s shotput: 34-00

Elijah Clemmons, 10^th in men’s shotput: 31-10

GIRLS

Madison Rooker, 6^th in women’s 400 meter: 1:07.90

Elli Chumley, 8^th in women’s 800 meter: 2:50.77

Patricia Barrera, 7^th in women’s 1600 meter: 5:57.24

Patricia Barrera, 5^th in women’s 3200 meter: 13:22.78

Madison Rooker, 6^th in women’s 100 hurdles: 17.92

Jalyn Case, 8^th in women’s 100 hurdles: 19.10

Macy Tabor, 4^th in women’s high jump: 4-08

Elizabeth Brown, 6^th in women’s high jump: 4-04

Jalyn Case, 7^th in women’s high jump: 4-04

Kenzie Givens, 8^th in women’s high jump: 4-02

Jalyn Case, 8^th in women’s long jump: 13-10.50

Madison Rooker, 10^th in women’s long jump: 13-07

Claire Bryant, 6^th in women’s triple jump: 29-08.50

Madison Rooker, 2^nd in women’s pole vault: 7-00

Elli Chumley, 8^th in women’s discus: 66-00

Holli Hancock, 9^th in women’s discus: 63-07

Holli Hancock, 4^th in women’s shotput: 27-02

Elli Chumley, 5^th in women’s shotput: 26-06

Nikki Graham, 10^th in women’s shotput: 22-08

Kaitlyn Anderson worked 5 innings in the circle and struck out 7 North batters as Coffee Middle School held on for an 8-6 win Tuesday in Manchester.

It was a big third inning that made the difference for CMS as the Lady Raiders scored 7 runs – powered by a flurry of walks. Four Lady Raiders drew walks, two were hit by pitch and CMS was able to sprinkle in a single from Kellie Tucker, a triple from Ella Arnold and a single from Channah Gannon – accounting for three of the Lady Raiders’ 4 total hits on the night. All of that damage was done after there were two outs and no runners on.

Cole Pippenger tossed a no-hitter in a run-rule shortened game Tuesday as the CMS Raiders thumped North Franklin 16-0 in Manchester.

It was the second time in as many games that the Raiders put up double-digit runs on the Gators, winning 17-1 on Monday in Winchester.

The Raiders piled up 10 runs in the second inning to put the game out of reach early – Brady Wright, Tatsuki Aso, Pippenger, Evan Kirby, Grant McCullough and Caleb Crouch each had RBIs in the inning.

Pippenger got the win on the mound – he worked five innings and struck out 13 of 15 possible outs.

The win improves the Raiders to 6-1 on the season and a perfect 6-0 in conference play. They are set to host Rock Springs in a non-district contest on Saturday.