Coffee County celebrates a Coffee Pot Win(Photo by Brock Freeze)
If Alontae Taylor circled the Coffee Pot game on his calendar, who could blame him? The Coffee County junior quarterback had his 2nd straight HUGE game against the Wildcats in a 49 to 10 Red Raider win over Tullahoma on Friday night at the Wildcat’s home field at Wilkins Stadium. The Tennessee commitment used big play after big play to lift the Coffee County Raiders to the second straight rivalry win over Tullahoma. If is the first time since 1982 that Coffee County has claimed back to back wins in the series.
Taylor contributed to all five of Coffee County’s first half touchdowns as Coffee County built a 35 to 3 lead at the intermission. Taylor connected on a 32 yard TD pass to Tyrese McGee on the Raiders first drive before rushing for touchdowns of 48 and 64 yards before the end of the first quarter. After a Tullahoma field goal, Taylor caught a 43 yard touchdown pass from Colton Prater and rushed for another 14 yard touchdown before the half. Taylor added a 36 yard rushing score in the 4th quarter and Prater added a 26 yard touchdown pass to Andrew Mahaffey to close out the Raiders scoring. The win is the largest margin of victory for the Raiders in the 91 year history of the rivalry.
Alontae Taylor receives the player of the game trophy following the Great American Rivalry Series win. (Photo by Brock Freeze)
Taylor finished the night with 291 yards rushing on 10 carries and 4 TD’s. He also had 1 pass for 32 yards and a TD and 2 receptions for 48 yards and his 6th TD. Prater was 5 for 9 passing with 100 yards and 2 touchdowns. For his outstanding night, Taylor was named the Thunder Radio/Crazy Daisies Most Valuable Player and also received the Great American Rivalry Series Player of the Game honors.
Coffee County travels to Hendersonville on Friday to take on Pope John Paul II. Thunder Radio will bring you that broadcast beginning with the Friday Night Thunder Pregame show at 6 PM. Coach Ryan Sulkowski will break down the Raiders big win on Wednesday night’s Ryan Sulkowski Show hosted by West Main Brick Oven and sponsored by Coffee County Bank heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.
