As 2018 draws to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the more than 40 prep teams we follow and report on. Today we look back at some of the highlights of year for the prep baseball teams at Coffee County CHS and Coffee County and Westwood middle schools.
The Westwood baseball team opened the season with a 6 game winning streak. The 6th win was a blowout win over Moore County. Thunder Radio reported on the win with the following story on March 21st:
Blake Hale of Westwood baseball[File Photo]
Sending 17 batters to the plate, the Rockets took a 12 to 0 lead after one inning as they used walks, Moore County errors and 7 hits to take control of the game. Westwood added 5 runs in the 2nd and 4 more in the 3rd inning as they improved to 6 and 0 on the season and 5 and 0 in conference play.
Blake Hale, Brady Nugent, Luke Beachboard and Trenton Thompson all scored 4 runs in the game. Hale and Nugent each had a triple for Westwood. Beachboard finished with a double and a single.
Westwood is set to travel to Lynchburg on Wednesday for Game #2 in the conference series. First pitch will be at 5 PM.
The Coffee County CHS baseball won 3 of their last 4 games going into the 2nd round of the District 8 tournament in May. The last of those wins was against Shelbyville and Thunder Radio was on hand to broadcast that game and brought you the story on May 4th:
Skylar Bratcher of CHS baseball
Opening up District 8AAA tournament play at home on Thursday, the Red Raider baseball team welcomed Shelbyville to Powers Field. Coffee County got a masterful pitching performance from Hayden Skipper. Skipper’s arm and some timely hitting lifted the Red Raiders to a 3 to 0 win that you heard right here on Thunder Radio.
After 3 scoreless innings, Coffee County got on the board in the 4th inning on a wild pitch. In the 5th, the Red Raiders got their 2nd run on a fielder’s choice. In the 6th, Coffee County scored again after a single by Skylar Bratcher and an error by the Eagle’s centerfielder. After Skipper loaded the bases in the 7th innings on walks, Harley Hinshaw came on to get a strikeout and ground out to end the game and earn the save.
Bratcher finished the game with 2 of Coffee County’s 6 hits. Jacob Langham was credited with the lone RBI of the game. Skipper finished with 9 strikeouts allowing 2 hits to be named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.
Coffee County will now advance to Friday’s 2nd round matchup with Franklin County in Winchester. First pitch is set for 6 PM.
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The Coffee County Middle School team also rolled into the conference tournament with a huge win over South Franklin. Thunder Radio reported on the win with the following story on April 26th:
John McKelvey of CCMS baseball
The Coffee County Middle School baseball team opened up play in the CTC tournament on Wednesday taking on South Franklin. The Red Raiders jumped on the Trojans in the 1st inning as they shut out South for the 3rd time this season. Coffee Middle claimed a 15 to 0 game shortened to 4 innings via the Mercy Rule.
A double, a walk and a sacrifice fly staked Coffee Middle to a 2 to 0 lead in the first inning. Coffee County added 5 more in the 5th inning and closed the game out with an 8 run 4th inning. John McKelvey and Aiden Robertson combined to throw a 1 hit shutout.
Jacob Holder had a pair of triples and 3 RBI. Nolan Jernigan had 2 singles and 3 RBI while McKelvey added a single and a double with 3 runs scored.
The Raiders will now advance to Thursday’s 7:30 PM 2nd round game at Tullahoma. Coffee County will take on the winner of Wednesday night’s game between Harris and North Franklin. That game will take place at Waggoner Park.
