Coffee County Red Raider Tennis Team Captures District Title on Tuesday

Members of the district champion Red Raider tennis team. From left to right – Landon Booth, Benedict Edinger, Jaden Talley, Johnathan Welch, Jonah Rollman and coach Josh Inzer. [Photo by Janice Talley]

Putting a perfect season on the line, the Red Raider tennis team of Coffee County traveled to Lewisburg on Tuesday for the district championship.  In a match originally scheduled for last Thursday in Manchester, the Red Raiders were looking to complete the season sweep over Marshall County and claim the district title.   Coffee County used their advantage at the top of the lineup to capture the 4 to 3 win.

The Red Raiders top 2 singles players captured win in their matches to get the Raiders off to a fast start.  Benedict Edinger won his match 8 to 0 while Jaden Talley captured an 8 to 6 win.  Johnathan Welch added an 8 to 3 singles win in the 4th seeded match to send the Raiders to doubles play needing 1 win for the match.  The number 1 team of Edinger and Talley won their doubles match 8 to 5 to give the Raiders their 13th straight match win.

The Raiders will now advance to the Region tournament play as a team on Friday when they travel to Murfreesboro to take on the District 7 champion Central Magnet at the Adams Tennis Complex.  The time of that match will be announced on Thursday.  The Region singles and doubles tournament will take place next week in Murfreesboro.