Keri Munn of CCMS basketball
The Coffee County Middle School Raiders and Lady Raiders hosted their first home basketball games of the season with South Franklin on Thursday night. The Lady Raiders led from wire to wire in a 42 to 19 win in the girls’ game. The Red Raiders dropped a 52 to 41 decision.
In the girls’ game, Coffee County raced out to a 13 to 0 lead after one quarter. Bella Vinson led the Lady Raiders with 20 points in the game, including 11 in the 4th quarter. Keri Munn added 10 points including 4 in the 1st quarter and 4 in the 3rd quarter while Vinson was on the bench with a turned ankle. Kylie Phillips added a pair of 3 pointers.
Jaxon Vaughn of CCMS prepares to shot a free throw as Marshall Haney(background) looks on
In a physical and hotly contested boys’ game, the South Trojans pulled away in the 4th quarter to claw and fight their way to the win. The Raiders opened the game with an early 6 to 2 lead before the swarming South defense forced countless turnovers. Jaxon Vaughn led the Raiders in scoring with 11 points. Hayden Hullett chipped in 7 points and Marshall Haney and Trevor Horne each finished with 6 points.
Coffee County is on the road Monday night when they travel to Tullahoma to take on East Middle. The girls’ game will get underway at 6 PM.
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