Coffee County Middle School basketball player Kyle Farless drives to the basket.
The CCMS 6th grade Red Raider basketball team avenged an early season loss to North Franklin on Thursday night at the CCMS gym. The Red Raiders used a balanced scoring attack, and a tenacious defense to drop the Gators of North 32 to 27. Kyle Farless scored 11 points, Trenton Scrivnor tallied 10 points and Jaxon Vaughn finished with 9 points as the Raiders led from the opening possession of the contest. Leading 12 to 9 at the half, Coffee County saw North hit two 3 pointers in the last 2 minutes of the 3rd quarter to send it to the final frame tied at 22. In the 4th quarter, Scrivnor had 4 points as Vaughn, Farless and Hayden Hullett all added baskets to secure the win. With the win, Coffee Middle improved to 3 and 2 on the year.
Coffee County Middle School 6th grade basketball player Bella Vinson brings the ball up the floor.
In a physical girls game, the Lady Raiders trailed by as many as 8 points in the 1st quarter to the Lady Gators but mounted a rousing comeback culminating in a 29 to 29 tie on a 3 pointer from Bella Vinson as the 3rd quarter ended. In the 4th quarter, Coffee Middle got their first lead of the game with 2:08 remaining on a goal by Keri Munn to capture a 35 to 33 advantage. North got a 3 pointer one minute later and cranked up the defensive pressure in the final minute as they handed the Lady Raiders their first loss of the year by a final score of 36 to 35. Vinson scored 25 points for Coffee County and Munn added 8. Reagan Ellison came off the bench for 2 points. With the loss, the Lady Raiders record stands at 4 and 1 on the season. Both 6th grade teams will be back in action on Monday night as they play host to White County. Tip off for the girls game is 6 PM.
