CCMS left fielder Sierra Mahar
The Lady Raider softball team of Coffee County Middle School bunched their only 3 hits of the game into the 3rd inning to plate 3 runs and drop visiting Tullahoma 3 to 2 on Monday night. Sierra Mahar led off the frame with a double and scored on Keelie Hillis’ RBI single. One out later, Grace Pippenger ripped an RBI triple and she was driven in by Haley Richardson’s sacrifice fly. Richardson, pitching for Coffee County got the win as she surrendered 3 hits and no earned runs. The win improved the Lady Raiders record to 8 and 1 in conference play as they begin a rugged conference schedule this week. The Lady Raiders are slated to take on Tullahoma on Tuesday in Tullahoma before hosting Lincoln County on Thursday night.
Coaches McLean(left) and Graf(right) talk to their team at halftime of a recent match.
Leading 2 to 1 at the half, the soccer team of Westwood exploded for 5 second half goals to defeat Fayetteville and clinch first place in the Central Tennessee Soccer Conference and a 1st round bye in the post season tournament. Fayetteville got on the board first off of a corner kick that was deflected past Westwood keeper Cailan McLean. Leo Botello evened it at the 18 minute mark on a long clearing kick from McClean. Leo Basurto gave the Rockets the lead for good in the 20th minute on a bomb from outside the 18 yard box. Westwood got 3 more 2nd half goals from Botello along with tallies from Samuel Workman and Leo Suarez. Basurto added 2 second half assists as the Rockets improved to 9 and 2 on the year and 5 and 0 in conference play.
CCMS soccer player Briggs Haithcock
After giving up a goal in the 4th minute, the Coffee County Middle School stormed back to claim a 6 to 2 victory over South Franklin on Monday night at home. Anakin Dilleha scored 4 goals and assisted on a 5th as the Raiders won their 3rd match in their last 4. Chay Chumley and Clinton Ferrell added the other 2 scores for the Raiders. Josh Perry had 2 assists and Briggs Haithcock added an assist as Coffee Middle built a 3 to 1 halftime lead. South scored in the 4oth minute to cut the deficit to 1 goal, but Coffee Middle got 3 goals in a 6 minute span of the 2nd half to lock down a season sweep of the Trojans. The win improves the Raiders to 5 and 3 on the season. . Coffee County travels to St. Andrew’s Sewanee on Tuesday for a 5 PM friendly with the Mountain Lions.
A.J. Rollman pitched a 5 inning shutout as the junior varsity CHS baseball team dropped Central Magnet on Monday night at Powers Field. The Raiders battled the rain clouds to register the solid win. Coffee County was led in hitting by Grant Sadler and Jacob Langham who had RBI for the Raiders. The varsity Raiders welcome Lawrence County to Powers Field on Tuesday night for a 6 PM district game.
A four run rally in the 7th inning was not enough to erase a 9 run Tullahoma lead as the Coffee County Middle School fell by a final score of 12 to 7 on Monday night. Coffee County jumped out to a 1 to 0 lead in the bottom of the 2nd inning under threatening skies at home. Tullahoma grabbed the lead in the 3rd inning, 2 to 1, and built the margin to 5 to 1 in the top of the 5th. A 2 run rally in the home half of the 5th cut the margin to 2 runs, but Coffee County could get no closer. The Cats used the rainy conditions to score 7 runs in the last 2 innings to hand Coffee County their first loss since St. Patrick’s Day. The loss dropped Coffee County’s record to 5 and 2 in conference play. Coffee County will get the chance to even the season series on Tuesday night at Tullahoma as they take on the Cats in a rematch at Waggoner Park. First pitch is set for 5:00 PM.
