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CCMS Baseball Opens CTC Tournament with Big Win
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. ...
Coffee County Softball Falls to Tullahoma
The Lady Raider softball team traveled to Tullahoma on Wednesday night to renew their district rivalry with the Lady Cats. In a game you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Raiders committed 5 errors and gave up 4 unearned runs to the Cats. Coffee County fell by a final score of 7 to 1. After a scoreless first 3 ½ innings, Tullahoma got on the board with 3 unearned runs in the bottom of the 4th. Coffee County cut the deficit to 3 to 1 in the 6th after Lauren Tomberlin led off the inning with a single...
CHS Track Shines at Tuesday Home Meet
The Coffee County CHS track team hosted White County and Warren County in an abbreviated meet on Tuesday. Weather limited the number of events and participants. In spite of poor weather, Coffee County posted a multitude of strong performances. In the girls’ competition, Coffee County got a 1st place finish in the 4x100M relay and the 4x800M relay. The Lady Raiders also finished in 2nd place in the 4x200M relay. Top individual finishers for the Lady Raiders were: Jaden Campbell – 1st, Long Jump; 1st, 800M; 1st, 1600M; Laura Bogard – 1st, 100M; 3rd, 100M; Macy Tabor – 1st,...
CCMS Soccer Season Comes to Close in Conference Tournament
Coffee County Middle School soccer team entered Wednesday’s CTC opening round soccer game looking to advance to the semifinal round. A win over South Franklin for the Raiders would give Coffee County a berth in Saturday’s semifinals for the 2nd year in a row. Despite late goals in each half, the Raiders’ season came to an end as they fell in the penalty kick round by a final score 3 to 2. Trailing 1 nil with a minute left in the 1st half, Javier Rodriquez knotted the game on a goal just before the half. After the Trojans drilled...
Sounds Silence Baby Cakes in Homestand-Opening Win
The Nashville Sounds used a solid pitching performance from Brett Anderson and timely hitting to dispatch the New Orleans Baby Cakes, 4-2, Wednesday night in front of 6,063 fans at First Tennessee Park. Anderson tossed six innings and allowed two runs in his first win of the season. The southpaw allowed a pair of runs in the second inning, then went on cruise control the rest of the night. Anderson ended the second by getting Magneuris Sierra to bounce into a fielder’s choice. It started a streak of 13 consecutive retired batters. Trailing 2-1 into the sixth, the Sounds...
Tuesday Prep Results and Wednesday Prep Schedule
Tuesday Prep Results > CCMS Golf beat Fayetteville – 8 ½ to 3 ½ – See the story HERE > CHS Boys’ Soccer tied Franklin Co – 1 to 1 – See the story HERE > WMS Golf vs. Tullahoma at Fayetteville – PPD, Makeup date is TBD > CCMS Baseball HOSTS South Franklin – CTC Tournament – PPD until Wednesday > CCMS Boys’ Soccer HOSTS South Franklin – CTC Tournament – PPD until Wednesday > WMS Softball vs. Cascade – DRVC Tournament at Lynchburg – PPD until Wednesday > CHS Softball at Tullahoma – PPD until Wednesday > CCMS...
CHS Soccer Draws with Franklin County
Coffee County CHS soccer hit the road to Winchester on Tuesday night for their 6th district contest in a row. After battling Franklin County to a 3 to 3 tie in Manchester on April 5th, the Red Raiders were looking to notch a win in this district rivalry. A hotly contested 80 minutes ended up in a tie as Coffee County and Franklin County battled to a draw at 1. A fast start forecast a likely high scoring affair between the teams. Franklin County got on the scoreboard first as they converted a corner kick to make the score...
CCMS Golf Drops Fayetteville
The Coffee County Middle School golf team braved wet conditions on Tuesday as they traveled to Fayetteville to take on the Tigers of Fayetteville High School. Despite being short-handed, the Raiders had little trouble topping Fayetteville. Coffee Middle captured the win getting 8 ½ flags to the Tigers 3 ½ flags on the match. Coffee County got a pair of dominant wins as the team of Kolby McCormick and Kaleb Jones captured a 2 ½ to ½ win while Logan Hale singlehandedly dropped the Tigers #1 team by an identical 2 ½ to ½ score. Xavier Bartley, playing as...
