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Offense Goes Quiet in Loss to New Orleans
The Nashville Sounds fell to 1-1 as the offense went cold in a 5-1 loss to the New Orleans Baby Cakes Friday night at Shrine on Airline. One night after putting up 11 runs on 16 hits, the Sounds managed just one run on seven hits and went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position. Nashville was in a deficit from the beginning as starter Frankie Montas failed to make it out of the first inning. The right-hander recorded just two outs as the Baby Cakes sent 10 to the plate in the opening inning. Montas was charged with all...
Thursday Prep Results and Friday Prep Schedule
Thursday Prep Results > CHS Tennis split with Lawrence Co – Girls won 5 to 2, Boys lost 5 to 2 – See the story HERE > WMS Tennis split with Lewisburg – Girls won 6 to 1, Boys lost 5 to 2 – See the story HERE > CCMS Softball lost to North Franklin – 10 to 7 – See the story HERE > CCMS Baseball blanked South Franklin – 13 to 0 – See the story HERE > WMS Softball tied with Community – 4 to 4 – See the story HERE > WMS Baseball fell to Forrest – 14 to 4 –...
CHS Baseball Falls to Ooltewah
The CHS baseball team opened up play in the Rebel Classic on Thursday night as they welcomed Ooltewah to Powers Field. After surrendering an early lead to the Owls, Coffee County battled back to take a late lead. But a 7th inning rally from Ooltewah dropped the Red Raiders 7 to 6. The visiting Owls touched up Coffee County for 3 runs in the 1st inning. Two more runs in the 3rd inning put Coffee County in a 5 to 1 hole. But the always scrappy Raiders plated single runs in the 4th and 5th and took a 6...
CCMS Baseball Blanks South Franklin
The Coffee County Middle School baseball team traveled to Winchester on Thursday to take on South Franklin. The Red Raiders got a 5 inning shutout of the Trojans in the first game of their season series. The Red Raiders won by a final score of 13 to 0. John McKelvey pitched a 1 hit shutout to get his 5th win of the year. The shutout dropped his season ERA to 1.33. Jacob Holder led the Raider hitting attack as he had a triple and 2 singles with 3 RBI. Jacob Sherrill added 3 singles and scored twice. Tristan Grissom...
CHS Netters Split Matches with Lawrence County
The Coffee County CHS tennis team welcomed Lawrence County to the Raider Academy courts on Thursday. Smarting from a pair of losses on Tuesday in Shelbyville, Coffee County hoped to get back on the right track against the visiting Wildcats. The Lady Raiders won 5 to 2 while Red Raiders fell 5 to 2. In the girls’ matches, Coffee County got all the victories they would need in singles play as they captured 4 of the 5 matches. Winning in singles play were: Jessica Barrera(8-3), Natalie Elzeer(8-2), Emily Shelton(8-4) and Wren Lawson(8-4). Barrera teamed up with Odalis Garcia to...
CHS Soccer Rallies to Draw with Franklin County
The Coffee County CHS soccer team welcomed district rival Franklin County to the Raider Soccer Field on Thursday. After grabbing an early lead, the Raiders saw the Rebels come roaring back to take the lead. Coffee County tallied a pair of goals in the 2nd half to come away with the 3 to 3 tie. Coffee County got on the board in the 13th minute when Leo Botello scored off an assist from David Morales to make it 1 to 0. Franklin County tied the match at 1 in the 22nd minute off a free kick and added 2...
Darkness Forces a Tie for Westwood Softball
The Westwood softball team hosted Community on Thursday night at Lady Rocket Field. The visiting Viqueens pushed the Lady Rockets to extra innings. When darkness finally ended play, the Lady Rockets and Community were tied at 4 after 7 full innings of play. Westwood led 3 to 0 entering the 6th inning but a pair of runs by Community in the 6th and 2 more in the 7th put the Lady Rockets in a 4 to 3 hole entering their last at-bat. Brooklyn Blake scored on a sacrifice fly from Paisley Campbell in the bottom of the 7th inning...
Westwood Tennis Splits at Lewisburg
The Westwood tennis teams hit the road on Thursday for a match at Lewisburg. The Rockets fell 5 to 2. The Lady Rockets won 6 to 1. In the girls’ matches, Westwood got wins in singles play from Lauren Perry( 6 to 3), Rylea McNamara(6-1), Anna Johnson(6-4) and Gianna Bland(6-4). The doubles teams of Perry/Johnson(6 to 1) and Addison Welch/McNamara(6-2) claimed wins over the Lady Tigers. In the boys’ matches, Caleb Simmons needed to go to the tiebreaker to fight to a 7 to 6 win. In doubles action, Caleb paired with Isaac Simmons to capture a 6 to...
