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MYFL Report for Saturday, September 30
Written and recorded by Darryn Strickland Saturday September 30, the Raiders took on the Warren County Pioneers; PeeWee division did not play. The Division 1 Raiders started off with a loss of 0-26. Though, they didn’t win, their offense had the ball the majority of the game. #15 Jacoba Fells led the offense with 52 yards rushing. #00 Gavin Smith also assisted with some carries. In Div. 2, like the first game, the highlights came from offense. #5 Gabriel Hambly led the team with 75 yards rushing, #9 Zander Gomes and #7 Tyler Martin also had some carries. The...
CCMS Volleyball Finishes 3rd in Conference Tournament
The Coffee County Middle School volleyball team advanced to the semifinals of the CTC conference tournament on Friday before being eliminated. After getting a win over South in the quarter finals, the Lady Raiders fell to White County in a hard fought semifinal matchup. Coffee County will finish the season with a record of 7 and 5 and a 3rd place finish in the CTC regular season standings and the CTC tournament. The Lady Raiders squared off against South Franklin in the first round on Friday and captured a straight win in dominant fashion. Coffee County rolled through the...
Westwood Soccer Falls in Conference Tournament Semifinals on Friday
Traveling to Huntland on Friday afternoon, the Westwood soccer team squared off with the top-seeded Lady Hornets in the CTSC tournament semifinals. Entering the game on a 3 game winning streak, the red hot Lady Rockets were looking to avenge a 5 nil loss in August to Huntland. Instead, Westwood saw their season come to a close with another 5 nil loss. The Lady Rockets finish the season with a record of 3 and 5 in conference play. Westwood won 3 of their last 4 games before finishing in 3rd place in the...
Titans Lose Game, QB Marcus Mariota in Houston
The Titans had a problem in Houston. Actually, they had several. Offensively, the team got off to another slow start, and ended up turning the ball over five times in the game. On defense, the Titans couldn’t get stops, as the secondary had all kinds of trouble in coverage. To make matters worse, Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota suffered a hamstring injury, and didn’t finish the game. It all added up to an ugly 57-14 loss to the Houston Texans here at NRG Stadium. “That was a total team loss, all the way around, including coaching,” Titans coach Mike Mularkey...
Braves Deny Stanton, Use Their Own HRs to Win
History was put on hold in Giancarlo Stanton’s quest to reach 60 home runs on Sunday. Instead, it was a three-run homer by pinch-hitter Adonis Garcia and Kurt Suzuki’s two-run home run that helped propel the Braves to an 8-5 victory over the Marlins in the season finale at Marlins Park. The main spotlight was on Stanton, who started in the leadoff spot for the first time in his career to guarantee as many at-bats as possible to assist his chances to hit his 60th home run. But Stanton ended up going 2-for-5 with an RBI single. His single...
Coffee County Soccer Grabs Huge District Win at Lincoln County
Traveling to Fayetteville on Thursday night, the Lady Raider soccer team took on Lincoln County. Facing the Lady Falcons for the 2nd time in a week, Coffee County was looking for a season split in the final regular season game of the year. Unlike Monday’s loss, the Lady Raiders got off to a strong start in a 3 to 0 win. Coffee County got the lone goal of the first half as Maggie Lashlee scored in the 33rd minute to give the Lady Raiders a 1 to 0 halftime lead on an unassisted goal. Samantha Ellison added Coffee County’s...
Temple Baptist Volleyball Wins Tuesday Doubleheader
The Temple Baptist Christian School varsity volleyball team visited Tunnel Hill, Georgia on Tuesday for a tri-match. The Lady Eagles took on the home standing Lady Bulldogs of Dogwood Christian and Fairview Christian Academy from Athens, Tennessee. Temple came home with a pair of wins on the night. Against Dogwood, Temple won in straight sets 25 to 13 and 25 to 19 in the best of 3 format. Rachel Butler led the team in spikes with 4 while Lexie Stewart had the hot serving hand for the Lady Eagles as she had 3 good serves. Grace Butler led the...
Most Prominent Black NHL Player Won’t Kneel For U.S. Anthem. And He’s Canadian.
On Tuesday night, the most prominent black player in the NHL stated bluntly that he would “Never” take a knee for the U.S. National Anthem. P.K. Subban, who is Canadian and plays for the Nashville Predators, was appearing at a fundraiser in Nashville, and said he would never take a knee for the anthem because he has too much respect for the American flag. Not only did two eyewitnesses claim he made the remarks, the Predators confirmed them later. During the day Tuesday, the Predators announced that as a team, they would not protest during the national anthem. CEO...
