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CHS Soccer Dominates Riverdale
Outshooting Riverdale24 to 7 was just part of the winning formula for the CHS Soccer team on Thursday night in Murfreesboro. Four 2nd half goals helped the Lady Raiders blow open a close game at the half as Coffee County won by a final of 6 to 1. Karson Young scored a hat trick as the Lady Raiders improved to 2 and 0 on the young season. The Lady Raiders did benefit from 3 penalty kicks as Riverdale was called for a handball and a pair of fouls inside the box. Young scored 2 of her three goals on...
CHS Volleyball Drops Tullahoma on Thursday Night
Thirty four kills highlighted a dominating 3 sets to 1 win for the Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball over Tullahoma on Thursday. The Lady Raiders were able to be aggressive at the net with the help of 25 assists. Defensively, Coffee County also scooped up 26 digs in the district win. Bailey Morgan led the Lady Raiders in kills with 9 while adding 7 assists and 2 service aces. Baylee Nester led Coffee County in aces with 5 and added 6 kills. Tyana Fenton had 7 digs and Rachel Henley led the team in assists with 18. Coffee County...
Red Raider Golf Claims Win on Thursday
The Red Raider Golf team swept a pair of matches in Shelbyville on Thursday as they out shot Franklin County and Shelbyville. The Red Raiders shot a team score of 309 to defeat Shelbyville by 28 strokes and Franklin County by 33 strokes. The win improved the Raiders record to 28-6 on the season. Sophomore Samuel Prater led the Raiders with an even par round of 72 to tie for low score honors. John Parigger shot a 75, Austin Farris had a 79 and Reid Lawrence carded an 83. The Raiders and Lady Raiders will be in action next...
Westwood Soccer Opens Season with a Win
Lady Rocket keeper Alanna Coker had 14 saves as the Westwood Lady Rockets soccer team blanked Cascade 2 to 0 on Thursday in the season opener in Wartrace. After a scoreless 1st half, the Lady Rockets got a pair of goals in the second half to capture the conference win. Faith Willoughby notched an unassisted goal after intermission and Clarissa Barrera added an insurance goal off of the assist from Britney Hernandez. Coker had 10 first half saves before Westwood controlled the time of possession in the second half to hold Cascade to 4 2nd half shots on frame. Westwood’s...
Westwood Falls at Cascade on Thursday Night
“It’s a tough job to win 2 games in 3 days” said Westwood football coach Chad Dyer following the Rockets 32 to 12 loss at Cascade on Thursday night. Coming off a win on Tuesday over Middle Tennessee Christian, the Rockets fell behind 20 to 6 at the half. Westwood got a first half touchdown on an off-tackle run by Reynaldo Ramirez. Trenton Thompson scored on a 4th quarter kickoff run of 67 yards in the 4th quarter. “Reynaldo ran the ball like a man tonight” said Coach Chad Dyer as minor injuries and illness left the Rockets at...
CCMS Volleyball Falls at Warren County
The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider volleyball once again got a strong start before dropping a close conference contest at Warren County on Thursday. The Lady Raiders won the opening set 25 to 20 over the Lady Pioneers. Warren County evened the match with a 25 to 21 win in the second set setting up the tie-breaker set to 15. Tied at 14 in the final set, Warren County captured the last 2 points to win the set 16 to 14 and the match. The Lady Raiders were led at the service line by Maci Head who had...
Braves Can’t Back Solid Whalen, Fall to Nationals
There’s no other way to say it: Nationals right-hander Reynaldo Lopez was electric in an 8-2 victory over the Braves on Thursday night at Turner Field. It started with Lopez’s fastball, which was clocked as high as 98 mph. He ended up with 11 strikeouts in seven innings, while allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits. It was the first double-digit strikeout game of Lopez’s career, and he is just the fourth rookie in Nats history to strike out at least 10 in a game. Braves right-hander Rob Whalen also turned in a solid outing. He pitched six...
