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Strong Weekend Performance For The Lady Raiders In Southern Classic
Brianna Jones pitched a one-hitter and had a homerun as the Coffee County softballers picked up a 9-0 win in five innings over Lake Zurich, Illinois on Friday in the Southern Classic in Murfreesboro. The big inning was the 3rd when the Lady raiders plated 8 of their 9 runs. Jones struck out 11 as she picked up her 7th win of the year. Coffee County got 2 hits and 2 RBI’s from Kaylee Skipper and Brittany Williams contributed 2 RBI’s. In game two on Friday Coffee County took on Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tori Bell, Haley Hinshaw, Kaylee Skipper,...
CHS Baseball Drops a Pair of Weekend Games
A 2nd inning solo home run from J.P. Duncan staked the CHS Red Raider baseball team to a 1 to nothing lead thru 3 innings of play as Coffee County played host to Warren County on Friday afternoon at Pwers Field. Warren County answered with 2 runs in the 4th inning before scoring 10 runs in the 5th and 6th innings to drop Coffee County 12 to 4. In addition to Duncan’s home run, Noah Anderson was 2 for 3 on the game with an RBI, Dylan Sandoval was 1 for 2 with an RBI and Deandre Wakefield, who...
Westwood Baseball Drops Friday Game to Huntland
The Rockets baseball team of Westwood Middle School played their 3rd game of the week as they played host to Huntland on Friday evening at Looney Riddle Field at Fred Deadman Park. The young Rockets continue to improve but dropped an 18 to 1 decision as coach Tyrell Campbell features a starting lineup loaded with 6th and 7th graders. After spotting the visiting Hornets 2 runs in the top of the first inning, Westwood answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, catcher Nick Smith singled, advanced to second base...
CHS Soccer Earns 6th Place Finish at Gulf Shores Classic Tournament
The Red Raider soccer team split their 2 games on Friday in Alabama as they opened play in the Gulf Shores tournament. The Raiders won a literal slug fest with Madison County, AL in their morning contest by a score of 3 to 0, before dropping the second game to the tournament host, Gulf Shores 5 to 1. In the morning contest, Breyer Taylor ripped an unassisted goal past the Madison Co keeper at the 10 minute mark to give the Raiders an early lead. Samuel Brown added a goal at the 23rd minute off an assist from Ethan...
Bell and Jones Lead The Lady Raiders To Their 6th Win
Thursday was another solid day for Coffee County pitcher Brianna Jones as she threw a no-hitter in the Lady Raiders 8-0 victory over Zion-Benton, Illinois in tournament action in Murfreesboro. No Zee-Bee batter was able to locate Jones’ pitches during the game. Jones threw a no-hitter, striking out 10 batters and walking none while recording her 2nd no-hitter of the year. Seven runs in the 2nd inning helped the Coffee County Lady Raiders blow out Zion-Benton. Tori Bell had two singles and double and she had an RBI. Bell and Jones were named Co-Gateway Tire and Service Center players...
Buck Baseball Update
After a sluggish start to the baseball season, the Motlow Bucks have begun turning their campaign around following a sweep of the Roane State Raiders over the weekend at the Driver Baseball Complex on the Moore County campus. The Bucks (8-17, 5-7) travel to Gallatin this weekend for a three-game series with Volunteer State. Friday’s single game is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. with Saturday’s doubleheader scheduled for a noon start. Motlow will return home on Monday to host non-conference Wallace State at 1...
Red Raider Baseball Falls to Lincoln County on Wednesday
Banging out 10 hits for the game and scoring 2 runs in the top of the first inning is usually a recipe for success for the CHS Red Raider baseball team. Unfortunately, an 8 run inning for Lincoln County saw Coffee County drop Wednesday’s district contest by a final score of 10 to 2. Stanton Keele and Deandre Wakefield pushed runs across in the first inning with no one out, but Lincoln County got out of the bases loaded jam and tied the score in the bottom of the first to send the tie game into the 4th. 5...
Lady Bucks Softball Playing Well
The Motlow Lady Bucks got a pair of shutout pitching performances from freshman Cameron Pearson and won three out of four games from TCCAA rival Roane State last weekend. The series win came on the heels of a doubleheader sweep of non-conference opponent Martin Methodist JV on Wednesday. The Lady Bucks (14-4-2, 9-3) will travel to Gallatin this weekend for a four-game series against conference rival Volunteer State. Friday’s doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m., with Saturday’s action starting at...
