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Motlow Players To Continue Education and Athletic Careers At Four-Year Universities, Plus Basketball Camp
Two former Motlow College student athletes will continue their education and athletic careers at four-year universities following outstanding sophomore seasons at Motlow. Both recently earned their associate degree during Motlow’s May 10 graduation ceremonies. Makenzie Hopkins from Cornersville signed to continue playing softball at Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens, Tenn. Hopkins was a two-year starter for the Lady Bucks at shortstop and completed her career with a .359 batting average. She hit .373 during the 2014 season with 10 doubles and 29 runs batted in. Tre’von (Trey) James is from Darlington, S.C. and came to Motlow for his sophomore...
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Former Raider Golfer Receives National Honor
By virtue of her commitment to excellence on the course and in the classroom, Martin Methodist Women’s Golf member Brittany Kriz, a former Coffee County golfer has been named to the 2014 NAIA Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete team Kriz was one of 118 women’s golf student-athletes that were honored for their athletic and academic successes. The RedHawk golfer also received the honor last year. Kriz who just graduated from Martin-Methodist is from Manchester. A four-year member of the program, Kriz helped grow a young Women’s Golf squad into a roster that featured eight members in 2013-14. Academically, Kriz amassed a...
Try-Outs Are Set For 2015 High School Softball and Baseball
Coffee County Lady Raider softball team tryouts for 2015 will be held Tuesday May 27th and Wednesday May 28th from 10am-Noon. The Red Raider Baseball team will have a baseball meeting with the new coach Brad Weir on Wednesday May 28th at 6pm in school cafeteria. Also tryouts will be on May 29th and May 30th from 6pm-8:30pm for all upcoming 9th through 12th...
Coffee County Softball Finishes 4th Place in the State!
The Coffee County softball team has used aggressive base running and strong pitching to a charm all season long. Those 2 weapons served the Lady Raiders to perfection in a 2 to 0 win over Maryville on Thursday in the elimination round at the Spring Fling state championships. Grace Spellings, who came in as a pinch runner for Kaylee Skipper who singled, scored first for Coffee County when she stole 3rd base and scored when the catcher’s throw ended up in left field. Shelby Giles scored the 2nd run off an RBI double from Anna Spellings. Brianna Jones had 12 strikeouts on the...
Two Track Athletes Close Out Year
Freshman Karson Young jumped a personal best 34 feet on her first attempt as she finished in 12th place in the TSSAA Spring Fling Track Meet on Thursday at MTSU. Young, who only began competing in the triple jump in April, was seeded 15th coming into the meetafter qualifying at 32 feet, 6 inches. Young hit her takeoff perfectly on her approach but came up 8 inches short of advancing to the medal round. Senior Haley Banks concluded her track career finishing in 10th place in the shot put on Thursday. Banks,had 3 throws over 34 feet with her 3rd attempt...
Season On The Line For Coffee County Softball
Brianna Jones allowed only one earned run, but the Coffee County Lady Raiders lost 3-0 to Dickson County on Wednesday in the TSSAA State Softball Tournament. Four Lady Raider errors contributed heavily in the loss. Pitcher Brooklin Lee was strong for the Lady Cougars as she pitched seven shutout innings striking out 13, walking two and she surrendered only four hits. Kaylee Skipper had two of those hits for the Lady Raiders. For her outstanding play defensively at 1st base Rhianna Roberson earned the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game. Next up for Coffee County will...
Haley Banks Competes In 110M Hurdles
Haley Banks ran a time of 16.02 in the preliminary round of the 100M hurdles on Wednesday in the TSSAA Spring Fling state track meet being held at MTSU. That time was not good enough to qualify her for the finals. Haley will compete in the shot put finals on Thursday morning. Karson Young will compete in the triple jump finals on Thursday as well. The shot put will begin at 9:00 AM and the triple jump will begin at 10:15 AM and both events will be held at the Dean Hayes Track & Soccer Stadium at...
