Austin Farris with his 3rd place medal on Wednesday[Photo provided]
A pair of Coffee County CHS golfers have been honored with end of the year honors by a pair of middle Tennessee newspapers. On Sunday, the Tennessean named its prestigious All-Midstate team and senior Austin Farris was included on the team. Farris completed the TSSAA state tournament with an even par round of 72 to finish in third place as an individual. Austin’s 3rd place finish is the highest medalist finish for a Red Raider golfer in the history of the state tournament. Farris’ score helped lead his team to a 3rd place team finish which is also the highest team finish for the Red Raiders in school history.
CHS golfer Samuel Prater[Photo provided]
Teammate and fellow senior Samuel Prater was selected by the Manchester Times as the Coffee County Male athlete of the year. Prater helped lead the Red Raiders to a match record of 80 and 7 on the year which set a new school record. Prater, who was named the District 8AAA Golfer of the Year, was among the low scorers for Coffee County all season long and placed 16th in the state tournament in September. Prater is the first male golfer for Coffee County to play in 3 state tournaments. Samuel has signed to play college golf at Milligan.
