Coffee County Middle School soccer girls traveled to Tullahoma on Monday for a conference match. The Lady Raiders remain undefeated at 5-0 on the season after a 4-2 win over the Lady Cats. Jenna Garretson and Morgan Henley scored first half goals to help Coffee Middle to a 2-1 advantage at halftime. Sam Ellison kicked in the two 2nd half goals. The Lady Raiders travel to Sparta on Tuesday for a conference match with White County at 5 PM. The Lady Raiders will be at home on Thursday as they host Algood beginning at 5:30pm.
In middle school volleyball action on Monday the Coffee Middle Lady Raiders split a Varsity/JV doubleheader on their home floor with Warren County. The Lady Raider varsity fell 25-15 and 25-17 while the JV Raiders won their match 25-20 and 25-23. The Lady Raiders will be back on the court today (Tuesday) as they host South Lincoln at 6pm.
In freshman football the Raider Academy took on Tullahoma. At the end of the 1st quarter it was beginning to look like a high scoring game as the Cats led 14-8. In the 2nd the Raider offence would get it rolling taking a 28-20 lead at halftime. In the 3rd the Raider freshmen upped their lead by scoring twice to make the score 42-20 going into the 4th. The scoring just kept on coming as Coffee County added 2 more TD’s and two more 2-point conversion and walked away with a 58-20 win over Tullahoma.
The next game for the freshmen Raiders will be September 14 at Cookeville.
Tonight (Tuesday) the Coffee Middle Raiders will take on Tullahoma in the annual “Coffee Cup” game at Carden-Jarrell Field in Manchester. Thunder Radio will have the broadcast with Dennis Weaver beginning at 6:20pm with kickoff set for 6:30pm.
