Alontae Taylor(file photo)
The Coffee County Red Raider football team honored 12 seniors on Friday as Coffee County celebrated Senior Night prior to the regular season finale against Siegel. The Stars spoiled the rest of the night as they dropped the Raiders by a final score of 36 to 16.
The Stars got a touchdown in the last 90 seconds of the 2nd quarter to take a 22 to 0 lead into the half. Siegel then scored in the first minute of the 3rd quarter to spoil any Coffee County upset bid. Pablo Sanz kicked a 27 yard field goal in the 3rd quarter and Alontae Taylor ripped off a 65 yard touchdown run to cut the deficit to 29 to 10 entering the 4th quarter. DeAaron Rozier bulled his way into the end zone with 1:32 remaining in the game to close out the scoring for the Raiders.
The Raiders were led offensively by Taylor as the junior quarterback rushed 15 times for 137 yards and a touchdown. He also passed the ball 9 times with 3 completions for 42 yards and had 2 receptions for 27 yards. Rozier finished with 23 yards rushing on 11 carries and Colton Prater was 3 for 3 for 44 yards passing. The Thunder Radio/Crazy Daisies Player of the game was Alontae Taylor
The Raiders will open the TSSAA playoffs on Friday night as Coffee County will travel to Maryville to take on the nationally ranked Rebels. Kickoff for all playoff games is 7 PM local time, so the game will begin at 6 PM CDT. Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast live beginning at 6 PM.
