Andy Escue, CHS assistant soccer coach, talks to his team after a recent practice on the soggy Raider Soccer Field.
The wet weather continues to play havoc on the high school spring sports schedule. Thursday’s full game schedule appears in jeopardy and cancellations and schedule changes have already been announced for the week-end. The Central High School soccer team has added a game for Thursday night as they will travel to take on LaVergne at 6:00 PM. The Raiders, who originally had 3 games schedule this weekend in Cleveland, have had their tournament schedule changed. The Raiders will now play 2 games on the artificial turf at Chattanooga Christian on Friday and Saturday. The Raiders open against Chattanooga Christian at 4 PM Eastern Time on Friday afternoon then they follow that up with a 10 AM Eastern matchup against Cleveland on Saturday morning.
The Lady Raider softball team is scheduled to welcome district foe Lawrence County to Lady Raider Field on Thursday night at 7 PM. Thunder Radio is scheduled to bring you the broadcast(weather permitting). The Lady Raiders have withdrawn from this weekend’s Hendersonville Tournament. With the early withdrawal the Lady Raiders, who were scheduled to play at least 4 games, will have the option to enter another tournament later in the season.
The CHS JV baseball team was scheduled to host games at Powers Field on Thursday through Saturday at Powers Field, but that schedule has been changed as well. The Thursday and Friday games have been cancelled, but the JV Raiders will play host to Blackman on Saturday in a doubleheader if the weather cooperates. That JV doubleheader begins at 11 AM and immediately precedes a varsity doubleheader with Ridgeland High School from Georgia. That doubleheader is scheduled to begin at 4:00 PM and Thunder Radio is scheduled to bring you the broadcast(weather permitting).
The CHS Track team is set to begin their season on Saturday at the Riverdale in the Early Bird Invitational. The boys and girls track teams are set to match up with 20 other teams from all parts of middle Tennessee in the event. The meet is scheduled to get underway at 11 AM with the field events.
Thursday’s Schedule (Weather Permitting)
3:00 PM – CHS Tennis at Warren Co
5:00 PM – WMS Softball at Riverside Christian
5:00 PM – WMS Baseball at Forrest
5:00 PM – CCMS Soccer at South Franklin
5:00 PM – CCMS Softball at North Franklin
6:00 PM – CHS Soccer at LaVergne
7:00 PM – CHS Softball HOSTS Lawrence Co – Thunder Radio Broadcast
