On Thursday, the CCCHS Red Raiders beat Shelbyville Central 8-5 after facing an early, 4-0 deficit in the early innings.
After being postponed twice due to bad weather, the Red Raiders finally played host to Shelbyville for the second game of a two game series.
The Golden Eagles would get on the board first, scoring one run in the top of the first inning for a 1-0 lead.Â
Shelbyville would continue their scoring ways with two runs in the top of the second and an additional run in the top of the third to lead 4-0.
Coffee County would score their first run of the game in the bottom of the third with Brendon Sheppard on a Cole Pippenger grounder to make the score 4-1.
The Red Raiders continued to chip away in the fourth inning, scoring two runs to draw within one, 4-3.
Shelbyville would score once more in the top of the fifth, upping their lead to 5-3, but Coffee County erupted in the bottom of the inning, scoring five runs that included a Colter Neel double that drove in two runs to tie the score at 5-5 and a Blake Hillis double that sent Neel in to give Coffee County a 6-5 lead.Â
The Red Raiders would hold on to win, 8-5 for their fourth district win of the year.
Colter Neel finished the game with one hit and two RBIs, Blake Hillis had two hits and one RBI, Cole Pippenger and Brady Daugherty each had an RBI, Bird Fellers had two hits and Nate Rutledge, Trey Turner and Brendon Sheppard each had one hit.
Daugherty would get the start on the mound, pitching one inning and allowing three runs on three hits while walking three batters on 35 pitches, but Fellers would get credit for the win, pitching four innings, allowing two runs on three hits and striking out six batters on 62 pitches. Pippenger would pitch two innings in relief, allowing just one hit, striking out five batters and walking one on 43 pitches.
The Red Raiders improve to 9-7-1 on the season and their next game will be a Saturday afternoon tilt at Franklin County on Apr. 6 at 1:00 pm.
Wide receiver Michael Gallup is signing a one-year, $3 million contract with the Las Vegas Raiders, multiple media outlets reported. Gallup was released by the Dallas Cowboys last month, clearing $9.5 million in salary cap space, ending his six-year stint with the team. With Las Vegas, Gallup likely would serve as the third receiver on the depth chart behind All-Pro Davante Adams and Jakobi Meyers. Gallup, 28, had 34 catches for a career-low 418 yards and two touchdowns last season. He had big seasons in 2019 and 2020 when he combined for 125 receptions, 1,950 yards and 11 touchdowns. He has totaled 266 catches for 3,744 yards and 21 touchdowns since being selected by Dallas in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft. --Field Level Media
The Jacksonville Jaguars released veteran wide receiver Zay Jones and kicker Joey Slye on Tuesday. Per Spotrac, the moves freed up $5.22 million of cap space for the Jaguars in 2024. Jones' job with Jacksonville appeared to be in jeopardy after the team signed Gabe Davis in free agency and selected fellow wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Jones, 29, had 34 catches for 321 yards and two touchdowns in nine games (seven starts) last season. He totaled 287 receptions for 3,028 yards and 18 touchdowns in 104 career games (67 starts) with the Buffalo Bills, Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders and Jaguars. Slye's time in Jacksonville lasted all of approximately six weeks. The then-free agent signed a one-year contract with the Jaguars on March 18. Jacksonville has Riley Patterson on the roster. The team also selected fellow kicker Cam Little in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Slye, 28, converted 19 of 24 field goals and 32 of 35 extra points in 17 games for the Washington Commanders last season. He has made 82.3 percent of his field goals and just 88.5 percent of his PATs across five seasons with four teams. --Field Level Media
The Cleveland Browns picked up cornerback Greg Newsome's fifth-year option on his rookie contract, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday. Newsome will earn $13.37 million guaranteed during the 2025 season. He recorded 49 tackles, 14 passes defensed, two interceptions and a half-sack in 14 games (13 starts) last season. Newsome, 23, has 128 tackles, 29 passes defensed, two picks and one sack in 41 career games (39 starts) with the Browns. Cleveland selected Newsome with the No. 26 overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft. --Field Level Media
The antitrust class action lawsuit levied against the NCAA may not go to trial as college sports leaders are in talks to settle, per an ESPN report on Monday. The plaintiffs in the case, House vs. NCAA, have accused the NCAA and its power conferences of breaking federal law by limiting how athletes can benefit from selling their name, image or likeness. If the case were to go to trial - set for January 2025 -- and the plaintiffs win, the NCAA and its schools could have to shell out more than $4 billion in damages. NCAA president Charlie Baker, NCAA lawyers, the plaintiffs' attorneys have been meeting with the power conference commissioners and their general counsels in the Dallas area, with talks ramping up of late, per the report. Per the report, more information regarding a possible settlement is expected to be released soon, though no deal is close to completion. The settlement - which could cost the NCAA billions in back pay for former athletes -- could be the foundation for the NCAA sharing revenue with athletes in the future. Although it has not been settled, the top-end revenue share amount per school would be around $20 million every year. Another issue the NCAA faces is college athletes aiming to be viewed as employees and allowing them to unionize, with the National Labor Relations Board reviewing a pair of cases. While NCAA leaders are against athletes becoming employees, Baker has looked into methods to provide more revenue to athletes at some schools. In December, he proposed a subdivision of the richest programs to pay $30,000 per year to half their athletes or more. The NCAA wants Congress to enact a clause specifying that college athletes aren't employees, but there hasn't been much progress on that front. A multi-billion settlement toward revenue sharing with athletes may lead Congress to help govern college sports. --Field Level Media
The CCCHS Lady Raiders dropped their final game of the regular season in a 13-3 blowout loss to the defending Division 1A State Champion Gordonsville Tigers.
On Monday night, the CCCHS Red Raiders celebrated Senior Night with a victory in the First Vision Bank Coffee Cup over Tullahoma in a penalty shootout.
After drawing around 12 million viewers on ESPN, ABC and NFL Network for the first round on Thursday, the NFL draft saw its worst ratings for the second and third round on Friday since 2012. Thursday's viewership was up 6 percent from last year and was the highest it's been since 12.5 million watched in 2021. ESPN led the way this year with 5.6 million, followed by ABC (4.5 million) and NFL Network (1.6 million). When the 2020 draft was remote during the pandemic, a record 15.3 million viewers tuned in for the first round. Only 5.1 million tuned in on Friday, down 8 percent from last year's 5.5 million viewers. Unlike NFL Network and ABC, which carried Day 2 of the draft in full, ESPN opted to carry Game 3 of the Milwaukee Bucks-Indiana Pacers first-round series on Friday, with ESPN2 broadcasting the draft. --Field Level Media
Former Oregon State star Raegan Beers announced on social media Monday that she is transferring to Oklahoma. The 6-foot-4 rising junior averaged 17.5 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game for the Beavers last season while finishing first in the nation with a 66.4 shooting percentage. She earned her second All-Pac-12 selection and was named a third-team AP All-American. Beers, a Colorado native who reportedly also considered transferring to UConn, posted a message on X with a video message accompanied by the words "I'm Home." "I learned from an early age that I have to work for everything," she said during the video. "I learned the importance of loving the process, and the process has led me here, a place that emphasizes the importance of loving the game, loving to compete and loving Oklahoma. "I may just be a kid from the cul de sac in Colorado, but deep down, I'm a Sooner." Beers will have two seasons of eligibility remaining with the Sooners, who are coming off their second consecutive Big 12 regular-season title. However, Oklahoma is moving to the SEC, where the Sooners will do battle against powerhouses South Carolina and LSU, who have combined to win the past three national titles. Oklahoma has made three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances under coach Jennie Baranczyk, but have not advanced past the Round of 32 during that span. The Sooners return Big 12 Player of the Year and All-American Skylar Vann, All-American guard Payton Verhulst and standout freshman Sahara Williams. Joining them will be Beers, who averaged 13.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game as a freshman while earning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and Pac-12 Sixth Player of the Year accolades. She improved on those numbers this past season, when she helped Oregon State reach the Elite 8, where the Beavers lost to South Carolina. --Field Level Media
