Brady Daugherty sends one into the Cougar defense in Coffee County’s win over Middle Tennessee Christian. Daugherty finished the night with one run scored and four RBIs on three hits.
Brady Daugherty sends one into the Cougar defense in Coffee County’s win over Middle Tennessee Christian. Daugherty finished the night with one run scored and four RBIs on three hits.
On Thursday night, the Coffee County Red Raiders beat Middle Tennessee Christian 13-8 for their third win in a row.
Coffee County showed some offensive fireworks early, scoring four runs in the first inning as Jayden Fellers scored after the Cougars walked Colter Neel, Cole Pippenger scored on a Brendon Sheppard sacrifice fly and Blake Hillis and Neel scored on a Brady Daugherty single, giving the Red Raiders a 4-0 lead.
The Cougars scored two runs in the bottom of the first, but the Red Raiders would score four more runs in the second as Fellers scored on a single by Neel, Pippenger scored on a Trey Turner sacrifice fly, Neel scored on a shortstop error and Sheppard scored on a Daugherty single as Coffee County took a commanding, 8-2 lead after the first two innings.
The Cougars would score two more runs in the bottom of the third to make the score 8-4 heading into the fourth inning, where the Red Raiders answered with two runs of their own as Turner tripled to send Neel home for a score and Turner scored on a Daugherty single to make the score 10-4.
Middle Tennessee started to chip away, scoring two more runs in the bottom of the fourth and one run in the fifth inning to make it a 10-7 ball game going into the sixth inning.
Coffee County would add another three runs in the sixth as a Daugherty bunt caused trouble for the Cougar defense, allowing Sheppard and Turner to score and Daugherty would score on another error, this time caused by a Nate Rutledge grounder.
Middle Tennessee would score another run in the bottom of the sixth but the Red Raiders held on for the win, 13-8.
Daugherty finished with four RBIs on three hits, Neel had two RBIs on three hits, Turner had two RBIs on one hit, Rutledge and Sheppard each had an RBI, Fellers had three hits and Pippenger had two hits.
Fellers would get credit for the win on the mound, pitching four innings, allowing six runs on seven hits, striking out four batters and walking two on 57 pitches.
Pippenger would get the save, pitching two innings and allowing one run on one hit while striking out three batters and walking one on 34 pitches.
The Red Raiders are now 3-2 on the season and their next game will once again be in Murfreesboro, this time at Riverdale on Friday, Mar. 15 at 6:00 pm where the Red Raiders will be looking to avenge their season-opening loss to the Warriors back on Mar. 4.
Iowa sophomore forward Ava Jones, who was seriously injured as a pedestrian hit by an impaired driver before she ever played for the Hawkeyes, will take a medical disqualification and retire from college basketball. Hawkeyes coach Jan Jensen made the announcement Friday after Jones consulted with team doctor and athletic trainers. She was not cleared to play for Iowa in the 2023-24 season but will remain on scholarship and continue to work toward her degree in sports media and culture. "I would like to start by saying how grateful I am to have been a part of the Iowa women's basketball program," Jones said Friday on social media. "I am extremely blessed to have been a part of the journey last season. "It is with great sadness to announce that I am medically retiring from college basketball. My coaches, doctors, teammates, and trainers have been amazing since the accident. While I will no longer be a member of the women's basketball program, I will still be on scholarship, receive a world class education and forever be a Hawkeye. "I'd like to thank my family for the never-ending support and I am excited for the next chapter of my life." The 6-foot-2 Jones was a star at Nickerson (Kan.) High School and ranked No. 83 in ESPN's HoopGurlz player rankings for the Class of 2023 when she committed to Iowa on July 3, 2022. Two days later while in Louisville for an AAU basketball tournament, Jones went for a walk with her family when an impaired driver veered onto a sidewalk and hit them. Her father, Trey Jones, was killed while her mother, Amy Jones, suffered a brain injury and 21 broken bones. Her younger brother, Creek Jones, suffered minor injuries. Amy Jones suffered a traumatic brain injury, torn ligaments in both knees and an injured shoulder. Iowa announced Jones would remain on scholarship. Jensen, the Iowa associate head coach who recently replaced the retired Lisa Bluder, said in a statement Friday: "We wish Ava the best on the road to recovery and fully support the decision she made to step away from the game. "She worked tirelessly to get to this point, but she made the best decision for herself and her well-being." The driver, Michael Steele Empson Hurley of Lexington, Ind., was allegedly under the influence of drugs he hit four members of the Jones family. Hurley was indicted by a grand jury and charged with one count of murder, two counts of first-degree assault, one count of assault in the fourth degree and once count of operating a motor vehicle under the influence. --Field Level Media
The NFL released its 2024 preseason schedule Friday, also revealing the five games that will be televised nationally. Each of the NFL's five primary media partners will take a turn to get its crews ready for the season, starting with ESPN/ABC airing the Hall of Fame Game from Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. ET. That game features the Houston Texans and Chicago Bears. Andre Johnson of the Texans and three former Bears -- Devin Hester, Steve McMichael and Julius Peppers -- are among the seven players to be enshrined in Canton in August. In Week 2, FOX will be on the call when the New Orleans Saints visit the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers on Aug. 18 at 8 p.m. ET And in Week 3, Amazon Prime will return to its Thursday night slot as the Indianapolis Colts meet the Cincinnati Bengals on the road on Aug. 22. Game time is 8 p.m. ET. Two games on Aug. 25 will conclude the nationally televised preseason schedule: the Arizona Cardinals at Denver Broncos (4:30 p.m. ET, CBS) and New England Patriots at Washington Commanders (8 p.m. ET, NBC). The regular season begins on Sept. 5, with the Baltimore Ravens visiting the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. --Field Level Media
Kansas City Chiefs defensive end BJ Thompson was awake and responsive Friday afternoon after the player had a seizure and went into cardiac arrest on Thursday, NFL Network reported. Chris Turnage, Thompson's agent, told NFL Network that the prognosis is good for the 25-year-old Thompson, who had the seizure during a special teams meeting. He had been unconscious at an area hospital since the incident. Per reports, the Chiefs' medical staff attended to Thompson and an ambulance was called. The Chiefs sent players home and rescheduled practice for Friday. Thompson recorded two tackles in one game as a rookie last season. He was selected by Kansas City in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Stephen F. Austin. --Field Level Media
The expansion of the College Football Playoff to 12 teams means there will be college games aplenty during the holidays and after New Year's Day in 2025. And in a scheduling twist, college football will find its first-round playoff games on Dec. 21 going head-to-head with a pair of NFL Saturday games that could weigh on the AFC playoff picture -- the Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens. The complete college bowl schedule was announced Thursday, with bowl season kicking off Dec. 14 with the Cricket Celebration Bowl in Atlanta and the Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, Ala., and culminating with the national championship game on Jan. 20 in Atlanta. In between, there will be nearly four dozen college bowl games played, including four CFP first-round games on Dec. 20-21, one quarterfinal on Dec. 31, three quarterfinals on Jan. 1 and the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl moving from their traditional holiday week time slots to Jan. 9 and 10, respectively, to host semifinal games. Eight of those games will be played on Dec. 28 alone, giving football fans an extra holiday-week treat. For the first time, the annual Army-Navy rivalry game will share a day with bowl games. The service academies still get a time slot all to themselves at 3 p.m. ET on Dec. 14, but first up will be the Celebration Bowl -- an FCS tradition that pits the MEAC champion against the SWAC champion -- and the Camellia Bowl will follow that night. Below is the complete bowl schedule, without a listing for the Holiday Bowl. That game has yet to be scheduled. All times are Eastern. --Dec. 14 Celebration Bowl, noon, ABC Camellia Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN --Dec. 17 Boca Raton Bowl, 5:30 p.m., ESPN Frisco Bowl, 9 p.m. ESPN --Dec. 18 LA Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN --Dec. 19 New Orleans Bowl, 7 p.m., ESPN2 --Dec. 20 Cure Bowl, Noon, ESPN Gasparilla Bowl, 3:30 p.m., ESPN CFP first-round game, 8 p.m., ABC/ESPN --Dec. 21 CFP first-round game, noon, TNT CFP first-round game, 4 p.m., TNT CFP first-round game, 8 p.m., ABC/ESPN --Dec. 23 Myrtle Beach Bowl, 11 a.m., ESPN Potato Bowl, 2:30 p.m., ESPN --Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl, 8 p.m., ESPN --Dec. 26 Detroit Bowl, 2 p.m., ESPN Guaranteed Rate Bowl, 5:30 p.m., ESPN 68 Ventures Bowl, 9 p.m., ESPN --Dec. 27 Armed Forces Bowl, noon or 3:30 p.m., ESPN Birmingham Bowl, noon or 3:30 p.m., ESPN Liberty Bowl, 7 p.m., ESPN Las Vegas Bowl, 10:30 p.m., ESPN --Dec. 28 Fenway Bowl, 11 a.m., ESPN Pinstripe Bowl, noon, ABC New Mexico Bowl, 2:15 p.m., ESPN Pop-Tarts Bowl, 3:30 p.m., ABC Arizona Bowl, 4:30 p.m., The CW Military Bowl, 5:45 p.m., ESPN Alamo Bowl, 7:30 p.m., ABC Independence Bowl, 9:15 p.m., ESPN --Dec. 30 Music City Bowl, 2:30 p.m., ESPN --Dec. 31 ReliaQuest Bowl, noon, ESPN Sun Bowl, 2 p.m., CBS Citrus Bowl, 3 p.m., ABC Texas Bowl, 3:30 p.m., ESPN Fiesta Bowl, 7:30 p.m., ESPN (CFP quarterfinal) --Jan. 1 Peach Bowl, 1 p.m., ESPN (CFP quarterfinal) Rose Bowl, 5 p.m., ESPN (CFP quarterfinal) Sugar Bowl, 8:45 p.m., ESPN (CFP quarterfinal) --Jan. 2 Gator Bowl, 7:30 p.m., ESPN --Jan. 3 First Responder Bowl, 4 p.m. ET, ESPN Duke's Mayo Bowl, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN --Jan. 4 Bahamas Bowl, 11 a.m., ESPN2 --Jan. 9 Orange Bowl, 7:30 p.m., ESPN (CFP semifinal) --Jan. 10 Cotton Bowl, 7:30 p.m., ESPN (CFP semifinal) --Jan. 20 National championship game, 7:30 p.m., ESPN --Field Level Media
The Seattle Seahawks are signing veteran quarterback P.J. Walker to add depth going into the team's mandatory minicamp next week, NFL Network reported on Thursday. Walker, 29, would join a quarterbacks room led by incumbent starter Geno Smith and third-year player Sam Howell, who was acquired in an offseason trade from the Washington Commanders. Walker appeared in six games for the Cleveland Browns last season, going 1-1 as a starter. He completed 54 of 111 passes (48.6 percent) for 674 yards, one touchdown and five interceptions for a 52.2 passer rating. Walker played for the Carolina Panthers from 2020-22, appearing in 15 games and going 4-3 as a starter. He completed 57.5 percent of his passes for the Panthers for 1,461 yards, five TDs and 11 interceptions for a 63.9 QB rating. An undrafted free agent out of Temple, Walker also sent time with the Indianapolis Colts (2017-19) and Chicago Bears (2023) organizations. --Field Level Media
Kansas City Chiefs defensive end BJ Thompson is in stable condition at a local hospital after having a seizure and going into cardiac arrest on Thursday, multiple media outlets reported. Per reports, the Chiefs' medical staff attended to Thompson and an ambulance was called. The Chiefs sent players home and rescheduled the practice for Friday. Thompson, 27, recorded two tackles in one game last season. He was selected by the Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Stephen F. Austin. --Field Level Media
