Coffee County Baseball Opens Season with Tough Loss to Riverdale

March 4, 2024

The Coffee County Red Raiders opened their high school baseball season on Monday as they hosted Riverdale at Powers Field.

The Warriors used 11 hits and were issued 8 walks by Raider pitchers to pick up the 15-6 win. Liam Goodhart had 3 and 4 RBI to lead Riverdale.

Coffee County got 2 hits, an RBI and 2 runs scored from second baseman Colter Neal. Brenden Sheppard and Nate Rutledge added 2 hits each. Cole Pippenger had a 2-RBI double for the Raiders.

Coffee County will travel to Siegel on Thursday. The first pitch is set for 6 PM.

Rooster 101.5 will provide coverage of Coffee County softball on Thursday as the Lady Raiders host Cascade. Rooster’s first baseball broadcast will take place on Tuesday, March 12 as the Raiders take on LaVergne 4:30 at Riverdale in the Grand Slam Classic.

Lucky Knott

One of Southern Tennessee's most experienced and recognized news broadcasters and play-by-play sportscasters. News and Sports Director for Rooster 101.5 FM, 93.9 The Duck and Whiskey Country 105.1, and 95.9. He is currently the play-by-play voice of the Coffee County Red Raiders (31 years) on The Rooster 101.5 and can be heard M-F broadcasting our local news. Lucky has done play-by-play for 3,993 (and counting) sports events on Radio & TV. He also served four years as the Public Information Officer for the Coffee Co. Sheriff's Dept. and taught Radio/TV for six years at Grundy County High School.