Cocke County splits in home conference opener
NEWPORT-While structure can always provide a plan of attack, sometimes the best attack can be just plain chaos.
That’s what worked best for the Cocke County Lady Red on Friday night.
Cocke County ventured from a structured offensive attack to run-and-gun their way to a 36-point second half in dispatching the Lady Hurricanes of Morristown East 65-45 in an Inter Mountain Athletic Conference clash.
CCHS Soccer Ends Season With Awards Banquet
The Lady Red soccer team pose with some gourds during their soccer awards banquet Thursday night at the Hicks Family Farm. Front from left are Jordan Kohnke, Cortney Barrett, Hannah Hicks, Caitlin Burchette, Jennifer Ball, Rachel Fraley, Marah Kingery and Mikayla Gregg. Back from left are Shayelan Scheffers, Kelsey Lloyd, Whitney LaFollette, Christina Hines, Riane Crowder, Katie Caughron, Natasha Byrd, Marlah Ottinger and Dylan Thomas.
PHOTO BY DAWN MORGAN
Volleyball: Lady Red Falls In Tourney
RUSSELL LAWS
Newport Plain Talk Sports Reporter
It wasn’t because of a lack of effort. And, they certainly played with a lot
of heart. But, it was not to be for the Cocke County Lady Red volleyball
squad as the District 2-AAA Tournament shifted to Jefferson County High
School on Wednesday. The Lady Red, with just seven players in uniform,
went up against the Lady Patriots, and gave it their best fight. Jefferson
County took the first two sets, 25-19, 25-19, and looked set to make a quick
advance to the semifinals. But, the Lady Red fought back in the third set.
The Lady Red’s lone senior, Courtney Lewis, reeled off ten unanswered points
to take the set 25-19. During the 10-point stretch, Lewis had two aces while
Kara Morgan added two kills. The fight was still there in set No. 4 as the
Lady Red tried to send the match to a tie-breaker. The Lady Patriots built a
15-8 lead, but the Lady Red managed to pull within four, 20-16. That was a
close as the Lady Red would get, however, as the Lady Patriots pulled away
for a 25-16 victory, and 3-1 match victory, ending the Lady Red’s season.
Lewis ended her Cocke County volleyball career with 16 kills and 3 aces.
All seven of these girls played extremely hard, said Lady Red head coach
E.L. Biddle. They played excellent volleyball, and they played with a lot
of effort. We missed the contributions of Tracy (Laymen), who is sick and
couldn’t be with us tonight. But, I am so very proud of each and every one
of these ladies.
C.C.H.S Golf: Lady Red Finish Third At Region
Ball, Clevenger advance to state
By SETH BUTLER
Newport Plain Talk Sports Writer
BRISTOL-Cocke County High School’s Lady Red golf team helped contribute to a District 2 domination at Monday’s Region 1-AAA tournament at the Country Club of Bristol.
The Lady Red, who finished with a team score of 162, finished third in the event. Jefferson County, powered by a two over par round of 73 by Kendall Martindale, won the event with a score of 148. Greeneville finished second in the event, six strokes behind the Lady Patriots.
Despite their third place finish, Lady Red golfers Whitney Ball and Lexi Clevenger will represent the team as individuals at the state tournament October 7-8 in Murfreesboro.
Clevenger’s berth in the event marks the second consecutive year the sophomore has qualified for the state tournament.
The Cocke County duo will join the Jefferson County team and Lady Greene Devil golfers Katy Hutcherson and Ashley Morris, who recorded the third and fourth lowest scores of the day.
Cocke County coach Blake Briggs was elated at the performance of the girls team, given the tough competition they received from their District 2-AAA counterparts.
“That’s the best they have played this season,” Briggs said. “It’s hard to deal with Jefferson County with Kendall Martindale, an All-American type player, and Greeneville shooting what they did.
“We played as well as we could,” Briggs said. “I’ll take that 162, that’s pretty good for us.”
Clevenger led the Lady Red with an eight-over par round of 79. Ball, the team’s lone senior, countered with a round of 83. Both Lady Red team members fared well on the course’s par-35 back nine.
Although team member Victoria Barrett did not qualify for the state tournament, she shot an 86, one of her finest performances of the 2008 season.
The performance of the trio helped establish District 2 firmly over the performance of the three District 1 teams. Third-place Cocke County topped fourth place Science Hill by 20 strokes. Dobyns-Bennett finished fifth with a score of 221 and Sullivan Central shot a 294, with individual scores of 111 by Brittany Rogers and a round of 183 by Lilly Davis.
Briggs was excited for his current team members who qualified for the state tournament, but also mindful that he has high hopes and expectations for the team next season.
“I’m glad Whitney gets to go as a senior and Lexi gets to go back. I expect to be here next year,” Briggs said. “We lose Whitney but gain Chasity Gibson.”
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