Cocke County High School Youth Baseball Camp (video)
April 25th 2009, CCHS Baseball field.
Around 35 young baseball players from around the county met at the Cocke County High School baseball field for some training on fielding, throwing, catching and batting. The weather was great and the kids were excited about being on the big field and training with friends. “This is a great oppurtunity for these kids, this was our practice for today and I had ten players from my team here today, I hope they do this again” said one little league coach.
Spring Basketball
Several local middle school basketball teams participated in a tournament at Jefferson Middle School during the week end of April 16th-19th 2009. Cosby, Edgemont, Parrottsvile, and Maury middle school were some of the teams that hit the hardwood.
Cosby vs. Jefferson Middle School
The Cosby Eagles battled the Jefferson Middle School Elks in a high scoring shoot-out. Cosby won the game 56-44!!! Read more
CCHS Unable To Convert Breaks
By SETH BUTLER
Newport Plain Talk Sports Writer
ROGERSVILLE-An inability to take advantage of field position and short-yardage situations cost the Cocke County Fighting Cocks on Friday night.
Despite receiving the ball in good field position all night long and having four fourth-and-one situations, the Fighting Cocks’ (0-9, 0-6) offense could not produce points as Cherokee (5-4, 3-3) rolled to a 40-8 decision at a soggy Cherokee High School.
Cherokee’s win evened the series at 13 victories apiece between the two teams and keeps them in contention to gain the Five Rivers Conference fourth and final playoff berth. If the Chiefs defeat Volunteer next week, they will cement their playoff berth.
Both offenses performed sloppily during the deluge, combining for 13 fumbles during the game. However, the Chiefs were the bastion of execution, rolling up 416 yards of total offense and 20 first downs in only 42 offensive snaps.
But, Cocke County’s lack of success on converting fourth-downs was the biggest issue all night for the Fighting Cocks. Most of the fourth-and-short situations, which the physical Cherokee defense stopped, came after the Fighting Cocks had sustained a drive into Chiefs’ territory.
“Anytime we could put anything offensively together, we sputtered out,” first-year Cocke County coach Casey Kelley said. “We weren’t able to convert our third and fourth down conversions effectively tonight.
“That had a lot to do with field conditions and a very aggressive Cherokee defense,” Kelley said. “There were a couple of play call selections based on the defense I would’ve taken back.”
However, the one thing Kelley wishes he could take back for his team was a 99-yard touchdown run by Cherokee’s Coleman Elliott.
Elliott made the touchdown run with 10:00 remaining in the second quarter that broke the spirit and momentum of the Fighting Cocks and increased Cherokee’s lead to 13-0. The run came after a Casey Ragan interception by Brock Stroud in the end zone, stopping a 10-play, 37-yard drive that could’ve tied, or given Cocke County their first lead of the 2008 season.
On the play, Elliott bounced it to the outside, and once one block was made, the running back was able to cut the ball up field and race past Cocke County defenders, cruising the final 40 yards into the end zone.
“Disappointment is that they took the ball downfield 99 yards using a seam they have,” Kelley said. “They got a good iso look that we stuffed, and they bounced it out and take it on down the sideline.
“We’re not fortunate enough to have the speed right now to be able to catch him, but that’s where the off season program comes in after the season trying to get these guys in the weight room and start working on our speed for next season,” Kelley said.
Cherokee continued to exhibit their dominance on the Fighting Cocks, scoring four the last five touchdowns of the game, and pushing their scoring margin to 109-16 the past three outings between the two schools.
Despite the lopsided score, the Fighting Cocks did total 217 yards of total offense, amounting to the third respectable offensive total - after gaining less than 100 yards in four of the first six games of the season.
Kelley credits much of the offensive development to the maturation of quarterback Casey Ragan and other youngsters.
“We’ve asked Casey (Ragan) to step in and be a leader on offense,” Kelley said. “There’s exciting things that is going to happen to Cocke County High School football based on what we see from our younger players.
“A lot of those guys are playing right now and getting a lot of experience,” Kelley said. “Our future is looking bright, but we’re not in the future, we’re in the present right now.”
The next touchdown came after Cocke County elected to punt on fourth-and-less than a yard, however an exchange issue on the snap led to a fumble and two plays later, a Josh Steward touchdown run from two yards out to give his team a 20-0 lead at halftime.
Sophomore Logan Suggs, who joined the team one week prior to the season after not playing since little league football and has made an impact in the skill positions, returned the ensuing kick off into Cherokee territory, but Josh Henry was stopped for a two-yard loss on fourth and less than a yard to thwart the scoring opportunity.
Cherokee tacked on three second half scores, beginning with a 42-yard touchdown pass from Hunter Hamilton to Matt Hale. The pass, one of only two on the night by the Chiefs, came on a situation where the 6-foot-2 receiver was isolated against 5-foot-5 cornerback Damian Dykes.
The height mismatch was an easy decision for Hamilton, whose easy pitch and catch, made his team’s lead 27-0 halfway through the third quarter.
Cocke County marched the ball deep into Cherokee territory on the ensuing drive, behind a 41-yard William Carmichael run, but failed to score after getting to the one-yard line. It was the second consecutive week that the Fighting Cocks failed to score in a goal line situation, after getting the ball to the one-yard line.
Cherokee answered with an eight-play, 94-yard drive, as Steward converted a 35-yard touchdown run with 11:34 to play.
After several swapped fumbles, Carmichael put Cocke County’s seventh touchdown of the season on the board with a 73-yard touchdown run with 3:19 remaining in the game. The Chiefs, however answered with a 75-yard kick return by Landon House to make the final score 40-8.
Five Rivers Action: Greeneville stunned the Five Rivers Conference with a 34-14 victory over Morristown East, giving the Devils the outright regular season conference championship.
In other conference games, Daniel Boone defeated David Crockett 14-7 on Thursday and Morristown West beat Volunteer 29-6.
With one week remaining in the season, Greeneville (6-0) and Morristown East (5-1) have firmly locked down their position on the top two spots in the conference, and Morristown West (4-2) has effectively clinched third place. Cherokee (3-3) holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over Daniel Boone (3-3) in fourth place, while Volunteer (2-4), David Crockett (1-5) and Cocke County (0-6) bring up the final three spots in the conference.
Up Next: Cocke County closes their season next week, when they host the Morristown West Trojans at Hedrick Field on Thursday night. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. (WLIK 1270-AM) with senior night activities slated to begin before the game.
CCHS Releases 2008-09 Basketball Schedule
By SETH BUTLER
Newport Plain Talk Sports Writer
NEWPORT-Tournaments and new non-conference faces on the schedule comprise the 2008-09 basketball schedule released by Cocke County High School last week.
Regular season non-conference games with Science Hill and Heritage, along with appearances in the LandAir Classic for the Fighting Cocks and the Chop House Classic and GreenBank Ladies Classic for the Lady Red headline the 2008-09 schedule.
CCHS retains non-conference games with Grainger County (formerly Rutledge), Gatlinburg-Pittman, and Pigeon Forge for the regular season slate. The school also retained their relationship with Sullivan Central for a Hall of Champions contest, the fifth consecutive year the schools have met in that contest. Cocke County also added a Hall of Champions contest against Sevier County, which opens the season on November 18 in Newport.
In addition to the non-conference games on the slate, 10 games in the Inter Mountain Athletic Conference are again on the schedule. However, the schedule of conference games brings a new twist in 2008-09.
Over previous years, eight of the 10 conference games have been played on Friday, with one conference season series being played on a Tuesday night. This year, four conference games will be played mid-week, giving the team three weeks with two conference games, a dramatic turnaround from the usual pace of one conference game per week.
Cocke County’s regular season wraps up on February 13 at Heritage, and the District 2-AAA tournament begins on Wednesday, February 18 at Jefferson County. Jefferson County was the slated host for the 2007-08 tournament before the event was moved to Greeneville’s Hal Henard Gym prior to the season.
2008-2009 CCHS Schedule
11-18 Sevier County**
11-21 @ Sullivan Central**
11-24 Pigeon Forge
11-25-29 - LandAir Classic @ Greeneville (Boys)
11-25-29 - Chop House Classic @ Knox Central (Girls)
12-2 @ Grainger County
12-5 @ Science Hill
12-9 @ Morristown West*
12-12 Morristown East*
12-16 Cherokee*
12-19 Gatlinburg Pittman
12-22 Heritage
12-27-31 Ladies Classic @ Greeneville (Girls)
1-3 Science Hill (Girls)
1-6 @ Jefferson County*
1-9 Greeneville*
1-16 Morristown West*
1-20 Grainger County
1-23 @ Morristown East*
1-26 @ Pigeon Forge
1-30 @ Cherokee*
2-3 Jefferson County*
2-6 @ Greeneville*
2-10 Gatlinburg Pittman
2-13 @ Heritage
2-18 thru 24: District 2-AAA Tournament @ Jefferson County
*Denotes District 2-AAA Game
**Denotes TSSAA Hall of Champions Game
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