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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. 

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. 

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.