Coffee County softball resumed its Warrior Classic slate with a pair of matchups in Murfreesboro Thursday.

Taking on two out-of-state teams, the Lady Raiders opened the day with a 6-0 loss to Bradley-Bourbonnais (Bradley, Ill.), before falling 11-4 in five innings to South Elgin (South Elgin, Ill.) later that afternoon.

Against Bradley-Bourbonnais, Coffee County had one hit each from Maddi Scott and Madison Waller for a team total of two.

Yeidy Cruz got it started in the circle, coming out after four innings with four strikeouts, four hits, five runs and five walks. Haleigh Skipper closed it out from there, adding two strikeouts, three hits and one run over the remaining three innings.

In their second game against South Elgin, Cara Newlin came away with three of the Lady Raiders’ six hits. Waller, Ella Arnold and Raelyn Wainwright each had one hit.

Waller picked up two of the team’s three RBI, with the remaining one credited to Newlin.

Lily Norman pitched a complete game, striking out five and giving up 13 hits, 11 runs and two walks over the course of the game.

The losses put Coffee County at 5-7 on the season.

Lady Raiders blanked by Lincoln County

Coffee County softball opened Class 4A District 9 play with a loss last Tuesday night.

Hosting Lincoln County, the Lady Raiders fell behind early on the way to a 5-0 shutout. This was also the team’s second straight scoreless loss.

“They (Lincoln County) made plays when they had to and we struggled tonight to find those plays. We played well, just not well enough. We knew coming into this game that they were gonna be tough,” Coffee County coach Brandon McWhorter said. “They have a good pitcher and they have really good hitters. I think they average about eight runs a game, so I’m happy that we were able to get them down there, but we’ve just gotta have more confidence at the plate. We’ve gotta be able to hit the ball a bit more.”

Scoreless after the first inning, Lincoln County got on the board in the top of the second and continued to grow its lead from there. The Lady Falcons went on to make it a 2-0 game in the top of the third inning before adding two more runs in the top of the fifth.

Coffee County gave up one more run in the top of the sixth before Lincoln County sealed the win in the following inning.

“It’s all about me. We talked about it last year, same time, same place, they were celebrating on our field. It’s how we improve, how does this game make us better,” McWhorter added. “As long as this game makes us better, we’re gonna be better in May and that’s all that matters.”

Skipper had the Lady Raiders’ only hit of the night in the bottom of the third in- ning.

Norman pitched all seven innings, finishing with three strikeouts, eight hits, five runs and two walks.

CHS shut out by Warren Township

The Lady Raiders were held scoreless through four-and-a-half innings in their Warrior Classic opener at Riverdale High School last Monday night.

Taking on Warren Township (Gurnee, Ill.), Coffee County fell 8-0.

Scott was credited with two of Coffee County’s four hits. Cruz and Taylor McBride each had one hit.

Scott took the loss in the circle, striking out three and giving up seven hits, eight runs and three walks over the course of the game.