The WCMS football team threatened to take a fourth-quarter lead Tuesday night in Manchester, but the Pioneers couldn’t get past Coffee County in falling 22-12.Aden Page and Ethan Bernhardt each scored touchdowns to lead the WCMS attack.Warren County was down 16-12 late in the game when the Pioneers mounted a drive that pushed the ball inside the 10. A touchdown would have put Warren County ahead, but the Pioneers failed to execute.“We had a penalty that turned a second-and-5 into a first-and-18,” said WCMS coach Donnie Harris. “We couldn’t make up for that and had a turnover on downs.”Coffee County responded by driving from inside its own 10-yard line to go the length of the field for a TD to put the game away, 22-12.Coffee County scored first to snatch an 8-0 lead before Page put the Pioneers on the board with a 20-yard TD run.“He was able to get free around the end,” said coach Harris.
Coffee County tops WCMS Pioneers