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Tickets for Raiders and Rockvale are digital only
Red Raider fans wanting to attend the Central High School football game at Rockvale Friday must purchase tickets digitally.
There will be no tickets sold at the CHS campus or at the gate Friday at Rockvale.
The Raiders face the Rockets at 7 p.m. Friday at Rockvale High School.
To purchase tickets, download the GoFan app on your iPhone, or visit www.gofan.co on your android device. Click here for a direct link to purchase tickets.
If you can’t make the trip, the Raiders play every game on Thunder Radio – your home for all Red Raider and Lady Raider athletics. Pregame coverage begins at 6 p.m. with the Friday Night Thunder pregame show. Listen on 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, stream for free on Manchester Go app or www.thunder1320.com
Westwood basketball cancels first game
The Westwood Rocket basketball teams were scheduled to open the 2020-2021 season by hosting Tracy City on October 15. However, that game has not been cancelled.
The Rockets and Lady Rockets will now open the season a week later, Oct. 22 when they host Cascade Middle School at 6 p.m. Those games against Cascade are scheduled to be broadcast live on Thunder Radio.
Bonnaroo 2021 pushed to September
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival announced Tuesday that the dates for the 2021 festival have been pushed back.
Originally scheduled for June like normal, Bonnaroo announced that the 2021 festival will now take place Sept. 2-5.
The only information provided by the festival for the change was that they are “navigating the best options to ensure we can be together on the farm in 2021.”
The 2020 festival was cancelled altogether due to COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 festival will be the 19th festival. The festival started in 2002 and was held annually until this year.
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First Missionary Baptist Church to provide food baskets in October
First Missionary Baptist Church in Manchester will be providing a Food Box giveaway on the first four Saturdays in October – Oct. 3, 10, 17 and 24.
The giveaway will be located at their church building – 216 Wiley St – from noon until 3 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 3.
Organizers anticipate giving away 200 to 250 boxes each Saturday.
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Gov. Lee extends emergency orders; lifts all restriction on business, gatherings
Tennessee Governor Bill lee on Tuesday announced he is extending the state of emergency in Tennessee due to COVID-19 – saying he will maintain the order as long as President Donald Trump maintains a state of emergency.
Lee added that despite the extension of the state of emergency, he is repealing all COVID-19 related restrictions on businesses and gatherings in Tennessee. However, county health departments in Tennessee’s six largest cities can set their own regulations.
The emergency extension allows for county mayors to impose mask mandates if they wish – however, most counties either did not impose such mandates or have allowed them to expire.
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Storehouse Food Pantry to have appreciation day on Oct. 16
The Storehouse Food Pantry will be having Appreciation Day October 16th from 11-2 p.m.. The pantry is located at 607 Hickerson St. in Manchester.
Organizers are asking the community to bring a non-perishable item or a monetary donation for support of the pantry. There will be free hot dogs served up on that day.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Storehosue Food Pantry has served hundreds of people with free food boxes on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon and throughout the week for people that have been referred to us by agencies.
Everyone is welcome to stop by, say hello and learn more about the program.
Coffee County 4-H to host free trivia night
The Coffee County 4-H will be hosting a free drive-in trivia night scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5 in the administrative plaza parking lot (1329 McArthur St.) in Manchester.
Topics will vary, but the featured category for the evening will be Disney. This is a free community event. However, donations for the Coffee County 4-H program are welcome and accepted.
One smartphone per team will be needed to play.
Lady Raider volleyball falls in regular season home finale
The Central High School Lady Raider volleyball lost a regular-season match on Monday for the first time this season. Their prior losses had come in tournament play.
In a match you heard on Thunder Radio, the Lady Raiders fell to Eagleville 3-2 in the best-of-five match (23-25, 25-11, 28-26, 19-25 and 11-15).
Keri Munn led CHS at the service line with five aces, followed by Lauren Brandt with four.
Kiya Ferrell put down 16 kills at the net, followed by Brandt with 11. Brandt led the team in assists with 26.
Sydney Shipley finished with 15 digs to lead the Lady Raiders.
The Lady Raiders are now 17-4 on the season. They will travel to Oakland for a non-district tilt to close out the regular season on Thursday, Oct. 1.
Freddie Freeman named player of the month, Braves open postseason play on Thunder Radio Wednesday
After slugging the Braves into the postseason, Braves’ first baseman Freddie Freeman was named MLB player of the month for September on Monday.
Freeman emerged as a National League MVP frontrunner alongside Padres phenom Fernando Tatis Jr. as the Braves won their third straight NL East title and earned the No. 2 seed in the NL. The veteran first baseman led the NL with a 1.246 OPS in September — just ahead of teammate Marcell Ozuna — batting .375/.496/.750 with eight home runs and 32 RBIs.
Freeman’s red-hot final month gave him a season slash line of .341/.462/.640 with a 1.102 OPS and he led the Majors in runs scored (51) and doubles (23).
The Braves open postseason play by hosting a three game series against the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. First pitch for game one is set for noon central time, and you can hear that game here on Thunder Radio.
High school soccer to be on the radio Tuesday
Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Central High School Lady Raider soccer team will host Shelbyville at 6 p.m. in a match you can hear on Thunder Radio as part of the First National Bank sports series.
Courtney Steere will be on the call. Air time is set for 5:50 p.m.