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With less than 10 seconds to play, senior Jaxon Vaughn found a wide open teammate on the wing. It was Kyle Farless, who finished the rest. Farless drained a 3-pointer with 6 seconds to play and the Central High School Red Raider basketball team left Lawrence County with an impressive 47-46 win Friday night, Feb. 5, 2021.

The basket from Farless ended a game that had the Raiders down by 10 at the half. Farless finished with 12 points to go along with 12 from Vaughn. Trenton Scrivnor led the way for the Raiders with 16.

The win improves the Raiders to 11-8 overall and 6-3 in District 8-AAA play. They will travel to Franklin County at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 for a COVID-19 makeup. Listen to the game live on Thunder Radio – pregame at 5:45 p.m. with tip at 6 p.m – 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com

Pekka Rinne kept the Predators in Friday’s game until the final horn, but Nashville fell to the Florida Panthers, 2-1, at BB&T Center. The result gives the Preds and Panthers a split of their back-to-back set, as the visitors now head back home with a 1-3-0 record on their four-game trip. 

Colton Sissons scored the lone goal of the night for Nashville, and RInne made 34 saves, including 20 in the opening period. But following Thursday’s dramatic comeback, the Preds weren’t able to do the same one night later. 

Coffee Middle School took an early lead over Blackman Thursday night (Feb.4, 2021) and never let it go.

Seven different Lady Raiders scored points, led by 11 from Olivia Vinson in the first half, to drop the Blackman Lady Flames 39-26 in the TMSAA Section 2 Finals at Stewarts Creek Middle School. The Lady Raiders are section champions – and one of four teams remaining in the state.

CMS led 21-13 at the half after a rebound and a put back from Ava McIntosh late in the half and extended the lead to 25-15 early in the third when McIntosh scored on a give-and-go with Channah Gannon. Blackman was never able to pull back to within 10 points.

Vinson led CMS with 11 points. Gannon finished with 9, sitting late in the third and early in the fourth quarter with four fouls. Natalie Barnes poured in 8 points – including a perfect 4-for-4 performance at the charity stripe and an 8-foot jumper late in the fourth quarter to end any remaining doubt.

McIntosh finished with 6 points before fouling out late in the fourth quarter. Peyton Graham and Kaylee Mason each added 2 points off the bench and Sophie McInturff had 1 point.

The Lady Raiders are now 17-1 on the season and in the final four of the state. They will play the Section 1 champion at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12 at Rockvale High School. If they win, they will play for a state championship at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13.

Westwood Middle School’s Lady Rocket basketball program has its new head basketball coach.

And it’s a familiar face.

Shala Ferrell, who spent last season as an assistant with the Lady Rockets and the sixth grade team head coach, will now take over the program.

Ferrell takes over for Angela Houck, who resigned last month after 14 years leading the WMS basketball program.

Ferrell brings experience with her – as an assistant with the Westwood program, running an AAU Travel Program for the past five years and as a high school assistant at Grundy County High School.

She said she is excited for the future of the Lady Rocket program with excellent, young players in the program.

Ferrell also said that she plans to work closely with CHS head girls coach Joe Pat Cope.

Coffee Middle jumped on top of Oakland Middle School early Wednesday night and never let up.

Six first quarter points from Ava McIntosh set the tone and the Lady Raiders rolled to a 36-14 win in the semi-finals of the TMSAA Section 2 Tournament at Stewarts Creek Middle School.

CMS led 13-2 after the first quarter and 22-7 at the halftime break.

Olivia Vinson led the way for the Lady Raiders with 10 points, followed by Channah Gannon who pumped in 9 points. Mcintosh and Sophie McInturff each put in 6 points for the Lady Raiders. Natalie Barnes hit a 3-pointer in the second quarter. Jaydee Nogodula added 2 points.

The win improves CMS to 16-1 on the season and advances the Lady Raiders to the sectional finals at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Stewarts Creek Middle School.

Tickets for the Central High School Lady Raider home game Friday (Feb. 5) against Shelbyville Central are now on sale.

This will be the first home game for the Lady Raiders since tickets have been re-opened to the general public. Gym capacity is limited to 1/3 and tickets are expected to sell out.

No tickets can be purchased at the gate – they must be purchased digitally at gofan.co or by clicking here. Season passes, TSSAA passes and TACA passes are accepted.

Friday’s game tips off at 6 p.m. and is girls only. The Raider boys will be on the road at Lawrence County. The Lady Raiders are currently ranked no. 3 in the state Associated Press poll and senior Bella Vinson is 9 points away from reaching 2,000 career points as a Lady Raider.

If you can’t attend, you can listen on Thunder Radio: 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com

he Nashville Predators announced today that a limited number of single-game tickets for home games in the month of February will be available for purchase to all fans in the Predators television viewing area. Tomorrow, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. CT, available tickets for these games can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com.

“Having provided the opportunity for each of our Season-Ticket Citizens to purchase tickets for this month’s home games through the Loyal Legion Ticket Lottery presented by Tennessee Lottery, we are now thrilled to extend this opportunity to single-game ticket buyers as well,” Nashville Predators SVP of Ticket Sales, Premium Sales & Youth Hockey Nat Harden said. “After hosting our Season-Ticket Citizens during our recent homestand against the Blackhawks, the introduction of single-game purchasing opportunities is an exciting step toward the eventual return of the unrivaled Smashville crowds that we have come to know and love.”

Following the successful implementation of the Smashville Safe policies and Tennessee Venue Pledge, tickets will now be sold in seating pods of two, four and six seats. Throughout the season, these policies and procedures will be under constant evaluation with guidance from the Board of Health, Mayor’s Office, NHL and Vanderbilt Health in order to safely and gradually increase both crowd and seating pod size.

Single-game tickets for February home games will be available in multiple price levels but are subject to availability by game and by price level. Additionally, tickets will be non-transferable and must be used by the purchaser.

A presale code for tomorrow’s single-game ticket on sale can be found in the upcoming edition of Virtual Preds Press, which will be available at 5 p.m. CT this evening @PredsNHL on social media or on the Predators app. The presale, which will include available tickets for February home games, will begin at 5 p.m. CT at Ticketmaster.com.

Throughout the season, limited single-game tickets for future home games will be made available at Ticketmaster.com. For additional information on single-game ticket purchasing opportunities, stay tuned to @PredsNHL on social media

Coffee County got double-digit points from Cole Pippenger and Evan Kirby, but the Raider middle schoolers couldn’t keep pace with Oakland and lost 54-39 in the first round of the TMSAA Section 2 Tournament Tuesday night, Feb. 2 at Rocky Fork Middle School.

The Raiders led 12-10 after one quarter, but an 18-point second quarter by Oakland but the Raiders in a hole they couldn’t climb out of.

Pippenger led the Raiders with 15 points and Kirby added 14. Colter Neel pitched in 4 points, Brady Wright and Brennan Young each pitched in 3.

The CMS Lady Raiders are still alive in their bracket of the tournament. They will play Oakland Middle School at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Stewarts Creek Middle School.

The Nashville Predators will take their 4-5-0 record on the road Thursday to take on 5-0-1 Carolina.

Face-off is set for 6 p.m. and you can hear the game live on Thunder Radio – presented by Charlie Gonzales with Weichert Realtors, Joe Orr & Associates.

For more info on the week ahead for the Predators, click here.

With cold weather settled in over the south, it’s hard to believe but baseball will soon be on the way.

Pitchers and catchers will soon report to spring training for the Atlanta Braves – reporting on Feb. 12 with the first workout set for Feb. 13. The Braves coming off a NL East title and a 4-3 series loss in the NLCS.

You can hear the Atlanta Braves all season long on Thunder Radio – your home for the Braves in Coffee County. Listen at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM.