Category: Sports

In a match you heard on Thunder Radio, Shelbyville outshot Coffee County Central 22-10 Tuesday night and ended up dropping the Lady Raiders 4-1 in a District contest.

The lone goal for the Lady Raiders came on an penalty kick in the 58^th minute from Ellie Fann to make the score 2-1. But the Eaglettes added two more goals in the 72^nd and 77^th minute to pull away. Paige Blackburn scored a pair of goals to go along with a goal from Cheyenne Nation and Cheyenne Watson for Shelbyville.

Lucy Riddle had nine saves in goal for the Lady Raiders.

Coffee County will return home on Thursday for senior night. The Lady Raiders will host Lincoln County at 6:30 p.m. That game will be broadcast live on Thunder Radio as part of the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Coffee County did a lot of things right Friday night against Cookeville.

But in the end, the Cavaliers made one more play than the Raiders and escaped with a 20-19 in at Eddie Watson Stadium in Cookeville.

Cavalier quarterback Stockton Owen scored his third touchdown of the night with 1:56 to play, scampering into the end zone from five yards out to give Cookeville the 20-19 lead. Coffee County’s last ditch effort to drive the field came up short when a Conner Shemwell pass was intercepted by Owen.

Cookeville was able to take the lead just 2 minutes after the Raiders jumped in front. Konor Heaton put CHS in front with 4:40 to play on a one-yard score. Heaton’s touchdown was set up by a 38 yard completion from Shemwell to Andrew Hite on fourth and nine. The Raider two point conversion failed, putting CHS up 19-14.

The Raider defense seized all of the momentum from Cookeville late in the first half. With Cookeville driving the field at the Raider 18, Owen fumbled a snap and Derrick Scott picked it up and rumbled 80 yards for a touchdown. The extra point was no good after an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the Raider bench, but the score put Coffee Count up 13-7 at the half. Coffee County’s first score came with four minutes to play on a 1-yard touchdown plunge from Marshall Haney.

Owen led both teams on the ground, finishing with 192 yards on 21 carries for the Cavaliers – he accounted for all three Cookeville scores.

For Coffee County, Haney had 49 yards on 17 touches. He also caught two passes for 11 yards. Six different Red Raiders caught passes from Shemwell, who was 10-for-22 for 104 yards. He also rushed for 22 yards on four carries.

The loss drops Coffee County to 2-3 on the season and 1-2 in Region 3-6A competition. CHS travels to Rockvale on Friday, Oct. 2. That game will be broadcast on Thunder Radio, beginning with Friday Night Thunder Pregame at 6 p.m. You can listen at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, stream on the Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com

Miss the game? Listen to the first half call on Thunder Radio HERE. Listen to the second half HERE.

The freshman football Red Raiders will host Cookeville Monday night at 6:30 p.m. in a game that was not originally planned.

The freshman team was scheduled to go to Green Hills later this week. However, that game was cancelled, leaving a hole in the schedule. The freshman team is 3-2 on the season and coming off a win over White County.

Titans kicker Stephen Gostkowski is doing what the Titans signed him to do – make field goals.

And the long-time NFL kicker made a lot of them here on Sunday to lift the Titans to a 31-30 win over the Vikings here at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Remember that shaky start for Gostkowski in Denver?

It’s long been forgotten now, as Gostkowski has kicked game-winning field goals in each of the first three weeks of the season.

“You play this game for a long time, and you are going to have good and bad things happen,” Gostkowski said after kicking six field goals, including the game-winner from 55 yards on Sunday. “Obviously I was rusty that first game – I didn’t feel great, and obviously played one of the worst games I’ve ever played. But the worst thing you can do is change everything – you need to stick with what gets you there … and focus up a little more.

“It’s nice to be up here (today on a Zoom call) not in an embarrassed state and be excited for a victory. … It’s a lot more fun to be an asset than a liability.”

Gostkowski kicked the game-winner with 1:44 remaining.

On Sunday, the former Patriots kicker also made kicks of 30, 31, 39, 51 and 54 yards.

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