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The Predators opened the 2017 portion of their schedule with a 2-1 overtime loss to the Canadiens on Tuesday at Bridgestone Arena.

The main storyline of Tuesday’s game was the return of former Predators captain Shea Weber, who made his first appearance at Bridgestone Arena since being traded during the offseason. At the first media timeout, the Predators honored Weber with a tribute video, eliciting a standing ovation from the crowd and appreciation from Weber, who saluted the crowd in response. Weber tied the score early in the third period on an assist from former Predators forward Alex Radulov.

Inconsistent is the best way to describe the Predators as they near the halfway point of the season, regularly following up strong performances with disappointing efforts. Tuesday’s effort wasn’t Nashville’s most impressive, being outshot 38-21 through regulation. The Predators were able to salvage a point behind stellar goaltending from Pekka Rinne but lost for the 16th time in 3-on-3 overtime since the start of last season on goal by Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty.

Beating Canadiens goaltender Carey Price, a one-time NHL MVP, is always difficult, especially on only 13 shots, which is what the Predators had until forward Kevin Fiala’s backhand deflected past Price with 54 seconds left in the second period. Fiala’s goal, his sixth this season, may have actually been his least dangerous scoring chance of the game as he spent most of it buzzing around the net. The 20-year-old has been impressive over the past several games, finally being rewarded Tuesday by ending a 13-game goal drought.

Predators defenseman P.K. Subban didn’t play against his former team, missing his eighth consecutive game with an upper-body injury that’s believed to be a herniated disc. Subban, however, was elected Central Division captain Tuesday for the NHL All-Star Game, being held later this month in Los Angeles.

The Predators begin a three-game road trip with a visit to Florida to face the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.  Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast following Coffee County Middle School basketball on Thursday night.

 

 

The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club announced its 2017 Pacific Coast League schedule today, complete with home and away times for all 142 games.

The 2017 season represents the 40th in club history after beginning play in 1978 in the Southern League. The 40th Anniversary season begins Thursday, April 6th when the Sounds travel to Round Rock, Texas for a five-game series with American Southern Division rival, the Round Rock Express.

“We’re thrilled about the team’s 40th anniversary season and third at First Tennessee Park,” said Sounds General Manager Adam Nuse. “Our staff is working hard to create an exciting promotional schedule that will highlight the rich history of 40 years of Sounds baseball in Nashville.”

Following the season-opening road trip, the Sounds return to First Tennessee Park for the 2017 home opener against the Oklahoma City Dodgers on Tuesday, April 11th. Opening Day is part of a seven-game homestand in which the Sounds will also welcome the Colorado Springs Sky Sox.

Notable dates include home games on Easter (April 16), Mother’s Day (May 14), Memorial Day (May 29) and Father’s Day (June 18). The Sounds are on the road for the fourth of July and Labor Day.

The Sounds annual Independence Day celebration will take place on Monday, July 3 when they host the Oklahoma City Dodgers. Last year’s celebration drew 11,759 fans – the largest crowd in First Tennessee Park history.

Twenty-three (23) day games litter the Sounds schedule, including seven at First Tennessee Park. The first home day game is scheduled for Sunday, April 16 against Colorado Springs.

First Tennessee Park will host 34 weekend games, including 10 Friday, 12 Saturday and 12 Sunday games.

A total of ten homestands make up the 71-game home schedule. The final homestand of 2017 spans 12 games from August 19-31, and is also the longest of the season.

Multiple three-city trips highlight the team’s road schedule. From June 1-11, the Sounds visit the Iowa Cubs, Omaha Storm Chasers and Memphis Redbirds as part of an 11-game road trip. The longest trip of the season comes immediately after the All-Star break. The 12-game trip features stops against the Storm Chasers, Cubs and New Orleans Baby Cakes.
A full 2017 promotional schedule will be released in February. Individual game tickets will be available for purchase in March.
The 2017 season will be the Sounds’ 40th in franchise history and their third as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate. Season ticket memberships are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.

Tonight, here on Thunder Radio, the Coffee County Central High School basketball teams return to the hardwood as the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders return to district action. Lincoln County will visit the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym tonight as the Raiders and Lady Raiders have a pair of district games this week. Tonight’s game begins a busy week of prep basketball coverage as the 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series returns on Thursday night at the Coffee County Middle School. Lucky Knott will be on the call as the Raiders play host to Warren County at 6 PM. On Friday, it is high school basketball as Coffee County welcomes Columbia to “The Patch” for the 2nd district game of the week. High school basketball gets underway at 6 PM and Thunder Radio will bring you all the action. Our live coverage begins tonight at 5:50 with the Char-El Apartments and Home Rental Pregame Show.

As we have turned the page on 2016, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 12 prep sports.  Today we look back at a highlight from the girls’ basketball teams.  The highlight of the 2016 year in girls’ basketball was the amazing 2015-2016 season by the Coffee County Middle School Lady Raiders as they compiled a record of 25 and 1 and finished as the runner-up in the TMSAA state tournament in Murfreesboro.  The Lady Raiders fell to Mt. Juliet 43 to 42 on February 6^th.

Thunder Radio reported on their success with the following story we published on February 8^th

Mt Juliet got a short jumper from Emma Palmer with 4 seconds remaining to hand the Coffee County Middle School Lady Raiders their first loss of the year 43 to 42 on Saturday afternoon in the TMSAA Middle School Sectional State Finals in Murfreesboro.  A Coffee County rebound under the Mt. Juliet goal was tied up with the possession arrow belonging to the Lady Bears with 9 seconds showing on the clock.  That set up the last second in-bounds play to the taller and more physical Lady Bear post player who sank the shot and the Red and Black’s state title dreams.

Coffee County, which trailed by 5 points at the half, roared back to take the lead with 69 seconds remaining behind the support of a huge Lady Raider cheering section.  A pair of 3 pointers helped Coffee County tie the score with 4:35 left in the 3rd quarter and set up an exciting final 10 minutes of basketball as each team swapped the lead down the stretch.  The loss broke a 34 game winning streak for Coffee County stretching back to 2014.   The Lady Raiders finished the season with a mark of 25 and 1.

Coffee County was led in scoring by Julia Duncan who had 16 points.  Jenna Garretson added 9 points, including 7 in the 4th quarter.  Ellie Graham and Bella Vinson each finished with 6 points.  Following the game, Duncan, Garretson and Vinson were all named to the All-Tournament Team.

Thunder Radio was on hand to record the finals match-up and that game will be broadcast on Monday night at 8 PM.  A copy of the podcast will be available at our website, beginning on Monday evening at: http://www.thunder1320.com/downloads/  The Lady Raiders will also be guests on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show at 10 AM here on Thunder Radio.  The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast live from Al White Ford/Lincoln.

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The Westwood Lady Rockets faced a rebuilding task this year after advancing to the Conference Tournament title game in 2015.  The biggest win of the year for the Lady Rockets came on December 5^th when Westwood defeated Fayetteville on 8^th grade night 31 to 13.

Thunder Radio reported on their success with the following story we published on December 6^th

Westwood welcomed Fayetteville to the Joel Vinson Gym for 8^th grade night on Monday.  The Lady Rockets controlled the game for the onset to capture a 31 to 13 win.  The Rockets got off to an ice cold start as they fell 50 to 32.

The Lady Rockets used their pressure defense in the 3^rd quarter to blow open a 4 point game and coast to the season sweep of the Lady Tigers.  Allie Roberts was the leading scorer for Westwood with 8 points.  Elissa Woodard added 6 points and Kasen Holt finished with 5 points.

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The CHS Lady Raiders continue to improve under Coach Herb Horton as they have begun this season with a record of 9 and 3.  The most dramatic win of the year for the Lady Raiders came on December 6^th as Abby Morgan hit a jumper with 3 seconds remaining to give Coffee County an exciting win over Warren County.

Thunder Radio reported on their success with the following story we published on December 7^th

How sweep it is! The Coffee County CHS basketball teams got a doubleheader sweep over Warren County on Tuesday night as each team raised their season record to 6 and 1 on the year. The Lady Raiders needed a jumper with 3 seconds to go to claim a 51 to 50 win at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The Red Raiders outscored the Pioneers 23 to 14 in the 4th quarter to take a season split with their McMinnville rivals.
With 9.9 seconds remaining in the game, Coffee County coach Herb Horton called a timeout with his team trailing by 1 point. The play call was drawn up for Abby Morgan to take the game’s final shot and the sophomore did exactly that burying a 10 foot jumper with 3 seconds left to give the Lady Raiders the dramatic win. Coffee County, which led most of the game, saw Warren County take a 5 point lead with 6 minutes remaining. But the Lady Raiders hit eight of their ten 4th quarter free throws to capture the dramatic win and a season sweep over the Lady Pioneers. Alliyah Williams led the Lady Raiders on scoring with 19 points. Holli Smithson added 10 points and Abby Morgan finished with 9. Williams and Morgan were named the Crazy Daisies co-players of the game.

As we have turned the page on 2016, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 12 prep sports. Today we look back at a highlight from the boys’ basketball teams. The highlight of the year 2016 in the boys’ basketball world has to be the resurgence of the Central High School Red Raiders basketball team. Coffee County opens 2017 with a record of 12 and 3. The Red Raiders got their 10th win in dramatic fashion on December 21st to win the 2016 Red Raider Invitational.

Thunder Radio reported on their success with the following story we published on December 22^nd

The ability to slow down the East Hamilton Hurricanes high tempo attack and a huge second half comeback lifted Coffee County to the tournament title of the Red Raider Invitational on Wednesday night.  Trailing by 7 points entering the 4^th quarter, the Red Raiders played nearly flawless basketball in the 4^th quarter to rally for the 66 to 59 win before an electric crowd at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.

Coffee County was a perfect 9 for 9 at the free throw line in the 4^th quarter as they outscored the favored Hurricanes 26 to 12 in the final 8 minutes.  Coffee County was led in scoring by Grant Sadler who finished with 18 points.  Garrett Eldridge and Stephen Sullivan each finished with 13 points as the trio were named to the All-Tournament team.  DeAaron Rozier and Tyrese McGee each added 8 points for Coffee County as the Raiders improved to 10 and 2 overall.

When asked about the halftime adjustments, Coach Williams had this to say

 

In  Wednesday’s other tournament results Franklin County defeated Grundy County 46 to 37 for 7^th place.  Beech dumped Community 57 to 33 for 5^th place and Middle Tennessee Christian raced past Red Bank for 3^rd place by a score of 61 to 46

Coffee County will be back in action on Tuesday as they begin play in the King of the Smokies Tournament in Pigeon Forge.  Coffee County will take on Grainger at 12:30 PM(EST) at Pigeon Forge Middle School.  The tournament will run through Thursday, December 29^th at Pigeon Forge High School and Pigeon Forge Middle School.  Thunder Radio will keep you updated on results.

The Lady Raider basketball team begins play in the Whitwell Tournament on Wednesday, December 28^th as they take on Lenoir City.  That tournament will run through Friday, December 30^th.  After the cancellation of the Hixson Tournament this past weekend, the Lady Raiders have scheduled a pair of games with Baylor.  Coffee County will travel to Baylor on Saturday, January 7^th for a JV/varsity doubleheader.  The JV game will tip off at 4:30 PM EST with the varsity game to follow.  Baylor will come  to Coffee County on Monday, February 6^th for another JV/Varsity doubleheader.  The JV game will tip off at 4:30 PM CST with the varsity game to follow.

Both CHS basketball coaches will be guests on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to give fans an update on their seasons thus far.  The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast LIVE each Saturday morning(including Christmas Eve and News Year Eve) at 10 AM from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.  The Coffee Coaches is also broadcast live and heard here exclusively on Thunder Radio.

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The Coffee County Middle School Red Raiders opened up the 2016 – 2107 season with their 2nd consecutive Woodbury Border War Tournament title. The Raiders defeated Swiss Memorial 44 to 36 in the title game on October 29th.
Thunder Radio reported on their success with the following story we published on October 31st

After trailing 16 to 13 after the first quarter of the finals, Coffee County held off a hot shooting Swiss Memorial team to capture the tournament title by a final of 44 to 36. Swiss hit nine 3 pointers in the game, including 5 in the 4th quarter, but it was not enough to overcome the 11 made free throws by the Raiders in the 4th quarter. Jaxon Vaughn led Coffee County in scoring with 11 points while Marshall Haney and Kyle Farless each added 8. Vaughn, Haney, Farless and Hayden Hullett were named to the All-Tournament team.

The Raiders and Lady Raiders will be off this week as their next game will be on Monday, November 7th at White County. The girls’ game will get underway at 6 PM.

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The Westwood Rockets opened the Duck River Valley Conference Basketball Tournament with a dramatic 37 to 31 win over Huntland on December 10^th.

Thunder Radio reported on their success with the following story we published on December 12^th

Composure ending up being the deciding factor on Saturday as the Westwood Rockets defeated Huntland 37 to 31 in the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament play-in game at the Joel Vinson Gym. In a game marred by a technical foul call on a Huntland player and the ejection of a Huntland parent, Coach Will Pannell and his Rocket team kept their cool in a contentious 2nd half. The Rockets battled back from a 7 point deficit in the 3rd quarter to advance to Wednesday’s quarterfinal round at Cascade.
Leading by 3 points at the half, Huntland stretched their lead to 7 in the first 2 and a half minutes of the 3rd quarter before the wheels fell off of the Hornet train. Brady Nugent hit a pair of free throws awarded to Westwood after Huntland’s top scorer overreacted to an official’s decision. That technical foul call triggered a chorus of displeasure from the Huntland fans directed at the game’s referees. The remainder of the 3rd quarter saw Westwood finish on a 10 to 2 run and also saw a Huntland fan removed from the gym.
Westwood was a remarkable 8 for 10 at the free throw line in the 3rd quarter comeback. Eliot Sain led the free throw barrage as he was 7 of 8 from the free throw line in the 2nd half and finished the game with 7 points. Trent Thompson and Wyatt Nugent led the Rockets in scoring as each finished with 8 points. Will Partin was a perfect 4 for 4 at the line and finished with 4 points.
Westwood will take on the tournament’s #1 seed Cascade on Wednesday night in the tournament’s semifinals. That game will tip-off at 6 PM.

 

The Lady Raider basketball team opened both halves strong in a 60 to 25 win over the host Lady Tigers on Friday to claim 5^th place in the Whitwell Christmas Tournament.  Holding Whitwell scoreless in the 1^st quarter and dominating the 3^rd quarter was enough to give the Lady Raiders a 2 and 1 record on the tournament.

Coffee County opened on a 10 to 0 run to start the game as they held a 25 to 18 halftime lead.  The Lady Raiders then opened the second half on an 18 to 2 run to put the game out of reach for Whitwell.  The Lady Raiders put together perhaps their best half of basketball this season in the second half as they outscored Whitwell 35 to 7 in the final 16 minutes.

Coffee County was led in scoring by Abby Morgan who had 11 points.  Ashley Starks, Alliyah Williams, and Aerial Williams all finished with 8 points while Jacey Vaughn added 7.  The win improved the Lady Raiders record to 9 and 3.

The Lady Raiders will be back in action on Tuesday when they return home for a district doubleheader with Lincoln County.  The girls’ game is set to tip off at 6 PM, Thunder Radio will bring you live coverage beginning with the Char-El Apartments and Home Rental pregame show at 5:50.

As we have turned the page on 2016, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 12 prep sports.  Today we look back at a highlight from the prep football teams.  The highlight for the local teams has to be the 2^nd straight Coffee Pot win by the Central High School team over Tullahoma on August 19^th.

Thunder Radio reported on that big win with a story we published on August 20^th.

If Alontae Taylor circled the Coffee Pot game on his calendar, who could blame him? The Coffee County junior quarterback had his 2nd straight HUGE game against the Wildcats in a 49 to 10 Red Raider win over Tullahoma on Friday night at the Wildcat’s home field at Wilkins Stadium. The Tennessee commitment used big play after big play to lift the Coffee County Raiders to the second straight rivalry win over Tullahoma.  If is the first time since 1982 that Coffee County has claimed back to back wins in the series.
Taylor contributed to all five of Coffee County’s first half touchdowns as Coffee County built a 35 to 3 lead at the intermission. Taylor connected on a 32 yard TD pass to Tyrese McGee on the Raiders first drive before rushing for touchdowns of 48 and 64 yards before the end of the first quarter. After a Tullahoma field goal, Taylor caught a 43 yard touchdown pass from Colton Prater and rushed for another 14 yard touchdown before the half. Taylor added a 36 yard rushing score in the 4th quarter and Prater added a 26 yard touchdown pass to Andrew Mahaffey to close out the Raiders scoring. The win is the largest margin of victory for the Raiders in the 91 year history of the rivalry.

Taylor finished the night with 291 yards rushing on 10 carries and 4 TD’s. He also had 1 pass for 32 yards and a TD and 2 receptions for 48 yards and his 6th TD. Prater was 5 for 9 passing with 100 yards and 2 touchdowns. For his outstanding night, Taylor was named the Thunder Radio/Crazy Daisies Most Valuable Player and also received the Great American Rivalry Series Player of the Game honors.
Coffee County travels to Hendersonville on Friday to take on Pope John Paul II. Thunder Radio will bring you that broadcast beginning with the Friday Night Thunder Pregame show at 6 PM. Coach Ryan Sulkowski will break down the Raiders big win on Wednesday night’s Ryan Sulkowski Show hosted by West Main Brick Oven and sponsored by Coffee County Bank heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.

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The Westwood Middle School Rockets were much improved in 2016 as they opened the season with a 2 and 2 season record.  The 2^nd win of the year was a dominant shutout win over their arch rival Liberty on August 25^th.

Thunder Radio reported on that big win with a story we published on August 26^th.

A pair of big plays in the first quarter lifted the Westwood football team to a 12 to 0 win over their arch rival Liberty on Thursday night at Dyer-Bouldin Field. The Rockets scored on a 69 yard touchdown run from Trenton Thompson and a 39 yard touchdown run from Reynaldo Ramirez to salt away the win. Ramirez’ touchdown was set up by an interception from the Rocket’s Caiden Mullican.
Coach Chad Dyer used his running game to pound the football against Liberty as the Rockets racked up 220 total yards in the first half. The win improves Westwood’s record to 2 and 2 on the season. Westwood will travel to Unionville next Thursday for a 6:30 game with Community.

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The Coffee County Middle School closed out their season winning 2 of their last 3 games under new head coach Bryan Morgan.  The Red Raiders closed out the season on September 27^th with a 30 to 26 win over White County on 8^th Grade Night.

Thunder Radio reported on that big win with a story we published on September 28^th.

The Coffee County Middle School football team ended their season on a high note with a 30 to 26 win over White County on Tuesday night at Carden-Jarrell Field. The win also secured a win on 8th grade night as the Red Raiders closed out the season winning 2 of their last 3 games. Marshall Haney had 2 rushing touchdowns, 1 passing touchdown and three 2 point conversions to lead the Red Raiders.
After a scoreless 1st quarter, Haney scored from 10 yards out and added the PAT to give the Raiders an early 8 to 0 lead. After a White County score and missed PAT, Kyle Farless caught a 58 yard touchdown pass from Haney and Haney added the 2 point conversion. A late White County touchdown cut the margin to 16 to 12 at the half. In the 2nd half, Haney rushed for a 2 yard touchdown but the PAT was no good and Coffee County led 22 to 12 with 9 minutes remaining. A pair of White County touchdowns gave the visitors from Sparta a 26 to 22 lead with 7:14 left. But a resilient Coffee County team scored the winning touchdown on a 53 yard touchdown pass on 4th and 11 as Conner Shemwell hit Farless for the winning score. Haney added the 2 point conversion to put the Raiders on top for good with 5:45 remaining. The defense made the stops they needed in the final 5 minutes to earn the win and close out the season on a winning note.

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We conclude our year in review on Tuesday as we look back at the year in prep basketball.

Juuse Saros made a strong case for more playing time Friday night.

The 21-year-old from Finland got his first career shutout, Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist and the Nashville Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 4-0.

Saros made 25 saves and impressed Predators coach Peter Laviolette.

“He made some important saves throughout the game and he made some big saves at the end of the game,” Laviolette said.

Saros, playing in just his seventh career game, won for the second time on the road. He’s allowed more than one goal once in six games this season and could begin to push veteran Pekka Rinne for a greater share of the team’s starts.

“Coming into the season, I didn’t know that much about him, but he’s proven it every game and given us a chance to win,” defenseman Yannick Weber said. “I think the last time he played (against New Jersey) he deserved that shutout, and I’m happy he got it this time. He might look small in net, but he’s outstanding. When Pekka isn’t going for us, he definitely gives us a lot of confidence.”

Weber, Viktor Arvidsson and Colin Wilson also scored. The Predators have won three of their four meetings against the Blues this season and snapped a five-game losing streak on the road against St. Louis.

Mike Ribeiro had a pair of assists to run his points streak against the Blues to five games.

Jake Allen allowed three goals on 14 shots before giving way to Carter Hutton to start the third as the Blues fell to 14-3-4 at home. They entered the game with points in 16 of their last 17 at the Scottrade Center.

The Blues outshot the Predators 9-6 in the first period but couldn’t convert on a pair of power plays. Saros stopped Jaden Schwartz’s shot from the slot on the Blues’ first man advantage and followed that with a blocker save on Vladimir Tarasenko.

Saros kept the Blues off the board with a glove save on Robby Fabbri’s shot with five minutes left in the second, and he stopped Kyle Brodziak on a breakaway midway through the third.

“It’s kind of like, they’re not going to give up easily so you’ve got to stay sharp to the end,” Saros said.

Weber snapped a shot past Allen to put the Predators up 1-0 at 4:52 of the second period. It was Weber’s first goal in 80 games, dating to April 9, 2015 against Arizona.

“It was a nice pass play by (Craig) Smith,” Weber said. “If you get that opportunity you’ve got to put in the back of the net.”

Forsberg gave Nashville a 2-0 lead, banging in a rebound from Ribeiro’s shot on the power play at 7:26. It was Forsberg’s fifth goal in six games.

“It seems like once they scored that one goal or two, for some reason it took the life out of us, which I don’t know why it does that,” Blues center Paul Stastny said. “We’ve got to be better within a group of 20 guys to find that energy, especially on home ice.”

Arvidsson used some nifty stick-handling to get around Jay Bouwmeester to score his 10th goal, making it 3-0 Predators with 2:24 left in the second. It was Arvidsson’s first goal in nine games.

Wilson scored Nashville’s second power-play goal of the game in the third.

The Blues haven’t won back-to-back games since Dec. 1.

“We’re going to have to have way better 5-on-5 play than what we’re playing right now,” Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. “We’re sitting there relying on our power play, relying on our penalty kill to win hockey games. We’ve got to create more and we’ve got to give up less. Our 5-on-5 play in the second half of the season drives the bus.”

NOTES: The Blues re-signed D Robert Bortuzzo to a two-year contract extension worth $2.3 million. … Predators D P.K. Subban (upper body) missed his seventh game. … Predators F James Neal was in the lineup after leaving Thursday’s game against Chicago with an upper-body injury.

Predators will host Montreal on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena.  Faceoff is set for 7 PM< THunder Radio will bring you live coverage on the Nashville Predators Radio Network immediately following Coffee County basketball.

After falling to tournament runner-up Grainger on Tuesday, the Red Raider basketball team won 2 straight games in the King of the Smokies Tournament at Pigeon Forge to capture 5^th place on Thursday.  Coffee County outlasted Cullman, AL on Thursday 62 to 58.  The Red Raiders were 11 of 16 at the free throw line in the 4^th quarter to hold on for the win.

Balanced scoring was the theme of the day as Coffee County was able to score between 13 and 17 points in each quarter.  To extend that trend, the Raiders also had 4 players finish in double figures as Stephen Sullivan and Grant Sadler tied for high scoring honors with 16 points apiece.  Tyrese McGee added 11 points and Garrett Eldridge netted 10 for the Red Raiders who improved to 12 and 3 on the season. Following the game, Stephen Sullivan was selected to the All-Tournament team.

The Raiders will be back in action on Tuesday when they return home for a district doubleheader with Lincoln County.  The girls’ game is set to tip off at 6 PM, Thunder Radio will bring you live coverage beginning with the Char-El Apartments and Home Rental pregame show at 5:50.