Coffee County Middle School’s football team will continue to cease activities through August 25, with practice resuming Aug. 26 due to a COVID-19 issue.
The Raiders had to stop activities prior to this week’s schedule game against Tullahoma and that will now continue into next week. The Tullahoma game has been rescheduled for Sept. 4. Meanwhile, the Aug. 24 game against Harris has been cancelled and no make up date has been scheduled.
SPORTS ROUNDUP: THURSDAY, AUG 19
Westwood Football 36, Community 22
Westwood got a 10-yard touchdown run from Isaiah Deadman to take a lead and never looked back Thursday, beating Community for the Rockets’ first win of the season.
Westwood’s Joel Barrera went wild on the ground, rumbling in from 58 yards out, 32 and 39 yards. But he wasn’t done, getting loose and sprinting in from 50 yards in the second half. Barrera finished the night with 208 yards on just 5 carries.
Westwood Volleyball 2, Cascade 1
After losing in set 1, Westwood roared back to beat visiting Cascade 2-1 Thursday afternoon.
The Rockets dropped the first set 11-25 before winning 25-8 and 15-13
Westwood managed 10 aces at the service line, including three from Audri Patton and two from Maggie Brei, who added 3 kills. The win evens Westwood’s record to 3-3 on the year. Westwood will travel to Fayetteville City on Monday, Aug. 23.
The JV Lady Rockets got a clean 2-0 sweep: 25-17 and 25-14.
Westwood Soccer 4, St Andrews 0
The Lady Rockets improved to 2-0 on the young season with a shutout win Thursday at home. Carmen Barrett scored a pair of goals, Keita McInturf added 1 and Jenny Sanchez 1.
CHS Volleyball 0, Rockvale 3
The CHS Lady Raiders fell to 0-2 on the young season, losing in straight sets to Rockvale Thursday afternoon at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium: 12-25, 25-27 and 18-25.
After falling swiftly in set 1, the Lady Raiders had the lead and set point in the second game but couldn’t hold on for the win.
CHS struggled to get a rhythm on offensive attack all afternoon. Kiya Ferrell led CHS with 6 kills. Both Ferrell and Lauren Brandt had 7 assists. Brandt added 5 digs.
The Lady Raiders had 11 service errors and 13 hitting errors.
Coffee County will be at the MTCS Cougar Classic this weekend.
Lauren Brandt 
Maddy Sussen
Red Raider Golf
The CHS boys golfers fell to Tullahoma and Shelbyville but got wins over Franklin County and Lincoln County at Bear Trace Thursday.
Logan Hale paced CHS, breaking 80 with a 79. Zack Tidwell carded a 96, Avery Hill 104 and Beau Murray 105 for a 383.
Lady Raider Golf
The Lady Raider golfers could not keep pace with Tullahoma, but got wins over Lincoln County, Shelbyille and Franklin County at Bear Trace Thursday.
Cadie Prater shot a smooth 8t and Maggie Crouch 95 for a 180. Tullahoma finished at 151.
Raider football opens season Friday — broadcast on Thunder Radio
The 2021 football season kicks off for the Coffee County Central Red Raiders on Friday, Aug. 20, when the Raiders travel to Franklin County High School.
The Raiders are coming off a 4-win season – the most since for CHS since 2007 – and are looking to add even more this season.
Thunder Radio begins our 64th year of Red Raider football coverage on WMSR. Coverage begins with The Friday Night Thunder Pregame Show (Delivered by Riddle Trucking) at 6 p.m. with host Court Steere. This is the 14th year of Friday Night Thunder, focused exclusively on Coffee County players, coaches and the night’s matchup.
Kickoff is at 7 p.m. with every play on Thunder Radio – coverage driven by Al White Ford Lincoln. Join the broadcast team of Josh Peterson, Dustin Murray and Jonathan Oliver.
The Friday Night Thunder Postgame will follow, featuring area scoreboard, audio highlights from the game and your phone calls with Court Steere.
High School football on Thunder Radio is presented by:
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The full Red Raider football schedule is below. Air time on 107.9 | 1320 AM | 106.7 FM | Manchester Go app | thunder1320.com Thunder Radio each night is 6 p.m. (5:30 for Rhea County game).
Aug. 20 AT Franklin County – 7 p.m.
Aug.. 27 vs. Tullahoma – 7 p.m.
Sept. 3 AT Shelbyville * 7 p.m.
Sept. 10 vs. Page – 7 p.m.
Sept. 17 AT Lebanon* 7 p.m.
Sept. 24 – AT Spring Hill – 7 p.m.
Oct. 1 – vs. Warren Co.* – 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 – OPEN
Oct. 15 – vs. Cookeville – 7 p.m.
Oct. 22 – vs. Rockvale – 7 p.m.
Oct. 29 AT Rhea County – 6:30 p.m.
An * denotes region game.
Bold games at home.
Large video screen coming to Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium
Coffee County Central’s Lady Raiders and Red Raiders basketball teams and the Lady Raider volleyball team are going to have a nice addition to Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium this winter.
The CHS basketball teams and volleyball team hosted area business leaders for a luncheon Thursday and were able to garner $90,000 worth of donations to foot the bill for a massive digital screen that will be installed in the gymnasium before the upcoming basketball season, which tips off in November.
The video board will take up a large chunk of wall above the baseline at the main entrance doors. It will measure approximately 16×10 feet and comes with a multitude of bells and whistles, including:
- HD video display operator control system, which includes preloaded software and professionally designed content library
- Designer templates and guides for creating customized videos, graphics and presentation materials
- 1920 x 1080 High Definition video camcorder for live event coverage and use with fan interaction overlays at each event
- System includes streaming and recording event capability
- System capable of live interaction mode or message/advertising only mode
While the basketball and volleyball teams are raising the money for the board, it will be used for other school events such as assemblies, pep rallies, indoor graduations when necessary and other events as necessary.
The three teams will use the board for fundraising and split revenues.
Thunder Radio is your home for CHS volleyball in the fall all Red Raider and Lady Raider basketball games every winter: 107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, thunder1320.com and Manchester Go app.
Thursday will be busy day in area prep sports
Thursday will be a busy day in area prep sports – the busiest yet of the fall sports season. And Thunder Radio will be at multiple games providing audio coverage and sports photography.
Featured on the Capstar Bank Hometown Sports Series on Thunder Radio (107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM and Manchester Go app) will be the Coffee County Central Lady Raider volleyball team hosting Rockvale at 6:30 p.m.
Other radio coverage includes:
5 pm – Westwood Lady Rocket Soccer hosts St. Andrews. This will be broadcast on the Ben Lomand Connect Stream #2 with Elizabeth Brown on the call.
6 p.m. – Coffee Middle Lady Raider volleyball hosts North. This will be broadcast on the Capstar Bank Stream with Luke Beachboard on the call.
6:30 p.m. – Westwod Middle School Rocket football is at Community Middle. This will be broadcast on the Ben Lomand Connect Stream #1 with Court Steere on the call.
All online stream games can be found by clicking here.
The full schedule for Thursday can be found below:
| Thursday | 8/19/21 | 6:30 PM | WMS | Football | Community Middle | Away |
| Thursday | 8/19/21 | 1:00 PM | CHS | Golf | Lincoln Co, Shelbyville, Tullahoma | Tims Ford |
| Thursday | 8/19/21 | 5:30 PM | CHS | Soccer | Central Magnet | Away |
| Thursday | 8/19/21 | 5:30 PM | CMS | Soccer | Huntland | Away |
| Thursday | 8/19/21 | 5:00 PM | WMS | Soccer | St. Andrews | Home |
| Thursday | 8/19/21 | 6:30 PM | CHS | Volleyball | Rockvale | Home |
| Thursday | 8/19/21 | 6 p.m. | CMS | Volleyball | North Franklin | Home |
| Thursday | 8/19/21 | 5:30 PM | WMS | Volleyball | Cascade | Home |
SOCCER: Westwood opens season with 4-1 win over Liberty
Westwood’s Lady Rockets opened the season and flexed on visiting Liberty Tuesday afternoon, running away with a 4-1 win at Dyer-Bouldin Field in Manchester.
Westwood picked up a pair of goals from striker Jenny Sanchez and added single goals from Bailey Barsenas and Carmen Barret.
Westwood finished with 13 shots on goal on the Lady Patriots.
The Lady Rockets will host St. Andrews at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19. That match will be broadcast live on the Ben Lomand Connect stream at thunder1320.com, with Elizabeth Brown on the call.
VOLLEYBALL: Coffee Middle falls to Warren County 2-1
It was a good start for the Coffee Middle School Lady Raider volleyball team Tuesday in McMinnville.
But things went terribly wrong after the first game.
The Lady Raiders went to Warren County Middle School and took game one 25-21, but let a late lead slip and lost game two 25-20 and game three 15-6 in a 2-1 match loss to the Lady Pioneers.
CMS fell behind 19-13 in game one, but Carrington Saner went on an impressive run at the service line to put CMS up 20-19. Danni Hillis closed the game with impressive serving herself.
CMS went on to take a 5-1 lead in game 2 and led 19-18. But Coffee County struggled to string points together again and fell behind Warren County 5-1 in game 3 and lost 15-6, dropping the match 2-1.
The loss drops CMS to 2-2 overall on the season. The Lady Raiders will host North on Thursday. That game will be broadcast live on the Capstar Bank Online stream at thunder1320.com.
VOLLEYBALL: Lady Raiders swept by Cookeville in season opener
Coffee County’s Lady Raider volleyball program opened the new season with the same opponent that ended the Lady Raider season in the state sectional a year ago.
CHS welcomed volleyball powerhouse Cookeville to Manchester Monday, Aug. 16, falling 0-3 in a best-of-five match.
The Lady Raiders led Cookeville 20-17 in game one and was tied 22-22. But the Lady Cavs went on a run to take the first game 25-22 and never looked back. Cookeville cruised to a 25-14 win in game two and a 25-20 win in game three.
The Lady Raiders were at times riddled by service errors and Cookeville seemed to take advantage of the smallest mistake – standard for a Lady Cavalier program that has been to the state tournament in two of the past three seasons. The Lady Raiders finished with 14 services errors.
Senior Kiya Ferrell led CHS in kills with 13 and Lauren Brandt had 19 assists. Service aces were few and far between thanks to Cookeville’s solid passing game, but Maddy Sussen did manage 2 aces.
The Lady Raiders will return to the court Thursday when Rockvale comes to Manchester for a 6:30 p.m. first serve. That match will be broadcast live on Thunder Radio as part of the Capstar Bank Hometown Sports Series.
Kiya Ferrell and Abby Clark 
Zowee Dillard 
Zowee Dillard 
Anna Johnson 
Zowee Dillard 
Olivia Moss 
Kiya Ferrell 
Camry Moss 
Kiya Ferrell 
Lauren Brandt 
Abby Clark 
Abby Clark 
Lauren Brandt 
Maddy Sussen
CMS football halts operations due to COVID cases; Tullahoma game postponed
Thunder Radio sports has learned Coffee County Middle School’s football team has suspended practices and games until Wednesday, Aug. 18, due to COVID-19 cases related to the football team.
School administration will “re-evaluate” the situation on Aug. 18.
The Raiders (1-0) opened the season with a win over West Wilson on Aug. 10 and were scheduled to travel to Tullahoma to play for the “Coffee Cup” on Tuesday, Aug. 17. That game has been postponed and rescheduled for Sept. 4.
Titans set tone, roll to win over Falcons to open preseason
The offense produced plenty of points, the defense swarmed and made plays, and the special teams unit made a big impact.
Sure, many of the Titans starters didn’t play, and some didn’t even make the trip to Atlanta for the team’s preseason opener last night against the Falcons.
But the overall performance was still good from start to finish, as the Titans rolled to a 23-3 win over the Falcons.
“We’re never going to underestimate winning at anything,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel said. “We’re going to want to compete with whoever is in there.”
The Titans competed well on Friday night.
Logan Woodside started at quarterback for the Titans, as Ryan Tannehill remained in Nashville with running back Derrick Henry and a pretty big number of starters. Some of the front-liners who did make the trip and suited up didn’t play long.
There were plenty of positive signs from the Titans who did play, however, as they set the tone and took control of the game early at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Return man Chester Rogers provided a big play – while helping his case for a roster spot – with a 56-yard punt return late in the first quarter.
“That was a fun play,” Rogers said. “It was good to get out there, and get the jitters out of the way. And it was good to get out there and show the team the type of play I am capable of.”
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