Red Raiders

Jalie Ruehling Coffee County’s Lady Raider basketball team picked up on Friday night where it left off on Thursday night. Coffee County pounced on Siegel 20-0 in the first quarter and cruised to a 65-15 win over the visiting Lady Stars Friday night at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium in Manchester (a game that was broadcast live on Thunder Radio). The win moves the Lady Raiders to 2-0 on the season, having outscored their...

Coffee County battled early foul trouble and first-game shakiness Tuesday night in a 70-59 road loss to the Blue Devils of Jackson County. Kyle Farless In a game you heard on Thunder Radio, the Raiders struggled from behind the three-point line and the Blue Devils didn’t. Jackson County shot 40% from behind the arc, most of that damage coming from senior Eli Burris who piled up 23 points on the Raiders. Meanwhile, Coffee County...

Coffee County Central High School basketball will start sooner than first expected. The Red Raider boys have picked up a game at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Jackson County. This comes after Knowledge Academy cancelled Thursday’s home game. Meanwhile, the Lady Raiders have also picked up a game – set to travel to Grundy County for a 7 p.m. tip on Thursday. This is a makeup for the Saturday home game that was cancelled by...

Monday night was senior night for the Red Raider football seniors, as well as dance team, cheerleaders and band members. These seniors didn’t get to participate in a regular senior night after their game on Oct. 30 with Riverdale was cancelled due to COVID-19. Thunder Radio would have been there to broadcast the game, so we thought we should be there Monday night to broadcast senior night festivities at Carden-Jarrell Field. We were there...

The final Coffee County Central High School home football game of the year on Oct. 30 was cancelled due to COVID-19. This also meant the cancellation of senior night. Monday, Nov. 16, the CHS football seniors, cheerleader seniors, dance team seniors and band seniors will get their opportunity to celebrate with a senior night celebration at Carden-Jarrell field. The festivities will begin at 6:30 p.m. (gates open at 6 p.m.). There is no admission...

Central High School senior Lexi Bryan signs to play college volleyball at Chattanooga State. – Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson It was senior Lexi Bryan putting the finishing touches on many of the Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team’s offensive attacks this fall. Thursday, Bryan put the finishing touches on an outstanding high school volleyball career, signing her letter of intent to play collegiate volleyball at Chattanooga State Community College. Bryan – a...

The TSSAA Board of Control on Thursday approved region realignment for the 2021-2022 school years. There were a few changes and appeals approved across the state, but none that will change where Coffee County Central is headed. In football, Coffee County will now compete in Region 3-6A with Lebanon, Warren County, Cookeville and Shelbyville. Shelbyville appealed to leave 6A but was denied by the board of control. Meanwhile, in basketball, baseball and softball, Coffee...

Central High School Lady Raider senior Bella Vinson signs her letter of intent to play collegiate basketball at Lipscomb University on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. –Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson A recruiting process that began as early as the 8th grade for Bella Vinson officially ended with the stroke of her pen Wednesday afternoon. Vinson, a standout four-year starter for the Central High School Lady Raider basketball team, signed her collegiate letter of...

Central High School Lady Raider senior Bella Vinson speaks to the media Tuesday in Winchester at District 8-AAA Media Day. Vinson expressed how happy she is just to have a season to play after the cancellation of springs sports. – Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson With the start of the season a little more than a week away, Coffee County Central’s Lady Raider and Red Raider basketball teams participated in District 8-AAA media...