Coffee County put together a solid defensive effort, but the Raiders couldn’t muster enough offense in a 2-1 loss to Lincoln County Thursday night in Fayetteville. The Raiders went into halftime tied 1-1 after a goal from Aiden Abellana. But CHS couldn’t break the tie in the second half. The Raiders will host senior night at 7 p.m. Friday, April 30. That match will be broadcast live on Thunder...

Westwood’s Rocket soccer team beat the brakes off of Webb in the conference tournament semi-finals Thursday at Dyer Bouldin Field. The Rockets got goals from six different players and mercy-ruled Webb 9-0 in a 31 minute game that was stopped after the Rockets scored one minute into the second half. – a match you heard live on Thunder Radio as part of the Peoples Bank & Trust Hometown Sports Series. Westwood picked up goals from Will Rogers, Alex Dewolfe, Juanes Barrera (2), Torin VanZandbergen (2), Joel Barrera and Alexander Petatan (2). Westwood will play in the conference championship at...

Tyler Smith qualified for the TMSAA state meet. Coffee County Track & Field had one athlete qualify for the state track meet during the sectionals this week. Tyler Smith placed second in the shotput with a distance of 41-7 – just about 2 feet shy of first place, but good enough to qualify for the TMSAA state meet. CMS had other athletes perform well and set personal records at the sectionals, including Sophie McInturff setting a personal record in the 1600 meter with a time of 5:36.86 to place 7th. McInturff also set a PR in the 800 meter...

Coffee County Central High School’s football team was scheduled to officially open spring football practice this week, culminating in an intra-squad game on May 17. However, Red Raider head coach Doug Greene told Thunder Radio that dates have been pushed to next week after the unexpected resignation of defensive coordinator Roger Haynes, who had to leave the program due to family health reasons. The untimely departure of Haynes leaves Greene interviewing defensive coordinator prospects this week with hopes to make a hire by next week. Spring practice will begin next week and the date for the spring game is...

Below is tryout information for all sports at Coffee County Middle School. Football -Spring practice in May for 7th & 8th graders. -Parent meeting for incoming 6th graders June 1 @ 5:00 in the Aux. Gym. Coach Bryan Morgan morganbryan@k12coffee.net  Girls Soccer                                                      -June 1 & 3 -5:00 – 7:00 each day Coach Jamie Norris norrisj45@yahoo.com Volleyball -June 1-3 -3:00 – 5:00 each day Coach Tori Taylor taylort@k12coffee.net  Cheerleading -May 18 & 19        -3:15 – 4:45 each day -May 22      -12:00 – 2:00 Coach Laina Meeker  meekerl@k12coffee.net  Girls Varsity Basketball -May 11 & 12 -3:15 – 4:45 each day Coach...

Senior Justus Turner is all smiles as she approaches her teammates at home plate following a second inning home run on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. It was Turner’s 5th home run of the season. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County’s Lady Raider softball team celebrated senior night in style Wednesday – using 8 hits and four Lawrence County errors to thump visiting Lawrence County 10-3 – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. The win wraps up the District 8-AAA schedule for Coffee County with a perfect 12-0 record. It was senior night for the...

For the second night in a row, the Coffee County Central baseball team shutout Shelbyville and beat the Eagles 12-0 in a mercy-rule shortened game. Jacob Holder pitched a one-hit shutout for the Raiders – striking out 9 Eagle batters over five innings of work. He walked three batters. For the second night in a row the Raiders piled up double-digit hits – using 15 hits and a pair of Shelbyville errors. Griffin Meeker (2), Lane Spry (2), Nolan Jernigan (2) Wyatt Nugent (4) and Braden Brown (3) all had multiple hits for the Raiders. Nugent drove in four...