This week’s Thunder Radio broadcast schedule is below (subject to change, weather permitting) MONDAY: CHS softball HOSTS Lincoln County – 7 p.m. TUESDAY: CHS baseball HOSTS Shelbyville – 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY: CHS softball HOSTS Lawrence Co – 6 p.m. (senior night) THURDAY: WMS Soccer semi-finals at 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY: CHS Soccer Senior Night – 7 p.m. SATURDAY: CHS Baseball HOSTS Cookeville – 1...

The Central High School Red Raider baseball team split a double header with visiting Central Magnet Friday night at Powers Field – part of the Crethan Hansert Memorial Tournament. Central Magnet 6, Red Raiders 5 Coffee County outhit Central Magnet School 11-5 Friday night, but couldn’t get enough runs across the plate in a 6-5 loss at Powers Field in Manchester. Coffee County fought from behind and turned a 6-2 deficit to 6-5 in the bottom of the sixth, but could never get any closer. Hayden Hullett, Brady Nugent and Jacob Holder all doubled, and Holder added a home...

Westwood scored one run in the top of the seventh inning to take an 8-7 lead over Cannon County. But they couldn’t hold it. Cannon County got a walk, a double and another hit to score two runs in the bottom of the seventh and beat Westwood Middle School’s Lady Rockets 9-8. The loss ends the season for the Lady Rockets. The Lady Rockets were close to pulling out a win. Maggie Brei singled and scored in the top of the seventh to give the Lady Rockets their short-lived late lead. Brei had a standout night at the plate...

The tying run was at third and the winning run at second for the Lady Raiders Friday afternoon. But that’s as far as they could get. Forrest left fielder Abby Ferguson threw a seed to the plate to cut down Aleayia Barnes who was attempting to tag-up on a fly ball, ending the game with Forrest taking a 3-2 win at Dave King Park. The game ended in six innings due to time limit. THIS GAME WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON THUNDER RADIO. LISTEN TO THE AUDIO REPLAY HERE. It was the opening game of the Coffee County Classic –...

Jaden Talley hits a serve for the Raider tennis team Thursday, April 22, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County’s tennis teams cruised to wins on Thursday afternoon – which happened to be senior day. The Red Raiders picked up a 7-0 win with the Lady Raiders winning 5-2 over Shelbyville. For the Lady  Raiders, Lauren Perry won 8-6, Rylea McNamara 8-4, Wren Lawson 9-7 and Emma Fulks 8-1. The doubles team of Perry/McNamara won 8-1. Macie Lawrence dropped her match 8-2 and the doubles team of Lawson/Lawrence fell 8-5. Meanwhile, the Raiders got wins across...

After Thursday night’s loss, three Rockets were named to the all-conference team. Pictured are, from left, WMS head coach Reed Wolfe, Vaughn Parker, Blake Hillis, Trevor Jesse and assistant coach Jeff Houck. Moore County scored 7 runs in the final three innings, including three in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead and the win away from Westwood Thursday night, 7-6. The Rockets lost despite outhitting Moore County 12-7. The loss ends the season for the Rockets. A win would have put them in the conference championship game. Vaughn Parker and Trevor Jesse led the way at...

Wyatt Nugent fires a pitch for the CHS Red Raiders Thursday, April 22, 2021. Nugent picked up the win on the mound after allowing three runs through four innings. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson After struggling to get runs across the plate earlier in the week, the Central High School Red Raider bats started heating up on Thursday. CHS pounded out 13 hits, including three off the fence and one over it, in a 10-3 win over visiting Marshall County in the first game of the Crethan Hansert Memorial Tournament. THIS GAME WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON THUNDER...

Coffee Middle School School piled up 9 goals in a 9-0 win over White County in the first round of the CTC tournament Wednesday night. The Red Raiders got goals from 6 different players. Manny Gonzales, Emanuel Rodriguez and Trey Caron each scored two goals. Meanwhile, Luke Campbell, Samuel Medina and Kameron Pobanz scored one goal apiece. Liam Brown had a relatively easy night in goal, saving his one and only attempt as the Raider defense didn’t allow anything deep in their territory. CMS will play in the semi-finals of the tournament in Tullahoma at 3:30 p.m. Saturday against...