A three-run fourth inning powered by the bottom of the lineup gave the Coffee Middle School Lady Raider softball team the boost it needed Wednesday night in a 5-2 win over Warren County in the CTC Tournament in McMinnville. Tucker started the fourth inning by working a walk, followed by a single from Samantha Cothran. McBide doubled to send both Tucker and Cothran home, then she later scored on an RBI single by Savannah Cooper. CMS also picked up two runs early to set the tone. Cooper doubled home Ella Arnold and scored on an error. Channah Gannon was...

Westwood made quick work of Fayetteville City, piling up 15 runs over 3 innings to end the game early via mercy rule with a 15-0 win on Wednesday night in the Lady Rockets’ conference tournament. Lily Norman had a solid night at the plate with a pair of doubles to go along with a single and two runs scored. Everyone in the Rocket lineup reached base at least twice. The Lady Rockets will advance to play at 7 p.m. Friday as they try to fight through the loser’s bracket of the...

Tallan CrosslinAmelia Thomas-Photos by Greg Meeks, GEM Photography for Thunder Radio Sports. See more photos here. Coffee County Middle School’s golf team took care of business with a 10.5 to 1.5 win over Fayetteville at Pebble Creek on Tuesday. Middle school golf scoring consists of earning flags and scramble-style scoring. For each pair of golfers scrambling, they earn a “flag” by winning at least 2 out of 3 holes – giving the possibility of winning 3 flags per pairing in a 9-hole match. For Coffee Middle, every possible flag was won. Tallan Crosslin and Braydon Kesling won their match...

Lady Raider senior Macy Tabor placed second in the high jump on Monday, April 19, 2021 at Carden-Jarrell Field. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County Central track & field had multiple athletes with first place finishes and even more with top 5 finishes in a home meet Monday, April 19. See top-5 results in each event below: Girls 100-meter dash 4 – Maddie Sullivan. 14.15 200-meter dash 3 – Madison Rooker. 30.13 4 – Maddie Sullivan. 30.79 5 – Jalyn Case. 31.58 400-meter dash 3 – Nayeli Cano. 1:12.61 5 – Kera Marlow. 1:18.31 800-meter run...

Cole Pippenger — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson After receiving a BYE in the opening round of the CTC Tournament, Coffee Middle’s Red Raiders flexed on Warren County in round two with a 7-0 shutout Tuesday night in Sparta. Evan Kirby and Cole Pippenger led the shutout effort on the mound with an error-free defense behind them. Kirby only allowed two hits and struck out 3 Pioneer batters over four innings of work. Pippenger allowed two hits and K’d five batters over three innings. Pippenger was dynamic at the plate – going 4-for-4 with 5 RBIs. Grant McCullough...

Westwood’s Rockets are one of three teams remaining in their conference baseball tournament after a 9-5 win over Cornersville Tuesday night. Vaughn Parker, Cayden Trail, Owen Whitsett, Brayden Trail, Dylen Trail (2) and Davis McKenzie (2) all had RBIs for the Rockets Tuesday. Parker led the way at the plate with a pair of hits, including a triple – WMS’ only extra base hit of the game. Trevor Jesse also scored a pair of runs on a hit and a walk. Kaysen Lowery struck out three batters and allowed three earned runs on four hits over five and one-thirds...

Whatever chances Coffee County’s baseball team had of finishing in a top two spot in District 8-AAA took a gut punch Tuesday as the Raiders dropped two District 8-AAA games at Lincoln County, falling 9-2 and 5-2 to the Falcons in Fayetteville. Coffee County 2, Lincoln County 9 The Raiders could not stop Nathan McAdams of Lincoln County in game 1. McAdams blasted a pair of 3-run home runs over the left field fence and added an RBI double, which was plenty to power the Falcon offense in game one – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio....

Lady Raider second baseman Justus Turner (pictured here against Tullahoma earlier this season) hit her fourth home run of the season Tuesday night, April 20, 2021, against Franklin County. — Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson Coffee County had six extra base hits, including a home run from senior Justus Turner in a 15-0 throttling of visiting Franklin County Tuesday night – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. Coffee County’s Lady Raiders used a 12-run third inning to put the game away. Madison Pruitt had two doubles and 3 RBIs, Emily Schuster and Keri Munn each doubled,...