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Lady Raider tennis drops Tullahoma, boys lose
The CHS tennis teams split with Tullahoma Monday – the boys losing 3-4 and the girls with a clean 7-0 sweep. For the Lady Raiders, Lauren Perry won 8-2, Rylea McNamara 8-0, Wren Lawson 8-0, Emma Fulks 8-2 and Macie Lawrence 8-2. In doubles, the pairings of Perry/McNamara and Lawson/Lawrence both won 8-0. Meanwhile, the Raider boys couldn’t keep pace despite singles wins from Landen Booth (8-3) and Xander Blomquist (9-8). Jaden Talley and Jonathan Nelson won in doubles 8-3, but each lost singles matches, as did Johnathan Welch and Krish...

Lady Raiders rip six extra base hits in blowout of Rebelettes
Westwood’s softball team dropped a tough conference tournament opener on Tuesday, falling to Huntland 8-7 in an 8-inning affair. Westwood scored a pair of runs in the seventh to force extra innings when Paisley Campbell hit a home run to score Liza Freeze. But Huntland pushed ahead in the 8th and held on. Lily Norman had a big day at the plate for the Lady Rockets – reaching base three times and scoring all three times – including a single and a triple. Westwood will play Fayetteville City at 7 p.m....

Micah Williams resigning as CHS Red Raider basketball coach
Micah Williams celebrates as the final whistle sounds on a Red Raider victory over Riverdale in the 2021 Region 4-AAA quarter-finals. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County Central High School head boys basketball coach Micah Williams is resigning his position, Thunder Radio learned Friday morning. Williams just completed his sixth season at the helm of the Red Raider basketball program. He is expected to be named the head coach at Webb School in Bell Buckle, although that has yet to be officially confirmed by Webb officials. Williams has communicated his resignation with his Raider players. Williams,...

BASEBALL: Rockets put 32 on the board in tournament win over Eagleville
Blake Hillis rounds third during a game for the Rockets earlier this season. Hillis blasted a home run Monday, April 19, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Westwood Middle School and Eagleville combined to send 50 runs across the plate in a four-hour marathon of a baseball game Monday. In the end, the Rockets were able to keep the better pace and go the distance in a 32-18 win over the Eagles in a conference tournament win. Every player in the Rocket lineup scored at least two runs and the Rockets were able to get on base...

SOFTBALL: Coffee County blasts Tullahoma to complete season sweep
Alivia Reel gets ready on defense during a game in March, 2021. Reel hit her first home run of the season on Monday, April 19, 2021 against Tullahoma. — Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson Coffee County pounded out 18 hits at the plate and made easy work of Tullahoma, dropping the Lady Wildcats 12-2 on the road Monday afternoon – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. Two of those 18-hits were dingers – as Alivia Reel blasted her first home run of the season, a solo blast to left field in the 5th inning, and Kaitlyn...

SOFTBALL: Lady Raiders blast South in opening round of CTC tournament
Coffee County made easy work of South Middle School in the first round of the Central Tennessee Conference Tournament Monday afternoon in McMinnville. The CMS Lady Raiders piled up 16 runs in 3 innings to end the game early via a 16-0 mercy rule. Eighth grader Channah Gannon finished with a pair of triples, a walk and a run scored. Meanwhile, Kaitlin Anderson singled, doubled and reached on an error – scoring all three times. Ava McIntosh also touched the plate three times, working three walks and moving around the bases each time. The Lady Raiders advance to play...

Micah Williams resigning as CHS Red Raider basketball coach
Micah Williams celebrates as the final whistle sounds on a Red Raider victory over Riverdale in the 2021 Region 4-AAA quarter-finals. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County Central High School head boys basketball coach Micah Williams is resigning his position, Thunder Radio learned Friday morning. Williams just completed his sixth season at the helm of the Red Raider basketball program. He is expected to be named the head coach at Webb School in Bell Buckle, although that has yet to be officially confirmed by Webb officials. Williams has communicated his resignation with his Raider players. Williams,...

BASEBALL: Raiders cruise past LaVergne Saturday afternoon
Lane Spry had a double in Saturday’s win over LaVergne. – Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Central High School’s Red Raider baseball team easily dispatched of LaVergne on Saturday afternoon – piling up at least 1 run in every inning to end the game at 12-0 via mercy rule in the fifth inning. Three Red Raider pitchers combined to limit LaVergne to just three hits on the afternoon. Seniors Griffin Meeker and Wyatt Nugent worked 2 innings apiece and combined for 5 strikeouts. Meanwhile, Carter McKenzie pitched one innings and struck out the side on just 11 pitches....