Colter Neel approaches a ground ball for the CMS Red Raiders Monday, April 12, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Cole Pippenger was solid through five innings and Caleb Crouch notched the save on Monday as the Coffee Middle School Red Raider baseball team beat visiting Tullahoma 4-2 on 8th grade night. Coffee County took the lead in the bottom of the fifth when Colter Neel hit into a fielder’s choice that sent one across the plate. Neel finished with a pair of RBIs for Coffee County. Landon Abellana also had an RBI at the plate for...

For the first time this season, the CHS tennis teams were on the wrong end of a decision. The Raider boys fell 2-5 and the Lady Raiders 3-4 against Lincoln County Monday, April 12. For the Raider boys, Jaden Talley won his singles contest 8-0. Krish Patel also won 8-4. Xander Blomquist, Landen Booth, Johnathan Welch and Jonathan Nelson all dropped singles matches. Meanwhile, Rylea McNamara, Wren Lawson and Emma Fulks all won singles matches for CHS. Lauren Perry and Macie Lawrence each dropped...

Ella Arnold heads to third base in the sixth inning. She ended up scoring the game winning run for CMS against Tullahoma on Monday, April 12. — Photo by Greg Meeks, Gem Photography for Thunder Radio. More photos here. After struggling to score all game, the Coffee Middle School Lady Raiders got a run in the bottom of the sixth to beat visiting Tullahoma 1-0 Monday afternoon. With the game tied at 0-0, Ella Arnold tripled to start the sixth and came across to score on a wild pitch to give CMS a 1-0 win. Channah Gannon was nearly...

A three run third inning powered the Westwood Lady Rockets in a 4-2 softball win over Liberty on Monday. Lily Norman, Liza Freeze and Kylie Evans all reached and scored in the third inning. Evans walked, followed by Norman and Freeze each singling. Maggie Brei and Madison Waller tacked on singles in the...

Justus Turner Up with the sunrise on Saturday morning, Coffee County Central’s Lady Raiders dropped an 8-1 decision to William Blount in the final game of pool play of the Gibbs Tournament in Corryton, Tennessee. CHS bounced back to beat Powell 7-6 and Girls Prep 4-1 before falling to Baylor 10-1. Coffee County 1, William Blount 8 The Lady Raiders managed just 4 hits in an 8-1 loss to William Blount. Keri Munn had one and and the lone RBI, scoring Chesnie Cox. Kaitlyn Davis had a double in the loss. Emily Schuster was hit with the loss –...

Olivia Evans is hitting .630 on the season for CHS. She is pictured here in an earlier game this season against Tullahoma. – Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson Coffee County Central’s Lady Raider softball team remains unbeaten through 16 games. But the Lady Raiders haven’t won them all, either. On Friday in Corryton, Tennessee, CHS put an 11-0 beating on Grace Christian Academy before turning around and tying East Hamilton 14-14. CHS 11, Grace Christian Academy 0 Coffee County put together 14 hits and scored 6 in the third and 5 in the fourth inning to end this...

Coffee County scored just enough goals and got a solid effort from its defense as the CMS Raiders dropped Harris 2-1 Friday. The Raiders were able to put together 11 shots on goal, converting two. Manny Gonzales scored on a penalty kick and Emmanuel Rodriguez was able to score on an assist from Gonzales to put the Raiders up 2-0. The Raiders defense allowed one goal in the second half but otherwise stood up to hold on for the win. Liam Brown had 8 saves in goal for the Raiders. The Raiders are set to play at Tullahoma on...

Trevor Jesse had 1 hit and 2 RBIs for the Rockets Friday night against Cascade. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Westwood didn’t score a run until the fifth inning Friday night. In fact, the Rocket baseball team trailed Cascade 2-1 after five. Then the bats woke up. Westwood Middle School pounded out 11 hits and scored 13 runs in the final two innings to beat Cascade 14-2 Friday night in Wartrace. Everyone in the lineup got in on the production – as all Rockets scored at least one run. Vaughn Parker, Cayden Trail, Dylen Trail, Kaysen Lowery...