Braden Brown — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson A pair of 5-run innings powered the Coffee County Central Red Raider offense in a 13-0 shutout victory at Grundy County High School Friday night. Sophomore Nolan Jernigan showed out at the plate, knocking in four runs on a pair of hits, including a double. He also scored a pair of runs. Braden Brown added 3 RBIs on a pair of hits, including a double, and Lane Spry had 2 RBIs on a hit and a walk Griffin Meeker and Brady Nugent both had multi-hit games with 2-hits each. Meeker...

Channah Gannon — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee Middle School’s Lady Raider softball team combined to outscore Harris Middle 31-1 in a double header Friday afternoon. In game one, Lady Raiders Channah Gannon and Samantha Cothran combined to no-hit the Eaglettes in a 14-0 win. Cothran also picked up three RBIs at the plate to go along with a pair of RBIs from Ava McIntosh. In the second game, CMS cranked out 7 runs in the first inning and 10 more in the second to easily dismiss of Harris and end the game in the third inning...

Westwood catcher Vaughn Parker tags out an Eagleville runner Thursday night, April 8, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson The Westwood Rockets got the offense going late against Eagleville Thursday night, scoring 5 runs over their final three at bats to pick up a 7-5 win on 8th-grade night. After trailing 4-2, the Rockets took the lead in the fifth when Dylen Trail worked a bases loaded walk to send Owen Whitsett across the plate. The Rockets added a pair of insurance runs in the sixth when Owen Whitsett singled home Vaughn Parker and Trevor Jesse’s line-drive...

Chesnie Cox — Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson Chesnie Cox pounded out three hits and three RBIs to help the Coffee County Central Lady Raider softball team open up the Gibbs tournament with a win over Gibbs High School in Corryton, Tenn. Thursday afternoon. The Lady Raiders managed 12 hits and took advantage of four Gibbs errors to slowly and steadily pull away. CHS led 5-1 going into the seventh, when the Lady Raiders added three insurance runs. Kiya Ferrell (2) and Olivia Evans (3) also had multi-hit games at the plate for the Lady Raiders. Justus Turner,...

Wren Lawson — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County Central’s tennis teams remain unbeaten after both teams dropped Giles County 7-0 Thursday afternoon. The Lady Raiders made easy work of Giles County, with Lauren Perry, Rylea McNamara, Wren Lawson, Emma Fulks and Macie Lawrence all picking up wins. The doubles teams of Perry/McNamara and Lawson/Lawrence both won. Meanwhile, the Raider boys also made easy work – with Jaden Talley, Jonathan Nelson, Johnathan Welch, Landen Booth and Krish Patel all winning singles play. The doubles teams of Talley/Nelson and Welch/Booth also picked up easy...

Happy birthday, Viktor Arvidsson. On the day he turned 28, the Predators winger recorded his third-career hat trick, and Nashville scored seven against the Red Wings for the second time this season to defeat Detroit by a 7-1 final on Thursday night at Little Caesars Arena. The result gives the Preds wins in six of eight tries against the Wings to finish the season series and victories in 11 of their last 13 overall outings to continue their hold on the fourth spot in the Central Division. After Detroit got the game’s first goal, Nashville tallied seven unanswered, and Arvidsson...

Jacob Holder slings a pitch for the Raiders Wednesday night, April 7, 2021, against Franklin County. Holder picked up the win after going 6.1 innings and striking out 11. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Franklin County loaded the bases in the top of the seventh inning of a 2-1 game Wednesday night against Coffee County in Manchester. But Red Raider senior Braden Brown slammed the door, striking out back to back batters to end the game – giving the Raiders a 2-1 win and a 2-game series sweep of the Rebels. Brown entered and picked up the...

John Martinez kicks in a goal early in the second half Wednesday, April 7, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Each time Coffee County got a goal, Lincoln County was able to answer. Despite taking a 1-0 lead in the first half and a 2-1 lead in the second half, Coffee County couldn’t hold the lead and ended up in a 2-2 tie with Lincoln County Wednesday night in Manchester, a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. Coffee County took a 1-0 lead 21 minutes into the first half when Emilio Contreras fired a shot that...