Coffee County Central baseball team will host a youth camp June 20-22. Cost is $50 per player. Kids entering grades 4-5 will have camp from 9-11 a.m. each day, while those entering 6th-8th grades will go from 1-3 p.m. each day. Each camper should bring baseball pants, glove, bat, helmet and cleats. A camp shirt is included. Please pre-register by clicking...

If losing their All-Star second baseman to injury the night before fazed the Braves, they sure didn’t show it in the hours leading up to their Tuesday game against the Nationals. Then they took the field knowing they’d be without Ozzie Albies for a significant stretch, really for the first time, and just kept on rolling. Atlanta didn’t miss a beat in extending its MLB-best 13-game win streak, socking five more homers en route to a decisive 10-4 victory at Nationals Park. The Braves’ 13-game streak is the longest in the Majors this season, the club’s longest since the 2013 team reeled off...

Coffee County Central football battled the heat and the Moore County Blue Raiders Tuesday for a little 7-on-7 passing action at Carden-Jarrell Field in Manchester. There was no score kept. But the Raiders looked efficient with new quarterback Cole Pippenger behind center – working heavily with returning targets Jahlin Osbourne and Travis Martin, among others. Thunder Radio stopped by for some action photos (below). The Raiders kickoff the regular season Aug. 19 when Franklin County comes to town. Red Raider football can be heard all season long on Thunder Radio – 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go app and...

Coffee County Central Lady Raider Olivia Evans has racked up another postseason honor. Earlier this month, Evans was named to the Tennessee Softball Coaches Association Midstate All-Star Team – an honor that culminated in her playing in a series of games on Tuesday, June 14. Now Evans has picked up another postseason accolade. She was named Third Team All Mid-State by Main Street Preps. Evans was consistently on base for the Lady Raiders this spring. She hit at a .494 clip with 31 runs scored, 6 doubles, 3 triples, 16RBI and led the team in stolen bases with 18....

One of Coffee County Central’s region opponents is without a head football coach and the season is just 67 days away. Shelbyville Central head football coach Josh Puckett resigned on Monday (June 13, 2022). Puckett is taking the head baseball job at Haywood County, where he will also serve as an assistant football coach. Puckett posted a 12-9 record during two seasons at Shelbyville after winning a class 1A state title at Lake County in 2019. Coffee County’s Red Raiders will host Shelbyville in a region game on Friday, Sept. 2. You can hear Red Raider football all fall...

Coffee County Central Cheerleaders held a cheer clinic for kids ages 4 through 12 on Saturday, June 11, 2022. Thunder Radio stopped by for some photos. See the full Facebook gallery by clicking here. Photos by Holly Peterson – Thunder Radio / Thunder The...

Coffee County Central baseball team will host a youth camp June 20-22. Cost is $50 per player. Kids entering grades 4-5 will have camp from 9-11 a.m. each day, while those entering 6th-8th grades will go from 1-3 p.m. each day. Each camper should bring baseball pants, glove, bat, helmet and cleats. A camp shirt is included. Please pre-register by clicking...