Coffee Middle’s Lady Raiders went on the road and took care of business Wednesday night, rolling over White County 22-0 in a mercy-rule shortened game. CMS started the game red hot, pounding out 10 hits in the first inning and taking an early 10-0 lead. Ella Arnold, Kellie Tucker, Channah Gannon and Kaitlyn Anderson each had multi-hit first innings. Arnold, Tucker and Gannon each scored twice in the opening frame. Coffee County was able to work multiple players into the game throughout the night. The Lady Raiders are now 7-3 on the season. They host South on...

Coffee County’s boys and girls track teams showed out Tuesday night in a multi-team meet at Blackman High School. The Lady Raiders outpaced the likes of Siegel and Oakland to take first place overall in a nine-team event. The Lady Raiders were powered by first-place finishes by Macy Tabor in the high jump and Patricia Barrera in the 3000 meter. See results for top-8 finishers below. Meanwhile, the Raider boys took second behind Blackman. The Raiders got big performances all around, including first place finishes for Kelvin Verge, Ethan Welch and Jacob Rutledge. Results also below: Girls 200 Meter...

Griffin Meeker slings a pitch to the plate Tuesday, April 6, 2021. — Photo by Greg Meeks, Gem Photography for Thunder Radio Coffee County’s Red Raider baseball team waited until the very end to take care of business Tuesday night. But the Raiders got the job done nonetheless. CHS pushed two runs across in the top of the seventh inning and snuck away from Franklin County with a 6-5 District 8-AAA win. Trailing 5-4 entering the seventh inning, Nolan Jernigan started the Raider rally with a line-drive single up the middle, followed by an infield single by Hayden Hullett....

Kaitlyn Davis (left) and Justus Turner hit back to back deep balls Tuesday night for the CHS Lady Raiders. Coffee County’s Lady Raiders brought their big bats to Columbia Tuesday. Coffee County got back-to-back home runs from Justus Turner and Kaitlyn Davis in a 9-2 win over the Lady Lions and improve to 13-0 on the season. The Lady Raiders got all of their offense in a three run first inning and a six run third – helped in part by six Columbia errors. Keri Munn also had a good night at the plate, picking up a pair of...

The Westwood Lady Rocket softball team won a pair of games on Tuesday: 6-5 and 10-2. In a 6-5 win, Westwood got all of its scoring in the first two innings. Lily Norman singled twice and scored twice in the first two innings and Liza Freeze was hit by a pitch and score. Maggie Brei had a pair of doubles and two runs scored. Meanwhile, in a 10-2 win the Lady Rockets were powered by Paisley Campbell with three hits and a pair of runs scored. She had two singles and a double. All Thunder Radio photos by Holly...

Jonathan Nelson serves against Tullahoma on Tuesday, April 6. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson The Coffee County Central High School tennis teams picked up two more wins Tuesday – sweeping Tullahoma. Lauren Perry (8-1), Rylee McNamara (8-0), Wren Lawson (8-0), Emma Fulks (8-5), Macie Lawrence (8-5), Kylie Millaway (6-1) and Katie Lawrence (6-2) all picked up match wins in a 7-0 win for the Lady Raiders over Tullahoma. The doubles teams of Perry/McNamara and Lawson/Lawrence won 8-2 and 8-1 respectively . Meanwhile, the boys tennis team squeaked out a 4-3 win over Tullahoma. Jonathan nelson (8-6-), Landen...

Coffee Middle School’s Red Raider soccer team shutout Warren County 4-0 Monday night in McMinnville. Manny Gonzales (2), Emmanuel Rodriguez and Ethan Sloan all scored goals for the Raiders in the shutout. Jacob Bradley and Rodriguez each had an assist. Liam Brown had one save in goal for the Raiders. Meanwhile, Kameron Pobanz scored a goal but the JV Raiders fell 4-1. Logan Geddes assisted Pobanz. Seth Beaty had two...

Kaysen Lowery fires a pitch against Fayetteville Monday night, April 6, at Fred Deadman Park. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Westwood took care of business against Fayetteville Monday night at Fred Deadman Park – winning a double header against the visiting Tigers. Rockets 13, Tigers 3 Every player in the Rocket lineup scored at least one run in the opener (a game you heard live on Thunder Radio) as Westwood cruised past Fayetteville 13-3. A 7-run second inning and a 4-run fourth enabled the Rockets to end the game early via the mercy rule. This game was...