CHS senior tennis player Jaden Tallen — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson After four consecutive rainouts and postponements to start the season, the Coffee County Central High School tennis team finally made it on the court Monday afternoon in Shelbyville – and it went well. Very well. Coffee County swept the Eagles, with the boys team winning 7-0 and the Lady Raiders 4-3. Singles (Coffee Co. player listed first) Jaden Talley def. Jordan Blevin: 8-6 Johnathan Welch def Ronnie Hernandez: 8-2 Jonathan Nelson def. Jackson: 8-0 Landen Booth def. Wilson: 8-0 Krish Patel def. Flores: 8-0 Tyler Rigney...

Westwood scored three runs in the top of the 10th to take a 5-2 lead over Cannon County. But it wasn’t enough. Cannon County answered with 4 runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to drop the WMS Lady Rockets 6-5 Monday night in Woodbury. With the score tied at 2-2 – Westwood looked to take control in the 10th when Liza Freeze, Paisley Campbell and Addi Teal all managed to reach base and come around to score. But Cannon County answered big in the bottom half for the...

Keri Munn is picture d here against Tullahoma earlier this season. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson It’s no secret that Keri Munn is dangerous in the circle for the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team. On Monday night in Lawrence County, the senior showed off her skills at the plate. Munn knocked in three runs to help her cause and tossed seven shutout innings as the Lady Raiders went to Lawrenceburg and left with a 7-0 District 8-AAA win. Munn was once again solid in the circle, allowing just six hits through seven innings. She walked one...

Braden Brown and Aiden Robertson teamed up on the mound to all but shut down Rossview as the Coffee County Central Red Raider baseball team picked up a 2-1 win Saturday morning. Brown allowed one hit and one run while striking out four over one and two-third innings. Meanwhile, Robertson was solid – not allowing a single hit over five and one-thirds innings. He struck out a pair of batters and walked six. With such solid pitching and defense, the Raiders didn’t need much offense and they got just enough. Hayden Hullett had a pair of hits, an RBI...

In a make-up game, the Coffee Middle School Red Raiders got four solid innings on the mound from Cole Pippenger and pushed six runs across the plate to drop Harris 6-3 Saturday afternoon. Pippenger was solid on the mound, striking out 11 batters through four innings of work. He only allowed one Harris hit. Colter Neel allowed one earned run over two and one-thirds inning of relief, and Evan Kirby pitched two-thirds of an inning and struck out two. Jase Cashion led the Raiders at the plate with a pair of hits. He also walked once to reach base...

It’s not like the Braves haven’t been here before. As they pursue a fourth straight National League East title, they must once again quickly regroup, like they did after being swept out of Philadelphia to start the 2019 season. Reminded of this after his team suffered a 2-1 loss to the Phillies in Sunday’s series finale at Citizens Bank Park, Braves manager Brian Snitker chuckled and said the season-opening sweeps don’t feel all that similar. “We got boat raced in three games in 2019,” Snitker said. “We just didn’t hit [this weekend]. We scored just three runs. You’re not going to win...

Griffin Meeker Griffin Meeker went the distance for the Raiders, pitching seven innings and allowing just one run on four hits while striking out seven in a 4-1 win over Loretto Friday in the Riverdale Warrior Classic. Wyatt Nugent had a single and a pair of RBIs for the Raiders. Aiden Robertson also had a hit and an RBI. The Raiders now 5-3 on the season. They play Rossview at 10 a.m. and Riverdale at 3 p.m. Saturday. Both games at Riverdale High...

Are you ready for more football? Regular season football, that is. On Tuesday, NFL clubs approved at a virtual league meeting an enhanced season structure that beginning in 2021 will feature each team playing 17 regular-season games and three preseason games for the first time. What it means for the Titans: The New Orleans Saints have been added to the 2021 schedule, and they’ll play at Nissan Stadium at a date to be determined. Click here to read more. You can hear the Titans all season long on Thunder Radio – your exclusive home for Titans football in Coffee...