The Coffee County Central junior varsity baseball team was in action and pounded out 36 runs in just 7 innings for a pair of wins Thursday night. The Raiders dropped Warren County 20-10 behind three hits from Cole Bryce and three runs scored by Dayne Crosslin and Mays Snipes. Bryce picked up 4 RBIs on the evening. Crosslin launched a home run. The Raiders turned around to wax Warren County 16-0. Brendan Sheppard, Crosslin and Snipes all picked up doubles. The Raiders totaled 13 hits to pick up the 16 runs, led by three from Sheppard and two apiece...

Calle Jarnkrok tallied twice, and Juuse Saros was nearly perfect in his return, as the Nashville Predators defeated the Florida Panthers by a 2-1 final on Thursday night at BB&T Center. The result gives the Preds a pair of victories in the second half of their franchise-record eight-game road trip and their second win over the Panthers in five tries this season. Jarnkrok’s two-goal performance came after a four-point outing in Monday’s win over Tampa Bay, and Saros was back in the net after missing seven games due to an upper-body injury. Those two will get plenty of credit, but once again,...

Bella pictured on senior night with her parents, Matt and Brandy Vinson. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson It’s hard to find a freshman in high school who knows what she wants. Mature beyond her years, Bella Vinson walked into Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium at Central High School four years ago and knew then exactly what she wanted: to win. At that point it was a certainty to most that the tall, gangly freshman had a promising high school career in front of her. But unbeknownst to everyone, even Bella herself, was that for four years Coffee...

Manchester Youth Football League is hosting a UT Alumni Football workshop for interested players in the third through 9th grades. Players will get a chance to work with Tennessee Volunteer alum such as Josh Smith, Todd Kelly Jr., Malik Foreman and Devaun Swafford. Players will get a chance to work on agility, ball skills and gain valued mentorship from the former volunteers. The workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 10 at Raider Academy. Cost is $100 and participation is limited to the first 100 players. All proceeds will go toward new equipment for Manchester...

The Titans have informed cornerback Adoree Jackson and tackle Dennis Kelly they’re being released. Jackson, a first-round pick of the Titans in 2017, played in 46 games for the Titans over the past four seasons, with 41 starts. Jackson played in three games for the Titans in 2020. Kelly, acquired in a trade with the Eagles in 2016, played in 74 games for the Titans over the past five seasons. He started all 16 games at right tackle in 2020. With Jackson’s release, the Titans have now parted ways with three of four starters in the secondary from a...

Lady Raider short stop Jada Bowen fires the ball across the infield for an out Tuesday night in a 15-0 win over Columbia. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Senior pitcher Keri Munn allowed just two hits over four shutout innings and the Lady Raider offense went off, including a grand slam from Kaitlyn Davis in a 15-0 blowout win over visiting Columbia Tuesday night. CHS scored in every inning to enact the mercy rule in the bottom of the fourth. The Lady Raiders pushed a run across in the first, six in the second, five in the...

Red Raider senior Lane Spry celebrates as he approaches home plate after launching a solo home run Tuesday afternoon at Powers Field in Manchester. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Senior right-hander Griffin Meeker struck out 11 Columbia batters and the Central High School Red Raiders got runs when they needed them in a 4-2 win in Tuesday afternoon at Powers Field in Manchester. The win completes the season sweep for the Raiders over the Lions after a 6-0 win Monday afternoon in Columbia. Trailing 2-1 in the third, the Raiders tied the game on a two-out solo...

CMS Red Raider Ethan Sloan pictured in a game against North earlier this season. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee Middle School’s Red Raider soccer team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 9-0 shutout win over White County Tuesday night. For the Raiders, Emmanuel Rodriguez had three goals and three assists to lead the offensive onslaught. Manny Gonzalez had a goal and an assist, Kameron Pobanz added two goals and Samuel Medina added two goals. Ethan Sloan had two assists and Luke Campbell added a goal for the Raiders. The Raiders kept the ball on...