Westwood’s Trevor Jesse cuts loose of a pitch Tuesday afternoon at Fred Deadman Park — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson The Westwood Rockets scored 6 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull away from visiting Cascade in an 8-2 win Tuesday night. Cayden Trail and Blake Hillis each picked up a pair of hits for the Rockets. Meanwhile, Westwood’s Owen Whitsett finished the night at the plate with 4 RBIs. Trevor Jesse struck out four Champion batters and worked six innings to pick up the win on the mound for the Rockets. Westwood (2-3) is...

Below is the area prep sports schedule for Tuesday, March 16 **3/16/214 p.m.CHSBaseballColumbiaHome3/16/215 p.m.CMSBaseballHarrisHome3/16/215:30 p.m.WMSBaseballCascadeHome3/16/216 p.m.CHSSoccerOoltewahHome3/16/216 p.m.CMSSoccerWhite CountyAway3/16/215 p.m.WMSSoccerWebbaway**3/16/217:00 PMCHSSoftballColumbiahome **Denotes Thunder Radio game broadcast! Listen live at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go app or at...

Head coach Brandon McWhorter told his Central High School Lady Raider softball team to “send a message” Monday night. His team responded – outhitting Warren County 8-2 and riding 14 strikeouts from starting pitcher Keri Munn to drop Warren County 6-2 Monday night in McMinnville. It was a much-awaited season opener after the cancellation of the 2020 season and Coffee County played like it. The Lady Raiders plated runs in each of the first four innings to get out of the gate fast. CHS did miss opportunities in the final three innings, leaving the bases loaded once and failing...

Jacob Holder pitched six no-hit innings and the Coffee County Central Red Raider baseball team opened the season with a huge 6-0 District 8-AAA win at Columbia Monday night. Holder was money from the start. The right-handed hurler worked six complete innings and finished with 9 strikeouts. He struck out the side twice and worked his way out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth. After walking two in the seventh, Braden Brown came in and struck out the Columbia side to preserve the shutout for the Raiders. Offensively, Coffee County picked up contributions from multiple people. Senior Haden...

Weather permitting, Monday will be the busiest day yet of the spring sports season in Coffee County, as 10 prep teams are schedule to be in action. Thunder Radio will be out and about at various sporting events for coverage and action photos, — Thunder Radio will also be broadcasting one. The CHS Lady Raider softball team is set to travel to Warren County with first pitch at 5 p.m. Originally, first pitch was set for 7 p.m. but has been moved up to 5 p.m. in an attempt to avoid bad weather. Joe Pat Cope will be there...

Enhancing excitement about the upcoming season, the Braves will be welcoming fans back to Truist Park. The Braves announced they will have 33 percent capacity (approximately 13,500 fans) for their April 9 home opener and each of the seven games on their first homestand. Capacity will be revisited for each subsequent homestand. “After a long and difficult year, we are excited to welcome Braves fans back to Truist Park beginning on April 9th.” Braves president and CEO Derek Schiller said. “Baseball has had a healing affect over the course of our history, and we look forward to being a...

Mike Keith prepared for what he thought would be a new website feature with NFL analyst Charles Davis, and on Thursday he put the plan into action during a Zoom interview focused on the Titans. During the middle of the call, however, former Titans running back Eddie George was invited to join in, and what happened next even caught Keith by surprise. Keith, Vice President of Broadcasting with the Titans, will be inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame’s 2021 class. Davis and George, Tennessee Sports Hall of Famers themselves, pulled off the delivery of the news to...

Griffin Meeker is pictured with his parents and brother signing his baseball letter of intent to play for Motlow. — Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson Just four days before the first regular season game of his senior year and Central High School Red Raider Griffin Meeker knows where he will be playing college ball. After verbally committing a few weeks back, Meeker signed on the dotted line in front of family, friends, coaches and teammates at Powers Field Thursday afternoon. The senior right-hander plays infield and pitches for the Raiders. He said he just knew Motlow was the...