Cole Pippenger fires a pitch across the plate for the CMS Raiders Thursday afternoon against White County. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson The Coffee Middle School Red Raider baseball team dominated a home double-header with visiting White County Thursday afternoon, combining to outscore the Warriors 19-1 in two games and picking up a pair of wins in the process. The Raiders won game one 10-0 behind a dominating outing on the mound from 8th grader Cole Pippenger, who also reached base and scored three times. The first game of the double-header was broadcast LIVE on Thunder Radio...

Ava McIntosh is plunked by a pitch in a win over White County on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Coffee Middle School’s Lady Raiders picked up runs in each of the first two innings Thursday afternoon in Manchester, but couldn’t hold an early 2-0 lead and lost to Lincoln County 4-2. Ella Arnold led off the first inning with a single and worked her way around the bases on an error and a wild pitch to score and put CMS up 1-0. Kellie Tucker worked a walk to lead off the second inning, moved to second on a sacrifice and...

Another dramatic comeback against the Panthers wasn’t meant to be, as the Nashville Predators fell to Florida by a 5-4 final on Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena. Nashville scored twice in the second period and added two more in the third, but as was the case in Tuesday’s loss to Carolina, another slow start for the Preds ultimately led to the final result. Continue reading this story here. You can hear the Nashville Predators all season on Thunder Radio – presented by Charlie Gonzales with Weichert Realtors, Joe Orr &...

Kaitlyn Anderson fires a pitch in the third inning against White County Wednesday afternoon in Manchester. Anderson struck out five batters and allowed two hits over three innings of work to pick up the win. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee Middle School’s Lady Raider softball team opened the season with a bang Wednesday afternoon in Manchester. The Lady Raiders sent 14 runs across the plate in the second inning and disposed of visiting White County in a 15-0 mercy-rule shortened game. CMS sent 17 batters to the plate in the second inning, nearly batting around twice....

4:30 p.m. – CMS Baseball HOSTS White County. Double header ** Peoples Bank & Trust Hometown Sports Series broadcast live on Thunder Radio** (first game) 5 p.m. – CMS Softball hosts Lincoln County 5:30 p.m. – WMS softball AT Moore...

If you ordered strawberries from a member of the Central High School football team – orders will be available for pickup Thursday afternoon. CHS head coach Doug Greene said orders can be picked up between 3:30-7 p.m. at the football fieldhouse next to the practice field at the high school, or by contacting the player you ordered...

Coffee County’s Red Raiders made every effort to get past Blackman in the Region 4-AAA semi-finals Tuesday night in Murfreesboro. But in the end, the Blaze were just a little too powerful. CHS fell 46-39 to end the Red Raiders season. Coffee County trailed 25-20 at the half, but a couple of quick buckets in the third quarter that included a 3-pointer by Phineas Rollman knotted the game at 25-25. But the Blaze slowly pulled ahead and maintained a small lead throughout the remainder of the contest. Coffee County finishes the season 15-12. The Raiders were the last team...

CHS Senior Bella Vinson takes a blow to the head on her way to the basket against Oakland Tuesday night, March 2, 2021 in Manchester. Vinson scored 16, but the Lady Raiders fell to Oakland in the region semi-finals. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Hopefully, history won’t remember the 2020-2021 Lady Raider basketball season for just one game – or even just one quarter. Coffee County Central held a 15-11 lead early in the second quarter against visiting Oakland. But the Lady Patriots went on a tear, ripping off 21 unanswered points to take a 32-15 lead...