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Raiders can’t hold halftime lead in loss to Lawrence County
Red Raider Junior Connor Shemwell scored 19 points Tuesday night. He is pictured here in a game last week against White County. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Connor Shemwell was as dominant as ever for the Red Raiders Tuesday night in Manchester. But Coffee County couldn’t find enough answers for Alex Carr and Lawrence County in the second half, losing 63-59. Coffee County led 31-26 at the halftime break. Alex Carr scored 23 for the Wildcats, including 13 in the second half, and Hunter Hagan came of the bench to pitch in 8. The Wildcats led 41-39...
CMS to open hoops conference tournament Wednesday
The Coffee County Middle School Red Raider and Lady Raider basketball teams will open their conference tournaments Wednesday night. The CMS Lady Raiders finished with a perfect conference record and will be the top seed entering the tournament. The Lady Raiders will open the tournament against 8th seeded Harris at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13. A win would move CMS to play the winner of South Middle and East at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14. A win in that game would advance CMS to the championship game – which will be held at noon Saturday, Jan. 16 at Harris. White...
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Raiders pick up pair of region wins
The Central High School Red Raider wrestling teams finished with a pair of region wins at home last week. CHS edged past Smyrna by 1 point, and easily outpaced Lawrence County. See results below: Coffee County (COFF) 30.0 Smyrna (SMYR) 29.0 152: Gavin Prater (COFF) over Eric Tucker (SMYR) (Fall 0:55) 160: Say Aye (SMYR) over Nazario Flores (COFF) (Fall 2:35) 170: Jose Cordova (SMYR) over Chris Hollis (COFF) (Fall 1:24) 182: Double Forfeit 195: Zachary Galy (COFF) over (SMYR) (For.) 220: Double Forfeit 285: Blayne Myers (COFF) over Joshua Cordova (SMYR) (Fall 0:47) 106: Double Forfeit 113: Double...
Westwood hoops season ends with losses at Webb Tournament
Westwood Middle School’s boys and girls basketball seasons came to a close over the weekend at the Webb Tournament. For the Lady Rockets, their season closed with a 41-15 loss to Oakland Middle School and a 40-38 loss to Franklin Road Christian School. Lady Rocket sixth grader Jules Ferrell paced Westwood with 17 in the loss to FRC. Kadience Medley and Riley Clark each added six, Reese Finch 3 and Keena Seivers, Audri Patton and Emily Holmes all pitched in 2 points. Meanwhile, the Rocket boys fell to Providence Christian on Friday and Oakland Middle School on Saturday. Against...
Coffee Middle hoops to open CTC tournament Wednesday night
Coffee Middle School’s Lady Raider and Red Raider basketball teams will play in the CTC Conference Tournament beginning Wednesday, Jan. 13 at Harris Middle School. The CMS Lady Raiders finished with a perfect conference record and will be the top seed entering the tournament. The Lady Raiders will open the tournament against 8th seeded Harris at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13. A win would move CMS to play the winner of South Middle and East at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14. A win in that game would advance CMS to the championship game – which will be held at...
THIS WEEK IN LOCAL SPORTS
Below is this week’s local prep sports schedule. If something is missing, email josh.peterson.wmsr@gmail.com ** indicates a Thunder Radio broadcast (107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go app, thunder1320.com) 1/11/21 6 p.m.CMSbasketballvs. North Franklinhome**1/12/216 p.m.CHSbasketballvs. Lawrence Countyhome**1/12/216 p.m.CMSbasketballvs. White Co boys onlyhome1/12/216 p.m.CHSwrestlingRockvale and Warren Cohome1/14/217:30 p.m.CHSbasketballvs. Franklin Countyhome**1/14/216 p.m.CHSwrestlingvs. Stewarts Creek & LaVergneAt Stewarts creek1/15/216 p.m.CHSbasketballvs. Lincoln...
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Lady Raiders roll to 14-1 with Saturday win over Goodpasture
Sophomore Lady Raider Chloe Gannon goes to the glass for 2 of her 18 points Saturday afternoon in a 66-26 win over Goodpasture. Gannon scored 18 and was named Stone Fort Mortgage Player of the Game. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Sophomore post Chloe Gannon stepped out of her comfort zone in the second half Saturday afternoon – knocking down a pair of 3-pointers to help lead the Central High School Lady Raiders to a 66-26 win over visiting Goodpasture. Gannon finished the game with 18 points – 12 coming in the second half, and of those...
SPARTA SWEEP: Lady Raiders pull away from White County for regular season sweep
Lady Raider sophomore Alivia Reel dives for the ball and is crunched by White County’s Morgan Quick. The Lady Raiders beat White County 52-43 Friday night in Sparta. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson A season sweep over any team is good. But two wins over White County tastes just a little bit sweeter for Coffee County. Coffee County’s Lady Raiders hit 16 free throws in a row and were perfect at the charity strip in the fourth quarter to pick up a 52-43 win over the Warriorettes in Sparta Friday night (a game you heard live on...
