Westwood Middle School’s Rocket basketball team is traveling to Elkmont, Ala. To open the Elkmont Boys Christmas tournament on Monday. The Rockets will take on Elkmont at 5:30 p.m. With a loss, the Rockets will play at 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday. A win will put the Rockets playing at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. After this week’s tournament, Westwood has one more tournament left to wrap up its...

The Coffee County Central Lady Raiders pose with their championship trophy Tuesday after winning the Corey Brewer Christmas tournament in Portland. The Lady Raiders were 3-0 in the tournament with wins over PJPII, Summertown and Stewarts Creek. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson PORTLAND, TENN – Coffee County left no doubt Tuesday night in the championship game of the Corey Brewer Christmas tournament. Coffee County jumped out to a 13-3 lead over District 7-AAA power Stewarts Creek and never looked back, dropping the Red Hawks 43-29 at Portland High School. “We did a lot of things really well...

Sophomore guard Jalie Ruehling works to gain possession of the ball in a win over Summertown Monday night, Dec. 21, 2020. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Bella Vinson stepped up when the spotlight shined the brightest Monday night. Held to just 4 points in the first half, the Central High School senior dropped a pair of 3-pointers on back to back trips down the floor in the fourth quarter and then buried a pair of free throws to close the game as the Lady Raiders beat Summertown 41-36 in the semi-finals of the Corey Brewer Christmas Tournament...

The Governor has issued Executive Order No. 70, effective immediately and remaining in effect through January 19, 2021. Because of the significant increase in the incidence of COVID-19 infections in Tennessee, additional restrictions on who may attend interscholastic athletic practices and contests will be in place. Unfortunately, large scale attendance by spectators and students must be curtailed. Doing so means that bands, pep bands, cheerleaders, and dance teams may not attend athletic contests while these restrictions remain in place. In accordance with the new Executive Order, the only attendees permitted at practices or games, in addition to the student-athletes...

A pair of Titans have been selected as Pro Bowlers for their work during the 2020 season – running back Derrick Henry, and receiver A.J. Brown. Henry, who leads the NFL with 1,679 rushing yards in 2020, has already established a new career high for rushing yards in a season, surpassing the 1,540 yards he had in 2019. Henry has nine 100-yard rushing game in 2020. With two games remaining in 2020, Henry’s rushing yards total ranks as the fourth-best single-season total in franchise history behind Chris Johnson’s 2,006 yards in 2009, Earl Campbell’s 1,934 yards in 1980, and...

Jaxon Vaughn is pictured here in a game earlier this season against PCA. Vaughn scored 14 points Friday, Dec. 18, and was named Stone Fort Mortgage player of the game for the Raiders. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County Central’s Red Raider boys played for the first time in 17 days Friday night. The Raiders shook the rust off quickly in a 62-36 rout of Van Buren County Friday night in the Gandy Ink Christmas Classic in Spencer. The Raiders followed that with a 73-71 overtime loss to Silverdale Academy on Saturday. BOTH GAMES WERE BROADCAST...

Monday (Dec. 21) is a busy day for both Coffee County Central High School boys and girls basketball teams – with both playing at separate tournaments. At 3:30 p.m., the CHS Lady Raiders will tip off against Pope John Paul II in the Corey Brewer Christmas tournament in Portland, Tenn – which is on the Kentucky border. At 5 p.m., the Red Raider boys will play their final game in the Gandy Ink Christmas Classic in Spencer, taking on Clarkrange. At 6:30 p.m., the Lady Raiders will plan an opponent that is to be determined at Portland High School....