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Lady Rockets swept by North
The Westwood Lady Rocket basketball team fell to North Franklin 35-17 Tuesday night. Kadience Medley scored five points for the Lady Rockets in the loss and Rylee Clark added four. Jules Ferrell had three points while Emily Holmes and Reece Finch scored two. Bella Van Zandbergen added a point. The JV Lady Rockets also lost: 37-14. The Lady Rockets return to the court at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 at Joel Vinson...

Monday CMS basketball games cancelled due to COVID
The Coffee County Middle School Red Raider boys basketball team’s schedule for the next two weeks is in doubt due to COVID-19 exposure. Monday night’s game (Nov. 2), scheduled to be the home opener against North Franklin, was postponed early Monday afternoon. CMS is scheduled to play Cannon County Thursday and White County and West Tullahoma in conference games next week – those games may need to be rescheduled. Decisions about those games will be made on a case my case basis on gamedays. As for the Lady Raiders – they can continue playing but Monday’s girls game was...

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Season tickets on sale Nov. 3-18
CHS Red Raider and Lady Raider Seniors. Photo by Shannon Smith. If you plan to attend Central High School Lady Raider and/or Red Raider basketball games this season – you may want to purchase your tickets now. Tickets have been in high demand for these two programs over the past few years. Due to COVID-19 limitations, this season there will be no tickets sold at the gate on game night and there will be a 1/3 gym capacity limitation for home games. Digital tickets for individual games will be available through gofan.co. To ensure your seats, you can purchase...

Rocket basketball splits with Webb
The Westwood Lady Rockets dropped Webb School 36-20 Monday night. Audri Patton led the Westwood charge with 14 points, followed by Jules Ferrell with 9. Reece Finch pitched in four. Emily Holmes, Cadence Medley, Bailey Barcenas and Anna Reed all pitched in a pair of points and Rylee Clark added one. The Rocket varsity fell to Webb 52-21. The Rockets fell behind 22-0 in the first quarter and couldn’t recover. Caiden Warren picked up 8 points for the Rockets. Brayden Trail 5, Jaiden Warren 2 and Matt Moore 2. JV ROCKETS GET WIN Meanwhile, the Rocket boys JV squad...

CMS boys basketball schedule in doubt, Monday games postponed
The Coffee County Middle School Red Raider boys basketball team’s schedule for the next two weeks is in doubt due to COVID-19 exposure. Thunder Radio has learned that tonight’s game (Nov. 2), scheduled to be the home opener against North Franklin, has been postponed. CMS is scheduled to play Cannon County Thursday and White County and West Tullahoma in conference games next week – those games may need to be rescheduled. Decisions about those games will be made on a case my case basis. As for the Lady Raiders – they can continue playing but tonight’s game was postponed...

No tickets at the gate for CHS basketball
If you plan to attend Central High School Lady Raider and/or Red Raider basketball games this season – you may want to purchase your tickets now. Tickets have been in high demand for these two programs over the past few years. Due to COVID-19 limitations, this season there will be no tickets sold at the gate on game night and there will be a 1/3 gym capacity limitation for home games. Digital tickets will be available through gofan.co. To ensure your seats, you can purchase season tickets from the Central High School main office beginning Tuesday, Nov. 3. These...
ELEMENTARY LEAGUE BASKETBALL RESULTS, OCT 31
Elementary League Basketball results from Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020: GIRLS North Coffee 32 Deerfield 2 Hillsboro 8 New Union 29 BOYS: Hillsboro 15 New Union 32 Hickerson 4 College St 18 Westwood 26 East Coffee 17 Deerfield 3 North Coffee...
Lady Rocket softball fundraiser cancelled
The Westwood Lady Rocket Softball team is needing to raise funds to replace its fencing around the softball field. There was originally a fundraiser scheduled for Monday, Nov. 2. This “Swing for the Fence” fundraiser has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for the spring. In the meantime, if you would like to make a contribution to the project, which is likely to cost approximately $9,000, you can get in touch with Amanda Sullivan by email at...