Monday, Nov. 2 is the first official day of practice for the Central High School Red Raider and Lady Raider basketball teams for the 2020-2021 seasons. Both teams are looking to defend their District 8-AAA titles and make deep postseason runs. You can hear the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders all season long on Thunder Radio – presented by Al White Ford-Lincoln. Pictured are the Central High School Red Raider and Lady Raider seniors. Photo provided by Shannon...

Both Coffee Middle School and Westwood Middle School basketball teams will be in action Monday night, Nov. 2. Westwood is slated to travel to Webb School for a 6 p.m. start Meanwhile, the Raiders and Lady Raiders of CMS will be at home for the first time this year – hosting North Franklin. You can hear the CMS basketball games live on Thunder Radio as part of the Hometown Sports Series, presented by Mid Tenn Turf of Manchester. Tip is set for   6...

CMS Red Raider Evan Kirby goes up for 2 of his 18 points Thursday night, Oct. 29, against South. -Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson Coffee County saw a weakness and exploited it Thursday night against South Middle School in Franklin County. The middle school Red Raiders attacked the Trojan paint with post Evan Kirby on their way to a convincing 55-38 CTC conference win. The Raiders have now put up 50 or more points in each of their first two games and are 1-1 on the season. Kirby dominated in the paint for the Raiders, attacking the basket...

Addi Sartain (10) quickly moves the ball down the floor for the Lady Raiders Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Sartain scored 8 points in the Lady Raiders’ win over South. – Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson Natalie Barnes racked up 17 points to go along with 9 points from Olivia Vinson as the Coffee Middle School Lady Raiders rolled to a 53-15 win over South Thursday night in Franklin County. The win moves the Lady Raiders to 2-0 on the season and 2-0 in Conference play. CMS has outscored its first two opponents 119-17. The outcome was never in...

Westwood’s sixth grade Lady Rocket basketball team cruised to a 39-21 win over Warren County Thursday night in Manchester. Jules Ferrell and Reece Finch each reached double-digit points with 15 and 12, respectively. Bella Van Zandbergen had six points, Faythe Irons 4 and Anna Reed 2. Some Westwood Lady Rocket sixth graders will be guests on Saturday’s (Oct. 31) Coffee Coaches Show live from Al White Ford Lincoln in Manchester. The Rocket sixth grade boys also made easy work of the Pioneers, cruising to a 36-19 win on their home floor. Seven different Rockets contributed on the scoreboard in...

As we reported to you earlier this week, the Central High School Red Raider football game that was scheduled to be at home tonight against Riverdale has been cancelled. It was scheduled to be senior night. However, at Thunder Radio we aren’t quite ready for Friday night football to be over. Tonight we are going to re-air the Raiders’ home region win from Sept. 18 against Siegel. Be sure to tune in to relive that fun night. Listen at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, stream with the Manchester Go smartphone app or at thunder1320.com. Kickoff is set for 7...

Coffee County Central High School’s final home football game of the season has been cancelled. The Raiders were set to host the Riverdale Warriors at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. Central High School athletic director Rebecca Koger told Thunder Radio News on Wednesday morning that the game has been cancelled and will not be made up. It was scheduled to be senior night. Koger said the team will work something out for a later date to celebrate seniors. The cancellation is just one of many cancellations across the state this season because of COVID-19 related issues. Just in Coffee...