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Raiders fall to Oakland in weather-shortened game
Coffee County’s defense held up well against the state’s top-ranked team Friday, but Oakland finally found some running room and storms cut the game short as the Raiders fell 22-3 at Oakland High School. CHS Red Raider Ian Weldon split the uprights on a 29-yard field goal with 8:07 to play in the first half for the Raiders’ only points. Weldon’s kick cut the Oakland lead to 7-3 and helped the Raiders recover after Oakland took a quick 7-0 lead just 45 seconds into the game. The Raider field goal was set up by a Matthew Pittman interception near...

This week’s prep sports schedule
This week’s local prep sports schedule is below: Monday: Coffee Middle School basketball AT East Tullahoma. 6 p.m. Tuesday: Westwood Middle School 6th grade basketball HOSTS North Middle. 6 p.m. Thursday: Westwood Middle School 6th grade basketball HOSTS Warren County. 6 p.m. Thursday: Coffee Middle School basketball AT South Franklin. 6 p.m. Friday: Central High School football HOSTS Riverdale (Senior night. Broadcast on Thunder...

Titans comeback falls short in 27-24 loss to Steelers
This time, the comeback fell short. The Titans staged a furious second half rally on Sunday at Nissan Stadium, but in the end it wasn’t enough in a 27-24 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kicker Stephen Gostkowski’s 45-yard field goal try in the closing seconds went wide right, which ended it. The Titans weren’t making any excuses after the contest. Instead, they kicked themselves for falling behind by such a big margin early. “We weren’t very good in all three phases – we just had too many mistakes,” Titans Coach Mike Vrabel said. “It was …. Continue reading here. You...

Raiders fall to top ranked Oakland in storm-shortened region game
Coffee County’s defense held up well against the state’s top-ranked team Friday, but Oakland finally found some running room and storms cut the game short as the Raiders fell 22-3 at Oakland High School. CHS Red Raider Ian Weldon split the uprights on a 29-yard field goal with 8:07 to play in the first half for the Raiders’ only points. Weldon’s kick cut the Oakland lead to 7-3 and helped the Raiders recover after Oakland took a quick 7-0 lead just 45 seconds into the game. The Raider field goal was set up by a Matthew Pittman interception near...

GAMEDAY: Raiders travel to top-ranked Oakland, broadcast on Thunder Radio
Coffee County Central High School’s Red Raider football team will travel to take on the state’s top-ranked Oakland Patriots in Murfreesboro at 7 p.m. Friday. There will be no tickets sold at the gate. Per standard rules for the season, temperatures will be checked at the gate and masks are required. If you wish to purchase tickets, you will need to do so through Ticket Spice. You can get the exact link you need by clicking here. If you can’t make the game, you can listen live on your home for all Red Raider and Lady Raider athletics – Thunder...

Rockets sweep Cascade Thursday night
In a pair of games you heard on Thunder Radio Thursday night as part of The Hometown Sports Series, presented by Mid Tenn Turf, The Westwood basketball teams each picked up wins over visiting Cascade. The Westwood Lady Rockets got 13 points from Keina Seivers and 11 from Audri Patton to pick up a 33-26 win over the visiting Cascade Lady Champions Thursday night. Westwood had a 15-10 halftime lead before pulling away in the second half. To listen to the replay of the Lady Rockets game, click here. The Rocket boys got an offensive explosion, racking up 58...

Braves have 3 Gold Glove Finalists
Three different Atlanta Braves have been nominated for Gold Glove awards. Pitcher Max Fried, shortstop Dansby Swanson and outfielder Ronald Acuna, Jr., have all been nominated for the league’s most prestigious defensive award. The Braves season ended with a game 7 loss to the Dodgers in the NLCS. Thunder Radio is your home for the Atlanta...

Rocket basketball falls to Eagleville; play on Thunder Radio Thursday
A huge third quarter for Eagleville was costly to the Westwood Rocket basketball team Tuesday night, as the Rockets fell 43-30. Eagleville came out of the locker room and outscored the rockets 18-6 in the third quarter to build a gap Westwood couldn’t close in the final period. Westwood Got 12 points from Jayden Carter and 10 from Jaiden Warren on the night. Westwood will be back in action Thursday night Thursday, when the Rockets and Lady Rockets host Cascade beginning at 6 p.m. You can listen to that game live on Thunder Radio as part of the Mid...