Coffee County’s Lady Raiders are District Champions yet again. Coffee County easily dispatched of Franklin County in the semi-finals before dropping Lincoln County 3-1 in the District 8-AAA championship match in Columbia Thursday night. It is the third District 8-AAA championship in the past four years for the Lady Raider program and marks its 9th consecutive trip to the region tournament. Final scores over Lincoln County: 25-22, 25-20, 22-25 and 25-16. Kiya Ferrell served up six aces in the championship match and dominated at the net with 18 kills. She also had 12 assists. Lauren Brandt led the Lady...

Westwood football players celebrate after winning the 2020 DRVC Title Game. After trailing 20-8 at halftime, the Westwood Rocket football team turned on the jets and ripped off 26 unanswered to take the lead and eventually a 34-26 win in the DRVC Championship game Thursday night at Dyer-Bouldin Field. The win caps a perfect season for the Rockets. The game was broadcast live on Thunder Radio as part of the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series. Rocket eighth grader Jayden Carter got the second half rally going with a 51-yard touchdown run. The Rockets followed up with a safety...

Coffee County’s Red Raider football team returns home to Carden-Jarrell Field Friday night to host the Maplewood Panthers. Coffee County (3-3 overall) is looking for its fourth win on the season  – a feat that has not happened since 2007, which happens to be the last time the Red Raiders had a winning season. Maplewood comes in at 0-4 – the Panthers lost two forfeits and two actual games at East Nashville and Spring Hill. Maplewood bot a late start to the season due to COVID-19 restricting Metro Public Schools athletic departments. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and...

Though he has been with the Braves for nearly a decade, Freddie Freeman hasn’t been around long enough to fully grasp what it means for the team to be heading to the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2001. But as the Braves secured a spot in the NLCS by sweeping the Marlins with a 7-0 win in Game 3 of the NL Division Series on Thursday afternoon at Minute Maid Park, Freeman could certainly appreciate getting to where he and many of his teammates felt they deserved to be last year. One year after surrendering 10 runs...

The football Rockets at Westwood Middle School are looking to cap of a perfect season Thursday night. Westwood (7-0) will host Fayetteville in the Duck River Valley Championship game at Dyer-Bouldin Field. The Rockets beat Fayetteville 26-14 earlier in the season  – back on Aug. 20. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday and you can hear the call on Thunder Radio as part of the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series. Listen on 107.9 FM, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, stream on the Manchester Go app or...

By Mark Bowman, mlb.com Ian Anderson helped subdue the concerns about the Braves’ rotation when he debuted in August, now he stands as a key reason why this October is shaping up to be a memorable one for Atlanta. Anderson delivered yet another impressive scoreless effort, and Dansby Swanson hit the first of the two home runs that propelled the Braves to a 2-0 win over the Marlins in Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday afternoon at Minute Maid Park in a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. Swanson and Travis d’Arnaud both homered...

The Tennessee Titans were unable to return to the team facility as hoped on Wednesday after two more positive COVID-19 tests. Also, the NFL is investigating whether or not the Titans violated league protocols after a group of players held an informal workout last week at Montgomery Bell Academy. As of now, the Titans are still scheduled to play the Buffalo Bills Sunday in a game you can hear on Thunder...

For the second day in a row, the Tennessee Titans reported no new positive COVID-19 tests from Monday. Head coach Mike Vrabel now hopes his team will be back inside the facility by Wednesday, pending league approval. In total, 18 members of the Titans team tested positive between Tuesday and Sunday last week – 9 players and 9 team personnel. Sunday’s game against the Steelers was rescheduled for Oct. 25. This upcoming week’s game appears to be on schedule. You can hear Tennessee Titans football all season on Thunder...