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Lady Raider soccer falls to Shelbyville 4-1
In a match you heard on Thunder Radio, Shelbyville outshot Coffee County Central 22-10 Tuesday night and ended up dropping the Lady Raiders 4-1 in a District contest. The lone goal for the Lady Raiders came on an penalty kick in the 58th minute from Ellie Fann to make the score 2-1. But the Eaglettes added two more goals in the 72nd and 77th minute to pull away. Paige Blackburn scored a pair of goals to go along with a goal from Cheyenne Nation and Cheyenne Watson for Shelbyville. Lucy Riddle had nine saves in goal for the Lady...

Tickets for Raiders and Rockvale are digital only
Red Raider fans wanting to attend the Central High School football game at Rockvale Friday must purchase tickets digitally. There will be no tickets sold at the CHS campus or at the gate Friday at Rockvale. The Raiders face the Rockets at 7 p.m. Friday at Rockvale High School. To purchase tickets, download the GoFan app on your iPhone, or visit www.gofan.co on your android device. Click here for a direct link to purchase tickets. If you can’t make the trip, the Raiders play every game on Thunder Radio – your home for all Red Raider and Lady Raider...

Westwood basketball cancels first game
The Westwood Rocket basketball teams were scheduled to open the 2020-2021 season by hosting Tracy City on October 15. However, that game has not been cancelled. The Rockets and Lady Rockets will now open the season a week later, Oct. 22 when they host Cascade Middle School at 6 p.m. Those games against Cascade are scheduled to be broadcast live on Thunder...

Lady Raider volleyball falls in regular season home finale
The Central High School Lady Raider volleyball lost a regular-season match on Monday for the first time this season. Their prior losses had come in tournament play. In a match you heard on Thunder Radio, the Lady Raiders fell to Eagleville 3-2 in the best-of-five match (23-25, 25-11, 28-26, 19-25 and 11-15). Keri Munn led CHS at the service line with five aces, followed by Lauren Brandt with four. Kiya Ferrell put down 16 kills at the net, followed by Brandt with 11. Brandt led the team in assists with 26. Sydney Shipley finished with 15 digs to lead...

Freddie Freeman named player of the month, Braves open postseason play on Thunder Radio Wednesday
After slugging the Braves into the postseason, Braves’ first baseman Freddie Freeman was named MLB player of the month for September on Monday. Freeman emerged as a National League MVP frontrunner alongside Padres phenom Fernando Tatis Jr. as the Braves won their third straight NL East title and earned the No. 2 seed in the NL. The veteran first baseman led the NL with a 1.246 OPS in September — just ahead of teammate Marcell Ozuna — batting .375/.496/.750 with eight home runs and 32 RBIs. Freeman’s red-hot final month gave him a season slash line of .341/.462/.640 with a 1.102...

High school soccer to be on the radio Tuesday
Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Central High School Lady Raider soccer team will host Shelbyville at 6 p.m. in a match you can hear on Thunder Radio as part of the First National Bank sports series. Courtney Steere will be on the call. Air time is set for 5:50...

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Raiders take Cookeville to the brink, fall in final minutes
Coffee County did a lot of things right Friday night against Cookeville. But in the end, the Cavaliers made one more play than the Raiders and escaped with a 20-19 in at Eddie Watson Stadium in Cookeville. Cavalier quarterback Stockton Owen scored his third touchdown of the night with 1:56 to play, scampering into the end zone from five yards out to give Cookeville the 20-19 lead. Coffee County’s last ditch effort to drive the field came up short when a Conner Shemwell pass was intercepted by Owen. Cookeville was able to take the lead just 2 minutes after...
CMS volleyball season ends in semi-finals of CTC tournament
The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider volleyball season came to an end Saturday in the semi-finals of the CTC tournament in Manchester. Coffee County won its quarter-final round, then fell to Tullahoma 25-20 and 25-17 in the semi-final round. The Lady Raiders finish the season...