The freshman football Red Raiders will host Cookeville Monday night at 6:30 p.m. in a game that was not originally planned. The freshman team was scheduled to go to Green Hills later this week. However, that game was cancelled, leaving a hole in the schedule. The freshman team is 3-2 on the season and coming off a win over White...

Titans kicker Stephen Gostkowski is doing what the Titans signed him to do – make field goals. And the long-time NFL kicker made a lot of them here on Sunday to lift the Titans to a 31-30 win over the Vikings here at U.S. Bank Stadium. Remember that shaky start for Gostkowski in Denver? It’s long been forgotten now, as Gostkowski has kicked game-winning field goals in each of the first three weeks of the season. “You play this game for a long time, and you are going to have good and bad things happen,” Gostkowski said after kicking...

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...

The Coffee County Middle School Cross Country girls team had three runners qualify for the TMSAA State Meet after standout performances at the TMSAA Regional qualifier on Thursday. Sophie McInturff, Jaydee Nogodula and Ava McIntosh all qualified for the state meet with their times. Meanwhile, Ella Arnold set a personal record with a time of 15:55 and Chloe Hensiek set a personal record with a time of 15:08. The girls team finished seventh overall out of 16 teams. Meanwhile, on the boys side, Everett Masters set a personal record time of 17:48. The state meet is set for Saturday,...

Coffee County Central High School’s Lady Raider volleyball team put a beating on Warren County Thursday, winning 25-12, 25-15 and 25-13 for a 3-0 sweep in McMinnville. Lauren Brandt served five aces and piled up 20 assists for the Lady Raiders. Lexi Bryan was the beneficiary of most of those assists, picking up 9 kills. Kiya Ferrell added seven kills and Keri Munn 6. Brandt also added six kills. Maddie Husted led CHS in digs with 7. She also had three kills and an ace. The win improves the CHS volleyball team to 17-3 on the season. Coffee County’s...

Coffee County and Franklin County battled on the soccer field Thursday, remaining tied all the way down to the final minute. In the 79th minute Rebellette Kara McDaniel was able to find the back of the net to give Franklin County a 1-0 win over CHS in a game you heard broadcast live on Thunder Radio. Franklin County outshot Coffee County all night – getting off 21 shots to Coffee County’s 12, and getting 10 shots on goal to the Lady Raiders six. CHS keeper Lucy Riddle was solid in goal, picking up eight saves. The Lady Raiders return...

Coffee County Central’s Red Raider football team travels to Cookeville Friday (Sept. 25) to take on the Cavaliers in a Region 3-6A contest. Coffee County (2-2 overall / 1-1 Region 3-6A) is looking to remain in the thick of the playoff hunt with back-to-back region wins. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers are 0-2 in region play. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast as we do for all Red Raider football games. The Friday Night Thunder pregame show begins at 6 p.m. and the postgame continues well after the final whistle. Thunder Radio – your...

The Lady Raider volleyball team improved to 16-3 on the season with a clean 3-0 sweep of rival Tullahoma Wednesday night at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. The win also completed the season sweep of Tullahoma thanks to an earlier season road win for CHS. Wednesday, Coffee County won 25-16, 25-15 and 25-23. Junior Lauren Brandt led the Lady Raiders at the service line with 7 aces. She also added three kills and 18 assists. Around the net CHS got 10 kills from Lexi Bryan and nine apiece from Kiya Ferrell and Keri Munn. The volleyball Lady Raiders will...