The stats weren’t pretty. But the one that mattered most went in Westwood’s favor Thursday in Woodbury. In a game you heard on Thunder Radio Thursday evening, the Westwood Rocket football team brought its defense on the road to win a 2-0 struggle over Cannon County in Woodbury. The Rockets lone score came via a safety. Otherwise, neither team was able to find enough offensive rhythm to get into the end zone. The win moves the Rockets to 6-0 on the season and drops Cannon County to 4-2. Westwood has next week off before traveling to Cascade for a...

The Coffee County Central High School Football team hosts Region 3-6A opponent Siegel at 7 p.m. Friday night at Carden-Jarrell Field. Coffee County (1-2 overall) is looking to get back to .500 after back-to-back losses. Meanwhile, Siegel is 0-4 and looking for its first win of the season. Tickets will not be sold at the gate. Anyone wanting to purchase tickets now will need to do so digitally. Smartphone users with an iPhone can download the GoFan app. Meanwhile, Android users should visit www.gofan.co. (not .com). Face coverings are required for entry and temperature checks will be performed at...

After the week off last week, the Central High School Red Raider football team returns to Carden-Jarrell Field this week to take on visiting Siegel in a Region 3-6A contest. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. – the game can be heard live on Thunder Radio (beginning with pregame at 6 p.m.) Coffee County (1-2) is looking to get back to .500 on the season and pull to 1-1 in region play with a win against visiting Siegel (0-4). If you plan to attend – here is ticket information to consider. *There will be no tickets sold at the...

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 prep sports schedule: 5 p.m – Coffee Middle Volleyball AT North Franklin 5:30 p.m. – CHS JV Volleyball AT Columbia 6:30 p.m. – WMS Football AT Cannon County (First National Bank Hometown Sports Series Broadcast on Thunder Radio. Tune in at 107.9 Fm, 106.7 FM, 1320 AM, www.thunder1320.com) 6:30 p.m. – CHS volleyball AT...

Cole Hamels‘ season debut might not have concluded as smoothly as he desired, but pitching for the first time in nearly a year, the veteran lefty provided reason to believe he can impact the Braves the rest of the season. Hamels’ much-anticipated return to the mound occurred as the Braves lost, 5-1, to the Orioles on Wednesday night at Camden Yards. He cruised through the first two innings in scoreless fashion, stumbled during a three-run third inning and then continued to build his endurance while retiring the only batter he faced in the fourth. Continue reading...

Coffee Middle School’s Red Raider football team moved one step closer to the CTC championship game with a  31-0 drubbing of Warren County in McMinnville Tuesday night. The win moves the Raiders to 5-0 on the season with only White County left. The Raiders will host the Warriors Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night in McMinnville, the Raiders easily cruised to the win with the starters playing only the first half and the production was evenly spread around. Caiden Martin picked up a six yard touchdown run, Cole Pippenger connected with Colter Neel on a 30-yard scoring...

Jorja Waggoner and Maddy Jones each scored a pair of goals for the CHS Lady Raiders in a dominating 6-0 win over Columbia for a district win Tuesday night in Manchester. Waggoner scored first – putting CHS on top 1-0 in the 25th minute on an assist by Ellie Fann. But it was the second half when the Lady Raiders exploded offensively. Anna Amado found the back of the net just five minutes into the second half on an assist by Waggoner. Then it was Waggoner nine minutes later on an assist from Clarissa Barrera to put CHS up...

For the first time this season, the Lady Raider volleyball team at Central High School faced serious adversity Tuesday against Lincoln County. And the Lady Raiders responded. After not losing a single set through 10 matches, CHS fell behind 2-0 in the best-of-five, but responded with 3 straight wins to drop the Lady Falcons 3-2. Coffee County lost 25-20 and 25-20 before turning things around to win 25-11, 25-20 and 15-8 and improve to 11-0 on the season. Kiya Ferrell and Keri Munn dominated around the net with 17 and 16 kills, respectively. Lauren Brandt set up most of...