Coffee County Central High School’s Red Raiders open the season Friday night, Aug. 21 when Franklin County visits Carden-Jarrell Field. Thunder Radio will be on hand for the radio coverage as we begin our 63rd year celebrating athletes at Central High School. Coverage begins with The Friday Night Thunder pregame show (delivered by Riddle Trucking) at 6 p.m., with interviews from both head coaches and a tribute to Dennis Weaver, the voice of Coffee County athletics who passed away less than a month ago as he was getting set to call play-by-play action again this season. Thunder Radio will...

After three matches of the 2020 season, the Central High School Lady Raider volleyball team remains perfect. In fact, the team has yet to lose a single set. Coffee County swept visiting Riverdale 3-0 Thursday night at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium (25-10, 25-21 and 25-16.) The win comes after the Lady Raiders dropped Warren County 3-0 and Shelbyville 3-0 earlier this week. Junior Lauren Brandt and her three aces led CHS at the service line Thursday against the Lady Warriors of Riverdale. Brandt also led the Lady Raiders in kills with seven and was second on the team...

Coffee County Middle School’s Lady Raider soccer team dropped to 1-1 on the season Thursday afternoon with an 8-1 loss to Tullahoma. In a game you heard on Thunder Radio as part of the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series, Coffee County fell behind 4-1 at half. The Lady Raiders trailed 2-0 when seventh grader Sadie Moore launched a perfect corner kick that Jasmine Norris connected on to find the back of the net and cut the deficit to 2-1. But the Tullahoma offense was too powerful, pulling ahead 4-1 by halftime and 8-1 with the final goal coming...

Thursday  night will be busy for area prep teams. Coming off a 32-0 win over Grundy County on Tuesday, the Westwood Rockets football team will open its home slate of games at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Dyer-Bouldin Field. Also on Thursday, the CHS Lady Raider volleyball team looks to improve to 3-0 when it hosts Riverdale – junior varsity at 5 p.m. and varsity at 6 p.m. The CHS Lady Raider soccer team is traveling to Rockvale for a 6 p.m. non-district match, and the CMS volleyball team is hoping to remain undefeated with a conference trip to North...

Thunder Radio’s 63rd year of covering Red Raider football begins Friday night – Aug. 21 when Coffee County hosts Franklin County in a non-region tilt. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Carden-Jarrell Field. Thunder Radio will be on hand for every Red Raider game – home and away – to bring all the action back to your radio, computer and streaming devices (smart phones and Amazon Alexa). The Friday Night Thunder pregame show (delivered by Riddle Trucking), will begin the festivities at 6 p.m.. This is the 12th year for Friday Night Thunder, and a new host will in the...

CMS eighth grader Cole Pippenger breaks loose for a run Tuesday afternoon at Carden-Jarrell Field. Pippenger led the Red Raider offense with three rushing touchdowns and a passing touchdown. – Coffee County Middle School used big plays from Cole Pippenger and a stingy defense to roll past visiting Tullahoma 34-12 Tuesday night at Carden-Jarrell Field. In a game you heard on Thunder Radio, the Raider defense only gave up one score, in the final seconds with the game well in hand. Tullahoma’s other score came courtesy of a kickoff return. Offensively for the Raiders, Pippenger put CMS on the...

Two nights in a row and two sweeps for the Central High School Lady Raider volleyball team to start the 2020 season. CHS spanked Shelbyville 25-11, 25-18 and 25-19 for a 3-0 sweep Tuesday night on the road. It was the second sweep in consecutive nights for the Lady Raiders, who dropped Warren County in their home opener Monday. For the second night in a row, Lauren Brandt led the way for CHS at the service line with nine service aces. Brandt also picked up 15 assists on the night to lead CHS in setting. Maddy Sussen and Keri...