It seemed everything Coffee County hit hard during big situations found the glove of a Lady Pioneer Friday night. That combined with base running mistakes and a pair of errors cost the Lady Raiders a 3-1 loss in the winner’s bracket finals of the District 6-4A tournament in Manchester – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. It marks the first district loss of the season for the Lady Raiders, who had swept Warren County during the season. It also puts Coffee County’s season on brink of elimination – as the Lady Raiders will have to win in...

Connor Ingram made 49 saves, but the Nashville Predators fell to the Colorado Avalanche in overtime by a 2-1 final in Game 2 on Thursday night at Ball Arena. The result sees the Preds trail by a 2-0 count in the Round One series with Games 3 and 4 ahead in Nashville. Yakov Trenin scored the lone goal for the Predators on the night, and Ingram, who made the first postseason start of his career, produced one of the more epic playoff performances from a Nashville goaltender in franchise history. But ultimately, the Preds were unable to tally for a second...

Coffee County Red Raider football alum Alontae Taylor stopped by Terry Floyd Field Thursday to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Lady Raiders opened the District 6-4A tournament against Shelbyville. Taylor tossed the first pitch then hung around all evening to watch the Lady Raiders win 13-3. Taylor, who played quarterback for the Red Raiders before going on to play defensive back for the University of Tennessee Volunteers, was drafted in the second round of the 2022 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints. He was the 49th overall selection. Alontae Taylor slings the ceremonial first pitch...

Coffee County Central tennis team showed out at the district tournament Thursday, May 5, 2022 in Shelbyville. The doubles team of Lauren Perry and Rylea McNamara were crowned doubles district champions for the second year in a row. The boys doubles team of Krish Patel and Liam Brown took second. Jonathan Nelson finished second in the district in singles. McNamara, Patel, Brown and Nelson were all selected to the all-district team. Perry was named District MVP. Everyone advances to the region tournament. Rylea McNamara and Lauren Perry won the district tournament doubles championship in Shelbyville Thursday, May 5,...

Coffee County’s Lady Raiders brought their big bats to the ballpark Thursday. Three different Lady Raiders launched home runs as CHS went on to run rule Shelbyville 13-3 in the opening round of the District 6-4A softball tournament in Manchester. Freshman Channah Gannon lifted a 3-run home run, senior Haidyn Campbell blasted a 2-run shot and senior Kiya Ferrell lined a solo bomb – all over the centerfield fence. Gannon also doubled home a run. Ferrell finished 4-for-4 with 3RBI and a couple of runs scored. Coffee County outhit the Eaglettes 15-6 in the win. Jada Bowen and Madison...

Tullahoma scored within the games first 19 seconds in the battle for the annual Coffee Cup Tuesday night (May 3). But the Raiders shut them down after that. Coffee County tied the game and went on to win in a shootout over the Wildcats in Manchester to claim the soccer Coffee Cup for the 8th time in the past 9 years. Down 1-0, Mike Arrunada tied the game for the Raiders to force a penalty kick shootout. Izick Sierra nailed a kick to keep the Raiders alive, Tullahoma missed and that setup the winning goal for senior Josue Salinas....

It matters more in May – the softball postseason is here. The CHS Lady Raider softball team will open the District 6-4A tournament by hosting Shelbyville at 6 p.m. Thursday at Terry Floyd Field in Manchester. Coffee County swept Shelbyville 3-0 during the regular season. The tournament is double elimination. The top two teams will advance to the Region 3-4A tournament. Hear the Lady Raiders take on Shelbyville on Thunder Radio – pregame at 5:50 and first pitch at 6 p.m. Thursday: 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and...

A 4-3 win over Harris in 10-innings pushed the Coffee Middle baseball team to the area championship and a trip to TMSAA sectional tournament. Monday night against Harris, Trace Parker singled on a 1-0 count to score a run and give the Raiders a walk-off 4-3 win over Harris. Leiton Yancer was the winning pitcher for the Raiders, working the last two innings. The game was tied 1-1 going into extra innings. The Eagles scored 2 in the top of the 9th and the Raiders tied the game in the bottom half to force a 10th inning. The Raiders...