The TSSAA Legislative Council held a special called meeting on Thursday, June 4 to discuss the summer Dead Period. While some felt that the Dead Period has been made superfluous due to the COVID-19 pandemic response, the motion to make changes to the 2020 Dead Period failed by a vote of 6-6. “We don’t ever want to put sports before families, and many families make plans for the Dead Period every year,” said Bernard Childress, Executive Director of the TSSAA. “This is not the first year we’ve had the Dead Period and as eager as coaches are to get...

As COVID-19 restrictions continue to relax, a pair of Coffee County CHS teams will be return to competition this weekend.  The Coffee County Youth Bass Club will compete in a pair of important tournaments this weekend.  The Coffee County Claybusters will compete in team shoot for the first time since March 7th. Like most other outdoor, individual sports, the Claybusters have been practicing and competing as individuals for a few weeks.  Saturday they will travel to Big Springs Clay Target Sports in Christiana.  The Claybusters are looking to sharpen their skills in preparation for the AIM State Championships coming...

Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith lifted the team’s offense to great heights in his first year on the job in 2019.  Under Smith’s direction, the Titans ranked first in the NFL in red zone efficiency (75.6%), third in rushing (138.9 yards per game), fourth in yards per play (6.12, which was the third best in franchise history) and 10th in points per game (402, 25.1 per game). Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill led the NFL in passer rating (117.5) and running back Derrick Henry led the league in rushing with 1,540 yards. Along the way, rookie A.J. Brown blossomed into...

MLS and the MLS Players Association completed a new collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday after the MLSPA voted to approve a revised plan. The new CBA will run through 2025 and includes agreement on a plan to resume the 2020 season with a tournament in Orlando, MLS commissioner Don Garber confirmed in a video conference with media on Wednesday afternoon. MLS suspended the season on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Full details, including specific dates and competition format for the Orlando tournament, are expected to be revealed in the coming days.  Thunder Radio will keep you updated...

It is that time of the year when the local prep teams begin to schedule tryouts.  As always, Thunder Radio wants to pass along all the tryout information we have received for the local prep coaches.  Students should be prepared to participate in all the tryout sessions unless otherwise noted.  Tryouts will be carried out following state guidelines due to the COVID-19 outbreak.  The teams will have students to try out in small groups to satisfy the CDC guidelines. Student/athletes need to remember to bring along with them the signed and completed TSSAA Physical and Parental Consent forms with...

It’s music to NASCAR’s ears: the stock car series is set to return to Nashville, Tennessee in 2021. Nashville Superspeedway will hold a Cup race for the first time next season, ending NASCAR’s decade-long absence from the track. The Nashville track is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc., which has held Cup race weekends each year since 1969. Dover will give up one of its dates and move it to Nashville for an expected late June 2021 race weekend. Nashville Superspeedway held Xfinity and Truck events from 2001 until 2011. The idea to return NASCAR to Nashville took root after...

Coffee County Central High School announced the hiring of a trio of coaches on Tuesday.  The Raiders added three familiar faces as assistant coaches.  Ashley Woods will join the staff of the Lady Raider soccer program as an assistant coach.  Parker Gunn will join the Raider golf program as an assistant coach.  Kyle Douglas will take a position as as assistant baseball coach in addition to a teaching position. Woods is a 2018 Coffee County CHS graduate and played soccer for the Lady Raiders under head coach David Amado.  Woods signed a college soccer scholarship to Motlow after her...

After the NHL announced the Return to Play Plan last week, a hope for the Nashville Predators to return to the ice became a reality. The season, which was paused March 12 due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus, will restart with a Qualifying Round and Seeding Round Robin in two hub cities each hosting 12 teams from one conference. The top four teams in the Eastern or Western Conference will play each other once (three games per team) in a round-robin to decide the top four seeds for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. These games will...