Coffee Middle’s Lady Raider soccer team has yet to crack the win column this season. But the Lady Raiders are so close. After tying Rockvale 3-3 and then losing a 6-5 thriller to Franklin County, the Lady Raiders looked poised to get win number one Monday night but ended up tying Warren County 2-2 in McMinnville. Riley Howell and Lilly Matherne had the two goals for CMS in the game. The Lady Raiders’ next game will be a 5 p.m. Friday when Tullahoma travels to...

Coffee County Central boys and girls golfers took second place in a three-team match Monday at WillowBrook Golf Course. The Raider boys were a mere 7-strokes shy of taking first – carding a team 361 behind Tullahoma’s 354. Franklin County turned in a 397. Freshman Noah Costello led the Raider boys with an 87, followed by Jack Stowe at 90 and a pair of 92s from Jacob Holder and Brady Daugherty. Meanwhile, the Lady Raiders were 9 strokes off the Tullahoma pace and carded a 180. Maggie Crouch was excellent, carding a 12-over par 84 and Cadie Prater finished...

Coffee County football kicks off in just one week. Now is the time to get your season tickets for the centennial year of Raider football as CHS marks 100 years of football. Coffee County season tickets will include admission to all 5 home games – beginning with the opener on August 19th when Franklin County comes to town. Cost per season ticket is $35. Season tickets go on sale Friday, Aug. 12 at Owen’s Provisions & Apparel at 104 W. Fort St. in downtown Manchester. The Raiders will also be at home against Shelbyville (Sept. 2), Lebanon (Sept. 16),...

If you can’t get enough high school football coverage, Thunder Radio is the place to be. The Coach Doug Greene Show – Built by Gilley Construction – will return exclusively to Thunder Radio airwaves this fall for the third consecutive year. Hosted by Thunder Radio football color commentator Dustin Murray, the show will broadcast live from 7-8 p.m. every Wednesday night (beginning Aug. 17, 2022) from Prater’s BBQ on Woodbury Highway. Everyone is welcome to attend and talk football with coach Greene and special guest players and coaches every week. Thunder Radio has been your home for Red Raider...

High school fall sports all hit the field and courts beginning this week, joining middle school sports to make for a full week of action for our area sports teams. Below is a master list of all sports happening this week. Games marked with an asterisk are Thunder Radio broadcasts. Thunder Radio broadcasts can be heard at 107.9 FM, 1320 SM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com. Games marked with a double asterisk are online stream only games and can be heard at thunder1320.com/sports-streams DAYDATETIMESCHOOLSPORTOPPONENTLOCATIONMonday8/15/221 p.m.CHSGolfFranklin Co, TullahomaWillowBrookMonday8/15/226 p.m.CMSSoccerWarren CountyAwayMonday8/15/225 p.m.CMSVolleyballHarrisAway*Tuesday8/16/226:30 p.m.CMSFootballTullahomaAwayTuesday8/16/224 p.m.CHSGolfFranklin Co, TullahomaTim’s FordTuesday8/16/226:30 p.m.CHSSoccerLincoln CountyAwayTuesday8/16/225...

Coffee County Central High School volleyball welcomed several middle school teams from across the area to their annual tournament on Saturday at CHS. The Coffee Middle Lady Raider team made out with a third place finish, going 3-2 on the day. The CMS Lady Raiders ended up getting knocked out in the semi-finals by Eagleville, who went on to win the tournament championship. Meanwhile, the CMS Lady Raider JV went 2-2 to take 5th place, falling to eventual champion South Lincoln. The tournament performance comes after the Lady Raiders are fresh off a 2-1 win over Tullahoma on Thursday:...

Big plays in the first half led the way for the Westwood Rockets as they opened the 2022 football season with a 33-6 beating of Cannon County’s Lions in Woodbury. The Rockets took a quick 12-0 lead behind a pair of huge plays early. Quarterback Kaysen Lowery broke loose for an 85-yard touchdown run, followed by a 75-yard interception returned for a touchdown by Keller Hatfield. Lowery connected with Hatfield from 10-yards out to push the lead to 20-0 by the halftime break and the Rockets never looked back, putting the game out of reach in the second half....

Lilly Matherne scored 5 goals for CMS Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022 against Franklin County. Photo by Holly Peterson, Thunder Radio | Thunder The Magazine Coffee Middle soccer fell just short Thursday night. But it certainly wasn’t because of the efforts of Lilly Matherne. The eighth grade striker scored 5 goals for the CMS Lady Raiders, and had a sixth just miss as time expired as the Lady Raider lost to Franklin County 6-5 in a heavy rain storm in Manchester. (THIS GAME WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON THUNDER RADIO AS PART OF THE CAPSTAR BANK HOMETOWN SPORTS SERIES. PUSH HERE...