Members of the Coffee County Raiderette dance team at Georgia competition on February 8th, 2020[Photo by Ashley Kraft] On Thursday, Coffee County CHS Dance coach Ashley Kraft released the following press release regarding tryouts for the 2020-2021 Raiderette Dance Team. Due to COVID-19, we have decided to go about hosting tryouts differently this year. We will be having virtual tryouts. You’re probably wondering how this works. Below is a breakdown of what is to be expected.  1. On Saturday, April 4, I will release a video on the CCHS Dance Team Facebook page. The link to the page is...

Derrick Henry [AP Photo/Mark Zaleski] Titans running back Derrick Henry signed his $10.2 million franchise tender on Thursday. The move makes Henry officially under contract for 2020. On Wednesday, Titans General Manager Jon Robinson made it clear the team would eventually like to sign Henry to a long-term deal, and he said the feeling is mutual. “I think any time a player, when you have to use the tag on them, that’s something that ideally they probably don’t want,” Robinson said of Henry. “But still, at the same time, I know that he wants to be a part of...

Roman Josi Roman Josi is just like the rest of us. He’s watched “Tiger King” on Netflix. He’s played some “Call of Duty” and “NHL20” on his Xbox. He’s been getting in some home workouts and playing with his dogs during the day. And just like the rest of us, Josi misses hockey. On Tuesday afternoon, the Predators captain joined an NHL video conference from his home in Nashville, along with fellow Central Division captains Jonathan Toews of the Blackhawks and Alex Pietrangelo of the Blues. The half-hour group interview was one of many in a series of video...

Bella Vinson of CHS basketball Coffee County CHS basketball player Bella Vinson was honored once again on Tuesday for her outstanding junior season.  Vinson was named to the 2nd team All-Midstate basketball team by Nashville’s Tennessean newspaper.  Vinson led the Lady Raider team to the District 8AAA Championship in 2020. Additionally, Vinson helped lead Coffee County to the Region 4AAA Tournament for the last 3 seasons and a 24 game regular season district winning streak. Vinson was named the District 8AAA Most Valuable Player the last 2 seasons and won the District Tourney MVP Award in February. Vinson finished...

New Titans defensive end Vic Beasley The Titans hope to get more production on the edge in 2020. Enter Vic Beasley. The Titans on Tuesday officially agreed to terms on a one-year deal with Beasley, a first-round pick of the Atlanta Falcons who has 37.5 career sacks. Beasley, the No.8 pick of the 2015 NFL Draft, joins the Titans after spending the past five seasons in Atlanta. He should add more pop to the defense this fall. The 6-foot-3, 246-pound Beasley had eight sacks in 2019, and five sacks in 2018. He led the NFL with a whopping 15.5...

The Atlanta Braves, through the Atlanta Braves Foundation, have created a special COVID-19 disaster relief fund to help gameday workers and certain other affected members of our baseball community with special financial needs that may come up before Braves baseball begins, and will position the club to support our baseball family and our communities in the coming weeks and months. The Atlanta Braves Foundation serves as the fundraising and funding mechanism for Braves Care and allows organizations, individuals, companies and communities from across Braves Country to engage with the club in social good. In 2019, the Atlanta Braves defined and...

After nearly 3 weeks of no live local sports in Manchester, Thunder Radio is just as anxious to broadcast sports as you are to hear them.  In an effort to alleviate our withdrawal, we will continue to broadcast encore editions of some our favorite sports broadcasts.  Each Thursday night at 6 PM, we will bring you the repeat of a Hometown Sports Series broadcast of a middle school sports event featuring Westwood Middle School or Coffee County Middle School.   Each Friday night at 6 PM, we will bring you the repeat of a  Coffee County Central High School sports...

Hockey players are often viewed as heroes by fans all over the world, but members of the Nashville Predators are saying “thank you” to some heroes of their own. Monday was National Doctors’ Day in the United States, and as those on the front lines – doctors, nurses, first-responders and all who are helping to care for those impacted by the COVID-19 virus – deal with unimaginable circumstances, the Preds had some messages to share. Predators players Rocco Grimaldi, Juuse Saros, Kyle Turris, Dan Hamhuis and Nick Bonino have taken a moment to thank those at Vanderbilt University Medical...