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GOLF: Raiders, Rockets win on the golf course Tuesday

GOLF: Raiders, Rockets win on the golf course Tuesday

The Westwood Rocket and Coffee Middle Raider golf teams both earned wins on the golf course Tuesday. Westwood 12, Fayetteville 0 Jack Stowe, Danica Fleenor: 3-0 Landon Collins, Eli Henley: 3-0 Peyton Evans, Thompson Lowe, Ava Thomas: 3-0 Jaxon Phillips, Calvin Barrett, Ethan Hamby: 3-0 Coffee Middle 7, Tullahoma 5 Tallan Crosslin, Lucas Turner: 0.5 – 2.5 Noah Costello, Skylar Releford: 2-1 Cade Williams, Luke Lowe: 3-0 Braden Kesling, James Bradley: 1.5 –...

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Westwood to host DRVC baseball tournament starting Thursday

Westwood to host DRVC baseball tournament starting Thursday

Postseason play has arrived for the Westwood Rocket baseball team – and games will be at a familiar site. The Rockets will host the DRVC postseason tournament at Fred Deadman Park in Manchester. Westwood will open the tournament at 5:30 p.m. Thursday by playing Huntland. the Rockets split with Huntland in the regular season back on March 21 and 22. Tournament games after that will be played on Saturday, April 30, and May 2,3 and 5 at Fred Deadman Park. The Rockets finished the regular season 10-5, closing with 5 straight...

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Coffee Middle golf plays through rain to beat Franklin County

Coffee Middle golf plays through rain to beat Franklin County

Rain cancelled and postponed most all sports on Monday – but not Coffee Middle Golf. The Raiders went to Bear Trace and left with a 10 flags to 2 win over Franklin County. The CMS team of Noah Costello and James Bradley earned 1.5 flags. Meanwhile, Tallan Crosslin and Skylar Releford picked up 2.5 flags. The teams of Cade Williams and Lucas Turner and Brayden Kesling and Luke Lowe each notched 3 flags for a dominating afternoon for...

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Who will the Titans pick? Last mock drafts 2 days out from NFL draft

Who will the Titans pick? Last mock drafts 2 days out from NFL draft

TITANS ONLINE The NFL Draft is now just three days away. Mock drafts are being finalized, and they’re still changing. Let’s take our eighth tour of the mock drafts and see what over 35 draft analysts think the Titans will do in the first round. The Titans are scheduled to pick at No. 26 in the opening round of the draft. Mel Kiper, Jr., ESPN: WR Jahan Datson, Penn State Peter King, NBC Sports: OT Tyler Smith, Tulsa Todd McShay, ESPN: WR Christian Watson, North Dakota State Daniel Jeremiah, NFL Network: OT Tyler Smith, Tulsa Maurice Jones-Drew, NFL.com: CB Andrew Booth, Jr., Clemson Cody...

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Rain washes out CHS baseball, softball Monday

Rain washes out CHS baseball, softball Monday

Rain forced rescheduling for the CHS baseball and softball teams on Monday. The Lady Raiders, who were scheduled to host Franklin County postponed that game to Monday, May 2. Meanwhile, the Raider baseball team was scheduled to begin its final district series of the season against Shelbyville. Monday’s game was pushed to Wednesday – so the Raiders will travel to Shelbyville Tuesday and then host the Eagles on Wednesday – first pitch at 6 p.m. both...

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Westwood announces change to girls basketball tryouts

Westwood announces change to girls basketball tryouts

Westwood Middle School Lady Rocket head basketball coach Shala Ferrell has announced a slight adjustment to tryouts dates for next year’s team. Tryouts will be held from 3:15-4:45 p.m. on May 11 and 13 at Westwood’s Joel Vinson Gymnasium. Tryouts are for upcoming 6th through 8th graders. There will be no tryouts on May 12 due to a conflict. The Lady Rockets are coming off an incredibly successful season that saw them go unbeaten in conference play on their way to a conference championship. WMS lost just one regular season game. Anyone with questions should contact head coach Shala...

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SOFTBALL: Lady Raiders sweep Saturday tournament games over Boyd Buchanan, Greenbriar

SOFTBALL: Lady Raiders sweep Saturday tournament games over Boyd Buchanan, Greenbriar

After dropping two tough extra-inning games on Friday night, the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team bounced back Saturday with a pair of wins to close out the Coffee County Classic in Manchester. The Lady Raiders came from behind to beat Boyd Buchanan 6-4 before dismissing Greenbriar 10-5 in a pair of games at Dave King Park – you heard both on Thunder Radio. Coffee County 6, Boyd Buchanan 4 Shaky defense and some well placed Boyd Buchanan hits put the Lady Bucs in front 4-1 after two innings. But the Lady Raiders responded in a big way with...

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BASEBALL: Raiders give up 6 unanswered in Friday loss to Tullahoma

BASEBALL: Raiders give up 6 unanswered in Friday loss to Tullahoma

Timothy Henderson slings a pitch for the Raiders Friday, April 22, 2022. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County led 4-2 and looked to be on its way to a win over Tullahoma – but the Wildcats scored 3 runs in the fifth inning and three in the sixth to pull ahead and beat the Raiders 8-4 – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. The Raiders led 4-2after 4 innings behind strong nights from Brady Nugent and Caleb Moran. Nugent doubled and scored twice. Moran had 3 hits and a pair of RBIs. But four...

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