Ellie Chumley of CHS basketball The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team opened up play in the Region 4AAA basketball tournament on Friday night.  In a game you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Raiders hosted Blackman at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  Blackman took Coffee County out of their offensive flow as they stunned the Lady Raiders 39 to 33.  The loss ends the season for Coffee County.  A taller, quicker and deeper Blackman defense took Coffee County out of their offensive flow with the strongest defensive pressure Coffee County has seen all season.  The Lady...

Timothy Henderson of WMS baseball The Westwood Rocket baseball team opened the season on Saturday in Fayetteville as they took on Riverside Christian.  In the first game with Jeff Houck as the head coach, the Rockets used 8 hits and 8 walks to claim a 13 to 3 win. The Rockets got off to a hot start scoring 4 runs in each of the first 2 innings to jump out to an 8 to 0 lead.  Westwood built a 13 to 0 lead going into the bottom of the 5th inning.  The Crusaders rally for 3 runs in the...

Keri Munn of CHS softball The Coffee County CHS softball team got their first scrimmage action of the season on Saturday.  The Lady Raiders were able to get in 4 games in Shelbyville in their annual scrimmage playday.  On the day, the Lady Raiders won all 4 contests.  In the day’s opener on Saturday morning, Coffee County got off to a hot start with 3 runs in the 1st inning, but had to rally after Cornersville plated 5 runs in the 2nd inning.  The Lady Raiders banged out 8 hits in the 4 inning contest.  Haidyn Campbell got the...

Brandon Jernigan of CHS baseball The Coffee County CHS baseball got in their 3rd scrimmage game of the spring on Saturday at Powers Field.  The Red Raiders hosted Central Magnet School out of Murfreesboro for the 12 inning scrimmage.   The visiting Tigers scored 8 runs in the last 5 innings to claim the win.  Brandon Jernigan was the hitting star for Coffee County as he had a single, a home run and 2 RBI.  Wyatt Nugent had a pair of singles and Hayden Skipper had a double and 2 walks.  The Red Raiders used 6 pitchers on the day. ...

The Predators scored twice late in regulation, but it wasn’t quite enough to stage another comeback, as they fell 3-2 to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result sees Nashville’s three-game winning streak come to an end, as the Avs won their sixth consecutive outing. After Viktor Arvidsson scored to bring the Preds to within one goal with less than six minutes to play, Nashville again put the puck in the net just over two minutes later, but it was met with controversy. Predators forward Colin Blackwell was called for goaltender interference on a play...

If Austin Riley eventually becomes the Braves’ starting third baseman, Atlanta would seemingly improve its depth by placing Johan Camargo’s offensive and defensive versatility on its bench. While this might sound like a good plan, Braves manager Brian Snitker does not necessarily see it as a practical one. At this point, he believes Riley and Camargo would both be best served playing on an everyday basis, even if that means one would likely be doing so at the Triple-A level. “Realistically, can you get both guys [on the roster]?” Snitker said. “No, I don’t know you can do them...

Walker Zimmerman of Nashville SC In front of a record-breaking crowd of 59,069 at Nissan Stadium, Nashville SC made its debut in Major League Soccer, dropping a hard-fought contest 2-1 to Atlanta United FC. Atlanta got on the board first with a lightning-quick counterattack and a goal from Ezequiel Barco in the 9’ minute. Nashville responded with a goal off of a set piece by defender Walker Zimmerman in the 29’ minute to even things up. Atlanta grabbed one more goal after a set piece sequence saw Emerson Hyndman rocket a ball into the back of the net to...

Cy Brody Dyer of Westwood soccer The Westwood soccer team hosted their regular season home opener on Thursday in the opening game of the People’s Bank and Trust Spring Hometown Sports Series here on Thunder Radio.  With the wet weather on their home pitch at Dyer-Bouldin Field, the Rockets moved the match with North Franklin to the Manchester Soccer Park.  The Rockets controlled the time of possession in a 5 to 1 win to run their season record to 3 and 0.  The Rockets got on the board in the 2nd minute when Caleb Cargile attacked from the left...