Kaitlyn Davis is greeted at the plate after a game-tying home run with two outs in the sixth inning Friday, April 22, 2022. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson What looked hopeless for Coffee County turned on two big swings in the sixth inning Friday against Baylor. After striking out in 14 out of 16 at bats from the first inning to the sixth inning, the Lady Raiders got two big home runs to force extra innings with Baylor before falling 5-4 in the first game of the Coffee County Classic at Terry Floyd Field in Manchester. THIS...

It was a championship game. But it was hardly close. For the second day in a row, the Coffee Middle School Lady Raiders run-ruled Tullahoma Middle – this time in the CTC Championship game, winning 11-1 in Manchester. Hayleigh Skipper and Maggie Montgomery each had two doubles, Ella Arnold tripled and Kamryn Hoback added a double as CMS beat Tullahoma into submission. Skipper finished with 4 RBI and McBride added 3. Madi Scott earned the win in the circle – striking out 9 while scattering 5...

Westwood started strong, finished strong and took a 7-4 win over Cornersville Thursday night in Manchester. The Rockets took a 2-1 lead in the first inning and then never trailed the rest of the way out. Seven different rockets contributed one hit – Davis McKenzie with a triple and three runs scored. Matt Moore knocked in a pair of runs and scored once for the Rockets. Kaysen Lowery worked 4 1/3 innings to pick up the win on the mound. He struck out 6 while scattering 5 hits. Westwood will begin the CTC conference tournament April...

There is dominating a team. Then there is dismantling them. Coffee Middle did the latter to Tullahoma in the winner’s bracket finals of the CTC tournament Thursday in Manchester. The Lady Raiders ripped 18 hits, including 5 doubles, in an 18-1 drubbing of rival Tullahoma. The win puts the Lady Raiders in the CTC Championship game at 7:30 p.m. Friday night at Coffee Middle School. Thursday night in Manchester, the Lady Raiders took a 5-0 lead from the start – then piled on five in the third and six in the fifth inning. Madi Scott was at the top...

It took a little while for the Lady Raiders to pull away, but a six run fourth and a four run sixth led to a 16-5 drubbing of Shelbyville Thursday night in Bedford County – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. Junior Kaitlyn Davis launched two home runs and knocked in 5 runs for the Lady Raiders. Freshman Channah Gannon got the start at third base and knocked a pair of doubles for two of her team-leading four hits on the night. Kiya Ferrell and Olivia Evans also added 3 hits for the Lady Raiders, who finished...

Westwood 8th grade pitcher Lily Norman held Cascade to just 5 hits and struck out 13 Champion batters as the Lady Rockets won 6-3 Wednesday night. Meanwhile, at the plate Norman did her fair share of damage – reaching base and scoring in all 4 of her plate appearances that included a pair of singles. Jules Ferrell also singled and scored for the Lady Rockets in the...

Westwood Middle School Lady Rocket head basketball coach Shala Ferrell has announced tryout dates for next year’s team. Tryouts will be held from 3:15-4:45 p.m. on May 12 and 13 at Westwood’s Joel Vinson Gymnasium. Tryouts are for upcoming 6th through 8th graders. 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 Ferrell at 931-808-7434 or email...

Josue Salinas with a header Tuesday night, April 19, 2022 against Franklin County. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Multiple Coffee County sports teams were in action Tuesday – and many of them got out with wins on the night. Red Raider soccer 2, Franklin County 1 Two goals on corner kicks got the job done for the Red Raiders in Manchester Tuesday night. After falling behind 1-0, Coffee County tied the game with 5:30 to play in the first half with a well placed corner kick by Miguel Arrunada found Izick Sierra, who headed it just across...