Bella Vinson of CHS basketball Looking to avenge the loss that ended their season last year, the Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team welcomed Riverdale to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday night.  The Lady Raiders played incredibly stingy defense, especially in the final 3 quarters, to hold Riverdale to 32 points.  Coffee County got the win over their region rival 53 to 32.  After a back and forth first 4 minutes, Riverdale closed out the 1st quarter on a 10 to 2 run to take a 16 to 12 lead into the 2nd quarter.  Coffee County...

Coffee County wrestling team medalists from Saturday at Sewanee. (Left to right) Hunter Massey, Gavin Prater, Chris Speegle, Cardin Stump ad Jeremiah Wardell [Photo provided] The Coffee County CHS wrestling team traveled to Sewanee on Saturday for the 15 team Mt. Top Invitational.  The Raider grapplers grabbed 5 individual medals on the day.  In the team standings, Coffee County finished in 8th place out of the 15 squads.  A trio of Lady Raider wrestlers also competed in a pair of matches each.  For the Lady Raiders Alanna Coker and Mary Anne Walker each were 2 and 0 on the...

Jenna Garretson of CHS basketball The Coffee County CHS basketball teams returned home on Friday night for a district doubleheader with Lincoln County.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, Coffee County held onto their spots at the top of the district standings with a pair of wins.  The Lady Raiders rallied to drop the Lady Falcons 35 to 32.  The Red Raiders led from wire to wire in a 54 to 28 stomping of Lincoln County.  Jenna Garretson hit a pair of 3 pointers in the 4th quarter to give the Lady Raiders their...

Taylor Anthony of CCMS basketball The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball team matched up against White County on Friday night in Warren County for the CTC tournament championship.  After splitting the 2 regular season matchups, Friday night’s winner would claim the conference crown.  The Lady Raiders fell in an early hole and could not catch up as they lost 36 to 29.  White County dominated the offensive and defensive boards in the 1st quarter and raced out to a 13 to 0 lead.  The Warriorettes carried a 16 to 2 lead into the 2nd quarter over a...

A season filled with so many high moments ended with a big low in Kansas City on Sunday. One win away from a trip to Super Bowl LIV, the Titans came up short. Instead, a 35-24 loss to the Chiefs ended the team’s season after what most considered an improbable run to the AFC Championship Game. “It’s tough — I’m kind of in shock a little bit,” Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill said afterward. “You don’t prepare yourself for this outcome. Everything in your preparation and your mind is: ‘We’re going to win this game.’ So when it hits, it...

They looked great all night long, and by the time it was over, the Predators felt great too. Sporting their NHL Winter Classic uniforms in front of a Bridgestone Arena White Out, Craig Smith scored a power-play goal late in the third period to give Nashville a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres. The result gives the Preds a much-desired win heading into the bye week, but it was the way they won – an “identity win,” as Head Coach John Hynes likes to say – that brought about some additional satisfaction in the Nashville locker room. “These games...

Chris Speagle of CHS Wrestling The Coffee County CHS wrestling teams welcomed Riverdale and St. Andrews-Sewanee to the Coffee County Raider Academy on Thursday might for Senior Night.  Hosting their final home meet of the year, the Red Raider wrestlers captured a pair of wins while the Lady Raiders tied St. Andrew’s in their head to head competition.  The Lady Raiders tied St. Andrews-Sewanee 12 to 12.  Mary Anne Walker(132 pound class) and Alanna Coker(112) each got pinfall wins for Coffee County.  Walker pinned her opponent in 93 seconds while Coke managed the feat in 96 seconds.  Mary Wolfrum(132)...

Bryleigh Gray of Westwood basketball The Westwood Middle School basketball teams traveled to Warren County on Thursday night for their final regular season games of the year.   Taking on Centertown in a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, both Rocket teams grabbed wins and regular season conference titles.  The Lady Rockets finished the regular season unbeaten as they stopped the Lady Warriors 32 to 21.  The Rockets avenged their only 2 losses of the year with a 37 to 27 victory.  In the girls’ game, Westwood got a strong start and a strong finish to capture...