The Westwood 6th grade basketball teams traveled to Morrison on Tuesday night.  The Lady Rockets came up short 27 to 20.  The Rockets fell by a final score of 25 to 17.  In the girls’ game, Westwood was held scoreless in the 1st quarter but managed to rebound for a 1 point halftime lead.  In the 2nd half, Morrison netted 10 points in the 4th quarter to pull away for the win.  Maddie Meacham and Audri Patton tied for the team lead in scoring for the Lady Rockets as each finished with 10 points.  In the boys’ game, the...

Filip Forsberg The road sweep was not meant to be. The Nashville Predators piled up wins in their first two stops in a three-game road trip, but a 4-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers in the finale stymied the visitors from climbing the standings once again. Filip Forsberg’s lacrosse-style, wraparound goal in the first period would have been the highlight of the week if his club had been able to prevail in the contest. Instead, Josh Archibald broke a 2-2 tie in the second and the Predators were unable to find the equalizer before the Oilers sealed the win...

Princess Penaloza of Westwood basketball The Westwood Middle School basketball teams welcomed Boyd Christian to the Joel Vinson Gym on Monday for their final home games of the season.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Rockets and Lady Rockets rolled to a doubleheader sweep.  The Lady Rockets won 44 to 0 and the Rockets completed the sweep with a 37 to 12 defeat of the Broncos. In the girls’ game, fourteen different Lady Rockets scored in a game that saw the starters play less than 4 minutes.  Westwood jumped out to a 22...

Olivia Vinson of CCMS basketball The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball team opened up play in the CTC basketball tournament on Monday night.  Seeded as the #2 team in the conference, the Lady Raiders squared off against the Lady Bobcats of West Tullahoma.  Coffee County got their 3rd win of the year over West with a 34 to 11 victory. The Lady Raiders dominated the 2nd half as they rolled to their 16th win of the year.  Leading 13 to 7 at the half, Coffee County held West to 4 points in the 2nd half for the...

Cardin Stump of CHS wrestling The Coffee County CHS wrestling team welcomed Stewarts Creek to their home dojo on Monday night for a dual meet with the Red Hawks.  Coffee County struggled against the more experienced Red Hawks as they fell 57 to 21.  Coffee County got 3 pinfall wins and a decision win on the evening.  Russell Ralph(fighting at 182 pounds) captured an 11 to 7 decision win.  Grabbing pinfall wins were Chris Speegle(220), Cardin Stump(285) and Jeremiah Wardell(106).  Stump captured his pin in 28 seconds while Wardell grabbed his pin in 43 seconds.  The Raider grapplers will...

The Coffee County Central High School swim team competed in the Snowball Invitational on Saturday at the University of the South in Sewanee. The Raider swimmers came home with a 5th place team finish out of 14 teams from Middle and East Tennessee. The Lady Raiders 200 Medley relay team of Lindsey Cauble, Kaylee Williams, Emily Williams and Kennedy Norman-Young captured a 3rd place finish with a time of 2:12.11. Raider swimmers with Top 5 individual finishes were: Kaylee Williams – 1st place, 500 freestyle; 4th place, 100 freestyle; Nick Bogle – 2nd place, 200 freestyle; 4th place –...

The Coffee County CHS freshman girls’ basketball team traveled to Woodbury on Monday night.  The Lady Raiders battled hard on the night before falling 38 to 32.  Maggie Crouch was the leading scorer for the Lady Raiders as she finished with 12 points.   Nia Sheffield added 10 points while Kennedy Norman-Young chipped in 6 points. The freshmen Raiders and Lady Raiders will travel to Fayetteville on Monday to take on the Lincoln County freshmen.  The girls’ game will tip off at 6...

Celebrating Ashley Evans’ softball signing with Cumberland on Friday were: Front Row(left to right) Olivia Evans, sister; Lee Anne Evans, mother; Ashley Evans; Matthew Evans, father. Back Row(left to right) Brandon McWhorter, CHS head softball coach; Stephanie Theall, Cumberland University head softball coach; Jon Spears, CHS assistant softball coach. Coffee County CHS senior Ashley Evans made her commitment to Cumberland University official on Friday as she signed to play softball at the Lebanon, Tennessee university.  Evans follows in a family tradition to become the 3rd generation in her family to attend Cumberland.  Ashley’s mother, LeeAnne, played softball for the...