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Predators Stage Comeback Before Penguins Ultimately Sweep Home-and-Home
The Nashville Predators recovered from a rough start to tie the game at 4-4 in the third period, but a controversial series of events delivered a late, third power-play goal for the Pittsburgh Penguins and a 6-4 win. The final game of 2019 is a difficult one to accept. On the one hand, the Predators allowed three goals in the opening 10 minutes of the game. But they also scored three unanswered to even the score as they dominated the play for the majority of the third. Mikael Granlund scored twice, including the game-tying tally and his 100th career...
Manchester Elementary Basketball Teams Split Saturday Semifinals
Saturday was semifinal day for a pair of Manchester elementary school teams at the Motlow Shootout at Motlow’s Moore County Campus. The Lady Eagles of Westwood fought off a tough Broadview team to grab a 14 to 10 win and advance to the title game. The Cougars of College Street suffered their first loss of the year in a 28 to 17 defeat to Farrar Elementary of Tullahoma and will play in Sunday’s consolation. In the girls’ game, it was a battle of Eagles as Westwood and Broadview did battle in a nip and tuck contest for the entire...
Coffee County Lady Raiders Grab Tournament Win in West Tennessee on Friday
Jenna Garretson of CHS basketball The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team traveled to West Tennessee on Friday for a 2 day trip to Fayette County. The Lady Raiders opened the 2 day tournament on Friday with a 61 to 51 win over Bartlett. After suffering a stunning loss on Thursday, Coffee County bounced back to grab the Friday win. After falling behind in the 1st quarter, the Lady Raiders rallied to take a 4 point lead into the half. Coffee County held off a 2nd half rally from the Panthers and closed out strong as they finished with...
Manchester Elementary Basketball Teams Open Motlow Tournament with Wins
A pair of Manchester elementary school basketball teams opened up play on Friday in the Motlow Elementary Shootout at Motlow’s Moore County campus. The Lady Eagles of Westwood Elementary rolled to a 33 to 4 win over Tullahoma’s Bel-Aire Elementary. The Cougars of College Street Elementary bounced Tullahoma’s Robert E. Lee Elementary by a final score of 25 to 23. Westwood held the Bel-Aire Bees scoreless for the first half in the dominating win. The Lady Eagles built a 21 to 0 lead in the 2nd half before the Tullahoma squad got on the board with 15 minutes remaining...
Preds’ Point Streak Halted at Five Games by Penguins
Nashville started a home-and-home series with Pittsburgh on a five-game point streak, but three goals for the Penguins in the first period guided the visitors to a 5-2 victory at Bridgestone Arena. Preds Captain Roman Josi, who saw his goal streak end at five games, thought his team was ready to play, but in-tight conversions on multiple high-danger chances helped the Penguins to a 5-1 lead through two periods. “We started pretty well. It didn’t seem like a 5-1 game after two periods, and they capitalized on a lot of chances,” Josi said. “We have to do a better...
Coffee County Lady Raider Basketball Falls in Tournament Game at Riverdale
Bella Vinson of CHS basketball The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team returned to the court on Thursday as they traveled to Riverdale to take on Madison Academy of Alabama. Hitting the court for their first game in 10 days, the Lady Raiders showed some rust as they dropped a 61 to 46 decision to the Mustangs. Coffee County got off to a hot start as they built a 14 to 8 lead in the opening quarter. Madison fought back to cut the deficit to 1 point at the half. In the 2nd half, the Mustangs outscored the Lady...
2019 Year in Review – Prep Football
As 2019 draws to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the more than 40 prep teams we follow and report on. Today we look back at some of the highlights of year for the football teams at Coffee County CHS and Coffee County Middle and Westwood Middle schools. The Coffee County Middle School football team opened the season with 3 straight losses before reeling off 5 straight conference wins to qualify for the CTC Championship Game. The Red Raiders fought hard but came up short to...
2019 Year in Review – Prep Track
As 2019 draws to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the more than 40 prep teams we follow and report on. Today we look back at some of the highlights of year for the track teams at Coffee County CHS and Coffee County Middle School. For the 28th straight year, the Coffee County CHS track team qualified an athlete for the TSSAA State Meet. On the journey to the state meet, the Raiders and Lady Raiders both claimed district team titles. Thunder Radio reported on the...
