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 softball teams at Coffee County CHS and Coffee County Middle and Westwood Middle schools.  The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raiders completed a remarkable unbeaten season as they rolled to a 21 and 0 record and a Central Tennessee Conference title.  Thunder Radio reported on the championship win with the following story...

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 baseball teams at Coffee County CHS and Coffee County Middle and Westwood Middle schools.  The Westwood Middle School struggled on the season, but got off to a good start with a win over Riverside Christian in the season opener.    Thunder Radio reported on the championship win with the following story we brought...

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 tennis teams at Coffee County CHS and Coffee County Middle and Westwood Middle schools.  Members of the district champion Red Raider tennis team. From left to right – Landon Booth, Benedict Edinger, Jaden Talley, Johnathan Welch, Jonah Rollman and coach Josh Inzer. [Photo by Janice Talley] The Coffee County CHS Red Raider...

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 boys’ soccer teams at Coffee County CHS and Coffee County and Westwood middle schools.  The highlight of the year was the strong close to the season for the Coffee County CHS soccer team as they won 4 of their last 5 games and advanced to the finals of the District 8AAA tournament. ...

Claybusters Junior National Championship team 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 the year for the Coffee County Claybusters.  Fielding arguably the most successful youth teams in this area for the last decade, the Claybusters continued to add to their trophy case in 2019.  The Claybusters added another National Championship trophy to the trophy case at the Aim Grand Championship in Sparta, Illinois.  Thunder Radio reported on...

Roman Josi in action [Photo courtesy of nhl.com] Roman Josi scored for the fifth consecutive game and Pekka Rinne made 26 saves to help the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes at Bridgestone Arena. The result sends the Preds into the Christmas break as winners of four of their last five games with nine more points to their name over the past week. Nashville’s netminder also collected his 354th career victory to move into sole possession of 20th on the NHL’s all-time wins list. A newfound confidence that began on the road carried over into...

Caleb Boothe of CHS wrestling It was a busy, and successful, end of the week for the Coffee County CHS wrestling team.  On Thursday, the Raider grapplers welcomed Cascade to the Coffee County Raider Academy.  On Friday night, Coffee County traveled to Winchester for a tri-match with Rockvale and Franklin County. Taking on the Champions from Wartrace on Thursday, the Raiders also welcomed the Cascade Youth program to wrestle the Coffee County Youth program.  In the high school matchup, the Red Raiders claimed a 48 to 18 win.   The Raiders got forfeit wins from Leo Ramirez(at 195 pounds), Christopher...

Ryan Ellis[Photo courtesy of NHL.com] Roman Josi and Ryan Ellis looked like the best defensive pairing in the NHL on Saturday night in Boston – and they’re headed home happy. Josi tallied twice to tie the NHL lead for goals by a defenseman, while Ellis dominated the overtime session before scoring the game-winning goal in a 4-3 Predators victory over the Bruins. The result gives Nashville seven of a possible eight points to conclude their four-game road in season-defining fashion. “It’s a great win for us,” Josi said. “That’s a really good team over there, one of the best...