Gavin Prater of CHS wrestling The Coffee County CHS wrestling team welcomed region foe Shelbyville to the Coffee County Raider Academy on Tuesday night.  Originally scheduled for a tri-match, Lawrence County pulled out of the competition at the last minute.  The crowd that was on hand saw a tight back and forth matchup won by the Red Raiders 48 to 36. With the Raiders leading by 6 points and one match remaining, Gavin Prater(wrestling at 145 pounds) got a pinfall win in under 90 seconds to clinch the win for Coffee County.  Also grabbing pinfall wins for Coffee County...

The Westwood Middle School 6th grade basketball teams traveled to southern Warren County on Tuesday night for a doubleheader against Irving College.   The 6th grade teams faced a hostile crowd but fought their way to a pair of wins.  The Lady Rockets rolled to a 36 to 5 triumph.  The Rockets got a come from behind 36 to 24 win.  In the girls’ game, the Lady Rockets held the Lady Tigers scoreless in 3 of the 4 quarters to grab the win.  Irving College got all 5 of their points in the 2nd quarter after Westwood led 12 to...

The Temple Baptist Christian School basketball teams welcomed Victory Baptist to the E.C. Bailey Gym on Tuesday night.  Taking on the rival Patriots from Shelbyville, the Eagles had no answers for the talented visitors.  The JV(middle school ages) team lost 35 to 18.  The varsity(high school) Eagles fell to Victory 58 to 18.  In the JV game, the Eagles got off to a slow start as they were held to 2 points in the 1st quarter and fell behind 15 to 2.  The Eagles were able to match scores with the Patriots in the 2nd half but could not...

Craig Smith of the Nashville Predators The Predators rolled out a snowman on the scoreboard on Tuesday night. Seven unanswered goals turned a 3-1 deficit in the second period into an 8-3 victory for the Preds over the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. It’s the second-highest goal total in a single game in franchise history, just the seventh time Nashville has tallied at least eight. The comeback win bestows four of four available points to the Predators’ visit to New York; up next, their four-game trip will take them north of the border to Ottawa. “We’re all really...

Marley Perry of CHS basketball The Coffee County CHS basketball teams hosted their first district home games of the season on Monday night as they welcomed Columbia to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, Coffee County fought to an exciting sweep over the visiting Lions.  The Lady Raiders raced to a 69 to 34 win while the Red Raiders held off a talented Columbia team 48 to 45.  In the girls’ game, the Lady Raiders jumped out to a 13 to 1 advantage in the 1st quarter and...

Ava McIntosh of CCMS basketball The Coffee County Middle School basketball team welcomed Harris to the CCMS gym on Monday night.  The girls’ grabbed a revenge win by a final score of 25 to 19.  The boys’ completed the season sweep of the Eagles with a 60 to 27 win. In the girls’ game, Addi Sartain hit a big basket in the 4th quarter to stall a Harris rally and lead the Lady Raiders to the win.  Taylor Anthony led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 11 points.  Ava McIntosh added 6 points for Coffee Middle. Evan Kirby of...

Leonor Moreno of Westwood basketball The Westwood basketball teams welcomed Eastside to the Joel Vinson Gym on Monday night.  The Lady Rockets rolled past the visitors from Rock Island 50 to 14.  The Rockets made it a sweep with a 33 to 24 victory. In the girls’ game, the Lady Rockets jumped out to a 16 to 3 lead in the 1st quarter and pushed the margin to 20 points entering the 2nd half.  Princess Penaloza was the leading scorer for Westwood as she tallied 16 points.  Remi Benjamin and Leonor Moreno each added 7.  Cayden Trail of Westwood...

Juuse Saros of the Nashville Predators Roman Josi had three points, Juuse Saros made 39 saves and the Nashville Predators defeated the New York Rangers 5-2 at Madison Square Garden on Monday. Josi had two goals and an assist, giving the Predators captain 16 points (four goals, 12 assists) in his past 19 games. Rocco Grimaldi, Mattias Ekholm and Ryan Ellis also scored for the Predators (15-12-5), who were outshot 41-24 but won for the first time in three games and are 6-3-2 in 11 games since Nov. 23. Chris Kreider and Artemi Panarin scored, Mika Zibanejad had two...