The Coffee County Elementary League opened up their postseason tournament on Saturday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  Four boys’ and 4 girls’ quarterfinal matchups advanced 8 teams to Thursday night’s semifinals.  The championship and consolation games will be held on Saturday.  In girls’ games on Saturday, East Coffee got a thrilling 15 to 14 double overtime win over College Street; North Coffee raced past Hillsboro 27 to 4; New Union dumped Hickerson 43 to 11 and Westwood shot down Deerfield 36 to 2. In the boys’ quarterfinals, Westwood bested East Coffee 16 to 9; New Union doubled...

Ellie Chumbley of CHS basketball The Coffee County Central High School basketball teams made the trek to Sparta on Friday night to tangle with the talented Warrior teams of White County.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, Coffee County was swept in the road doubleheader by White County.  The girls fell on a last-second shot 63 to 62 while turnovers doomed the Red Raiders in a 71 to 55 defeat. In the girls game, Coffee County fell behind by 10 points with 6:30 to go in the third quarter before battling back to take...

Hayden Hullett of CHS basketball The Coffee County Red Raider basketball team played host to Marshall County on Saturday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.   Looking to break a 2 game losing streak, the Red Raiders jumped out to a huge halftime lead.  Nine different Red Raiders scored on the night as Coffee County blew away Marshall County 61-36. After surrendering the 1st basket of the game, Coffee County reeled off 12 straight points to seize a lead they would own for the rest of the game.  Coffee County forced 7 turnovers in the 1st quarter an...

Coffee County Lady Raider wrestlers at Saturday’s meet in Clarksville. From left to right, Lyra Leftwich, Alana Coker, Coach Randall Jennings, Mary Wolfrum and Mary Anne Walker. Photo by Shelia Steele Four Coffee County Lady Raider wrestlers traveled to Clarksville on Saturday to compete in the Coyote Classic at West Creek High School  Individually, Coffee County’s grapplers came home with a 1st place and 2 3rd place finishes.  Competing against full squads, the 4 Lady Raiders managed to come home with a 16th place team finish out of 30 teams.  Alana Coker led the Lady Raiders with a 1st...

by Jim Wyatt, TitansOnline.com The Titans left the Black Hole like a fast-moving object with a lot of momentum. And the Raiders couldn’t escape their wrath. On their final visit to Oakland-Alameda Coliseum, the Titans turned in a performance to remember in a 42-21 win over the Raiders. The team scored over 30 points for the fourth game in a row on a day when quarterback Ryan Tannehill threw for 391 yards, running back Derrick Henry ran for over 103 yards and receiver A.J. Brown had 153 receiving yards. It all added up to the team’s fourth win in...

Yakov Trenin’s first NHL goal wasn’t the prettiest he’s ever scored, but it still counts just as much. In his second NHL game, the rookie’s first tally was one of six the Predators potted on Saturday night, as they defeated the New Jersey Devils by a 6-4 final at Bridgestone Arena. Nashville’s 13th victory of the season gives them points in six of their last seven outings and sees them collect a point in their ninth-straight outing against the Devils. The Preds scored twice in each of the game’s three periods, and from Daniel Carr’s first in Gold only...

Addi Sartain of CCMS basketball The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams hit the road on Thursday taking on East Middle in Tullahoma.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, Coffee County grabbed a huge conference sweep over the Panthers.   The Lady Raiders erupted in the middle 2 quarters to get a 54 to 32 win.  The Red Raiders held off a 4th quarter rally by the Panthers to grab a 54 to 42 win. In the girls’ contest, the Lady Raiders went on a 13 to 4 run in the 2nd quarter to gain...

2019 CHS Football Team Seven members of the Coffee County CHS football team were named to the Region 3-6A All-Region team in an announcement this week.  The selections were made based on a vote by the region coaches.  Selected to the team for Coffee County were: Matthew Pittman, Shane Speakman, Zack Galey. Collin Ward and C.J. Anthony.  Cardin Stump and Kelvin Verge were named honorable mention.  Doug Greene will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the selections and next week’s Toyota East/West All Star Game. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast live each Saturday...