Friday Prep Schedule6:00 PM – CHS basketball at White County – Thunder Radio broadcast Saturday Prep Schedule9:00 AM – CHS Wrestling(Girls) in Coyote Classic at West Creek9:00 AM – CHS Wrestling(Boys) in Bear Duels at Mt. Juliet10:00 AM – CHS Claybusters in AIM Team Shoot at Big Springs6:30 PM – CHS Basketball(Boys) HOSTS Marshall Co(Boys only) – Thunder Radio broadcast Saturday’s Coffee County Elementary Basketball League Quarterfinals at CHS9:00 – College Street vs East Coffee – Girls10:00 – Westwood vs East Coffee – Boys11:00 – North Coffee vs Hillsboro – Girls12:00 – New Union vs Hillsboro – Boys1:00 –...

It’s official: Nashville Soccer Club will compete in the Western Conference for its inaugural Major League Soccer season in 2020, the league announced Monday morning. Fellow expansion side Inter Miami CF will be placed in the Eastern Conference to ensure both conferences have an equal 13 clubs. Each club will play a 34-game regular season with 17 home matches and 17 away matches. Every team will play their 12 intra-conference opponents twice – once home and once away for a total of 24 matches – with the other 10 regular-season matches coming against the opposite conference. Those inter-conference opponents...

Gavin Prater of CHS wrestling The Coffee County CHS wrestling team opened their season on Tuesday night with a tri-match in Whitwell.  The Raider grapplers captured a dominant win over Brainerd by a score of 72 to 6.  Against the host Tigers of Whitwell, Coffee County was edged 41 to 30.  Against Whitwell, the Raiders got pinfall wins from Jeremiah Wardell(at 113 pounds), Gavin Prater(145), Zac Galey(182) and Chris Speegle(220).  Coffee County’s Dalton Long won with a forfeit at 126 pounds. Against Brainerd, the Raiders got 10 forfeit wins.  Capturing the forfeit points were: Jeremiah Wardell(106), Gabriel Westbrook(120), Dalton...

Eighty-eight of Tennessee’s top senior football players have been selected to play in this year’s Tennessee East-West All-Star Classic, scheduled to be played at Austin Peay State University on December 13. Additionally, Coffee County CHS head football coach Doug Greene has been selected as the Defensive Coordinator for the East All Star team. “We’re very excited for the players and coaches who have accepted an invitation to be a part of Tennessee’s premier all-star event,” stated Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association Executive Director Bill Marbet. “This year, more players than ever have already committed to continue their education by playing...

6:00 PM – CCMS basketball at East Tullahoma – 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series broadcast on Thunder...

Jenna Garretson of CHS basketball The Coffee County CHS basketball teams rolled up Highway 55 on Tuesday for a renewal with their fiercest non-district rival, Warren County.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Raiders crushed the Lady Pioneers 67 to 32.  The Red Raiders fell to Warren County 67 to 49 In the girls’ game, Coffee County got off to a red hot start as they went on a 12 to 0 run in the 1st quarter to open up a 14 point lead heading to the 2nd quarter.  Leading by 21...

The Westwood Middle School 6th grade basketball teams hosted Morrison on Tuesday night at the Joel Vinson Gym.  The Lady Rockets fell by a final score of 28 to 16.  The Rockets lost to Morrison 29 to 19.  The Lady Rockets were held to 4 points in the first half by Morrison’s stingy defense.  Maddie Meacham led the Lady Rockets in scoring with 8 points.  Maggie Brei and Hayley Potts each finished with 3 points for Westwood.  The Rockets struggled with the defensive pressure all night as they came up short on the boys’ game.  Blake Cummings led Westwood...

Kyle Turris(#8) of the Predators celebrates with teammate Calle Jarnkrok [Photo courtesy of Nashville Predators] Kyle Turris scored on the power play, and Nashville’s penalty kill was perfect, but it was the Tampa Bay Lightning, who ultimately defeated the Predators in overtime by a 3-2 final on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result sees Nashville extend their overall point streak against Tampa Bay to 14 games, but it was the lack of an extra point in the standings that left the Preds disappointed at the end of the evening. “We got a point, so that’s good, but we...