Princess Penaloza of Westwood basketball Hosting their first home games since November 8th, the Westwood basketball teams welcomed Centertown to the Joel Vinson Gym.  With both games having a direct impact on the standings, the Rockets and Warriors battled in a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio.  The Lady Rockets held off a 4th quarter rally from Centertown to get a 30 to 22 win.  The Rockets saw their fierce 4th quarter rally come up short as they fell 42 to 39. The Lady Rockets got off to a red hot start as they scored the...

Taylor Anthony of CCMS basketball The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams returned to action on Monday night.  Hosting non- conference neighbor Cannon County, the Raider teams hit the floor for their first action since November 21st.  The Lady Raiders claimed a 27 to 17 win.  The Red Raiders rolled to a 48 to 31 win. After losing 4 of their last 5 games, the Lady Raiders were hungry for a great performance and they got it.   The Coffee Middle defense held Cannon County to 3 first half points as they took a 10 point lead into the half.  ...

The Coffee County Elementary Basketball League wrapped up their regular season on Saturday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  Those games set up the final seeding for the postseason tournament which is set to get underway on Saturday at “The Patch.”  Eight games will fill a day of action at CHS beginning at 9 AM.  The semifinals are scheduled for Thursday, December 7th with the finals scheduled for Saturday, December 14th.  Saturday’s...

Hayden Hullett of CHS basketball The Coffee County CHS basketball teams returned to Woodbury on Saturday for the final day of the Mitch Wilson State Farm Classic.  The Red Raiders got a last second bucket from Jaylon Wooten to capture a 53 to 51 win over Macon County.  The Lady Raiders rolled up a 52 to 30 victory over Huntland.  The Red Raiders struggled in the first half as Macon County went on a 15 to 2 run in the first half to build at 21 to 8 lead.  Coffee County rallied from a 9 point halftime deficit to...

The Coffee County Elementary Basketball League concluded their season on Saturday with a full slate of games.  Four boys’ contests and 4 girls’ contests were featured on the full slate of action at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The postseason tournament is set to get underway on Saturday.  Eight games will fill the schedule for the quarterfinal round.  Thunder Radio will have that full schedule for you later in the week.  In boys’ action on Saturday, New Union ran past Deerfield 27 to 8; East Coffee tamed Hillsboro 23 to 14; Westwood clipped Hickerson 38 to 2 and...

Jaylon Wooten of CHS basketball The Coffee County Central High School basketball teams traveled to Woodbury on Black Friday to open play in the Mitch Wilson State Farm Classic.   The Red Raiders dropped their first decision on the year as they lost to Livingston Academy 76 to 75.  The Lady Raiders battled hard and got a 51 to 30 win.  In the boys’ game, the Red Raiders built an 18 point lead with 2:30 left in the 3rd quarter.  From that point, Livingston Academy outscored the Red Raiders 16 to 5 to close out the quarter to take the...

One night after the Predators shut out the Carolina Hurricanes, Nashville was the club unable to beat their counterpart. It was the Florida Panthers, who blanked the Preds on Saturday night at BB&T Center, putting an end to Nashville’s four-game point streak. Panthers goaltender Chris Dreidger recorded the shutout in his first-career start, as the Preds failed to score a goal for the first time this season. “We lacked a little bit of effort,” Preds Associate Captain Ryan Ellis said. “We’re in a back-to-back, which is always tough, it makes you use the energy that you do have more...