Olivia Vinson of CCMS basketball The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams returned home on Monday for a crucial conference doubleheader with West Tullahoma.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Raiders routed the Lady Bobcats 48 to 12.  The Red Raiders battled hard before falling 37 to 27. In the girls’ game, the Lady Raiders held West scoreless in the first half as they built a 35 to 0 lead at intermission.  Coffee County built the lead to 43 to 0 before West scored with 1:45 left in the 3rd quarter.  The...

Jayden Carter of Westwood basketball The Westwood Middle School basketball teams traveled to McMinnville on Monday night for a conference doubleheader with Boyd Christian School.  Both Rocket teams kept their winning streaks alive as each team got impressive wins.  The Lady Rockets won 47 to 2 while the Rockets grabbed a 44 to 11 victory.  In the girls’ game, the Lady Rockets held the Lady Broncos scoreless in the 1st half as they built a 37 to 0 lead.  Boyd was held to a pair of free throws in the second half.  Eleven different Lady Rockets scored in the...

Dane Crosslin(in white) of the Coffee County freshman basketball team The Coffee County CHS freshmen basketball teams opened their season on Monday as they welcomed Warren County to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The Lady Raiders dropped a hard fought 37 to 28 decision.   The Red Raiders rallied in the 2nd half to grab a 42 to 36 win. In the girls’ game, the Lady Raiders fell behind early as they trailed by 11 points in the 1st quarter.  Coffee County rallied to tie the game at 23 with 35 seconds left in the half.  In the 2nd...

Story by MYFL President Lawrence Phillips After a long delay the three SMTYFA Manchester Red Raiders teams finally got to play for the SMTYFA titles on Saturday at Bobby Ray Elementary in McMinnville. The 2019 season began with Manchester and nine other SMTYFA member communities Columbia, Liberty, Shelbyville, Franklin County, Giles County, Fayetteville, Marshall Co and Warren County. Manchester took the measure of all but one of those. The Division 1 (5-6-7 year olds) went not only undefeated but did not allow a single point in the Jamboree, regular season, Playoffs or Super Bowl, wrapping up the season with...

Hayden Skipper(center) celebrates his signing with Lipscomb University surrounded by family and coaches. Front Row(left to right): Kaylee Skipper, sister; Jenny Skipper, mother; Hayden; Richard Skipper, father; Steve Moss, youth travel coach. Back Row(left to right): Rebecca Koger, CHS athletic director; Rodney Meeker, CCMS coach; David Martin, CHS head coach; Cameron Boyett, CHS assistant coach, Parker Gunn, CHS assistant coach. After a change of heart late in his recruitment, Coffee County CHS baseball player Hayden Skipper publicly celebrated his signing with Lipscomb University on Friday.  The senior pitcher/center fielder celebrated his commitment to the Bisons’ baseball team in a...

The Coffee County CHS, Coffee County Middle School and Westwood Middle School swim teams traveled to Tullahoma on Thursday for a meet with Tullahoma, Warren County and Grace Academy.  In team competition, the CHS team was 1 and 2 on the night. The CCMS team was 0 and 2 on the night and Westwood was 2 and 0.  For Westwood, the girls’ 200 medley relay team and the 200 freestyle relay teams each grabbed best middle school finishes on the night.  Each team was made up of Elsie Lazalier, Ansley Beachboard, Abby Gilday and Cale Hays.  Individual Top 3...

The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team closed out their preseason scrimmage work on Saturday with a play day in Spring Hill.  Coffee County competed in a tripleheader at Summit High School.  The Lady Raiders were 2 and 1 on the day as they captured wins over East Hickman and Eagleville.  Coffee County dropped a 2 point decision to Beech.  The Lady Raiders will open the regular season on Friday and Saturday as they co-host 2 days of Hall of Champions games at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The Lady Raiders will play games at 4:00 and 6:30...

The Coffee County Elementary Basketball League was in action on Saturday with 8 games.  Saturday’s games were the next to the last games of the regular season.  The league will hold the final games of the regular season on Saturday, November 30th.  In girls’ games on Saturday, North Coffee topped East Coffee, College Street rolled over Hillsboro, Westwood shot down Deerfield and New Union dropped Hickerson.  In boys’ game, North Coffee charged past East Coffee, College Street doubled up Hillsboro, Westwood shut out Deerfield and New Union grounded Hickerson.  Updated Season Standings PlaceGirlsWinsLosses1Westwood602New Union513North Coffee423College Street425Hillsboro245East Coffee247Hickerson158Deerfield06PlaceBoysWinsLosses1College Street601North Coffee603New...