The Westwood Lady Rocket softball team went off in the middle innings, scoring four runs in the fourth and seven in the fifth to pull away from Fayetteville City in a 16-6 win Tuesday night on the road. Jules Ferrell managed to reach base four times and score three times to help lead the Lady Rocket attack Lily Norman also scored 3 times for the Lady Rockets. In fact, everyone in the Rocket lineup scored at least once in the win. The Lady Rockets are scheduled to host Cannon County at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Lily...

Less than a week into his second professional season, Spencer Strider has already shown he might be able to strengthen two components of the defending World Series champions’ roster. The good news is the Braves have seemingly found a gem in Strider. The bad news is the reliever’s early entrance into Monday night’s ugly 11-2 loss to the Nationals only enhanced questions and concerns about the back end of Atlanta’s rotation. • Box score As the Braves lost for the third time in five games, they were limited to just four hits, two in the first inning against spot starter Josh Rogers...

Weather permitting, several area teams will be in action Tuesday, April 12. Below is the full schedule for Tuesday. 4/12/224 p.m.CHSBaseballFranklin County**Away4/12/224:30 PMCMSBaseballBlackmanAway4/12/225:00 PMWMSbaseballWhite Countyaway4/12/227 p.m.CHSSoccerShelbyvilleAway4/12/226:30 PMCHSSoftballShelbyville*Home4/12/225:30 PMWMSSoftballFayetteville CityAway4/12/224 p.m.CHSTennisLincoln CountyHome ** Denotes Thunder Radio broadcast. 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com *Double...

The field was painted, mowed and ready to go Monday. But a rain shower that passed through right at game time postponed the CHS Red Raiders and Franklin County Rebels District 6-4A baseball series Monday night. Now the Raiders and Rebels will face off in a double header Tuesday at Tomahawk Stadium in Winchester. Both Coffee County and Franklin County enter the series 4-2 in district play – a sweep would give one team control at the top of the district standings. First pitch of the double header Tuesday set for 4...

Coffee County Central tennis split with Lawrence County last week – boys winning 5-2 and the Lady Raiders falling 3-4. boys Jonathan Nelson. Loss. 6-8 Krish Patel. Win. 8-1 Liam Brown. Win. 8-2 Nolan Sussen. Win. 8-4 Alexander Blomquist. Loss. 6-8 Patel / Brown. Win. 8-3 Nelson / Sussen. Win. 8-6 girls Lauren Perry. Win. 8-5 Katie Lawrence. Loss. 4-8 Macie Lawrence. Loss. 2-8 Emma Fulks. Win. 8-4 Raelin Tucker. Loss. 3-8 Perry / Fulks. Win. 8-6 Lawrence / Lawrence. Loss....

Four different Lady Raiders had multi-hit games, and Kaitlyn Davis blasted a home run as Coffee County picked up 15 hits in a 11-1 rout of visiting Tullahoma Sunday afternoon – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. Coffee County led from the first inning and never let up, ending the game in the bottom of the fifth when Paisley Campbell singled home Olivia Evans to implement the mercy rule. Evans was at third after a triple – she singled twice, tripled, scored three times and had an RBI and was named Thunder Radio Player of the Game....

The CHS Red Raider baseball team took a tough home sweep at the hands of Lincoln County Saturday: falling 15-13 and 12-1. The Raiders gave up 7 runs over the final two innings to drop the first game 15-13 despite outhitting the Falcons 16-14. The Raiders made 4 errors that were costly. Cole Bryce took the loss in relief – allowing 7 earned runs over 2.1 innings of work. Only 7 of the 15 runs allowed were earned. Caleb Moran homered for Coffee County in the loss. Brady Nugent also picked up an extra base hit – a triple....

The CHS Lady Raider softball team went 3-1 over a two-day tournament Friday and Saturday in East Tennessee. Coffee County beat Hardin Valley Academy, Hendersonville and Soddy Daisy before falling to Powell on Saturday. CHS 12, Hardin Valley 2 Coffee County got a home run and 3 RBI from Cheyenne Vickers to go along with 3 RBIs from Jalyn Moran to rout Hardin Valley Academy. CHS outhit Hardin 12-4. Katelyn Anderson (2), Kiya Ferrell, Jada Bowen and Riley Phillips also knocked in runs. Anderson earned the win in the circle – allowing 2 runs (none earned) on 4 hits...