Leonor Moreno of Westwood basketball The Westwood basketball teams squared off against Centertown on Thursday night in the semifinal round of the Morrison Ruritan Tournament.  With each team matched up against the 3rd seeded Warriors of Centertown, both Rocket teams would have their hand full in their inaugural year in the Warren County Conference.  The Lady Rockets used their strong defense to earn a 38 to 17 win.  The Rockets pushed their game to overtime before falling 19 to 18.  In the girls’ game, Westwood used a strong defense to hold Centertown scoreless for the first 9 minutes and...

Ella Arnold of CCMS basketball The Coffee County Middle School 6th grade basketball teams visited Winchester on Thursday night for a double header with North Franklin.  The Lady Raiders routed the Lady Gators 32 to 8.  The Red Raiders finished off a sweep with a 23 to 10 win. The Lady Raiders help North to 2 points in the 2nd half as they improved to 4 and 2 on the season.  Ella Arnold was the leading scorer for Coffee County as she scored 16 points.  Natalie Barnes added 11 points and Morgan Spears chipped in 4.  Landon Abellana of...

The Coffee County cross country teams headed to Lebanon on Thursday to compete in the TSSAA Regional Cross Country Meet.  With state berths on the line, the Raider harriers had some strong performances but failed to earn a state qualifying berth.  As a team, the Red Raiders finished in 8th place out of 16 teams.  The Lady Raiders came in 9th place out of 12 teams.  For the Red Raiders, Jacob Rutledge was the top finisher as he ran a time of 17:25.38 to finish in 15th place.  Garrett Masters was 41st with a time of 19:13.86 and Ethan...

The Coffee County freshman football team traveled to McMinnville on Thursday night for a game against the freshmen and JV of Warren County.  In a game originally scheduled for the 14th, Coffee County was looking to avenge a loss from September in Manchester.   An injury–riddled Raider squad was held scoreless as Coffee County lost 18 to 0. Warren County got their first score with 5:11 left in the 1st quarter to take a 6 to 0 lead.  The Pioneers added another touchdown with 4 minutes remaining in the half to take a 12 to 0 lead into halftime.  Warren...

Thursday Prep Schedule9:00 AM – CHS Cross Country in TSSAA Region Championship at Cedars of Lebanon5:00 PM – WMS Basketball vs. Centertown(Girls at 5, Boys at 7) – Ruritan Preseason Tournament at Morrison 6:00 PM – CCMS Basketball(6th Grade) vs. North Franklin at Franklin Co HS 6:00 PM – CHS Football(Fresh) at Warren...

1st National Bank and Thunder Radio will once again combine forces this fall and winter to continue to highlight more and more local athletes. The highly acclaimed 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series returns for its 4th season of middle school basketball coverage.  Thunder Radio and First National Bank will bring you a series of 10 Westwood Middle School and Coffee County Middle School basketball games beginning on Monday, October 28th and continuing into January.  We also hope to add games from the respective postseason tournaments for each school.  Thunder Radio’s Josh Peterson and Dennis Weaver will combine forces...

The Coffee County freshman football team has accepted an invitation to compete in the 54th Annual Semmes-McKenzie Lions Bowl in Tullahoma on Tuesday, October 29th.  The Red Raiders will square off against the freshman team from Riverdale in a game that will begin at 6 PM.  In the second game, the Murfreesboro Oakland Patriots face off against the Franklin County Rebels in a game set to start at 8 PM.  The Lions Bowl originated in 1965 and was sponsored by the Tullahoma Civic and Service Council.  Sleepy McKenzie was one of the bowl’s originators and continued leading the bowl...