Over 1,200 runners, representing seventy eight middle Tennessee high schools, descended on The Hermitage on Saturday for the biggest cross country meet of the season thus far. Competing in the prestigious Voyles Classic, 11 boys and 4 girls represented Coffee County Central High School. At the end of the day, each squad had top performances in the first true cross country meet of the season. For the Red Raiders, Jacob Rutledge was the top finished for Coffee County as he posted a time of 17:20 for the 5K race to capture 26th place. Patricia Barrera was the top finisher...

Story by Lawrence Phillips Manchester Youth Football League traveled to Clay County High School for the Tri County Youth Football League Jamboree on Saturday August 31st. The Flag Football Division got the afternoon started with a 36-0 win over Watertown’s “A” team flag team with 2 touchdowns each by Trip Trussler, Kyson Norris and Walker Lovelace. Cayden Strickland scrambled for a 39 yard gain and was tripped up at the 6 inch line to prevent a bonus score. The “B” team also made a great showing by posting a 24-0 score with Ethan Proctor and Trey Stevens having two...

The newly developed Elementary Cross Country Race League had their first meet of the season on Thursday at the Manchester Soccer Park.  137 boys and 123 girls from 10 elementary schools in Coffee County took part in the event in the first meet of the season.  In team results, New Union won the girls’ division while Westwood captured 1st place in the boys’ division.  The league will have its 2nd race of the year on Wednesday, September 11th at a location to be announced later.  Thunder Radio will keep you updated on the schedule. Team Results – Girls 1st...

Despite 108 receiving yards and a touchdown on a career-high seven catches by senior Jauan Jennings, a pair of fourth-quarter turnovers cost Tennessee, as the Vols fell to Georgia State, 38-23, in their season-opener at Neyland Stadium Saturday. The Vols now prepare to host BYU next Saturday at 7 p.m. ET (ESPN). After UT took a 23-21 lead on a 31-yard field goal from Brett Cimaglia with 12:05 to go in the game, GSU tallied 17 unanswered points over a 10-minute stretch in the fourth quarter to secure the win. UT outgained GSU in both total yards (404-352) and...

A brilliant one-touch half volley goal in the 79’ minute from forward Kharlton Belmar gave Nashville SC a massive 2-1 road win at Tampa Bay Rowdies on Saturday evening in St. Petersburg, Fla. The win moves Nashville to second place in the USL Championship Eastern Conference at the end of the night. A lofted through ball from defender Bradley Bourgeois sprung Belmar free. The forward took just one touch and fired it inside the far post on the fly. The goal was Belmar’s third of the season and came after he head coach Gary Smith had inserted him into...

The Sounds were leading the San Antonio Missions into the seventh inning, but allowed a three-run home run to lose the lead. The Missions added two more insurance runs in the eighth, defeating the Sounds 9-5 on Saturday night. The first run for the Sounds came in the bottom of the first inning. Andy Ibanez hit a solo home run to left-center field, giving Nashville the early 1-0 lead. San Antonio responded right away with a three-run second inning. Blake Allemand took the lead with one swing of the bat, hitting a bases loaded double that scored two runners....

Patrick Wisdom drilled a go-ahead solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 6-5 win over the San Antonio Missions in front of a sellout crowd of 10,632 fans Friday night at First Tennessee Park. Wisdom’s mammoth homer to left-center was his 30th of the season. The 30 home runs are tied for the eighth-most by a Sounds player in single-season team history. David Carpenter came in for the top of the ninth and faced the minimum to earn his 21st save of the season. The 21 saves for Carpenter...