by Jim Wyatt – TitansOnline.com One preseason game is in the books, and it ended with plenty of things the Titans should feel good about. Quarterback Marcus Mariota played just one series, but in short time proved he already has nice chemistry with receiver Adam Humphries, who had four quick catches. Back-up quarterback Ryan Tannehill looked really solid in his Titan debut, throwing two touchdown passes in the first half as the Titans jumped out to the lead over the Eagles. And heck, third-team QB Logan Woodside looked pretty good himself, tossing a pair of touchdown tosses, too. The...

The Nashville Sounds broke a 6-6 tie with a ninth-inning rally and defeated the Fresno Grizzlies 8-6 on Thursday night at Chukchansi Park. The Sounds had let a 6-1 lead slip away in the bottom of the eighth before recovering to win their second consecutive game in the series. The Sounds cruised most of the night. They belted four doubles in the first inning against Scott Copeland and led 4-0 right away. Zack Granite, Andy Ibanez and Ronald Guzman had consecutive doubles to start the game, and Christian Lopes smashed a two-run double later in the frame. Then Patrick...

3:00 PM – CHS Golf vs. Grundy Co at Sewanee 4:30 PM – WMS Volleyball HOSTS Tullahoma 6:30 PM – WMS Football at Cannon County – 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series broadcast on Thunder...

The Tennessee Titans (0-0) open their 2019 preseason schedule tonight, traveling to Philadelphia to face the Eagles (0-0). Kickoff at Lincoln Financial Field is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CDT. TITANS IN YEAR 2 UNDER VRABEL’S DIRECTION The Titans enter their second preseason with Mike Vrabel as head coach. In 2018, he directed the club to a 9-7 regular season record and within one game of a playoff berth. The 2019 Titans defense returns nine of its 11 regular starters from a year ago. Orchestrated by defensive coordinator Dean Pees, the 2018 unit allowed the third fewest points in the...

A second half blitz from Nashville Soccer Club led to a 4-0 victory over Hartford Athletic on Wednesday night at First Tennessee Park for Nashville’s fourth straight win. Ken Tribbett, Daniel Ríos, Alan Winn and Ropapa Mensah all scored in an 18-minute span in the second half to lead Nashville to its fourth straight win and boost it to 3rd place in the Eastern Conference standings. Not only was it the fourth straight clean sheet and an extension of the club’s record winning streak, it marked the 100th career head coaching victory for Nashville SC’s Gary Smith. Unfortunately, the...

The Nashville Sounds opened their California road trip with a 12-3 blowout at Fresno. Zack Granite recorded four hits in the game and Patrick Wisdom hit two two-run home runs. Granite’s first-of-four hits came in the first at bat of the game when he hit a leadoff triple. Andy Ibanez hit him in on a sacrifice fly to give Nashville a 1-0 lead in the first. Two more runs scored in the third inning for the Sounds. Granite hit his second triple of the game and was knocked in again by Ibanez on a single. He would later score...

The Coffee County Middle School football team kicked off their season on Tuesday night in Watertown.  In a game you heard here on Thunder Radio, a furious 4th quarter comeback came up short for Coffee Middle.  The Red Raiders fell by a final score of 16 to 14. Watertown used a pair of Red Raider penalties to march 69 yards in 8 plays to take an early 8 to 0 lead over Coffee County with 7:50 left in the half.  Coffee County answered with their own 8 play drive covering 59 yards capped off by a 12 yard touchdown...

The Coffee County CHS golf team hit the road on Tuesday for an 18 hole dual meet at Cookeville.  Pairing off against the always tough Cavaliers of Cookeville High School, the Red Raiders came up short by a final score of 364 to 335.  The Lady Raiders lost their first match of the year as they fell 226 to 172. Logan Hale had the low round for the Red Raiders as he carded an 83.  The Lady Raiders were led by Maggie Crouch  who shot a 105. The Raiders are back on the road on Thursday when they travel...