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Westwood Baseball Falls to MTCS on Monday
The Westwood Middle School baseball team welcomed Middle Tennessee Christian to Fred Deadman Park on Monday. Opening up their last week of the regular season, the Rockets took on the Cougars in a make-up game from March. MTCS had too much firepower as they rolled to a 21 to 3 win. MTCS jumped out to a 3 to 0 lead in the first inning and pushed that lead to 5 thru 3 innings. In the 4th, the visiting Cougars blew the game open as they sent 22 batters to the plate scoring 14 runs. Westwood finished the game with...

Westwood Tennis Falls at Shelbyville
The Westwood Middle School tennis team traveled to Shelbyville on Monday. The Lady Rockets fell in a hard fought match 4 to 3. The Rockets struggled against the talented Eagles falling 6 to 1. For the Lady Rockets, Rylea McNamara(6 to 2) and Anna Johnson(6 to 4) captured wins in singles play. The duo also teamed up for a 6 to 4 win in doubles. For the Rockets, Jeffery Hale and Caelan Ducker teamed up for a 6 to 2 win in doubles play. The Westwood teams return to the court on Thursday when they visit the Coffee County...

Granlund Gets Winner, Rinne Stars in Dallas as Preds Take Series Lead
Rocco Grimaldi started it, Filip Forsberg continued it, Mikael Granlund clinched it and Pekka Rinne saved the night. Three goals and the save of the series led the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 3 on Monday night. The result gives the Preds consecutive wins and a 2-1 lead in Round One. The Predators say Game 3 didn’t showcase their best – Dallas outshot Nashville by a 42-28 margin and came back from a 2-0 deficit, but Rinne stopped 40 on the night, and Granlund’s seeing-eye shot found a way to steal one...

Weekend Prep Scoreboard and Monday Prep Schedule
Thursday Prep Results CHS Track at Coffee County Invitational – See the Story HERE CCMS Track at Warren County – See the Story HERE Friday Prep Results CHS Baseball lost to South Pittsburg – 7 to 2 – See the Story HERE CHS Baseball beat Community – 7 to 2 – See the Story HERE CHS Tennis split with Tullahoma – Girls lost 4 to 3, Boys won 6 to 1 – See the Story HERE CCMS Boys’ Soccer edged Cascade – 2 to 1 – See the Story HERE CCMS Softball beat Lincoln Co – 9 to 2...

Darius Rozier Signs Basketball Scholarship with Columbia State
Coffee County Central High School senior Darius Rozier has signed to continue his basketball career with Columbia State. Rozier signed his college scholarship with Columbia State Community College in a ceremony at the CHS library on Friday. Darius, who wants to be a teacher and coach in the future, could also see himself as a sports broadcaster. “I see more opportunities (at Columbia State) and can it as a stepping stone to other places” said Rozier. Rozier felt like Columbia was “the right distance from home” but admitted he will miss his time at Coffee County. “I am gonna...

Coffee County Middle School Soccer Edges Cascade on Friday
The Coffee County Middle School soccer team welcomed Cascade to the CCMS field on Friday. The Raiders and Champions squared off in a non-conference friendly match you heard here on Thunder Radio as part of the Gilley Crane Hometown Sports Series. Coffee Middle dominated the time of possession for most of the game as they battled to a 2 to 1 win. The Raider offense jumped on Cascade early as Javier Hernandez drilled a pass from Breyton Anderson to get a 1 to 0 lead. Coffee County continued to put the pressure on the Cascade defense missing another 10...

Coffee County Baseball Goes 3 & 1 in Weekend Tournament
The Coffee County Central High School baseball team finished with a 3 and 1 record in the Grundy County Invitational Tournament this weekend. Playing a pair of games at Sequatchie County High School on Friday, and a pair of games at Grundy County High School on Saturday, the Raiders ended the tournament on a 3 game winning streak. Coffee County opened tournament play on Friday against South Pittsburg, the Red Raiders were held to 4 hits by the Pirate pitching staff in a 7 to 2 loss. Skylar Bratcher had a pair of singles and scored a run for...

Coffee County Tennis Splits with Tullahoma on Friday
The Coffee County CHS tennis team welcomed Tullahoma to the Raiders’ home court on Friday. The Red Raiders rolled to a 6 to 1 win to get the season sweep over the Wildcats. The Lady Raiders fell in a 4 to 3 decision to settle for a season split with the Lady Cats. In the boys’ match, the Red Raiders swept the doubles matches and won 4 of the 5 singles matches. Benedict Edinger and Jaden Talley won their doubles match 8 to 5. Jonah Rollman and Johnathan Welch won 8 to 1. In singles play, Edinger(8 to 5),...