Brian Boyle scored his first goal for the Nashville Predators in a 3-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday. Pekka Rinne made 34 saves for the Predators (34-21-5), who ended a three-game losing streak. Tomas Tatar scored for Montreal (31-19-7), which has lost two games in a row and is 4-1-2 in its past seven. Carey Price made 35 saves. Boyle, playing his fifth game with the Predators since being acquired in a trade from the New Jersey Devils on Feb. 6, gave Nashville a 2-1 lead at 8:36 of the third period when he...

Five members of the Coffee County CHS wrestling team will compete in the TSSAA state tournament which begins on Thursday.  The state tournament will take place at the Williamson County Agricultural Exposition Park in Franklin.  The boys weigh-in will take place at 1 PM on Thursday with wrestling getting underway at 3 PM in the first 2 rounds.  Tickets for the event are $10 daily with a parking charge of $5 per car. Red Raider wrestler Brett Francis, who will compete at 120 pounds, will wrestle in Match #39 against Tristen Entwistle of West Creek High School in Clarksville. ...

The Coffee County baseball team will be hosting their annual Spring Baseball Clinic on Saturday, March 9th.  Players will utilize the facilities at Powers Field and the Crethan Hansert Hitting Facility on the campus of Coffee County Central High School.  Campers will work with Red Raiders head coach David Martin and his staff along with members of the CHS varsity baseball team.  Each camper will receive age appropriate, hands-on instruction in all aspects of the game. The clinic is open to boys and girls ages 5 to 17 who wish to learn more about hitting, defense, base running and...

U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named the 23-player roster for the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, which features the top-ranked Americans, No. 4 England, No. 8 Japan and No. 10 Brazil. All four teams will be participating in this summer’s 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France. Brazil, Japan and the USA are three of the seven teams that have participated in each of the seven previous Women’s World Cup tournaments. USA will play England on Saturday, March 2 (3:30 p.m. CT on FOX), which will be preceded by Brazil vs. Japan (1 p.m. CT on ussoccer.com)....

With the conclusion of the District 8AAA basketball quarterfinal matchups on Tuesday night, Coffee County’s semifinals matchups have been set.  The Lady Raiders will square off against 4th seeded Lincoln County in the semifinals on Thursday night at 6 PM at Lawrence County High School.  The Lady Raiders won both meetings against the Lady Falcons this season.  Coffee County needed a comeback to defeat Lincoln County 50 to 49 in Manchester on January 28th.  The Lady Raiders won the January 4th matchup in Fayetteville 47 to 29. The Red Raiders will square off against Lawrence County in their semifinal...

Thunder Radio takes seriously our commitment to being your hometown radio station. With that in mind, we are pleased to announce a tentative lineup for exclusive coverage of Coffee County Central High School baseball and softball broadcasts. 2019 marks the 21st year that Thunder Radio has been your eyes and ears for spring sports. Thunder Radio’s unrivaled coverage will bring you at least 20 regular season games, plus selected postseason games for the Raiders and Lady Raiders. Lucky Knott, the voice of the Raiders and Lady Raiders for most of the past 21 years, will again lend his talents...

The Nashville Predators were unable to find the equalizer in the third period, and they fell to the Detroit Red Wings by a 3-2 final on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. It’s Nashville’s third consecutive loss overall, with the Red Wings sweeping the two-game season series. Much like Sunday afternoon’s 5-4 overtime loss to St. Louis, the Predators had their opportunities, and they even scored on the power play, but it was Detroit who got the bounces and ended up on the right side of the ledger when it was all over. “It was a tough loss,” Preds goaltender...

Monday marked the official date that the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association (TSSAA) allows high school teams to open up preseason practices.  With the start of the spring season set for March 11th, varsity teams begin 4 weeks of practice prior to their first contests of the year. The Coffee County CHS Lady Raider softball team got the jump on the season with their annual Midnight Madness practice session.  Coach Brandon McWhorter moved the practice indoors due to wet field positions as he ran his team through throwing and fielding drills along with some conditioning.  The Lady Raiders returned...