The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams hosted conference rival Harris on Thursday night.  In a pair of games you heard here Thunder Radio, Coffee Middle used strong first halves to capture the conference sweep.   The Lady Raiders won 38 to 24 while the  Raiders won by a score of 40 to 34. In the girls’ game, the Lady Raiders dominated the first half as they built a double digit lead.  Chloe Gannon and Olivia Vinson each had 10 points to lead Coffee County in scoring.  Alivia Reel and Abby Mahaffey each finished with 6 for the Lady Raiders. ...

The Coffee County Elementary Basketball League played the boys’ semifinal round of their postseason tournament on Thursday night.  This pair of boys’ semifinal games set up the boys’ championship and consolation match ups which will be held on Saturday. In the first semifinal, Deerfield used a big 2nd half to pull away for North Coffee for the 36 to 21 win.  With the Bucks leading 16 to 15 at half, Deerfield outscored the Chargers 10 to 1 in the 3rd quarter to take the win.  Landon Abellana was the leading scorer for Deerfield with 24 points.  Jase Cashion added...

The Temple Baptist Christian School basketball team welcomed the Shenandoah Baptist Academy to the E.C Bailey Gym on Thursday night.  Playing host to the visitors from Cleveland, Tennessee, the Eagles were looking to close out the 2018 portion of the season with a win. The JV Eagles won the JV game 37 to 19.  The varsity ground out a 56 to 51 win. In the JV game, the Eagles held the visiting Lions to 6 points in the second half in the win.  Temple was led in scoring by Alex Gloden who had 11 points.  David Tran, Isaac Stewart,...

The Westwood football team held their annual awards banquet on Thursday night.  Annually, the most prestigious football award Westwood has given since 1985 is the Brian Gregory Award.  Brian was a former Westwood, and Manchester Central, football player who died in a tragic farming accident while in high school. For the 34th award winner, the Rockets football team honored starting quarterback Eli Felice as the Brian Gregory Award winner.   The Brian Gregory Award is presented to the most outstanding student/athlete football player at Westwood annually.  Eli is the son of John and Kelly...

The Coffee County CHS freshman boys’ basketball team was in action on Thursday night in Fayetteville.  Taking on the Lincoln County Ninth Grade Academy, the Raiders battled to the end before falling in overtime.  Coffee County lost by a final score of 66 to 58 in double overtime. The freshmen were led in scoring by Connor Shemwell who had 16 points.  Phineas Rollman added 12 points and Rueben Alvarez chipped in 10 points for Coffee County. The freshman will be back in on Monday at home when they play host to the Lincoln County Ninth Grade Academy.  Tip-off is...

Colton Sissons scored 3:05 into overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 4-3 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday. Sissons cut to the net and beat goaltender Anders Nilsson with a redirection of Nick Bonino’s pass to the top of the crease. The Predators (21-10-1) have won two games in a row after losing two straight. They have the best record in the Western Conference. The loss ended a three-game winning streak for the Canucks (14-16-4), who tied the game with two special-teams goals in the final 4:05. Bo Horvat scored shorthanded to tie it...

The Coffee County CHS wrestlers made the long trip to Lawrenceburg on Tuesday night.  After capturing a victory over Lawrence County, the Raider grapplers came home with the lead in the district.  Coffee County also dropped a non-district match to Huntsville High in the tri-match. Against Lawrence County, Coffee County got 4 forfeits, 3 pin falls and a technical fall to beat the Wildcats 47 to 36.  The Red Raiders got pins from Brett Francis(at 126 pounds), Reynaldo Reyes(182) and Christopher Speagle(220).  Gabriel Westbrooke(113), Jesse Smith(145), Devin Judge(152) and Dakota Chalker(160) all won via forfeit. Against Huntsville, Coffee County...

The Motlow Bucks outscored Chattanooga State 15-4 in the second overtime to capture a 100-89 decision Saturday afternoon in Chattanooga. Motlow began the weekend with a 77-72 victory over Cleveland State Friday night in Cleveland. The Bucks (5-0, 8-5) have now won five consecutive games and are in sole possession of first place in the TCCAA conference after their road sweep over the two TCCAA opponents. Motlow will step outside the conference to host Wallace State-Hanceville at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 18, then break for the holidays. The next home game will be Jan. 5, when non-conference Lawson State...