Westwood worked hard just to have an 8th grade night. The Lady Rockets and Rockets didn’t let the opportunity pass them by when it finally arrived, sweeping North Grundy Wednesday night at Joel Vinson Gymnasium to close the 2021-22 basketball season with a pair of wins. Westwood cruised in both games. The Lady Rockets won 53-16 to end a remarkable season at 21-2. Appropriately, 8th grade Audri Patton led the charge for Westwood with 16 points. She was 5-of-6 at the charity stripe. Jules Ferrell added 15, with 12 of those coming in a dominant second quarter. Meanwhile, the...

Coffee County & Westwood Swimmers head to Nashville for the MTHSSA Regional Swim meet at the Centennial Sportsplex this weekend. Coffee County High School swimmers Ansley Beachboard, Abby Gilday, Kasen Holt, Elsie Lazalier, Ellie Masters, Kennedy Norman-Young, Clancy Sand & Emily Williams will compete on Friday, January 28th at 10 am in a timed final event. In addition, Our Homeschool group Grace Academy will send several swimmers to Regionals as well.Issac Lee, Matthew Howlett, Jaci Howlett, Alex Skalicky, TJ Skalicky, Jack Stowe, Ryan Brown, Addison Yates, Rosalea Buchanan, Braeden Buchanan, Maddie Dewolfe, Gavin Seabolt Pictured, not pictured Reagan Miller...

With each passing night, Coffee County Central’s basketball programs continue to get stronger. That was evident Tuesday night in Manchester when the Raiders swept visiting Warren County. Warren County 37, Coffee County Central 62 If you go back and look at the first game between these two teams on January 14, you’ll be shocked at the similarities. Coffee County led by two points at halftime Tuesday night in Manchester, then took off on a 19-4 run in the third quarter behind the Gannon sisters on their way to win number 16 in a row. CHS hit an eerily similar...

With an 18-3 record, the Coffee County Central Lady Raider basketball team continues its ascent in the Tennessee Associated Press polls. In a new poll released late Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, the CHS basketball team moved up one spot to no. 5 in the Girl’s Basketball AP poll 1 — Blackman. 16-0 2 — Cookeville. 21-0 3 — Bradley Central. 18-2 4 — Bearden. 18-3 5 — Coffee County. 18-3 6 — Farragut. 16-5 7 — Bartlett. 18-5 8 — Arlington. 16-3 9 — Lebanon. 17-5 10. Rossview. 16-2 10tie — Heritage 17-4 Coffee County has lost just 3...

Kiya Ferrell signs to play volleyball at Cumberland University (Monday, Jan. 24, 2022). Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson Kiya Ferrell was in a unique position. The Coffee County Central senior three-sport athlete is talented enough that she could have chosen several different schools and a few different sports to play at the collegiate level. She has known for a while volleyball was what she wanted to do, and on Monday she chose Cumberland University. In front of about 100 friends, family, coaches and teammates in the CHS library, Ferrell signed her letter of intent to play collegiate volleyball...

Lady Raider senior Elli Chumley on senior night. Chumley scored 10 points for the Lady Raiders in a 90-22 blowout win Monday, January 24, 2022. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Twelve different Lady Raiders got into the scoring column, led by 19 from senior Kiya Ferrell in a 90-22 blowout win over Lighthouse Christian Monday night in Manchester. Ferrell piled up 16 points in the first half, followed by 10 points from fellow senior Elli Chumley on senior night as CHS led 57-9 at the break. Also hitting double figures for CHS were Alivia Reel with 14,...

COFFEE MIDDLE LADY RAIDERS Coffee County overcame a slow start and blew past Warren County 50-20 in the TMSAA Area Tournament in Manchester Monday night. CMS was led by 17 from Natalie Barnes, 13 from Ella Arnold and 9 from Jaydee Nogodula. The Lady Raiders will play in the tournament finals Friday night in Manchester. COFFEE MIDDLE RAIDERS Too many 2nd chance buckets hurt CMS in the opening round of the TMSAA area tournament Monday night in Manchester. CMS lost to 34-26 to end the Raiders’ season. David Lewis led the Raiders with 11 points. Tallan Crosslin pitched in...

The 2021-2022 Coffee Middle Lady Raiders pose with their hardware after beating South Middle in the CTC Championship game on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. Coffee Middle School’s Lady Raider basketball team completed a conference championship sweep with a win over South Middle School early Saturday afternoon, a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. CMS beat South Middle 43-28 to win the CTC tournament championship, after winning the regular season title as well. They finished 13-1 in conference play. Five Lady Raiders were named CTC All-Conference: Kaysen Morgan, Jaydee Nogodula, Adalyn Clark, Ella Arnold and Natalie Barnes. THIS GAME...