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Prep Swimmers Post Qualifying Times on Thursday Night at Winchester
The Coffee County high school and middle school swimmers traveled to Winchester on Thursday night for a meet with Franklin County. The High School swimmers split their team matches with Huntland and Franklin County. High School swimmers posted 7 regional qualifying times and 3 state meet qualifying times. The Coffee County Middle School swimmers posted 8 regional qualifying times while the Westwood swimmers posted 3 regional qualifying times. For the high school swimmers, the Lady Raiders’ Kaylee Williams posted a state qualifying time of 2:27.23 in the 200 IM. Other Lady Raiders who posted region qualifying times were Anna...

Titans Turn in Ugly Performance in Sunday’s Loss to Colts
It was a disastrous Sunday for the Titans at Lucas Oil Stadium. The result – a 38-10 loss the Colts – was ugly. Colts quarterback Andrew Luck continued to have his way against the Titans, who didn’t have an answer on either side of the football. “All the credit goes to Frank (Reich) and his team – they were ready to go,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel said of the Colts. “They played much better than we did, and they coached much better than we did.” Players were disgusted with the performance. “We got our ass kicked,” Titans safety Kevin...

Jarnkrok Tallies Hat Trick as Record Crowd Sees Preds Beat Kings
There’s no place like home. Especially with hats on the ice. Calle Jarnkrok recorded his first-career hat trick, and the Nashville Predators came back to defeat the Los Angeles Kings by a 5-3 final on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result breaks a three-game winless streak for the Preds and gives them their 14th victory of the season, tied for the most wins in the NHL. Although the Preds fell to Arizona in their last game, the effort was there, and the hope was to build off it after returning to Nashville from a five-game trip. With a...
Lady Raider Basketball Opens the Season with a Pair of Wins
The Coffee County Central High School basketball season got underway on Friday night as the Lady Raiders opened the season with a pair of Hall of Champions games at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The Lady Raiders opened the season with a pair of lopsided wins as they opened the night with a 74 to 38 win over Siegel. In the nightcap Coffee County dumped Clarksville Northeast 67 to 22. Against Siegel, the Lady Raiders raced out to a 21 point lead after 1 quarter as their defensive pressure and tempo caused matchup problems for Siegel. Nine different...

Coffee County Middle School Basketball Gets Split with South Franklin
The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams welcomed South Franklin to the CCMS gym on Thursday night in a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio. The Lady Raiders used their stifling press defense to race to a 49 to 11 win. The Red Raiders mounted an incredible 2nd half comeback before falling 41 to 37 to the Trojans. In the girls’ game, the Lady Raiders scored the first 12 points of the game to build a lead they would not relinquish. In the second half, the Lady Raiders outscored the Lady Trojans 31 to 6 to...

Temple Baptist Volleyball and Basketball Host Senior Night Games on Tuesday
In the first volleyball/basketball doubleheader for Senior Night, the Temple Baptist Christian School Lady Eagles and Eagles welcomed Landmark Christian School to the E.C. Bailey Gym on Thursday night. The Lady Eagles scored a 3 set sweep over the visitors from Louisville, KY. In the basketball game, the Eagles had no answers for the size advantage held by Landmark as Temple fell 76 to 36. In the volleyball game, the Lady Eagles got off to a rough start in the first set before scoring 20 of the last 22 points of the first set. That momentum carried over into...

Westwood Basketball Drops Doubleheader at Eagleville
The Westwood basketball teams made the long trek to Eagleville on Thursday night for a pair of games at the Eagle’s Nest. A strong second half by the Lady Eagles dropped the Lady Rockets 53 to 26. The Eagles pulled away late in the game to roll to a 50 to 22 win in the boys’ game. In the girls’ game, Westwood trailed by 5 points at the half before an ice cold shooting performance in the 2nd half led to the Eagleville win. The Lady Rockets were held to 1 point in the 4th quarter in the loss. ...

Chances Aplenty, but Preds Fall to Coyotes as Road Trip Concludes
A whopping 46 shots on net just aren’t supposed to equal only one goal. Yet that’s where the Nashville Predators found themselves after managing to solve Coyotes’ netminder Darcy Kuemper just a single time during a 2-1 loss in Arizona on Thursday night at Gila River Arena. The defeat is Nashville’s third consecutive and their second straight in regulation to conclude their five-game trip at 2-2-1. In the previous two games on the excursion – a shootout loss in Anaheim, followed by a 5-4 defeat in San Jose – the Predators said they didn’t deserve to win. Thursday was...