The Westwood Rockets hosted Community on Monday night at the Joel Vinson Gym.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, Westwood dropped both games to the more experienced Community squad.  The Lady Rockets fell 44 to 11 while the Rockets lost 37 to 16. In the girls’ game, Community closed out the first half on a 7 to 0 run to take a lead they would not relinquish.  Westwood was held to 2 points in the 2nd half.  The Lady Rockets were led in scoring by Leonora Moreno who had 4 points to be named...

A goal from Kevin Fiala and a behind-the-back save from Pekka Rinne helped the Nashville Predators force overtime, but the Anaheim Ducks prevailed, 2-1, in a shootout on Monday night at Honda Center. With a point earned in the standings, Nashville’s point streak on the road reached the nine-game mark. Seeing its franchise-record and near-NHL-best road winning mark come to an end, however, wasn’t easy to accept. “We had a lot more to give,” Preds defenseman Ryan Ellis said. “[Anaheim] played well. Give them credit, they were moving their feet, they were making plays, but I thought we weren’t...

The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball team finished off the Rockvale Tournament on Saturday.  On Saturday afternoon, the Lady Raiders captured a 40 to 16 win over Christiana.  The win gave Coffee County a 3rd place finish in the tournament. Leading by 7 at the half, the Lady Raiders shut down the Lady Cougars in second half to power to the win.  Coffee Middle outscored Christiana 21 to 4 in the 2nd half to coast to the win.  Eight different Lady Raiders scored in the win.  Maggie Crouch, Nikki Graham and Alivia Reel tied for the scoring...

The Temple Baptist Christian School basketball team closed out play on Friday night in Cleveland, Tennessee at the Shenandoah Baptist Academy tournament.   After going 1 and 1 in pool play on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, the Eagles were knocked out in the quarterfinal round on Friday night. The Eagles opened up on Friday with a 58 to 25 win as the rolled past Philadelphia Baptist Academy.  Temple jumped out to a 32 to 14 lead in the first half to grab the win.  The Eagles held Philadelphia to single digits in each period of the game.  Cody Swayze...

The Titans welcomed the New England Patriots to town, and then sent them packing with a dominating performance. The Titans won 34-10 on Sunday at Nissan Stadium in a game they never trailed. They took control early, and never looked back. Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota completed 16-of-24 passes for 228 yards and two touchdowns in the game, and posted a passer rating of 125.0. Titans receiver Corey Davis caught seven passes for 125 yards in the contest, and running back Derrick Henry ran for two touchdowns as the Titans pulled away. The Titans (5-4) have now won two straight...

Mattias Ekholm scored in overtime to help the Nashville Predators remain undefeated on the road this season with a 5-4 win against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on Saturday. The eight-game road winning streak is the third longest to begin a season in NHL history; the Buffalo Sabres won their first 10 games away from home in 2006-07, and the New Jersey Devils won their first nine in 2009-10. Ryan Hartman, Ryan Johansen, Yannick Weber and Roman Josi scored, and Juuse Saros made 20 saves for Nashville (13-3-0), which trailed 3-1 in the second period and has...

The Westwood basketball teams traveled to Murfreesboro on Thursday night for a conference doubleheader with Middle Tennessee Christian.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, the red hot shooting Cougars and Lady Cougars got a pair of wins over Westwood.   The Lady Rockets fell 37 to 26 while the Rockets lost 48 to 11. The Lady Rockets fell behind early as MTCS ran out to a 12 to 5 lead.  Trailing by 7 entering the 4th quarter, the Lady Rockets could not rally back for the win.  Allie Sullivan was the leading scorer for Westwood...

The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams headed back to Rockvale on Thursday night for 2nd round action in the Rockvale Tournament.  Both Raider teams fell on the night.  The Lady Raiders lost to Brentwood Academy 38 to 36.  The Red Raiders fell to Siegel 49 to 32. The Lady Raiders saw Brentwood Academy erase a 1 point lead in the 4th quarter as the Lady Raiders fell in the physical contest.  The Lady Eagles enjoyed a 9 to 2 free throw advantage in the final period in the bitter loss.  Chloe Gannon was the leading scorer for Coffee...