The Coffee County Middle School basketball team opened the season at home on Monday night when they welcomed West Tullahoma to the CCMS Gym.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, Coffee County overcame a rash of whistles to capture a season opening split with the Bobcats.  The Lady Raiders fell 37 to 25 while the Red Raiders won 31 to 24. The Lady Raiders jumped out to a 12 to 6 lead after the first quarter only to see Tullahoma rally to tie the game at 17 at the intermission.  West used a strong...

The Westwood basketball team welcomed Huntland to the Joel Vinson Gym on Monday night.  Playing in their first home game of the year before a capacity crowd in the newly remodeled Joel Vinson Gym, both Rocket teams fell in the conference doubleheader.  The Lady Rockets lost 36 to 23 while the Rockets lost 61 to 26. After a back and forth first few minutes of the girls’ game, Huntland was able to crank up their full court press after made baskets and closed out the first half on a 16 to 8 run to seize control.  Westwood clamped down...

Tournament MVP Alexandra Rouse scored the game-winning goal, her second of the game, just past the 71-minute mark to lead the Motlow State Community College Lady Bucks to a 3-2 victory over Southwest Tennessee and the TCCAA/Region VII Tournament championship Friday afternoon at St. George’s School in Collierville. Motlow (11-4-2) advances to the NJCAA Central District Tournament, to be held in Godfrey, Illinois beginning Nov. 1. The Lady Bucks will face the host team, Lewis & Clark College, on the Trailblazers home pitch at a time yet to be announced. Prior to the trip, Motlow will host the Martin...

The Coffee County Youth Bass Club sent 2 boats to the state trail event on Saturday at Dale Hollow Lake.  Competing against a field of 140 other boats, the Raider anglers braved cold, rainy conditions to capture a pair of fish. The team of Colby Thurmond and Jacob Garms ended up in 21st place with a 2 fish total catch weighing in at 3.95 pounds.  The team of Dawson and Branson Wells came home with an empty live well as they finished in 77th place. The Coffee County Youth Bass Club will next be in action on Saturday, November...

The annual Coffee County Red Raider Alumni Basketball Game will be held on Saturday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.   The game is scheduled to tip off at 6 PM and the public is urged to come out and attend.  The event will be a fund-raiser for the Red Raiders and cost of admission is $2 but donations above and beyond that are welcome. If you are a former Red Raider basketball player, you are also urged to register to compete in the game.  There will be t-shirts and door prizes available for the game participants. For more...

The Coffee County Elementary Basketball League was in action on Saturday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. Girls’ Results: College Street slipped past East Coffee 12 to 9 New Union edged Deerfield 17 to 16 Westwood leveled Hillsboro 21 to 4 Boys’ Results College Street nailed East Coffee 37 to 6 Deerfield shot down New Union 21 to 12 Westwood doubled up Hillsboro 32 to 16 North Coffee charged past Hickerson 28 to 11     Unofficial Standings Place Girls Wins Losses 1 Westwood 3 0 2 North Coffee 2 0 3 College Street 2 1 4 East...

Filip Forsberg’s sixth career hat trick wasn’t enough as the Nashville Predators fell to the Edmonton Oilers, 5-3, on Saturday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena. It’s Nashville’s first defeat at the hands of the Oilers in their past 14 meetings. Saturday’s contest saw the Preds have their chances throughout, including a pair of hit posts, but Nashville never had the lead, and the group knows the game won’t be won on opportunity. “It’s always frustrating to lose in our own building,” Preds defenseman Mattias Ekholm said. “We should always expect to win here. I think we should take it as...

Closing out the regular season at home, the Coffee County Red Raider football team finished the 2018 season with a win.  Hosting White County at Carden-Jarrell Field on Thursday night, Coffee County celebrated Senior Night and the annual Pink-Out Game with a 20 to 8 win. The Red Raiders got on the board first in the 1st quarter on a 3 yard TD run from Donovan Heaton.  Coffee County pushed the lead to 14 to 0 in the 2nd quarter when Connor Shemwell connected with Andrew Mahaffey on a 74 yard touchdown catch.  White County cut the deficit to...