Story by Lawrence Phillips  The Manchester Youth Football League Division 2 Red Raiders received a police escort from the Manchester Police Department on their way out of town heading to their first ever SMTYFA Super Bowl appearance. Shelbyville won the toss and elected to receive. On the third play of the game Steven Bobo of Shelbyville sliced through the Raiders defense for a touchdown which was the beginning of a career day for Bobo. The extra point run was good and Shelbyville lead 7-0. Manchester answered with a reverse that resulted in a long toss from AJ Whitman to...

The Titans lost a heartstopper — and a heartbreaker — here on Sunday. Instead of leaving the United Kingdom in jubilation, the Titans left facing a long flight home following a 20-19 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers before 84,301 fans at Wembley Stadium. “It hurts. It hurts a lot,” Titans receiver Taywan Taylor said. “We came here to win, and we thought we were going to win all the way to the very end. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen.” Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota connected with tight end Luke Stocker for a one-yard touchdown with just 31 seconds left, which...

They swept Alberta – no bull. P.K. Subban potted a shorthanded goal and Juuse Saros stopped all 31 shots he faced, as the Nashville Predators shut out the Edmonton Oilers, 3-0, on Saturday night at Rogers Place. The result give the Preds a sweep of Alberta, Canada, during their first back-to-back set of games this season, including a win over the Flames in Calgary on Friday. It’s Nashville’s fifth consecutive victory overall, as well as their 13th-straight triumph against the Oilers. “We knew before the game they have lots of talent, so we tried to be solid in the...

Nashville SC was equal to the best team in USL history, FC Cincinnati for 120 minutes in Cincinnati on Saturday night, but fell in penalty kicks in a gut-wrenching loss in the opening round of the USL Cup Playoffs. 120 in a Nutshell With everything on the line, FC Cincinnati came out of the gate with an immediate offensive mindset. In the 10’ Cincy earned the first corner kick of the match before forcing Nashville keeper Matt Pickens to make a key swat in the 17’ minute to stop a potential Cincinnati break-away situation. After settling in, Nashville’s best...

Zac Rinaldo tallied the game-winner and Juuse Saros was perfect in relief as the Nashville Predators defeated the Calgary Flames by a 5-3 final on Friday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome. It’s Nashville’s fourth-consecutive victory, giving them a bit of revenge after being shut out by the Flames last week. The two clubs went back and forth all night, but Calgary never had the lead, and the Preds kept finding ways to outlast their opponents throughout. “That’s just hockey,” Rinaldo said. “That’s the way it goes sometimes, and the teams that are going to come out on top of...

The Coffee County Red Raider football team traveled to Siegel on Thursday night for a region match-up with the Stars.  In a game you heard here on Thunder Radio, turnovers and missed opportunities doomed the Raiders on the cool night.  Siegel ended up taking the region win by a final score of 27 to 8. Siegel recovered 3 onside kicks in the first half, including one on the opening kickoff.  The Raider defense forced 2 turnovers as they had an interception from Andrew Mahaffey and a fumble recovery.  Coffee County got on the board early in the 4th quarter...

Basketball season is right around the corner!  The Coffee County Red Raider and Lady Raider basketball teams will be hosting 2 days of Hall of Champions games.   Teams from 11 different high schools will descend on Manchester on November 16th and 17th for 2 days of games.   Nine girls’ teams and 7 boys’ teams will play games at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym and at the Coffee County Middle...