The 20-1 Westwood Lady Rockets were scheduled to play the semi-finals of the James C. Haile tournament Thursday – but winter weather early in the week has rearranged the tournament bracket. The Lady Rockets will now play the winner of Walter J. Baird and Jim B. Satterfield girls on Monday, Jan. 24 at 5:45 p.m. A win in that game will put Westwood in the title game at 6 p.m. Saturday, January...

Coffee County Central baseball program has announced plans for Red Raider Alumni Day. First pitch for alumni game is set for 10 a.m. and all alumni are invited to attend. There will be a game, retired jerseys available for sale and lunch will be available. following the alumni game, the 2022 Red Raiders will participate in the inaugural Dingers for Dollars fundraiser – a hit-a-thon fundraiser. Anyone planning to attend should register by clicking...

The Titans will face the Cincinnati Bengals in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs. Kickoff has been set for 3:30 CT on Saturday at Nissan Stadium. The Titans (12-5), the AFC’s No. 1 seed, had this weekend off as a result of earning the only bye in the conference. The Bengals, meanwhile, entered the playoffs as the No.4 seed as a result of winning the AFC North. The Bengals beat the Raiders 26-19 in the Wild Card round on Saturday. The Bengals, who finished the regular season with a record of 10-7, are led by quarterback Joe Burrow,...

Poor road conditions forced the postponement of Monday night games in the CTC basketball tournament -meaning adjustments for the remainder of the week. Both Coffee Middle School teams were scheduled to open tournament play Wednesday. They will now play Thursday night – all games at South Middle School in Cowan. The CMS Lady Raiders, with an 11-1 conference record, have the tournament’s no. 1 seed and receive a BYE in the first round. The Lady Raiders will play at 6 p.m. Thursday night against the winner of East Tullahoma and Warren County. A win in that game puts CMS...

Westwood had one final hurdle standing in the way of the Lady Rockets and a perfect season in the Duck River Valley Conference. Hurdle cleared on Saturday. The Lady Rockets jumped out to a 22-6 lead in the first quarter and finished off Community 46-25 in the DRVC Championship game at Cascade. It was familiar names who helped power WMS to the championship. Jules Ferrell led the way with 16 points – 11 coming in the first half to put the game out of reach. Reece Finch pitched in 14 and Ziya Dillard finished with 8. The win ends...

The Coffee Middle School basketball teams travel to South Middle School in Cowan this week in hopes of bringing home a CTC Tournament Championship. The CMS Lady Raiders, with an 11-1 conference record, have the tournament’s no. 1 seed and receive a BYE in the first round. The Lady Raiders will play at 7 p.m. Wednesday night against the Winner of East Tullahoma and Warren County. A win in that game puts CMS in the title game – which will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday. This is a single elimination tournament. Meanwhile, the Raider boys are on the...

Pictured are CHS wrestling medalists from Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. The Central High School wrestling team sent 12 wrestlers (9 boys, 3 girls) to the Franklin Admiral Invitational over the weekend, with 7 leaving with a placement. Five of those were medalists. Placing for Coffee County were: Jacob Barlow – champion in 152 pound class Sara Crosslin – 2nd place, girls 152 pounds Lizzy Garner – 2nd place, girls 138 pounds Jeremiah Wardell – 4th place, 126 pounds Jade Lenhart – 4th place, girls 138 pounds Gavin Prater – 6th place, 160 pounds Kolby McCormick – 6th place, 220...

Dayne Crosslin goes to the basket for 2 of his 19 points Friday night, Jan. 14, 2022. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Dayne Crosslin was due for a breakout night. And it came at a great time. The junior sharp-shooter found his stroke from behind the arc Friday night and Warren County probably wishes he didn’t, as he hit four 3-pointers and put up 19 points to lead the CHS Lady Raiders to a 50-28 road win over Warren County. The Raiders needed a district win after dropping their opener on Tuesday. After being tied at 16-16...