Opening up play in the District 8AAA volleyball tournament on Thursday night in Shelbyville, the Lady Raiders were looking for a pair of wins to claim their 2nd straight district title.  Coffee County defeated Columbia in straight sets in the semifinals to advance to Thursday night’s finals.  In the finals, Lincoln County dropped Coffee County in 4 sets. In the semifinals, the Lady Raiders got a dominant performance at the net in the straight set win.  Coffee County won by set scores of 25-16, 25-22 and 25-17.  The Lady Raiders were led in kills by Kiya Ferrell and Lexi...

The Manchester Youth Football League will host Marshall County on Saturday afternoon at Carden-Jarrell Field in the regular season finale.  The tripleheader will kick off at 2 PM with the Division 1 game.  The Division 2 game will get underway around 3:30 and the Division 3 game will kick off around 5. The day’s activities will also celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness with the Pink-Out Homecoming.  Breast cancer fighters and survivors are invited to attend free of charge.  Everyone is asked to wear pink to support the cause.  In addition to the games, there will be bounce houses, cotton candy,...

That’s one. Three different Predators found the back of the net as Nashville defeated the New York Rangers by a 3-2 final on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. It’s exactly the result the Preds were hoping for on night one of the 2018-19 regular season, in a contest that saw Colton Sissons’ empty-net tally turn out to be the game-winner. Goals from Filip Forsberg and P.K. Subban helped them earn the win as well, and all things considered, it was a quality start to the new season. “We did some good things, and there are things we can...

The Lady Raider volleyball team will square off against Columbia on Thursday in the District 8AAA semifinals at Shelbyville Central High School.  A win there would advance the Lady Raiders to their 6th straight district finals.  The district final is scheduled for 7:30 on Thursday at Shelbyville against the winner of the 5 PM game.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast of the district tournament semifinal match as part of the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series. Following the volleyball semifinal, Thunder Radio will bring you Nashville Predators hockey as part of the Fifth...

Coffee County’s Elementary Basketball League is set to begin its 46th season later this month.  The 8 team league, originally contested among Coffee County School System teams began in 1972 with 6 teams.  With the addition of the Manchester City School System elementary teams, the league features 8 boys’ teams and 7 girls’ team representing the 8 schools.   The league is hosted by the Coffee County Central High School basketball teams and games are played at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  This year’s games begin on Saturday, October 13th at 9 AM.  The regular season will end on...

Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota has been named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 4. It’s the fourth Player of the Week award for Mariota in his career, tying Steve McNair for the second-most by a quarterback in franchise history behind Hall of Famer Warren Moon (6). With the Titans trailing in overtime against the defending Super Bowl champs, Mariota engineered a game-winning drive that was capped off with a 10-yard touchdown pass to receiver Corey Davis on the final play of the game in a 26-23 overtime win over the Philadelphia Eagles. Mariota completed 30-of-43 passes...

With the regular season ended for the volleyball and soccer teams at Coffee County Central High School, first round pairings for the upcoming District 8AAA tournaments have been announced.  The Lady Raider volleyball team opens district tournament play on Thursday night at Shelbyville.  The Lady Raider soccer team will open play on Tuesday also in Shelbyville. The Lady Raider soccer team will open against the Eaglettes of Shelbyville on Tuesday night.  That match will get underway at 6:30 PM on the Eaglettes home pitch.  A win on Tuesday would advance Coffee County to Thursday night’s semifinals. The Lady Raider...

Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced Monday that the club has acquired forward Nick Baptiste from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for defenseman Jack Dougherty. Baptiste, 23 (8/4/95), split the 2017-18 season between the Sabres and the American Hockey League’s Rochester Americans. He had four goals and six points in 33 games with the Sabres – his second NHL season – and an additional 18 points (7g-11a) in 36 contests with the Americans. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound right wing has suited up in 47 NHL games and has posted 10 points (7g-3a) since making his League...