The Manchester Youth Football League hosted their first home games of the year on Saturday as they welcomed Shelbyville to Carden-Jarrell Field.  Playing a tripleheader in front of the biggest home crowd ever, the Raider teams finished the day with a record of 1 and 2. The Division 1 team opened the afternoon with a 31 to 7 win.  The Division 2 Red Raiders rallied after falling behind early but fell 34 to 20.  The Division 3 Raiders got a kickoff return for a touchdown but fell 23 to 7. The Manchester Youth Football League will be back in...

Two lightning delays, a brawl, two kickoff returns for touchdowns, injuries to key players, and a game that took over seven hours to play, making it the longest game in NFL history. The season opener for the Titans and Dolphins had it all here on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium. Only it didn’t include a Titans victory. Unfortunately, the game also included an elbow injury to Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota, who watched the game’s fourth quarter from the sideline. Tight end Delanie Walker was taken off on a cart, outfitted in an air cast, after suffering a lower leg...

The Coffee County Middle School soccer team traveled to Winchester on Thursday to tangle with conference rival North Franklin.  The Lady Raiders and Lady Gators battled to a 1 all draw at intermission.  North added 3 goals in the 2nd half to grab a 4 to 1 win over Coffee County. Bella Lawson produced the lone goal for the Lady Raiders.  Lawson pounced on a deflected shot by Jorja Waggoner to convert the goal. The Lady Raiders will return to action on Monday when they travel to McMinnville to take on Warren County.  Opening kick is set for 4:30...

It was magic again for Nashville SC against North Carolina FC as the boys in gold scored three times in the second half to earn a point in a 3-3 road draw on Saturday afternoon. The comeback secured a vital road point for Nashville as it aims to stay in playoff position in the USL’s Eastern Conference. 90 in a Nutshell In the 18’ minute, midfielder Lebo Moloto sent an errant pass into the middle of the field and was intercepted by Tiyi Shipalane. Shipalane took the ball and drove it down to near the top of the box....

Jeremy Pruitt earned his first win as a collegiate head coach in dominant fashion as the Tennessee Volunteers defeated in-state foe ETSU 59-3 Saturday evening at Neyland Stadium. “To me, I don’t see this any different than any game I’ve ever coached in,” Pruitt said. “I’m happy we won, and you’ll find out (about me) the more games we win, I’m a little more ticked. There’s a standard we want to play to. Everything wasn’t perfect this week. Everything wasn’t perfect in the last couple of days, and we were trying to get things right. We’re learning from it,...

The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team is hosting a 2 day golf tournament on Saturday and Sunday, September 15th and 16th.  The tournament will be held at Old Stone Fort Golf Course and will be a 2 person scramble format.  Cost for each team is $250 and includes a BBQ dinner on Saturday night at Prater’s BBQ. The $250 entry fee includes greens fees with a cart for both days.  Also included will be 1 mulligan per player per day and entry in the skins game.  Teams will be flighted after Saturday’s round and auctioned off at a...

The Coffee County Red Raider boy’s golf team closed out the regular season on Thursday in a 4 team match at Lawrence County.  Taking on the teams of Lawrence County, Marshall County and Giles County, the Raiders pushed their final record to 62 and 5 with a sweep over the trio of felines. In a match originally scheduled for 18 holes, lightning forced the teams to end after 9 holes.  The Red Raiders outdistanced their competition by 40 strokes in the match.  Coffee County was led by Samuel Prater and Austin Farris who shot matching 1 over par 37’s. ...

The Westwood football team welcomed Community to Dyer-Bouldin Field on Thursday.  In a game you heard here on Thunder Radio, Westwood played inspired football in the 2nd half but could not overcome a 28 to 0 halftime deficit.  The Rockets lost 34 to 19. The Vikings scored on the 2nd play of each of their first 3 drives to build a 20 to 0 lead.  Westwood made some adjustments and forced Community into a 4th down and 8 play late in the 2nd quarter.  Community broke free and scored from 28 yards out with 7 seconds left in the...