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CHS Volleyball Rallies to Stop Columbia
The Lady Raider volleyball team welcomed district rival Columbia to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym on Tuesday. Coffee County scuffled through a set and a half before the chair official became ill and had to be attended to by CHS trainer Jason Sanders. After a 45 minute delay, in which the official was transported to the hospital, the match resumed. Coffee County seemed to awake from their malaise to reel off 3 sets in a row and capture the district match. Coffee County won by set scores of 21-25, 25-22, 25-15 and 25-18. After a back and forth...
Coffee Middle Football Blanks Harris
The Coffee County Middle School football team traveled to Shelbyville on Tuesday night for a conference battle with Harris. After coming close in their first 3 contests, the Red Raiders were looking for a breakthrough performance. Coffee County got that performance on Tuesday from their defense as they shut out Harris 28 to 0. The Raiders built a 14 to 0 halftime lead and added a pair of insurance touchdowns in the second half. Elijah Clemons scored a pair of touchdowns for Coffee Middle. Jacob Barlow and Travis Martin each added a touchdown. Brendan Sheppard added a pair of...
Westwood Volleyball Falls in 1st Match Held at Joel Vinson Gym
Hosting the first varsity volleyball match ever at Westwood Middle School, the Lady Rockets welcomed Warren County to the Joel Vison Gym on Tuesday. In a match you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Rockets had few answers for the strong service game of the Lady Pioneers. Westwood fell in straight sets 11-25 and 8-25. Warren County finished the match with 16 aces in addition to several bad 1st passes from Westwood. Westwood finished with 1 ace by Torea Greenwell as she was the most consistent server in the match for the Rockets. Kelsey Vandenbossche and Anna Johnson...
Westwood Cross Country Opens Season in Bell Buckle
The Westwood cross country team opened their season on Tuesday in Bell Buckle as they took part in a meet at Webb. Coach Jim Dodson’s team was hit hard by graduation yet still managed to have a respectable showing. For the Rockets, Aidan Smith was the top finisher as he ran the 2 mile course in 12:41 to finish in 11th place. Timothy Henderson was 50th with a time of 14:57. Hunter Crosslin ran a 15:57 to finish in 66th place while Ethan Miles posted a time of 19:58. For the Lady Rockets, Rylea McNamara was the top finisher...
CCMS Volleyball Drops Pair to Tullahoma
The Coffee County Middle School volleyball team traveled to East Middle School on Tuesday for a conference doubleheader with Tullahoma. The Lady Raiders were swept in straight sets by the Lady Wildcats in each match. Coffee Middle is back in action on Tuesday when they head into town to take on Westwood. That match will get underway at 4:30 PM at the Joel Vinson...
Westwood Soccer Falls to St. Andrews-Sewanee
The Westwood soccer team welcomed St. Andrews-Sewanee to Dyer-Bouldin Field on Tuesday for their first conference match of the year. The young and small Lady Rockets were no match for the size of the Lady Lions as they fell by a final score of 7 to 0. Westwood returns to the pitch on Friday when they travel to Fayetteville to take on the Lady Tigers. That match will kick off at 5:30...
Sounds Stun Baby Cakes with Late Rally
The Nashville Sounds scored one run in the ninth and four in the tenth to stun the New Orleans Baby Cakes with a come-from-behind 7-3 win Tuesday night at Shrine on Airline. Trailing 3-2 in the top of the ninth, Anthony Garcia launched a solo homer off Nick Wittgren to even the game at 3-3. It was Garcia’s second solo blast of the game – his third multi-homer game of the season. After Liam Hendriks worked his way out of a jam to put up a zero in the bottom of the ninth, Nashville’s offense exploded in the tenth...
Nashville SC Routs Richmond, Back in Playoff Picture
After dropping a heartbreaker on Saturday night, Nashville SC had its head in the game on Tuesday as the club poured on the offense in a 4-0 win over the Richmond Kickers. The combination of Michael Reed and Tucker Hume proved lethal with Reed tallying three assists and Hume a brace of goals, including the only goal of the first half. 90′ in a Nutshell Nashville SC started the match with a few good chances, including a Kris Tyrpak diving header that flew just wide of the net. From there, Richmond brought the ball into the attacking third and...
