Coffee County’s Lady Raiders came out shooting and never let up in their district opener Tuesday. Alivia Reel knocked down a pair of 3-pointers early and her teammates joined the party – Coffee County hit 12 3-pointers as a team to destroy Franklin County 67-30 at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. Reel set the tone early with Coffee County’s first 8 points. She finished with 14, including a 4-for-4 night behind the 3-point line and was named Thunder Radio Broadcast Stone Fort Mortgage Player of the Game. Almost everyone else joined in. Freshman Channah Gannon heated up behind the...

Aidan Abellana goes to the basket for 2 of his team-high 17-points Tuesday night, January 11, 2022. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Turnovers and foul trouble hurt the Coffee County Central Red Raiders at home Tuesday night as the Raiders dropped their District 6-4A opener – 65-55 to the Rebels of Franklin County. Coffee County trailed by 9 at halftime and managed to cut the deficit to 4 on three separate occasions in the second half, including at the end of the third quarter when they trailed 36-32. But they were unable to get any closer and...

Coffee Middle’s Lady Raiders honored their 8th graders and last year’s TMSAA State Final Four team in style Monday night with a 46-18 drubbing of visiting Warren County. Natalie Barnes led the way with a 19 point performance, followed by 13 from Ella Arnold. Jaydee Nogodula added 5 and Hayleigh Harris 4. The Lady Raiders dominated from the tip and never trailed. They led 24-9 at halftime and 35-13 after three quarters. It was 8th grade night for CMS. The win improved the Lady Raiders to 16-2 overall and 10-1 in conference play. The school also chose this night...

The first state Associated Press Girls Basketball poll of the season is out and the Coffee County Central Lady Raiders find themselves in the top 10. The Lady Raiders and their 13-3 record are placed 9th in Tennessee by the AP voters. Meanwhile, district rival Warren County also cracked the top 10 at no. 10. Blackman leads the poll at no. 1. Two of Coffee County’s 3 losses came to Blackman – by 9 points and 1 point, respectively. The Lady Raiders will host Franklin County at 6 p.m. Tuesday in their District 6-4A opener. They will travel to...

Devin Judge, center, on Monday, January 10, 2022 signed to wrestle at Bluefield State. — Thunder Radio photo by Josh Peterson Coffee County Central senior wrestler Devin Judge now has a home for college. In front of friends, family and teammates Monday, Judge signed his letter of intent to wrestle at Bluefield State in West Virginia. “I love wrestling, it’s really my passion,” said Judge. Judge selected Bluefield State after multiple conversations with colleges that were facilitated through a recruiting service. “I settled on Bluefield … it was kind of personal for me,” explained Judge. “I feel like I...

AFC South champs. ✅ No.1 seed in the AFC. ✅. Now, it’s on to the playoffs for the Tennessee Titans, who took care of business with a 28-25 win over the Texans here on Sunday before a crowd dominated by Titans fans at NRG Stadium. The tone after the game: Celebrate, but not too much. “You celebrate a win,” Titans left tackle Taylor Lewan said. “(And) we accomplished in the season what we wanted to accomplish. However it looked, we did it. Finishing as the No. 1 seed, it’s awesome. But it’s for real now. “We have to clean...

Westwood Middle School has added a regular season basketball game for January 19. The game was added after last week’s regularly scheduled home game against Liberty was cancelled because of weather. Westwood will host the North Warriors of Grundy County on January 19. Junior varsity will play at 4 with varsity girls at 6 p.m. and boys to follow. It will be 8th grade night. Ceremonies will be held between games. Before that, both Lady Rockets and Rockets head to Cascade this week for the DRVC Conference Tournament. The Rockets (no. 3 seed) play Liberty at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday....

Four different Predators found the back of the net – and Juuse Saros was stellar again – as Nashville defeated the Arizona Coyotes by a 4-2 final on Saturday night at Gila River Arena. The result gives the Preds a perfect road trip – three victories and six points – and a four-game win streak to begin 2022. Without their top goal-scorer Filip Forsberg, who was added to the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list prior to Saturday’s contest, the Predators found contributions elsewhere and got clutch goaltending once more to top their new division rivals in the desert in a penalty-filled affair. Mattias...