Coffee County dropped its second game in a row in the Sparta Sonic Shootout, falling 63-51 to host White County Tuesday afternoon. It was the second straight loss for the CHS Raider men after winning 4 out of 5. On Tuesday, the Raiders were down by 4 at the break – 33-29. But the Warriors outscored CHS 15-9 in the third quarter and pulled further away in the fourth to seal the win. Ten different Red Raiders scored points on the afternoon, led by 14 from Dayne Crosslin before he fouled out. Junior post Jahlin Osbourne scored 10 for...

Coffee County wrestling split results with Spring Hill and Moore County Monday night. Results below. Spring Hill (SPRH) 42.0 Coffee County (COFF) 31.0 138: Sean Walton (SPRH) over Ryan  James (COFF) (Fall 0:47) 145: Tyler Wehrenberg (SPRH) over   (COFF) (For.) 152: Johnathan Childs (SPRH) over Tommy Miller (COFF) (Fall 3:25) 160: Gavin Prater (COFF) over Ethan  Glass  (SPRH) (MD 14-0) 170: Jacob Barlow (COFF) over Michael Carter (SPRH) (Dec 7-2) 182: Chris Hollis (COFF) over Tyler Wehrenberg (SPRH) (Fall 4:57) 195: Cayden Buchanan (SPRH) over Ian Walker (COFF) (Fall 5:17) 220: Kendall James (COFF) over Charles Gifford (SPRH) (Fall...

A strong first half was matched by an equally anemic second half for the CHS Red Raiders Monday in the opening round of the Sonic Shootout. Cascade doubled-up the Raiders in the second half, as Coffee County let a 32-19 lead evaporate into a 54-50 loss. The hot shooting of Cascade’s Lucas Clanton was particularly difficult for the Raiders to handle. Clanton didn’t score a point in the first half but rattled off 19 in the second half – behind 5 3-pointers. Clanton’s 19 was enough to outscore the Raiders all by himself. Coffee County had 8 different players...

Lady Raider senior Elli Chumley fights her way through a clothes-line and still managed to score 2 of her 15 points Monday, Dec. 20, 2021 in a CHS win over Albertville. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County Central barely had enough basketball players to even field a team Monday afternoon. The ones who could play scratched and clawed, and a few seasoned veterans helped lead an 18-0 fourth quarter run as the Lady Raiders beat Albertville 59-52 in the 21st Annual Wills Valley Shoot Out in Ft. Payne, Alabama. “You never know who is going to...

Coffee County wrestling took on Rockvale and Siegel Friday. Results below. Rockvale (Girls) (RVG) 6.0 Coffee County High School (Girls) (COFG) 6.0138: Jade Lenhart (COFG) over Ginny (Wes) Griffith (RVG) (Fall 0:00) 165: Crystal  Rollins (RVG) over Sara Crosslin (COFG) (Fall 0:00) You can find more details regarding this dual using the following link. Coffee County High School (Girls) (COFG) 6.0 Siegel (Girls) (SIGG) 0.0145: Lyra Leftwich (COFG) over Mollie Bowman (SIGG) (Fall 0:19) You can find more details regarding this dual using the following link. Coffee County (COFF) 31.0 Warren Co. (WACO) 21.0132: Jeremiah Wardell (COFF) over   (WACO)...

Aidan Abellana lets out emotion after lobbing an alley-oop layup to Dayne Crosslin in a 50-36 win over Tullhaoma – Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County never trailed against visiting Tullahoma Friday night. The Red Raiders jumped out to a red hot start – taking a 11-0 lead – and fought off multiple Tullahoma runs to take a 50-36 win over the Wildcats at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym in Manchester. Tullahoma eventually overcame the early start and tied the game at 24-24. Both teams went back and forth until 35-35, but the Wildcats never took the...

Chloe Gannon scored a game-high 24 points for the Lady Raiders Friday, Dec. 17, 2021 in a 54-36 win over Tullahoma. – Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson It was only a matter of time before Chloe Gannon’s shots started to fall Friday night. They did, Tullahoma had no answers and the Central High School Lady Raiders beat Tullahoma for the 12th time in the past 13 meetings: 54-36 at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. “We knew if we executed the game plan that we had that we would take care of business,” explained CHS head coach Joe Pat...

A first-half shutout in basketball is rare. But that is exactly what the Coffee County Middle defense did to East Tullahoma Thursday night – taking a 27-0 lead into halftime as the Lady Raiders cruised to a 44-11 win. It was a marked improvement over a team that scored 41 against CMS earlier this year. “We made some changes this week to our defense and it worked Monday and tonight,” said CMS head coach David Vinson. Eighth grader Natalie Barnes turned in an 18-point performance and sixth grader Adalyn Clark pitched in 11. Ella Arnold scored 8 The Lady...