Opening up District 8AAA tournament play at home on Thursday, the Red Raider baseball team welcomed Shelbyville to Powers Field. Coffee County got a masterful pitching performance from Hayden Skipper. Skipper’s arm and some timely hitting lifted the Red Raiders to a 3 to 0 win that you heard right here on Thunder Radio. After 3 scoreless innings, Coffee County got on the board in the 4th inning on a wild pitch. In the 5th, the Red Raiders got their 2nd run on a fielder’s choice. In the 6th, Coffee County scored again after a single by Skylar Bratcher...

After struggling to score against Tullahoma on Tuesday night, the Coffee County Lady Raiders erupted for 11 hits and 12 runs in a 5 inning win over Franklin County.  The win gives the Lady Raiders a first round win in the District 8AAA softball tournament.  Coffee County took the win 12 to 1. Coffee County scored 3 runs in the 1st inning and 3 runs in the 2nd inning to build a 6 to 1 lead.  The Lady Raiders added 4 more in the 3rd inning and 2 more in the 4th inning to shorten the game via the...

The focus was renewed, the defensive effort was reinvigorated and the Nashville Predators put on a defensive clinic in a 2-1 victory in Game 4 at Bell MTS Place on Thursday night. Goaltender Pekka Rinne made 32 saves and P.K. Subban slapped home the game-winner in the second period as Nashville built a 2-0 lead while keeping the Winnipeg Jets’ red-hot offense discombobulated. The victory evens Nashville’s series with the Winnipeg at 2-2 and creates a best-of-three with two of the remaining games at Bridgestone Arena. After allowing 13 goals (not counting two empty-netters) in the first three games,...

The series finale between the Nashville Sounds and the Colorado Springs Sky Sox was suspended after eight innings with the Sounds on top 14-6. The game was delayed for nearly two hours due to inclement weather and was suspended after the eighth inning due to a travel curfew. The game will be completed in August when the Sounds return to Colorado Springs. The Sounds jumped out to an early lead as Jorge Mateo launched a solo-blast off the batter’s eye in straightaway center field to lead off the game. The lead was short-lived as the Sky Sox plated three...

Ending the regular season against the bitter rivals from west Coffee, the Coffee County Red Raider soccer team traveled to Tullahoma to take on the Wildcats.  The 2 old rivals were battling for possession of the Coffee Cup trophy and bragging rights for another year.  The Wildcats got a pair of goals in each half as they dumped the Red Raiders 4 to 1. The Red Raiders got off to a slow start allowing the Wildcats to score goals in the 1st and 5th minutes.  After making some defensive adjustments, Coffee County was able to play clean the remaining...

District tournament action begins on Thursday for the baseball and softball teams at Coffee County Central High School.   Thunder Radio will be broadcasting as much live action as possible, but we will also be keeping you up to date on schedules and results.  Each of the brackets you see below can be clicked on for a larger image that you can print.  Remember to tune in to Thunder Radio for live play-by-play action and the latest in prep sports...

Al White Ford/Lincoln, in conjunction with Ford Motor Company, hosted a Drive 4 Ur School Event to benefit the Coffee County Central High School soccer team.  The event, which was held on March 10th, earned $8,000 for the Red Raiders.  A check was presented to the team at a ceremony in the newly remodeled showroom on Tuesday. “We greatly appreciate the support from Baxter White and everyone at Al White Ford for providing us the opportunity through their Drive 4 Ur School Program” said Coffee County head coach Robert Harper.  “Thanks to them, we were able to raise $8,000...

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox jumped on the Nashville Sounds early and cruised to an 8-1 win at Security Service Field Wednesday afternoon. Sky Sox catcher Jacob Nottingham set the tone when the launched a three-run homer off Sounds’ starter Eric Jokisch in the bottom of the first inning. The blast came right after a fielding error by Franklin Barreto and a free pass issued by Jokisch. The deficit grew to 4-0 in the second when right fielder Nate Orf singled in Keon Broxton. Orf went 4-for-5 on the day and has nine hits through the first three games...