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CCMS Tennis Rolls to Friday Wins at Lewisburg
The Coffee County Middle School tennis teams traveled to Lewisburg on Friday for their 3rd match of the young season. The Lady Raiders won all 10 of their matches in a clean sweep. The Red Raiders captured a 5 to 1 win. The Lady Raiders improved to 3 and 0 on the season with the shutout win. Capturing singles wins for Coffee Middle were Jayda Wright(6 to 2), Marley Perry(6 to 4), Anna Amado(6 to 3), Lucy Riddle(6 to 0), Paige Meadows(6 to 3) and Kylie Millaway(6 to 0). In doubles action, Coffee County got wins from the teams...
CHS Track Team Opens Season in Riverdale Relays
The Coffee County Central High School track team opened the season on Thursday on the road. Traveling to Murfreesboro, Coffee County took part in the Riverdale Relays at Riverdale’s Tom Nolan Field. The Lady Raiders finished in 7th place out of 12 teams while the Red Raiders came in 9th out of 12 teams. The Lady Raiders finished in 2nd place in the 4x1600M, 6th in the 4x400M relay and 7th in the 4x800M relay. Top 10 individual finishers for Coffee County were: Keisheal Norton – 4th, Shot Put and 9th, Discus; Sarah Pearson – 5th, Shot Put; Jaden...

Sissons, Forsberg Lead Preds to Win, Playoff Berth
Playoff berth clinched. Colton Sissons and Filip Forsberg each scored twice and the Nashville Predators rallied on the road for the sixth consecutive time on Friday night in Denver, prevailing 4-2 over the Avalanche. As a result, the Predators have punched their ticket to the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the fourth consecutive season Nashville will appear in the postseason. “It feels good,” Sissons said of the berth. “That’s what every team suits up for in training camp is to get to the postseason. As we found out last year, as long as you get in, you just never know...
Thursday Prep Scoreboard
Thursday Prep Results CHS Tennis sweeps Giles Co – Girls won 6 to 1, Boys won 7 to 0 – See the story HERE WMS Tennis fell at Shelbyville – Girls lost 4 to 3, Boys lost 4 to 3 – See the story HERE WMS Boys’ Soccer shut out Webb – 5 to 0 – See the story HERE CHS Baseball blanks Marshall Co – 2 to 0 – See the story HERE CCMS Baseball falls to Harris – 6 to 0 – See the story HERE CCMS Softball beat Harris – 13 to 1 – See the...

CHS Baseball Blanks Marshall County
Warmer temperatures and a good sized crowd welcomed the Coffee County Central High School baseball team to Powers Field on Thursday. In a game you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Red Raiders welcomed non-district foe Marshall County to CHS. A dominant pitching performance by a pair of Coffee County pitchers lifted the Raiders to a 2 to 0 win. The Raiders got on the board in the 1st inning as a dropped 3rd strike to Skylar Bratcher allowed Jacob Langham and Nathanial Tate to score. Bratcher reached base 3 times as he had a hit, reached on the...

CHS Soccer Doubles Up Marshall County
Hitting the road for the first time this season, the Coffee County Central High School soccer team traveled to Lewisburg on Thursday night. The Red Raiders visited Marshall County looking to build on the momentum of a strong performance on Tuesday night. The Raiders scored the final 2 goals of the match to get the 4 to 2 win. Paco Barrera got things started in the 5th minute as he converted an assist from Tyler Walker to make the score 1 to 0. Barrera added his second goal in the 23rd minute unassisted. Marshall County scored at the 25...

Westwood Softball Wins 10 Inning Thriller over Fayetteville
Looking to continue the hot start to their season, the Westwood Middle School softball traveled to Fayetteville on Thursday night. In a makeup from a game from March 6th, the Lady Rockets tangled with the Lady Tigers of Fayetteville Middle School. The Lady Rockets rallied for 3 runs in the 10th inning to claim the 5 to 3 win. After scoring 1 run in the top of the 1st, Westwood saw Fayetteville bounce back with 2 runs in the bottom of the first to take the lead. Fayetteville held that lead until Westwood tied it in the 6th inning...

CHS Tennis Sweeps Giles County in Road Match
A rematch with Giles County awaited the Coffee County Central High School tennis teams on Thursday. Playing their first road match of the year, and playing in much warmer conditions than Monday, Coffee County got another sweep over the Bobcat teams. The Red Raiders won 7 to 0 while the Lady Raiders captured a 6 to 1 win. Each team improved to 2 and 0 on the year. In boys’ action, Landon Booth, Tyler Rigney and Jonah Rollman each got 8 to 0 singles wins. Coffee County also received a pair of forfeit wins in singles. In doubles, Rigney...