Coffee County Lady Raider softball team traveled to McMinnville on Tuesday to take on Warren County.  Coming off a district win on Monday, the Lady Raiders took on the Lady Pioneers in their first non-district game of the year.  Despite outhitting Warren County 6 to 4, the Lady Raiders fell by a final score of 3 to 1. The Lady Raiders got on the board in the top of the 1st inning as Katie Rutledge singled, was sacrificed to 2nd base and scored on a single from Lauren Tomberlin.  Coffee County was able to get baserunners on base in...

Trying to shake off a disappointing loss last week, the Coffee Middle School softball team traveled to Harris on Tuesday.  Taking on the Eaglettes in a conference game, the Lady Raiders were held to 4 hits on the cold night as they surrendered 2 unearned runs.  Those runs were enough to drop Coffee Middle by a final score of 3 to 2. The Lady Raiders got on the board in the top of the first inning as Kiya Ferrell led off with a single, stole 2nd and 3rd base and scored on a single from Chloe Gannon.  Harris notched...

Pekka Rinne made 32 saves and the surging Nashville Predators scored two short-handed goals in beating the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 on Tuesday night to tie for the top spot in the NHL standings. Kevin Fiala, Austin Watson and Viktor Arvidsson had the goals for Nashville, which has won 11 of 12. The Predators reached 100 points in 69 games, the fastest mark in franchise history. The defending Western Conference champions are even with Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay — and Nashville has played one fewer game. Kyle Connor scored for the Jets, losers of three straight. Winnipeg fell eight points...

Monday Prep Results > CHS Softball defeated Franklin Co – 4 to 3 – See the story HERE > CHS Baseball defeated Columbia – 7 to 2 – See the story HERE > CHS Tennis swept Giles Co – Boys won 7 to 0, Girls won 7 to 0 – See the story HERE > WMS Softball won over Cascade – 12 to 2 – See the story HERE > WMS Baseball beat Huntland – 5 to 2 – See the story HERE # CCMS Baseball HOSTS Harris – Postponed until Thursday at 5:00 PM # CCMS Softball HOSTS...

Opening the Brandon McWhorter era at home on Monday, the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team welcomed Franklin County to Terry Floyd Field.  In a game you heard right here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Raiders opened up against their old district rivals from Winchester.  In a game featuring cold temperatures and hot emotions, the Lady Raiders battled to a 4 to 3 win. A 3 run 3rd inning for Coffee County seemed to set the Lady Raiders up for an easy win, but Franklin County battled back with 2 runs in the 6th inning chasing starting pitcher Keri...

Kicking off the 2018 season at Powers Field, the Coffee County CHS baseball team hosted Columbia on Monday night.  Battling brutal wind chill temperatures, and an always strong Lions program, the Red Raiders hoped to get the 2018 season off on the right foot.  Coffee County rode the arm and bat of senior Nathanial Tate to a 7 to 2 district win. Coffee County was able to get 2 runs in the first inning on a 2 run home run by Tate to dead centerfield.  An RBI double by Tate in the 4th inning made the score 4 to...

The Coffee County tennis teams opened the season at home on Monday welcoming new district rival Giles County to the Raider Academy courts.  A pair of young and talented Raider squads got off to a blazing hot start on a cold day with a pair of wins.  The Red Raiders and Lady Raiders each got 7 to 0 sweeps. The Red Raiders won a pair of singles matches and the #2 doubles match by forfeit.  In singles play, Jayden Talley won 8 to 2, Jonah Rollman won 8 to 0 and Luke Irwin won 8 to 0.  The freshman...

Opening their home season on Monday night, the Westwood Middle School softball team hosted Cascade.  Attempting to build on a season opening romp at Riverside from last week, Westwood hosted the perennial conference power Lady Champions.  The Lady Rockets used an 8 run 1st inning to power to the 12 to 2 win in 6 innings. Three hit batters, a pair of extra base hits and a walk were part of the huge Westwood rally in the first inning.  A Haidyn Campbell triple, an Emma Kidder double and 3 errors by Cascade gave Westwood an 8 to 1 lead...