The District 8AAA basketball district tournament schedule was announced on Monday.  Action began on Tuesday night with the girls’ “play-in” game at Fayetteville.  The boys’ “play-in” game is set for Wednesday night as Franklin County plays host to Shelbyville.  Quarterfinal action will take place on Friday with the semifinals scheduled for Saturday at Columbia Central High School.  The girls’ championship and consolation games will be held on Monday night at Columbia with the boys to follow on Tuesday night. As announced over the week-end right here on Thunder Radio, the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders each received a bye...

Down three goals entering the third period? No problem. Austin Watson tallied twice and Filip Forsberg ended it on a penalty shot in overtime as the Nashville Predators roared back to defeat the St. Louis Blues by a 4-3 final on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. It’s the fifth consecutive game in which Nashville has seen overtime and the result gives them points in 15 of their last 16 games to hold onto first place in the Central Division. After the Blues went up by a 3-0 score through 40 minutes of play, Nashville scored three times in the...

Monday marked the opening of practice for high school spring sports teams in Tennessee.  The 5 spring sports squads at Coffee County Central High School battled the cold and wet conditions to get the 2018 season underway.  As has been the case for 25 years, the Lady Raider softball team was the first squad to get in a practice as they opened with Midnight Madness at Terry Floyd Field. Coach Brandon McWhorter begins his first year at the helm of the Lady Raider program.  McWhorter, the 5th coach in program history, continued the tradition begun in the mid 90’s...

After dropping two consecutive conference games, the No. 13 Motlow Bucks took out their frustration on visiting Walters State Saturday afternoon, handing the Senators an 86-48 thumping in front of a large, loud homecoming crowd at Copperweld Arena. The Bucks (16-4, 10-2) were upset at home Friday night 84-73 by Roane State. Motlow will travel to Dyersburg State on Wednesday, then to Memphis Saturday where they will face Southwest Tennessee (17-3, 10-2). The Saluqis and Bucks are tied atop the TCCAA standings, with Motlow winning the first matchup 83-67 at Copperweld Arena. Motlow could never seem to get untracked...

After multiple close games and heartbreaking finishes, the Motlow Lady Bucks finally snared a victory in Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) play when they beat Roane State 68-64 Friday night at Copperweld Arena on Motlow’s Moore County campus. The Lady Bucks (4-16, 1-11) followed that up with an 84-50 loss to Walters State on Saturday. The Lady Senators entered the game ranked No. 20 in the nation by the NJCAA. Motlow will travel to Dyersburg State Wednesday, then head to Memphis to face Southwest Tennessee on Saturday. The next home game is Wednesday, Feb. 21, with Jackson State...

Closing out the regular season, and needing a win to punch their ticket to the Region 4AAA Tournament, the Red Raiders traveled to Winchester to take on Franklin County.  A Grey Riddle layup with 36 seconds remaining lifted the Raiders to the thrilling 34 to 33 victory.  The Lady Raiders closed the regular season with a disappointing 60 to 56 loss to the Rebelettes. In the boys’ game, despite leading by 8 points in the 3rd quarter, the Red Raiders could never put away the tenacious Rebels.  Franklin County held leads entering the 2nd and 4th quarters, but never...

Needing 1 win to sew up the first regular season district title since 1996, the Coffee County Lady Raiders stunned Shelbyville 40 to 38 on Friday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The Red Raiders completed the Senior Night sweep as they trounced the Eagles 73 to 50.  The win gives the Red Raiders a chance to claim a region berth with a win on Saturday night. The Lady Raiders played another close, nail-biter with the Eaglettes.  After a series of scoring runs by each team in the first half, Coffee County took a 4 point lead...