The Red Raider wrestling team traveled to Blackman on Friday and Saturday to take part in the Region 5 Individual Wrestling Tournament.   Ten different Red Raiders competed in the 2 day event attempting to advance to the state tournament which will be held this coming weekend in Franklin.  Despite some good individual performances, no Red Raider wrestlers were able to advance to the Final 4 thereby ending their season. Evan Jaynes(in the 145 pound class) had the strongest performance of the day.  After winning his opening round match via a pinfall over Gunner Johnson of Siegel,  Jaynes was edged...

The Temple Baptist Christian School welcomed Philadelphia Christian School to the E.C. Bailey Gym on Friday night.  The Eagles hosted their visitors from Calhoun, Georgia in the final regular season games of the year.  The JV team captured a 31 to 29 victory while the varsity Eagles fell 75 to 58. Playing in their final game of the year, the JV team won their 3rd straight game and their 4th in their last 7 contests.  Holding a 13 to 6 halftime lead, Temple JV Eagles held off a 2nd half rally from the Georgia Eagles to capture the win. ...

Ryan Ellis scored the only goal in the shootout to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. Scott Hartnell and Kevin Fiala scored in regulation for Nashville, and Pekka Rinne finished with 47 saves – including 10 in the 5-minute, 3-on-3 overtime. Brendan Gallagher and Jonathan Drouin scored for the Canadiens, and Carey Price stopped 30 shots. Fiala gave the Predators a 2-1 lead with his 18th with 7:41 left in the third period. After the Canadiens pulled Price for an extra skater, Drouin tied it with his eighth with 1:14...

Looking for the opportunity to develop his skill set and give himself the best opportunity to earn a Division 1 football scholarship, Keishaun Creel signed a football scholarship to attend Mesa Community College in Arizona on Thursday.  Creel signed his letter of intent surrounded by family, coaches and teammates at a ceremony at Coffee County Central High School.  Creel becomes the 2nd Red Raider of the Class of 2018 to sign a football scholarship. Creel was impressed by the success that the Thunderbird program has been able to achieve advancing football players to the next level.  In 2016, 40...

The Coffee County CHS freshmen boys’ basketball team hosted Warren County on Thursday night in their final game of the season.  Hoping to run their record to 7 and 0, the Red Raiders hosted the Pioneers in a makeup game from January 4th.  Coffee County captured the thrilling 52 to 50 win The Red Raiders fell behind early as they trailed 20 to 9 after one period.  Coffee County cranked up the defensive pressure in the second quarter to hold the visiting Pioneers to 4 points in the 2nd frame.  This allowed the Raiders to take a 30 to...

P.K. Subban scored twice but it wasn’t enough as the Nashville Predators fell 4-3 in overtime to the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night at Canadian Tire Centre. The result sees the Preds go 0-0-2 in their back-to-back set in Toronto and Ottawa, with Nashville battling back to salvage at least a point for the third consecutive game after entering the third period down by a goal in both games. The Predators have earned an impressive mark of points in 13 of their last 14 outings. The Predators tied the game late in regulation on Subban’s second of the night,...

Thunder Radio takes seriously our commitment to being your hometown radio station. With that in mind, we are pleased to announce a tentative lineup for exclusive coverage of Coffee County Central High School baseball and softball broadcasts. 2018 marks the 20th year that Thunder Radio has been your eyes and ears for spring sports. Thunder Radio’s unrivaled coverage will bring you at least 20 regular season games, plus selected postseason games for the Raiders and Lady Raiders. Lucky Knott, the voice of the Raiders and Lady Raiders for most of the past 20 years, will again lend his talents...

They came back to salvage a point, but the Nashville Predators ultimately fell to the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2, in a shootout on Wednesday night at the Air Canada Centre. The result snaps Nashville’s three-game win streak but still gives them points in 12 of their last 13 games. It’s also the second consecutive game that has seen Nashville come back from multi-goal deficit to record at least a point, an impressive showing of resilience, but they simply ended up on the wrong side of the shootout in Toronto. Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen starred on the night, making...