All-Star defenseman P.K. Subban scored in his third straight game and Pekka Rinne made 23 saves for his fourth shutout in leading the streaking Nashville Predators to a 3-0 victory over the slumping New Jersey Devils on Thursday night. Mattias Ekholm and Viktor Arvidsson also scored as the Predators extended their point streak to a season-high eight games (6-0-2). With regular goaltenders Cory Schneider and Keith Kinkaid injured, rookie Ken Appleby made 24 saves in his first career start for the Devils, who have lost four straight in regulation. New Jersey has two wins in its last 12 games...

The Coffee County Middle School Red Raider basketball team will open play tonight in the Central Tennessee Conference(CTC) postseason tournament.  The Red Raiders will take on North Franklin beginning at 5:45 tonight at Coffee County Middle School.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you all the action live on the radio.  Lucky Knott will have the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series broadcast beginning with the pregame show at 5:35 tonight from CCMS. The Lady Raiders will be back in action in Friday’s semifinals where they will take on the winner of tonight’s game between West Tullahoma...

Due to numerous schedule conflicts, the Coffee County Youth Basketball League has moved up the dates for their post season tournament.  The tournament semifinals will now be held on tonight beginning at 5 PM at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym at Central High School.   Saturday will be the finals and consolation games along with the cheer exhibition by each of the elementary school cheer squads.  Saturday begins with the girls’ consolation game at 9 AM, followed by the boys’ consolation.  The cheer exhibition will be held at 11 AM with the tournament championship for the girls taking place...

The Motlow State Lady Bucks will try to get back into the win column when they step outside TCCAA conference play to host Wallace State-Hanceville at Copperweld Arena on Thursday. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Motlow will then host TCCAA rival Volunteer State on Saturday, with the women tipping off at 4 p.m. The Lady Bucks (3-11, 0-7) came very close to pulling out two conference wins over the weekend but came up short in both efforts. Friday night, Motlow came from 18 points down and tied the game with 24 seconds remaining before falling 73-72 to Dyersburg...

Motlow State sophomores Kevonte Corley, Dillon Smith, Rashawn Fredericks and Isaiah Hart combined for 68 points, 37 rebounds and eight steals to lead the No. 9-ranked Bucks to an 83-67 win over No. 25 Southwest Tennessee at Copperweld Arena Saturday. The Bucks (13-2, 7-0) continue to sit alone at the top of the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) standings following a pair of conference wins over the weekend. The night before they beat the Saluqis, Motlow steamrolled visiting TCCAA rival Dyersburg State 110-59. Motlow will finish off its home stand by hosting rival Volunteer State on Saturday, with...

In a pair of games decided by 3rd quarter rallies, the Coffee County CHS basketball teams split a doubleheader with Columbia on Tuesday night.   The Lady Raiders got a huge 3rd quarter to power to the district win 63 to 25.  The Red Raiders went ice cold in the 3rd quarter as they fell 54 to 45 to the Lions. After roaring out to an early 16 to 2 lead, the Lady Raiders saw Columbia play them even for the rest of the first half as Coffee County led 30 to 18 at the half.  Coming out with a...

Coming off a stinging loss to North on Monday afternoon, the Lady Raiders of Coffee County Middle School opened up the CTC postseason basketball tournament against Harris on Tuesday night. As it turns out, it appears that the Lady Raiders play pretty well when they are mad. Coffee County jumped out to a big lead early as they dropped the Eaglettes 39 to 17. The Lady Raiders held Harris to one field goal and one free throw in the first half as they built a 20 to 3 lead at the intermission. Despite emptying the bench in the 4th...

Yanni Gourde scored the winner in overtime as the Tampa Bay Lightning came back to defeat the Nashville Predators by a 4-3 final on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result sees Nashville’s five-game win streak come to an end, but still gives the Preds points in seven straight and nine out of a possible 10 points on their five-game home stand. In a game that went back and forth all night between two of the League’s best, Nashville lost a 3-2 lead late before surrendering the winner in OT. “I think it was full throttle throughout the entire...