Coffee County Central Red Raider cross country runner Landon Kenney has reached the final round for the inaugural “Mullet of the Year” award. Kenney advanced past the semi-final round and is now up against one other person for the Tennessee Runner Mile Split “Mullet of the Year” award. You can vote for Landon by clicking...

Action photos by Thunder Radio. Coffee County Central’s football program had 10 players to earn Region 3-6A honors – headlined by three position players of the year. Red Raider senior quarterback Connor Shemwell was named Region Quarterback of the Year. Meanwhile, two players who will return picked up big honors. Junior running back Konor Heaton was named Region Running Back of the Year after a 1,398 yard campaign with 10 rushing TDs; junior tight end Jahlin Osbourne was named Tight End of the Year. Named to the Region 3-6A All-Region team are senior defensive end Derrick Scott, sophomore middle...

Dayne Crosslin scored in double figures for the Red Raiders in a win over Lighthouse Christian Saturday night, Nov. 20, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County pressured Lighthouse Christian early and cruised to a 66-46 win Saturday night at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. The win caps a perfect 3-0 weekend for the Raider boys, beating Moore County, Monterey and Lighthouse Christian. “We are just wanting to work on being a better basketball team with each opportunity we get to play,” said Red Raider head coach Andrew Taylor. “We are working on a lot of...

Junior Chloe Gannon goes up for 2 of her 20 points Saturday night, Nov. 20, 2021. . — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Lady Raider head basketball coach Joe Pat Cope knew a time would come when he would miss starting point guard Jalie Ruehling. That time came in game 3 of the season. Coffee County struggled against the pressure of Page High School Saturday night, turning the ball over 16 times in a 50-41 loss to cap a 2-1 weekend in Hall of Champions games at CHS. “Our guard kind of disappeared on us tonight,” said Cope,...

Sophomore Cooper Reed came off the bench and delivered a game-high 19 points, 9 different Raiders scored and Coffee County cruised to a 72-33 win over Monterey Saturday morning at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. Coffee County took a 16 point halftime lead and steadily pulled away before enacting the running-clock mercy rule about midway through the fourth quarter. Jahlin Osbourne also put in double-digit points off the bench for the Raiders, with 10 points. Connor Shemwell pitched in 9 points, Brady Nugent 8, including a pair of 3 pointers, Jackson Shemwell 6, Aidan Abellana 6, Phineas Rollman 6,...

Freshman Olivia Vinson shoots a free throw. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson The Gannon sisters teamed up for 28 points and the Central High School Lady Raiders woke up from a slow Saturday morning start to put a 68-35 beating on Monterey at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. Coffee County got off to a slow start, not mustering up much offense in the first 5 minutes but eventually pulled ahead 33-16 by halftime. The win improves Coffee County to 2-0 on the season after a Friday night win over Moore County. Saturday morning, junior Chloe Gannon put...

Senior Connor Shemwell scored a team-high 16-points for the Red Raiders in a 63-49 win over Moore County Friday night, Nov. 19, 2021 — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson An early 14-4 deficit didn’t get the Coffee County Red Raiders down. Coffee County battled back with a 16-6 run to tie the game and eventually pull away in the second half for a 63-49 win over visiting Moore County – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. Coffee County got point production out of 8 different players, led by senior Connor Shemwell with 16 points in the...

Senior Emma Fulks gets to the basket for Coffee County Friday night, Nov. 19, 2021. Fulks scored 5 points for the Lady Raiders in a 57-38 win over Moore County. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Freshman Olivia Vinson and senior Elli Chumley teamed up to combine for 30 points and the Central High School Lady Raiders started the 2021-22 basketball season with a 57-38 win over visiting Moore County Friday night in Manchester. “Moore County is a good basketball team and has some really good coaching over there,” said CHS head coach Joe Pat Cope. “They had...