A pair of great defensive plays and a huge Ellie Graham three point basket midway through the 1st quarter sparked a 7 point rally that gave Coffee County a lead they would not surrender on Saturday night.  The Lady Raiders parlayed that 5 point lead into a 19 point advantage at the half as Coffee County won the championship of the Whitwell Christmas Tournament.  Coffee County outlasted a big and physical Red Bank team 60 to 50 to run their record to 13 and 1 on the season. A trio of sophomores had strong 1st halves as Graham, Jenna...

As 2017 has drawn to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 40 prep teams we follow and report on.  Today we look back at the year for the Coffee County CHS football team.  In a year that saw their Coffee Pot streak come to an end, the Red Raiders rallied late in the year to capture a pair of wins in their final four games. Thunder Radio reported on their HUGE season ending victory over White County in a story we published on October 27th...

As 2017 has drawn to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 40 prep teams we follow and report on.  Today we look back at the year for the Westwood football team.  The Rockets closed the season winning 2 of their last 4 games including a 40 to 0 shutout of Cannon County to end the season. Thunder Radio reported on the win at Woodbury in a story we published on September 19th The Westwood football team closed out their season on Tuesday when they traveled...

As 2017 has drawn to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 40 prep teams we follow and report on.  Today we look back at the year for the Coffee County Middle School football team.  The Raiders ended the season with a pair of wins including a big road win at Sparta in the final game of the season. Thunder Radio reported on that win at White County  in a story we published on September 26th The Red Raider football team of Coffee County Middle School...

The Titans are headed to the playoffs. The Titans made good on their “Win and We’re In” predicament with a 15-10 win over the Jaguars, punching their ticket into the postseason for the first time since 2008. The Titans finished the regular season with a 9-7 record. Due to Cincinnati’s upset victory over Baltimore, the fifth-seeded Titans will travel to Kansas City to face the AFC West champion Kansas City chiefs on Saturday, Jan. 6 at 3:35 p.m., CT. Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota completed 12-of-21 passes for 134 yards and a touchdown in the game. Mariota’s biggest play of...

Juuse Saros stopped all 29 shots he faced, and the Nashville Predators defeated the Minnesota Wild by a 3-0 final on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives the Preds a victory in the second half of the home-and-home set – after falling to Minnesota on Friday night – with a three-goal third period on Saturday and a quality effort to close out 2017 and retake first place in the Central Division with 51 points. “It was another good game,” Nashville Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “It was a tight game, but we were much more competitive start...

Just like on Thursday, Coffee County got off to a red hot start in the Whitwell Christmas Tournament on Friday afternoon.   Just like on Thursday, the Lady Raiders captured a win which advances them to Saturday’s finals.  What was different was the fact that Coffee County built a 35 point lead in the 4th quarter to coast to a 62 to 32 win over Fairview Christian. After swapping baskets with the Lady Falcons of Fairview, Coffee County went on an 18 to 0 run to build a lead that never got below 15 points the rest of the game. ...

Mikael Granlund notched a hat trick as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Nashville Predators, 4-2, on Friday night at the Xcel Energy Center to start a home-and-home series between the two clubs. Despite registering 43 shots – their-third highest total of the season – the Predators were only able to beat goaltender Devan Dubnyk twice, as their comeback bid fell short. It’s the fourth loss in five games for the Preds, and their first regulation road loss since they fell on Nov. 16, also at Minnesota. Nashville’s play in the final 40 minutes of the contest was almost enough...