The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball team completed a 2 and 1 record in the Rockvale tournament on Saturday.  The Lady Raiders defeated Stewarts Creek Middle in the consolation game by a final score of 49 to 32 to capture a 3rd place finish.  Kiya Ferrell was named to the All-Tournament team. A fast start gave Coffee Middle a 14 to 6 lead after the 1st quarter.  The Lady Raiders led by 11 points at the half and 13 points entering the 3rd quarter.  Ferrell finished the contest with 16 points.  Marley Perry had 12 points and...

The Coffee County elementary basketball league was in action on Saturday with a slate of 12 games. The season has crossed the halfway point as 3 weeks remain in the regular season. Six schools were in action as Hillsboro had the week off.   Girls’ Results New Union beat College Street – 21 to 6 North Coffee got past Deerfield – 31 to 6 East Coffee edged Westwood – 16 to 10 Boys’ Results College Street raced past New Union – 33 to 12 Deerfield stopped North Coffee 26 to 9 Westwood dropped East Coffee – 29 to 2...

Eight boats from the Coffee County Youth Bass Club competed Saturday at the Tennessee Bass Nation Trail Series event at Percy Priest.  The tournament also served as a regional meet for the Raider anglers.  Thirty two degree weather at the launch greeted more than 115 boats competing in the Veteran Day tournament. The brother team of Colby and Braeden Thurmond were the top finishers for Coffee County in 35th place.  They landed 2 fish weighing 3.51 pounds.  Joseph White and Christopher Wise came in 53rd place with a total of 1.52 pounds.  The team of Isaiah Owens and Garrett...

The Titans pulled out a wild one at Nissan Stadium on Sunday, as they beat the Bengals 24-20 by scoring a touchdown in the final moments. Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota completed 25-of-44 passes for 264 yards and a touchdown in the contest. Mariota connected with running back DeMarco Murray on a seven-yard touchdown pass with just 36 seconds left to give the Titans a 24-20 lead. It capped off a 12-play, 73-yard drive that took 4:27 off the clock. The Bengals took a 20-17 lead on a 70-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Andy Dalton to receiver A.J. Green with...

Kyle Turris recorded a goal and an assist in his debut, and the Nashville Predators defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. The victory is Nashville’s fourth consecutive, giving them nine wins and 20 points on the season. A back-and-forth contest had a bit of everything – goals, saves and the animosity one might expect between two clubs that fought for the Stanley Cup last spring. In the end, it was Nashville who converted in the shootout, and if it weren’t for the contributions of their new star, they wouldn’t have even...

The Westwood Rockets welcomed Middle Tennessee Christian School to the Joel Vinson Gym on Thursday night for a conference doubleheader.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Rockets used a big 2nd quarter to get a 37 to 16 win.  The Rockets saw the visiting Cougars build a large halftime cushion as they fell 42 to 32. The Lady Rockets used a trio of 3 pointers in the 2nd quarter to turn a tie game into an 11 point halftime lead.  Kasen Holt led the Lady Rockets in scoring with 11 points, including...

The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams traveled to Rockvale on Thursday night to compete in the Rockvale Tipoff Tournament.  The Red Raiders lost to Walter Baird in an elimination bracket contest 33 to 27.   The Lady Raiders fell in their semifinal contest against Christiana 50 to 32. Cold shooting in the 2nd and 3rd quarters doomed the Red Raiders in their loss to Walter Baird.  Leading 8 to 6 after the first 6 minutes, Walter Baird outscored Coffee County 19 to 5 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters to build a lead that the Red Raiders could not...

A 43 point performance by junior Cody Swayze lifted the Temple Baptist Christian Eagles to a 53 to 49 win in Jamestown over Faith Christian Academy.    The Eagles held a 10 point lead after the first quarter as Swayze poured in 12 points in the period.  Swayze finished with 7 three point baskets in the win to level Temple’s record at 1 and 1 on the season. Michael Clark and Alex Gloden each added 4 points in the road win. Temple is back at home on Thursday when they play host to Berean Academy of Hixson.  The junior varsity...