The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams opened the 2017-2018 season on Monday night in Tullahoma.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio as part of the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series, the Raiders and Lady fought to a spilt with West Tullahoma.  The Lady Raiders captured a 30 to 12 win while the Red Raiders fell by a score of 56 to 35. The Lady Raiders outscored West 12 to 1 in the 2nd period to put the game out of reach by halftime.  Coach George Pearson was able to empty his bench...

The Coffee County Middle School 6th grade basketball teams hosted their final home game of the year on Monday as they welcomed Warren County to the CCMS gym.  The Lady Raiders saw a first half lead disappear in a 24 to 23 loss to the Lady Pioneers.  The Red Raiders saw Warren County lead from wire to wire in a 30 to 17 loss to the Pioneers. In the girls’ game, the Lady Raiders carried a 3 point lead into the 4th quarter of a low scoring game.  Despite going 4 for 4 from the free throw line in...

Ending the season on a high note, the Coffee County Red Raider football team crushed White County on Friday night in Sparta.  Coffee County rolled up 455 yards of total offense in the 63 to 6 win. The win gives the Red Raiders a final record of 3 and 7. Coffee County wasted no time in jumping on White County as Hayden Skipper intercepted a White County pass on the second play from scrimmage and returned it to the 1 yard line.  Alontae Taylor scored on the next play on a quarterback keeper to make the score 6 to...

The Coffee County CHS cross country season came to a close on Thursday at the Region 4AAA meet in Columbia. Facing one of the most difficult courses of the season, neither harrier team earned an individual qualifier for the TSSAA state meet. While posting team scores ahead of district rivals Lincoln County, Columbia and Shelbyville, neither Coffee County team will qualify for the state meet. For the Lady Raiders, Emily St. John was the top fininsher as she finished in 26th place out of 89 runners. St. John ran the 3.2 mile course in 24:28. Sarah Pearson was close...

Six Coffee County and Manchester elementary schools were in action on Saturday for the 2nd week of the season.  The 6 school paired off in 3 girls’ games and 3 boys’ games.  North Coffee had the week off on Saturday. In girl’s games: Hillsboro dumped Deerfield 28 to 12 Westwood stopped College Street 23 to 11 New Union bested East Coffee 24 to 6 In boys’ games: Hillsboro eased past Deerfield 20 to 15 College Street edged Westwood 26 to 23 New Union got the best of East Coffee 27 to 12 This coming Saturday, East Coffee will get...

John Tavares recorded a natural hat trick and the Nashville Predators fell to the New York Islanders by a 6-2 final on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. The regulation loss is Nashville’s fourth of the season, giving them a 5-4-2 record through 11 games to close out the month of October, not the effort they were hoping for to end the first segment of the season. “I thought everyone could have been better tonight or more capable,” Preds Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “We’re capable of playing better.” A slow start gave way to a better second period, but...

Craig Smith’s 100th career goal proved to be the game-winner as the Nashville Predators defeated the Chicago Blackhawks by a 2-1 final on Friday night at the United Center. The win is Nashville’s fifth of the season and gives them three out of a possible four points in Chicago this season. After a first period that saw Nashville outshot 21-7 and allow a shorthanded goal to Chicago, Calle Jarnkrok and Craig Smith gave the Preds a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes, a lead they never relinquished. “Sometimes you’re going to have a period or shift or whatever that you’re...