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Westwood Splits Thursday Doubleheader with Moore County
The Westwood Rockets hosted Moore County on Thursday night at the Joel Vinson Gym. In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Duck River Valley rivals battled before a packed house. The Lady Rockets fell 46 to 23 while the Rockets won 32 to 14. Moore County jumped out to an 11 to 0 lead in the first 2 ½ minutes of the girls’ game on their way to a 28 to 13 lead at the half. Alex Nelson led the Lady Rockets in scoring as she finished with 8 points including buzzer beaters at...
CCMS 6th Graders Split Doubleheader with North
The Coffee County Middle School 6th grade basketball teams welcomed North Franklin to the CCMS gym on Thursday night. In a pair of 1 point decisions, Coffee County split the doubleheader with North. The Lady Raiders got a last second bucket off an offensive rebound to thwart a Lady Gator rally to capture a 26 to 25 win. The Red Raiders had a furious 4th quarter rally come up short in a 27 to 26 loss. Despite hitting only 8 of 17 free throws, including 3 of 7 in the 4th quarter, the Lady Raiders captured the season sweep...
Motlow Women’s Basketball Set to Open Season Nov. 10
Fresh off the first trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) tournament in program history, and featuring its sixth head coach in the past eight years, the Motlow women’s basketball program has its sights set on a return to the national tournament with the start of the 2017-18 season two weeks away. Head Coach LaTanya Collins arrived at Motlow July 17, replacing Bart Walker, who coached one season at Motlow before accepting a position at Northwest Florida State. Collins has worked hard to recruit quality student-athletes to fill the squad despite the late beginning to the recruiting...
Coffee County Claybusters Open Season with Wins
The Coffee County Claybusters got the 2017/2018 season off to a great start on Saturday as they captured team titles in all 4 divisions at the American Trapshooters Association (ATA) shoot at Big Springs in Christiana. The senior division varsity team had a score of 476(out of 500) to outdistance 2nd place Centennial by 51 targets. The #2 Raider varsity team finished in 4th place with a 383. The senior division JV team had a score of 408. The Intermediate Advanced shot a 411 and the Intermediate entry level team shot a 321. For the senior varsity team, Hayden...
CHS Cross Country in Action on Thursday
The Coffee County CHS cross country team will compete in the TSSAA Regional meet on Thursday in Columbia. The Raider and Lady Raider harriers will be attempting to advance to TSSAA State Meet to be held in Nashville in November. Thursday’s meet will be held at Maury County Park and the girls’ race will begin at 3 PM. The high school state meet is scheduled for Saturday, November 4th at the Steeplechase course at Percy Warner Park in west Nashville. The girls’ race will be first and go off at 10 AM. The boys’ race follows at 10:45. Members...
CCMS 6th Graders Capture 3 Wins on Tuesday
It was a busy night for the Coffee County Middle School 6th grade basketball teams as Raider fans were treated to 3 games on Tuesday afternoon and evening at CCMS. The Red Raiders took on West Tullahoma in an afternoon matinee before the Lady Raiders and Red Raiders tangled with Cascade beginning at 6. When the night was over, the Coffee Middle 6th graders had completed an impressive 3 game sweep featuring 3 comeback wins. In the 4:30 afternoon game, the Red Raiders outscored West 8 to 4 in the 4th quarter to capture a 30 to 27 win. ...
Preds Fall to Flames in Shootout
The Calgary Flames scored twice in the third period before winning the shootout to come back and defeat the Nashville Predators by a 3-2 final on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result still gives the Preds a point but sees their record go to 4-3-2, and after holding a two-goal lead entering the third period, the loss wasn’t easy to take. “It’s disappointing being up 2-0… They scored right away [in the third] and we just couldn’t get it going,” goaltender Pekka Rinne said. “It’s one of those things… and they were able to score a couple goals....
Five Key Questions for Titans Heading into Bye Week
by John Glennon, Titansonline.com The Titans’ victory over the Cleveland Browns last Sunday may not have earned style points, but it left the team in solid position heading into the bye week. Tennessee has won two straight games, is tied with Jacksonville atop the AFC South and will host its next two opponents – Baltimore and Cincinnati. Here are five key questions for the Titans as they head into their annual break: How much difference will a fully mobile Marcus Mariota make? – The Titans are hopeful an extra week’s rest will allow Mariota, who’s been very limited on foot the...
