The Westwood basketball teams welcomed Cascade to the Joel Vinson Gym on Monday night for a conference doubleheader.  Thunder Radio was on hand to bring you the broadcast as part of the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series.  The Lady Rockets had few answers for the press and athleticism of the Lady Champions as they fell 45 to 10.  The Rockets overcame a halftime deficit and 32 free throws by Cascade to grab a thrilling 52 to 50 win. In the girls’ game, the Lady Rockets saw Cascade close out the final 11 minutes of the first half on...

Taking on the always tough Warriors and Warriorettes on Monday night, the CCMS 6th grade basketball teams welcomed White County to the Coffee County Middle School Gym.  After dropping the first meeting of the year to White County, Coffee County played much better basketball this time around.  Unfortunately, that was not enough to capture a win as White County swept the doubleheader.  The Lady Raiders fell 34 to 21 while the Red Raiders fell 45 to 33. The Lady Raiders got off to a slow start falling behind 10 to 0 after 1 quarter.  A poor performance at the...

Riding a two-game winning streak that has seen them outscore the opposition 12-0, the Motlow Lady Bucks will play their final regular season soccer match on Wednesday, Oct. 25, when they travel to Pulaski to face the Martin Methodist JV squad at 7 p.m. Motlow (7-7-1) has a chance to finish its first soccer season with a winning record following Friday’s 6-0 win over Martin Methodist JV at Smyrna High School. Last Wednesday the Lady Bucks tossed another shutout, beating the Covenant College JV 6-0 in Winchester. Motlow has won four of its previous five games. Despite the impressive...

Playing their most complete game of the year, the Coffee County Central High School football team came up short to Siegel at Carden-Jarrell Field on Friday night.  Despite the loss, the Red Raiders played in such a fashion that honored the 12 members of the senior class on Senior Night.  And as an added bonus, senior Alontae Taylor broke a pair of career records in the process as Coffee County fell 43 to 35. Taylor broke the career mark for rushing touchdowns, held by Chris Elam, on the first drive of the game as he punched a quarterback keeper...

The Coffee County elementary basketball league got underway on Saturday with a slate of 6 games.  Six of the seven schools were in action in 3 boys games and 3 girls games held at CCMS.  New Union enjoyed a bye week this week. In girls’ action, North Coffee defeated East Coffee 35 to 5.  Hillsboro tripped up College Street 18 to 13 and Westwood downed Deerfield 22 to 2. In boys’ action, North Coffee won a hard fought 26 to 14 decision.  College Street ran past Hillsboro 30 to 20 and Westwood held off Deerfield 34 to 15. Next...

The Coffee County Youth Bass Club took to the friendly waters of Tims Ford on Saturday for a South Central Tennessee Region BASS Nation High School tournament.  Fishing against more than 80 boats, the Red Raider anglers fared well as 3 teams finished in the top 12 in the standings.  Additionally, Coffee County grabbed a 7th place finish in the junior division. For the high schoolers, Coffee County was paced by Ceygan Thomas and Cameron Bates who landed a 5 stringer limit weighing in at 6.84 pounds.  Their biggest fish tipped the scales at 2.59 pounds which was good...

This Saturday October 21, the Manchester Peewee Division were at home to finish the regular season. The first game the Red Raiders faced the Franklin County Rebels. The Raiders scores were made by #9 Boogie Morris, and on the defence the Raiders tackles were mostly made by Boogie Morris, and #33 Hayes Shemwell. In the end the Raiders came to victory 25-13. In the second game, Raiders went against the Fayetteville Tigers. Though the game came to a 6-26 loss. The Red Raiders pushed their way forward. Raiders touchdown was made by Morris, but the offense led on with...

The Titans made plenty of mistakes by the lake, but they survived. Kicker Ryan Succop’s 47-yard kick with 1:55 remaining in overtime gave the Titans a 12-9 win over the Browns. Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota completed 21-of-34 passes for 203 yards in the contest, with a passer rating of 78.4. The Titans continued to struggle in the red zone and on third down in this one, and the team relied on Succop for three field goals. Titans safety Kevin Byard saved the day time and again with three interceptions. The Titans improved to 4-3 with the win. The Titans...