After fighting through a physical battle with Columbia on Saturday night at home, the Lady Raider soccer team of CHS traveled to Columbia on Monday night for a rematch following Saturday’s 4 to 4 draw with the Lady Lions.  In another hotly contested game, it was an Emilee Roberson goal in the second half that proved to be the deciding point as Coffee County won 3 to 2.  The win improves the Lady Raiders record in the district to 3-0-1 and moves them into first place in the district standings. Reyna Flores got the scoring started for Coffee County...

The Coffee County CHS volleyball team welcomed District 7 power Riverdale to the Joe Frank Patch Gym on Monday.  Keeping with Coach Andrew Taylor’s philosophy to play the best folks possible to get better, the Lady Raiders stunned the Lady Warriors in 3 sets to grab the huge non-district win.  Coffee County won by set scores of 25 to 17, 27 to 25 and 25 to 22. Coffee County was spectacular in the service game as they had only one service error to go with 12 aces.  At the net, the Lady Raiders had 21 kills to only 9...

Entering the game with a 4 game losing streak, the Coffee County Middle School soccer team welcomed White County to CCMS on Monday for a conference match.  Injuries and inexperience has made the job of shuffling the lineup especially hard for Coach Travis O’Kelley.  But on Monday night, all the pieces seemed to fit together nicely as Coffee County coasted to an 8 to 0 win on 8th grade night in a match you heard here on Thunder Radio. Coffee County got all 8 goals in the first half as Coach O’Kelley had the Lady Raiders stop shooting after...

The Westwood soccer team traveled to Shelbyville on Monday to tangle with Liberty.  The match was originally scheduled for last Tuesday but had to be moved due to inclement weather.  The Lady Rockets continued their offensive revival they started last week as they captured the 9 to 0 win in the conference tilt. Diana Ramirez had a monster first half for Westwood as she scored 6 unassisted goals in the first 30 minutes to give the Rockets an insurmountable lead.  Ramirez added an assist in the second half as she helped Luz Maria Basurto find the back of the...

The Red Raider football team welcomed Warren County to Carden-Jarrell Field on Friday night in a renewal on the Highway 55 rivalry.  Needing to control the ball and the clock, the Red Raiders employed some wrinkles in their lineup against the Pioneers.  Those changes and 3 touchdowns in the 2nd quarter lifted the Red Raiders to a 28 to 14 homecoming win over the Pioneers. After a scoreless 1st quarter, Alontae Taylor raced in from 15 yards out for a touchdown with 8:37 left in the half to give the Raiders the 7 to 0 lead.  Taylor added a...

A 3 and 3 record and a semifinal finish capped off a long Saturday for the Coffee County Central volleyball team.  Hosting 14 teams from as far away as McEwen and Chattanooga, Coffee County battled to a 2 and 2 record in pool play with losses to Stewarts Creek and Chattanooga Christian. That performance was good enough to advance the Lady Raiders to the Gold Bracket.  After a win over Columbia Academy in the first round of the finals bracket, Coffee County was eliminated by Chattanooga Christian. Chattanooga Christian went on the win the tournament over Stewarts Creek in...

by Darryn Strickland Last Saturday September 16, the Red Raiders took on the Moore County Blue Raiders in the first home game of the season. Each team did a fantastic job, and played hard during the games. Unfortunately, the peewee division did not play because Moore County does not have a team in that division. The Div. 1 game was won by the Red Raiders with the score of 25-12. Gavin Smith led the team with 123 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns. Close behind him was Zachary McCormick with 63 yards and #15 Jacoba Fells with 32 yards rushing....