The Westwood basketball teams, in cooperation with Al White Ford/Lincoln, will be hosting a “Lincoln Driven to Give” event on Saturday to raise funds for both programs for the upcoming season.  The event will be held from 8 AM to 4 PM in the parking lot of the former Bi-Lo grocery store beside Coffee County Bank on the Hillsboro Hwy. The Lincoln Motor Company will make a donation to Westwood teams for each person that takes a test drive of a new Lincoln vehicle.  There is no obligation and no sales persons will be present so the experience is...

In just his second career start, Braves left-hander Luiz Gohara went toe-to-toe with Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer, the favorite to win his second consecutive National League Cy Young Award. Then, Atlanta broke out for six runs in the seventh — highlighted by a grand slam by Matt Kemp — to cruise to an 8-2 victory Wednesday night at Nationals Park. Gohara put together an impressive performance to keep the Nationals off-balance through six innings, holding them to two runs (one earned) while striking out six without issuing a walk. The rookie retired 11 batters in a row from the...

After struggling with service and hitting errors in the first set, the Coffee County Central High School volleyball team rallied for a 4 set win over Grundy County on Tuesday.  In a match you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Raiders got a 9 point rally in the second set with Tyana Fenton at the service line to level the match at 1 set apiece.  That momentum carried the Lady Raiders to the non-district win on the road in Coalmont.  Coffee County won by set scores of 17-25, 25-14, 25-14 and 25-5. Fenton and fellow senior Odalis Garcia...

After damage to the court at South Franklin earlier in the year, the Coffee County Middle School volleyball team welcomed the Lady Trojans to the CCMS gym on Tuesday night for a conference doubleheader.  Playing their 4th and 5th match in the last 6 days, the Lady Raiders crushed South in a pair of straight set sweeps.  Coffee Middle won the first match by set scores of 25 to 3 and 25 to 11. The Lady Raiders won the second match by set scores of 25 to 8 and 25 to 6. The Lady Raiders got an amazing 25...

The Braves helped the Nationals wrap up the National League East on Sunday afternoon, but Atlanta did Washington no favors during an 8-0 thumping Tuesday night at Nationals Park. The Braves broke out for 14 hits — nine of which went for extra bases, including seven doubles — as they tagged Nationals left-hander Gio Gonzalez for five runs on seven hits in five innings. Freddie Freeman collected three hits, including a three-run homer, and second baseman Ozzie Albies added a solo homer among his three hits. “Gio’s probably been one of the best pitchers in the game this year,...

With the onset of Tropical Storm Irma in southern middle Tennessee on Monday, the majority of the prep action scheduled had to be postponed.  The lingering affects will also create schedule changes on Tuesday .  As always, follow Thunder Radio on Facebook for up to the minute schedule change announcements. >>> Tuesday’s Westwood Soccer match at Liberty has been moved to Monday, September 18th.  Kickoff is set for 5 PM. On Monday, the Coffee County CHS home golf match with Tullahoma was postponed.  That match was scheduled to be Senior Night,  As of press time, that match has not...

The Coffee County Middle School volleyball team welcomed Harris Middle to their home court on Monday for a conference match.  In a match you heard here on Thunder Radio, Coffee County rallied from a slow start to capture a straight set win.  Coffee Middle won by set scores of 25 to 23 and 25 to 11. The Lady Raiders got off to a slow start as they fell behind 5 to 1 and 6 to 2.  A rash of service errors saw the visiting Eaglettes to hold off the Lady Raider rallies until Kiya Ferrell served an ace to...

The Motlow State Lady Bucks will go in search of the new soccer program’s first win when they travel to Memphis to face Southwest Tennessee on Friday, Sept. 15. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. Motlow (0-2-1) is coming off a hard-fought 3-1 loss to Itawamba (Miss.) Community College on Saturday. The Lady Bucks were scheduled to host the Martin Methodist College JV squad Monday at the Johnson Lane Complex in Tullahoma, but the match was postponed due to inclement weather. The Lady Bucks and Southwest Tennessee are the only two community colleges in Tennessee that have women’s soccer...