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Titans Lose to Chiefs as Mariota, Starters Sit Out
It’s time for the regular season. The Titans wrapped up preseason play with a 30-6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs here at Arrowhead Stadium on a night when the team’s starters wore baseball caps instead of helmets. Several hours before kickoff, quarterback Marcus Mariota and the rest of the front-line players went through an extensive workout on the field. After heading back into the locker room, the same players came out for warmups roughly an hour before the game, in uniform. But Titans coach Mike Mularkey opted to hold the starters out, something he decided prior to landing...
Newcomb, Bullpen Can’t Cool off Cubs
Kris Bryant added another milestone Thursday night. Bryant smacked a two-run homer into the wind, his 25th of the year, to back Kyle Hendricks and lead the Cubs to their fourth straight win, a 6-2 victory over the Braves. The reigning National League Most Valuable Player is the first player in franchise history and the 12th in the Majors to hit 25 or more home runs in each of his first three seasons. “It’s pretty crazy when you think of the history of this organization, to be the first to do that — it’s really cool, an honor and...
CHS Golf Storms to Tournament Title
The Coffee County Raider golf team hosted the Sundrop Golden Classic tournament on Wednesday at Willowbrook. The field featured 10 boys’ teams and 6 girls’ teams in the 18 hole tournament. When the day was over, the Coffee County Red Raiders won the boys’ championship with a score of 307. Samuel Prater led the Raiders with an 18-hole score of 73 followed by Reid Lawrence with a 74. Austin Farris shot a 76 and Matthew Hale carded an 84. Josh Perry and Chase Hancock also played for Coffee County. Prater finished 4th overall in individual play with Jacob Uehlein...
CHS Football Travels to Blackman on Friday Night
The CHS Red Raider Football game at Blackman will be played on Friday at 7 PM. There was a PRELIMINARY decision to move the game by Blackman before they changed it back to Friday. The game time will STILL be 7 PM and the game date will STILL be on Friday!!!! Coach Ryan Sulkowski talked about what it would take to pull off the upset against the state’s #2 team on the Ryan Sulkowski Show on Wednesday night. http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Sulkowski-8-30-17.mp3 The Ryan Sulkowski Show is broadcast each Wednesday night from 6 to 7 PM. The show is broadcast LIVE from...
Sounds to Pitch In for Hurricane Harvey Relief Effort
The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club has announced an online jersey and memorabilia auction for the remainder of the 2017 season to assist with the Hurricane Harvey relief effort in Texas, including the City of Houston and MiLB communities such as Corpus Christi and the surrounding areas that were impacted. All home white jerseys of players currently with the Sounds, or most recently worn, will be part of the auction that is now live and can be found at qtego.net/qlink/sounds. It will close at 5:00 p.m. (CST) on Monday, September 4. Fans wishing to make a cash donation are invited...
UPDATE – Red Raider Football moved BACK TO FRIDAY
The CCHS Red Raider Football game at Blackman will be played on Friday at 7 PM. There was a PRELIMINARY decision to move the game but that plan has been abandoned!!!! The game time will STILL be 7 PM and the game date will STILL be on Friday!!!! Thunder Radio and the CHS Athletic Department apologize for the abrupt schedule confusion. The game WILL be broadcast on Thunder Radio 107.9 FM, 1320 AM WMSRradio.com and via the Thunder Radio...
CHS Soccer Beats Warren County on Tuesday Night
The Coffee County CHS soccer team hosted Warren County on Tuesday night for a non-district rivalry match-up. The Lady Raiders used their superior conditioning to out-shoot, out-hustle and out-score the Lady Pioneers in a tough physical battle. Coffee County got a pair of goals in each half to capture the 4 to 1 win. Coffee County got on the board first with a goal in the 16th minute by Jenna Garretson off a feed from Allie Amado to take an early 1 to 0 lead. Warren County answered in the 23rd minute as Abby Roller got behind the Raider...
CHS Volleyball Tames Columbia
The Coffee County volleyball team hit the road to Columbia on Tuesday night for a district match with the Lady Lions. Looking to keep their perfect district record intact, the Lady Raiders captured the top spot in the district with a 4 set win over the Lady Lions. Coffee County won by set scores of 25 to 16, 20 to 25, 25 to 22 and 25 to 23. The win moves Coffee County to 3 and 0 in district play. The Lady Raiders dominated the play at the net as they had 47 kills and 5.5 blocks on the...
