The Westwood soccer team welcomed CTSC rival Huntland to Dyer-Bouldin Field on Thursday night for their 2nd conference match of the week.  The Lady Rockets struggled to find the back of the net in a shutout loss to the Lady Hornets.  Huntland dropped Westwood by a final score of 5 to 0. The Lady Rockets are now off until Tuesday, September 5th when they play host to Fayetteville.  That match will get underway at 5:30...

The Nashville Sounds got a go-ahead single from Matt McBride in the sixth inning and never looked back in a 9-3 win over the Round Rock Express in front of 8,359 fans at First Tennessee Park Thursday night. McBride’s base hit to left field snapped a 3-3 tie and was one of Nashville’s 15 knocks in the win over their American Southern Division rival. The two teams exchanged two-run homers in the first two innings. Round Rock’s Will Middlebrooks launched a two-run blast off Nashville starter Daniel Mengden to give the Express a 2-0 lead in the first. Chris...

The Coffee County Claybusters are getting set to begin another season and are looking for interested middle school and high school student-athletes.  This state and national championship clay target team is the official Coffee County school sport program that excels at trap and skeet shooting competitions around the state. Students in any of the local middle schools or high schools who might be interested in joining are asked to attend a pre-season meeting coming up on Wednesday, August 30th.  The meeting will begin at 6 PM and will be held in the cafeteria of the Coffee County Middle School. ...

Kyle Seager (aka “Corey’s Brother” for Players Weekend) capped a five-run eighth inning with a three-run homer, sealing the Mariners’ 9-6 win over the Braves on Wednesday night at SunTrust Park. Seager (3-for-5, four RBIs) extended the Mariners’ lead shortly after Taylor Motter — who replaced Robinson Cano after the star second baseman exited with left hamstring tightness — hit a go-ahead, two-run single off Braves reliever Jim Johnson. Johnson (6-3) allowed four runs without recording an out. The Mariners, who collected 15 hits, are 1 1/2 games behind the Twins for the second American League Wild Card spot,...

The CHS linksters welcomed Shelbyville to Willowbrook on Tuesday afternoon.  The Red Raiders welcomed the Eagles for an 18 hole district match.  Coffee County struggled to score in the match but was able to capture their 20th win by a team score of 328 to 346. Austin Farris had the low round of the day for Coffee County as he shot an 80.  Samuel Prater and Reid Lawrence carded matching 82’s.  Josh Perry fired an 84 and Matthew Hale got around in 86 strokes.  The JV team lost a 9 hole match to Shelbyville.  The JV Red Raiders were...

The Westwood soccer team opened the 2017 season at Dyer-Bouldin Field on Tuesday evening.  In a match you heard here on Thunder Radio as part of the 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series, the Lady Rockets played host to Cascade.  A hat trick by Cascade’s Ellie Chumbley proved to be the difference as Westwood fell 4 to 2 to the Lady Champions. After a scoreless first 20 minutes, Cascade got on the board 3 times in the final 7 minutes of the half including a goal by Makenna Lamb as the halftime horn sounded to give Cascade the 3...

The Coffee County CHS volleyball team hit the road on Tuesday night to take on non-district rival White County.  Despite getting 30 kills and 8 service aces, errors in the hitting and service games caused the Lady Raiders to fall in 4 sets.  Coffee County lost by set scores of 10-25, 25-16, 8-25 and 22-25. Alliyah Williams had her best game of the year as she led the team in kills with 10 and aces with 3.  Fellow senior Tyana Fenton led the team in digs with 23 while Williams added 8.  Amanda Mukai led the Lady Raiders in...

Carrying the confidence he gained while conquering Coors Field to record his first career win last week, rookie Lucas Sims subdued the Mariners’ powerful lineup and benefited from the two-hit performance Nick Markakis notched in the Braves’ 4-0 win on Tuesday night at SunTrust Park. “He’s come a long way,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said of Sims, who has shown why he was once a top prospect. “He’s worked his tail off and had to work his way back up [through the Minors]. I told him last week, ‘You should feel good about this, because you’ve worked your butt...