As the fall sports season gets ready to crank up, Thunder Radio sports continues our series of previews for the fall prep sports teams.  Each day, we will spotlight a different team as we count down to the opening of practices and games of the upcoming season.  Today, we look at the Coffee County Central High School and Coffee County Middle School cross country teams. Coach Nathan Wanuch begins his 2nd year as the helm of the high school and middle school programs.  Coach Wanuch returns most of his runners from last season and has added some promising runners...

The Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team and the CHS Lady Raider soccer team each opened play on Wednesday in a pair of preseason team camps.  The volleyball team had 3 games at Eagleville beginning at 8 AM.  The soccer team traveled to Lee University and opened up play on Wednesday evening with a JV/varsity doubleheader. The Lady Raider volleyball team had a record of 1 and 2 in their trio of 3 set matches.  Coffee County fell to Riverdale 24-26, 27-25 and 13-15.  In game #2, the Lady Raiders defeated Eagleville 25-22, 22-25 & 15-13.  In the final...

As the early portion of the season’s second half has unfolded, the Cubs have altered the National League’s playoff picture and begun the surge many have long anticipated they would make. The defending World Series champions captured their sixth straight victory and completed a three-game sweep with Wednesday afternoon’s 8-2 win over the Braves at SunTrust Park. “We won six in row, and we have this momentum,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “I guess, synonymously, the vibe has been different. The vibe and energy has been great, and I want to see that continue.” Addison Russell highlighted his four-hit...

The Nashville Sounds got huge home runs from Matt Olson and Ryan Lavarnway in a come-from-behind 11-8 win over the Iowa Cubs Wednesday afternoon at Principal Park. Olson hit a two-out grand slam to cap a six-run eighth inning, and Lavarnway launched a two-out, go-ahead three-run homer in the top of the 11th to give the Sounds a lead they held on to. Right-handed pitchers Kendall Graveman, Jharel Cotton, and Chris Bassitt all appeared for the Sounds as part of rehab assignments with Oakland. Graveman started and allowed four runs in 2 1/3 innings. Cotton allowed four runs in...

As the fall sports season gets ready to crank up, Thunder Radio sports continues our series of previews for the fall prep sports teams. Each day, we will spotlight a different team as we count down to the opening of practices and games of the upcoming season. Today, we look at the Coffee County Central High School girls’ soccer team. Coach David Amado has been pleased with his team’s work this summer in conditioning and skill work. The Lady Raiders have shown excellent progress in passing the ball and maintaining possession. The Lady Raiders will need to replace 5...

Though this season’s first half did not evolve as well as the Cubs had hoped, their perfect start to the second half has provided indication they could once again have some fun in October. The defending World Series champs matched a season-best five-game winning streak with Tuesday night’s 5-1 win over the Braves at SunTrust Park. After rain delayed the start of the game for 2 1/2 hours, Javier Baez recorded three hits and teamed with Willson Contreras to homer off Sean Newcomb during a four-run third inning that proved decisive for the Cubs, who now sit just 2...

The Iowa Cubs used three huge innings and 23 hits to dispatch the Nashville Sounds, 16-7, Tuesday night at Principal Park. Iowa used a five-run first, four-run third, and four-run seventh to kept the Sounds chasing all night. The 23 hits allowed by Nashville pitchers was one shy of tying the franchise record of 24 in a single-game. Ben Bracewell started for the Sounds and deserved better than the eight earned runs charged to his final line. The right-hander yielded five infield singles and dealt with two errors in the first inning that put Nashville in a 5-0 hole...

As the fall sports season gets ready to crank up, Thunder Radio sports continues our series of previews for the fall prep sports teams.  Each day, we will spotlight a different team as we count down to the opening of practices and games of the upcoming season.  Today, we look at the Coffee County Middle School girls’ soccer team. Coach Travis O’Kelley has begun preseason workouts with a large and inexperienced squad heading into the season.  Coming off another conference finals appearance, the Lady Raiders will need to replace the majority of their offensive production from last year.  Thus...