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CHS Basketball Teams Return to the Court
Tuesday marks the beginning of a busy week for the Central High School basketball teams as the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders will be in action in post season tournaments this week. The Red Raiders open up play on Tuesday in Pigeon Forge at the King of the Smokies Tournament. The Red Raiders begin play at 12:30 ET on Tuesday afternoon against Grainger. In addition to Tennessee teams, the tournament also features teams from Georgia, Alabama and Ohio. The tournament will run through Thursday. The Lady Raiders begin play in the Whitwell Christmas Tournament on Wednesday at noon when...
2016 Year in Review – Middle School and High School Golf
As 2016 draws to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 12 prep sports. Today we look back at the highlights from the prep golf teams. Youth was served on the golf teams at Coffee County Middle School and Westwood Middle this season as young players took their lumps early and improved drastically as the spring season progressed. Both teams finished their season at the conference match at Riverbend on May 12th Thunder Radio reported on their success with the following story we published on May...
2016 Year in Review – CCMS and CHS Volleyball
As 2016 draws to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 12 prep sports. Today we look back at a highlight from the prep volleyball teams. After a slow start this fall, the Coffee County Middle School volleyball team reeled off a 6 match winning streak. The 6th win in that streak was a revenge win over White County on September 15th in a thrilling 3 set match. Thunder Radio reported on their success with the following story we published on September 16th The Coffee County...
Ashley Gilliam Named to All-Midstate Golf Team
The honors continued to pile up for the CHS golf team and its members on Thursday. Coffee County sophomore golfer Ashley Gilliam was named to the 2nd team Tennessean All-Midstate golf team as selected by the USA Today Sports network. Gilliam, a Mississippi State commitment, joined a crowded field of state tournament participants named to the first and second team. Gilliam was the low scorer for Coffee County at the state championships as she helped lead the Lady Raiders to a 2nd place team finish. As an individual, Gilliam shot an even par 2nd round to finish in a...
2016 Year in Review – Middle School and High School Track
As 2016 draws to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 12 prep sports. Today we look back at a highlight from each of the prep track teams. The Coffee County Middle School track teams had another strong showing as the Lady Raiders won the CTC conference title and the boys finished in 2nd place. The high school Lady Raiders qualified 3 athletes for the TSSAA State Meet in May. The Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider track team won their 4th straight CTC Conference Track...
2016 Year in Review – High School Wrestling
As 2016 draws to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 12 prep sports. Today we look back at a highlight from the CHS Wrestling team. As is the case for winter sports, the Raider grapplers concluded their last school year’s season in the early part of 2016 before beginning this year’s school year season late in 2016. With the 2016-2017 season in the early stage of their season, we look back at the 2015-2016 season which concluded in February. That 2015-2016 season marked a strong...
Marcus Mariota Injured as Titans Fall to Jaguars
The Titans lost an important football game here on Sunday. In the process, they also lost quarterback Marcus Mariota. Mariota suffered a right ankle injury after being sacked in the third quarter of Sunday’s game here at Everbank Field. Mariota’s lower right leg was put in an air cast, and he was carted off the field. It was part of a miserable day for the Titans, who trailed from the beginning and lost 38-17. Mariota completed 8-of-20 passes for 99 yards in the game before being injured. He was replaced by back-up Matt Cassel, who finished the game, but...
2016 Year in Review – Middle School and High School Tennis
As 2016 draws to a close, Thunder Radio Sports looks back at some of the highlights of the calendar year for each of the 12 prep sports. Today we look back at a highlight from the tennis teams. The Coffee County Middle School fielded their first ever tennis team in 2016. They joined the Westwood Middle School, in its second year of existence, to provide scholastic tennis at both local middle schools. The 2 teams met for the first time in a historic event on April 5th on the courts at Fred Deadman Park. Thunder Radio was there and reported on...
