A Faith Willoughby hat trick in the first 5 minutes of the match sparked a huge Westwood Middle School soccer win over Liberty on 8th grade night. Honoring the 8th grade Lady Rockets was a new event for Westwood, but winning another conference match was not as Westwood steamrolled the Lady Patriots 6 to 0. Anna Coker and Abygail Hernandez combined in goal for the shut out win as Coker turned back 4 shots in the 1st half and Hernandez stopped a pair of shots in the 2nd. Willoughby, an 8th grader, made her last home match a memorable one as...

The Coffee County Middle School soccer team celebrated 8th grade night in grand fashion on Wednesday with a 4 to 1 win over North Franklin at the Lady Raiders home pitch. The win improved the Lady Raiders record to 8-1-1 on the year overall as Coffee County had already finished the conference slate with a record of 6 and 0. North Franklin got on the board first as they scored in the 8th minute. Reagan Ellison leveled the score in the 10th minute unassisted to settle down the Lady Raiders. Katie Cotton added a pair of goals, in the...

The Westwood Rocket and Lady Rocket cross country teams competed in a match at Fayetteville on Tuesday at Fayetteville’s Don Davidson Park. The Rockets and Lady Rockets each won team titles on the day. The Lady Rockets finished 1st out of a field of 5 teams while the Rockets were 1st out of 6 teams. For the Lady Rockets, Patricia Barrera was the top finisher for Westwood as she took 4th place out of a field of 44 runners in a time of 11:45. Sunshine Mai was 13th, Lizabeth Martinez was 14th, Alaya Barnes was 16th, Elizabeth Brown was...

The Coffee County Central High and Middle School cross country teams traveled to Normandy on Tuesday to take part in a meet on the hilly Arrowhead Ranch course. The Red Raiders remained perfect on the season as they outdistanced second place Warren County by 5 points. James Lynn was the overall top finisher as he won the boys race. Bradley Kishbaugh was 4th, Andrew Godwin was 5th, Andres Cavalie was 6th, Reuben Chaput was 16th, Larson Meltzer was 30th and Neil Slone came in at 37th place. The Lady Raiders had a respectable showing in spite of having several...

To keep pace with the Cardinals and Giants in the National League Wild Card race, the Mets understand they must take advantage of every opportunity. Less than two weeks to go in the regular season. No slip-ups now. But the Mets allowed a prime opportunity to fall through their fingers this week at Citi Field, losing a 4-3 game to the Braves on Wednesday that completed a series sweep for Atlanta. Taking a three-run lead into the seventh inning, the Mets lost it amidst a lengthy string of pitching changes and pinch-hit plate appearances, going behind for good in...

The Coffee County CHS golf teams closed out the regular season on Tuesday with a pair of 18 hole match wins at Indian Hills Golf Club in Murfreesboro. The Raider teams captured wins over Riverdale and Oakland on the course that will host the Region 4AAA tournament coming up next week. The Lady Raiders continued their winning ways as they won their 13th straight match and captured their 39th straight team win. The Red Raiders captured their 53rd team win of the season and their 22nd since August 29th. The Lady Raiders were led by sophomore Ashley Gilliam who...

The Coffee County Middle School volleyball team saw their 6 match winning streak come to a halt on Tuesday night in a match heard here on Thunder Radio as part of the 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series. Warren County used a strong service game that netted 18 aces to claim the win 2 sets to none. The Lady Raiders dropped the match to the Lady Pioneers by set scores of: 15-25 and 21-25. The Lady Raiders could only win consecutive points on 4 occasions in the first set as Warren County built a 22 to 10 lead before claiming...

The Coffee County CHS volleyball team fell in a 4 set match on Tuesday night to district leading Lincoln County in a match held in Fayetteville. After capturing the opening set, Coffee County saw too many errors at the net prevent the upset win. Coffee County lost by set scores of: 25-21, 16-25, 18-25 and 16-25. Coffee County was led in aces by Baylee Nester with 7. Nester, a senior, added 7 kills and 7 digs for the “jackpot stat line.” Alliyah Williams led the Lady Raiders in kills with 12 while adding a block. Aerial Williams led in blocks...