A late rally fell short as the Westwood Rockets football team dropped a heart-breaking 20 to 16 decision to Eagleville on Thursday night at Eagleville. The Rockets, who led 8 to 6 at the half, saw Eagleville storm back to score twice in the 3rd quarter. Westwood got one touchdown back but their last possession ended on downs to kill the comeback attempt in the final minute. Reynaldo Ramirez scored both Westwood touchdowns and Trenton Thompson added both 2 point conversions for the Rockets. Ramirez scored the first one in the first quarter and added the 2nd touchdown with...

The Westwood soccer team fought to a scoreless draw with St. Andrews-Sewanee on Thursday night in a conference match at Sewanee. Keeper Anna Coker had 5 saves in the match to preserve the shutout. The draw ends a 2 game winning streak for the Lady Rockets. Westwood’s record now stands at 3-3-1 on the season and 3-1-1 in conference play. The Lady Rockets are back at home on Wednesday as they close out the regular season against Liberty at 4:30. The conference tournament is set to begin on Tuesday, September...

The Coffee County CHS and CCMS cross country teams hosted their annual middle school/high school meet on Tuesday as they welcomed in over 350 runners to their course on the campus of the Raider Academy. Also in attendance for the meet were the teams from Westwood Middle as all the local teams had great individual and team results. The Red Raiders won their 3rd straight meet as James Lynn broke the tape at 18:01 to come in first place for the boys’ race. Andrew Godwin finished 5th, Bradley Kishpaugh was 7th, Andres Cavalie was 12th and Renato Ayala was...

The Westwood Cross country teams continued their strong fall campaign as they competed against 8 other teams in the Coffee County meet on Tuesday. For the Rockets, Brady Nugent came in 10th place out of a field of 105 runners as Westwood’s top boys finisher in the boys’ division. Bodey Todd was 15th, Louie Frazier was 17th, Lukas Workman 27th, Luke Beachboard 28th and John Dobson was 32nd for the top 6 finishers for the Rockets. Patricia Barrera was the top Lady Rocket runner as she captured a 6th place finish in the field of 60 girl racers. The...

Marcell Ozuna delivered the power, blasting a three-run homer and driving in four runs. But it was Jose Fernandez, who provided some spark and emotion, tossing seven innings and being at the center of a seventh-inning benches-clearing incident. When tempers settled, the Marlins held off the Braves for a 7-5 win on Wednesday. In their final game ever at Turner Field, the Marlins captured two of three in the series, and moved four games behind the Mets for the National League’s second Wild Card. “Obviously, it was a big game because every win is big,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly...

The Westwood Lady Rocket soccer team won their second straight contest on Tuesday night as they defeated Community 3 to 2. In a match you heard here on Thunder Radio, as part of the 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series, the Lady Rockets used 3 unanswered goals in the middle of the game to capture the conference win. Westwood outshot Community 11 to 7 in a match in which they dominated the time of possession. Community drew first blood in the 22nd minute on a goal by Jemima Ramos. Brittney Hernandez used a brilliant attack from the left wing...

The Coffee County Central High School soccer team got a hat trick from Caitlyn Moore to race past Lawrence County 6 to 0 on Tuesday night. In a match where Coffee County controlled the time of possession, the Lady Raiders limited the Lady Cats offensive chances all night long. Senior keeper Holli Smithson was only required to make 1 save on the night for the Lady Raiders to record the shutout. Moore scored her first goal in the 5th minute assisted by Jenna Garretson. Samantha Ellison added an unassisted goal in the 12th minute before Moore got her 2nd goal on...