Coffee County Middle School’s football team will continue to cease activities through August 25, with practice resuming Aug. 26 due to a COVID-19 issue. The Raiders had to stop activities prior to this week’s schedule game against Tullahoma and that will now continue into next week. The Tullahoma game has been rescheduled for Sept. 4. Meanwhile, the Aug. 24 game against Harris has been cancelled and no make up date has been...

Westwood Football 36, Community 22 Westwood got a 10-yard touchdown run from Isaiah Deadman to take a lead and never looked back Thursday, beating Community for the Rockets’ first win of the season. Westwood’s Joel Barrera went wild on the ground, rumbling in from 58 yards out, 32 and 39 yards. But he wasn’t done, getting loose and sprinting in from 50 yards in the second half. Barrera finished the night with 208 yards on just 5 carries. Westwood Volleyball 2, Cascade 1 After losing in set 1, Westwood roared back to beat visiting Cascade 2-1 Thursday afternoon. The...

The 2021 football season kicks off for the Coffee County Central Red Raiders on Friday, Aug. 20, when the Raiders travel to Franklin County High School. The Raiders are coming off a 4-win season – the most since for CHS since 2007 – and are looking to add even more this season. Thunder Radio begins our 64th year of Red Raider football coverage on WMSR. Coverage begins with The Friday Night Thunder Pregame Show (Delivered by Riddle Trucking) at 6 p.m. with host Court Steere. This is the 14th year of Friday Night Thunder, focused exclusively on Coffee County...

Coffee County Central’s Lady Raiders and Red Raiders basketball teams and the Lady Raider volleyball team are going to have a nice addition to Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium this winter. The CHS basketball teams and volleyball team hosted area business leaders for a luncheon Thursday and were able to garner $90,000 worth of donations to foot the bill for a massive digital screen that will be installed in the gymnasium before the upcoming basketball season, which tips off in November. The video board will take up a large chunk of wall above the baseline at the main entrance...

Thursday will be a busy day in area prep sports – the busiest yet of the fall sports season. And Thunder Radio will be at multiple games providing audio coverage and sports photography. Featured on the Capstar Bank Hometown Sports Series on Thunder Radio (107.9 FM, 1320 AM, 106.7 FM and Manchester Go app) will be the Coffee County Central Lady Raider volleyball team hosting Rockvale at 6:30 p.m. Other radio coverage includes: 5 pm – Westwood Lady Rocket Soccer hosts St. Andrews. This will be broadcast on the Ben Lomand Connect Stream #2 with Elizabeth Brown on the...

Westwood striker Jenny Sanchez (no. 23) knives through two defenders on her way to a goal Tuesday afternoon at WMS. Sanchez scored two goals in the win. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Westwood’s Lady Rockets opened the season and flexed on visiting Liberty Tuesday afternoon, running away with a 4-1 win at Dyer-Bouldin Field in Manchester. Westwood picked up a pair of goals from striker Jenny Sanchez and added single goals from Bailey Barsenas and Carmen Barret. Westwood finished with 13 shots on goal on the Lady Patriots. The Lady Rockets will host St. Andrews at 5...

Danni Hillis goes for a kill during a match earlier this season. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson It was a good start for the Coffee Middle School Lady Raider volleyball team Tuesday in McMinnville. But things went terribly wrong after the first game. The Lady Raiders went to Warren County Middle School and took game one 25-21, but let a late lead slip and lost game two 25-20 and game three 15-6 in a 2-1 match loss to the Lady Pioneers. THIS VOLLEYBALL MATCH WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON THUNDER RADIO AS PART OF THE CAPSTAR BANK HOMETOWN...

Maddy Sussen (5) and Zowee Dillard (2) celebrate a point Monday night, Aug. 16, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Coffee County’s Lady Raider volleyball program opened the new season with the same opponent that ended the Lady Raider season in the state sectional a year ago. CHS welcomed volleyball powerhouse Cookeville to Manchester Monday, Aug. 16, falling 0-3 in a best-of-five match. The Lady Raiders led Cookeville 20-17 in game one and was tied 22-22. But the Lady Cavs went on a run to take the first game 25-22 and never looked back. Cookeville cruised to...