Thursday will be a busy day for area sports teams and Thunder Radio will be on hand for multiple games. The Westwood Middle School Lady Rocket volleyball team (2-2 overall) will host Eagleville at 5:30 p.m. Thunder Radio will broadcast that game on the Capstar Bank Stream with Luke Beachboard on the call. Click here to listen to that game when it starts. The Coffee Middle School volleyball team will host its first home match of the fall when Tullahoma comes to CMS for a 6 p.m. first serve. That match will be broadcast live on Thunder Radio as...

Manchester Makos swim team took the top spot in the 2021 Race League Championship. The Manchester Makos swim team took top honors recently in the 2021 Race League Championship. The event was made up of swimmers age 6-18 and included 10 teams:  Sewanee, Athens, McMinnville, Fayetteville, Shelbyville, Marshall County, Winchester, Tullahoma, Lawrence Area Wide & Manchester. Results are as follows: Manchester Makos: 1,916 Athens Swim Team: 1,753 Sewanee Tigersharks: 1,454.5 McMinnville Swim Team: 1,357.5 Fayetteville Area Swim: 1,345 Shelbyville Swim Club: 1,138 Marshall County Swim Club: 908 Winchester Penguins: 874 Tullahoma, Swim Club: 514  Lawrence Area Wide:...

Red Raider running back Konor Heaton (no. 22) runs through an arm tackle Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2021 in a scrimmage against Tyner. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson The Central High School Red Raider football team now turns its attention to Franklin County. The Raiders wrapped up the preseason schedule with a home scrimmage against Tyner Tuesday night at Carden-Jarrell Field. CHS ended the night ahead 35-14 on the scoreboard. The game was tied 14-14 at the half with both teams playing mostly second and third teamers for the final two quarters. The Raiders led early on a...

Coffee Middle School went on the road and picked up a 35-7 win over West Wilson Tuesday. Coffee County Middle School’s Red Raider football team went on the road and took care of business Tuesday night in the season opener. Red Raider quarterback Caiden Martin accounted for five touchdowns and the Raiders cruised to a 35-7 win over West Wilson. It was a big night for Martin, who put the Raiders up 7-0 early in the first quarter when he broke loose for a 70-yard touchdown gallop. Martin also kicked the extra point. Martin was able to get outside...

Rocket Matthew White hauls in a 15-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Westwood Rocket football dropped its season opener Monday night, a 20-12 thriller against visiting Grundy County. THIS GAME WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON THUNDER RADIO AS PART OF THE CAPSTAR BANK HOMETOWN SPORTS SERIES. CLICK HERE FOR THE REPLAY. Grundy County’s Kaden Dove broke loose on a 25 yard touchdown scamper with with 3 minutes to play to take the lead and the win from the Rockets. Winton’s score broke a 12-12 tie. The Rockets had...

Maddy Carter, no. 20, had 7 service aces Monday afternoon against Community Middle School. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Westwood Middle School’s volleyball team improved to 2-2 on the season with a 2-0 win over Community on the road Monday afternoon. The Lady Rockets narrowly escaped the first game with a 26-24 win, then cruised to a 25-16 win in game 2 in the best-of-three match. Maddy Carter got red hot at the service line yet again for WMS, ripping off 7 aces for the Lady Rockets. Maggie Brei served 4 aces, Ziya Dillard 2, Audri Patton...

Coffee County senior Logan Hale carded an 11-over par 83 and the Raiders show 381 as a team to beat Lincoln County by 10 strokes Monday afternoon at WillowBrook Golf Course. Hale’s 83 was good enough for best score on the day. Zach Tidwell – 98, Beau Murray – 99 and Brady Daugherty – 101 rounded out the scoring for CHS. Meanwhile, Maggie Crouch carded a 92 and Araya Hughes 95 to give the Lady Raiders a 187, 14 strokes off the pace from Lincoln...

Coffee County Central’s Red Raider football team will have one final preseason tune-up before opening the regular season on Friday, Aug. 20. Tyner Academy out of Chattanooga will visit Coffee County at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10 for a scrimmage at Carden-Jarrell Field. The public is welcome to attend. The scrimmage was originally scheduled for Wednesday but had to be moved up due to transportation issue for Tyner. The Raiders held their second scrimmage of the preseason on Friday, Aug. 6 at Marshall County. See photos from that outing below. IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES: Aug 10 – Tyner at Coffee...