Below is this week’s local prep sports schedule, as well as notes on which games will be broadcast by Thunder Radio – your Coffee County Sports Authority. Thunder Radio Capstar Bank Hometown Sports Series radio broadcast will feature Westwood Football on Monday and Coffee Middle volleyball on Thursday. There will also be audio streamed games at thunder1320.com of WMS football on Thursday and WMS volleyball on Thursday. Schedule and broadcasts are subject to change based on weather and radio personnel. Radio games are broadcast at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM and streamed at thunder1320.com. Links to stream-only games can be...

With newcomers like Adam Duvall, the Braves now have the firepower necessary to persevere without Freddie Freeman. But they are looking forward to welcoming both Freeman and Travis d’Arnaud back to their improved lineup this week.   Freeman made a late-inning return to action, and Duvall drilled a key home run during the three-run sixth inning that gave the Braves a 5-4 win over the Nationals at Truist Park on Sunday afternoon. With their sixth win in their past eight games, the Braves now sit two games behind the first-place Phillies and a half-game in front of the now-third-place Mets...

The Westwood Rocket football team held its 25th annual Blue-White Game on Thursday at Dyer – Bouldin Field – an intra squad for the team before the regular season begins next week. Westwood will open the regular season at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9 when Grundy County comes to town. Thunder Radio will be there to broadcast the game as part of the Capstar Bank Hometown Sports...

WMS eighth grader Audri Patton is all smiles in a Westwood 2-0 win over Community Thursday. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson Westwood’s volleyball team got into the win column Thursday in the team’s third match of the season, sweeping visiting Community 2-0 in a best-of-three match that you heard live on Thunder Radio. THIS MATCH WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON THUNDER RADIO. LISTEN TO THE REPLAY HERE. The Lady Rockets struggled out of the gate in game one before finally taking a 10-9 lead. Maddy Carter got red hot at the service line, rolling off 9 points in...

The Titans have agreed to terms with quarterback Matt Barkley, while adding three more players in a flurry of roster moves on Thursday. The team has released quarterback DeShone Kizer. Also on Thursday, the Titans signed tight end Donnie Ernsberger and offensive linemen Brent Qvale and Ross Reynolds while placing two more players — center Spencer Pulley and defensive back Greg Mabin — on Injured Reserve. Barkley, who played in college at Southern California, spent the past three seasons with the Bills (2018-2020), where he played in eight games. In five games as back-up with the Bills in 2020,...

Westwood’s Lady Rocket volleyball team fell to 0-2 on the young season Wednesday with a tough 0-2 loss at Forrest in a best-of-three match. Westwood fell by scores of 25-23 and 25-23. Ziya Dillard and Claire Lemmons led Westwood at the service line, each with three aces. Maddy Carter and Anna Reed each added an ace. Dillard picked up a kill at the net. Lemmons and Reed each picked up a dig. Meanwhile, the JV Lady Rockets improved to 2-0 on the season with a 2-0 win (25-21 and 25-18) Reece Finch and Paisley Dyer each served up three...

The Titans took the field on Wednesday for their seventh practice of training camp. Here’s a look at what stood out: -The Titans practiced in full pads for the second day of camp. -The format for Wednesday’s practice was different compared to the first six days of camp. Instead of working a lot in 7-on-7s, 1-on-1s and other periods, the team spent the bulk of the session in two Team “Call It” periods, working with the first and second team groups on each side of the ball. The offense was given an opportunity to try and move the football...

Thunder Radio’s first fall sports broadcast of 2021 will come on Thursday, Aug. 5, when the Westwood Lady Rocket volleyball team welcomes Community Middle School to Joel Vinson Gymnasium. First serve is set for 5:30 p.m. and Thunder Radio will hit the air at 5:20 p.m. The Fall Hometown Sports Series (Financed by Capstar Bank) will feature approximately 25-30 sports broadcasts through the fall that include Coffee County High School volleyball and soccer, as well as Coffee Middle and Westwood Middle School football, volleyball and soccer. Following Westwood volleyball on Thursday, the next Fall Hometown Sports Series broadcast will...