Westwood Middle School’s Rocket football team will get together on Thursday (Aug. 5) for the 25th annual Blue-White intra squad game. It is the largest fundraiser of the year for the program, led by head coach Chad Dyer. The annual Blue-White game begins at 7 p.m. and the community is encouraged to attend and support the program. Concessions will be available. The Rockets are coming off of a DRVC Conference Championship last fall. Westwood will play in a jamboree Friday before regrouping to open the regular season Monday, Aug. 9 when Grundy County comes to Manchester for a 6:30...

Westwood’s Lady Rocket volleyball team dropped its first match of the season, falling 2-0 to Columbia Academy in Manchester Tuesday afternoon. Westwood lost 25-17 and 25-13 in the best-of-three match. Anna Reed had an ace and a block for the Rockets. Claire Lemmons added a block and Ziya Dillard served up an ace. JV victorious The junior varsity Rockets escaped with a 2-0 win – edging Columbia Academy 26-24 in game one and running away with game two 25-15. Emily Daniels served up three aces and Danica Fleenor and Reece Finch each added two. Jules Ferrell had a block....

Westwood Middle School’s football Rockets will get together on Thursday for the 25th annual Blue-White intra squad game. It is the largest fundraiser of the year for the program, led by head coach Chad Dyer. The annual Blue-White game begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5, and the community is encouraged to attend and support the program. Concessions will be available. The Rockets are coming off of a DRVC Conference Championship last fall. Westwood will play in a jamboree Friday before regrouping to open the regular season Monday, Aug. 9 when Grundy County comes to Manchester for a 6:30...

Both Coffee Middle and Westwood Middle School volleyball teams will get a full day of work at the Coffee County High School playday held Saturday at CHS and Raider Academy. CMS will be playing at CHS at 9 a.m. against Harris Middle, at noon against South Lincoln and at 2 p.m. against South Franklin. Meanwhile, Westwood will also be playing on a sidecourt at CHS: playing at 9 a.m. against Tullahoma, noon vs. Unity and 2 p.m. vs. Covenant Christian Academy. It will be the first action of the year for CMS. Westwood has matches on Tuesday, Wednesday and...

It’s early. The Titans have practiced just six days in training camp, the pads just went on for the first time on Tuesday, and the first preseason game is still 10 days away. But so far, the defense has played with energy while causing turnovers and creating issues for an offense that’s coming off a year when it was tough to slow down. “The energy, the competitiveness,” defensive coordinator Shane Bowen replied when asked what has stood out to him so far. “I think all these guys are battling right now in a lot of ways, in their positional...

Coffee County’s Red Raider golf team took first place out of three teams Monday afternoon at WillowBrook Golf Course. Senior Logan Hale was red hot, carding a 4-over par 76 to lead the Raiders to a total of 372 – which was 3 strokes better than Tullahoma’s 375. Shelbyville finished a distant third at 387. Beau Murray put together a 90, Zach Tidwell 92 and Avery Hill 114 to round out the scoring for CHS. Meanwhile, Cadie Prater shot 99 and Maggie Crouch 104 for the Lady Raiders but CHS girls fell to Tullahoma 146-203. Thunder Radio photos by...

Pete Rose Major League Baseball’s all time hits leader is coming to Manchester. Pete Rose, a longtime player and manager and member of the Cincinnati Big Red Machine, will be in town in late October as part of a fundraiser for the Coffee County Central High School Red Raider baseball team. Rose will host a dinner at Coffee County High School at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30. There are varying ticket packages available that include different perks – some including photo ops with the major league great. VIP PACKAGE: The VIP package is $100 per ticket or $1,000...

Thunder Radio has signed an agreement with Tennessee Titans Radio Network to continue to be your radio home for Tennessee Titans football for the next five years. Thunder Radio is your exclusive home for the Titans in Coffee County – broadcasting games all fall at 107.9 FM, 1320 AM and 106.7 FM. “We have enjoyed our partnership with Titans radio over the years and are proud to continue to bring them to our listeners for five more years and beyond,” said Thunder Radio co-owner Josh Peterson. “The Titans and play-by-play voice Mike Keith go above and beyond the call...