The Coffee County Middle School baseball team won for the 4th time in their last 5 games on Thursday night as they dropped White County 8 to 5 in Sparta. The game was a makeup from March 1st and the win gives the Raiders a season sweep over the Warriors. Griffin Meeker was 2 for 4 at the plate with 2RBI to lead Coffee County in hitting. Brandon Jernigan and Jalen Morris also had 2 hits and Blanton Brown and Hayden Skipper each finished with 2 RBI. The JV Raiders also posted a win as they dropped the White...

The Coffee County Middle School softball team sent 11 batters to the plate in the 2nd inning on their way to a 6 to 2 win over Lincoln County on Thursday night. Trailing 1 to 0 entering the 2nd, the Lady Raiders used 2 walks, 2 errors and 3 hits to plate all 6 of the runs they would need in the win. Sixth grade pitch Hannah Richardson got the win as she scattered 7 hits and walked only 2. Sarah West had a 2 RBI double for the Lady Raiders while Amanda Mukai was 1 for 1 with...

A strong Liberty Patriots baseball team spoiled 8th grade night for the Westwood baseball team as they downed the hard luck Rockets 7 to 5 on Thursday night. The Patriots scored 6 runs in the first 2 innings to build a 4 run lead before holding off a late charge from the Rockets to get the win. Austin Burch, Skylar Bratcher and Jacob Garms all had a pair of hits for Westwod. The Rockets have a make-up game with Community then move  into the postseason tournament. The date, time and location of their next opponent will be announced next...

The Coffee County Central High School baseball team saw their modest 2 game winning streak come to an end on Thursday night as they dropped a 6 to 3 decision to Marshall County in Lewisburg. Marshall County got the leadoff runner on base in each of the 1st 5 innings to build a 6 to 1 lead over the Raiders. Coffee County was held to 6 hits as they struck out 10 times. Wyatt Day was 2 for 4 at the plate for Coffee County. Cade Giles had a triple, asn RBI and a run scored. The Raiders return...

The Coffee County Central High School tennis teams split a pair of matches with Warren County on Thursday afternoon in McMinnville. The Red Raiders swept the singles matches on their way to a 6 to 1 win over the Pioneers in boys match play. Trevor Ivy-Bodman, Jared Hu, Shlip Patel, Joel Lawrence, Grey Riddle and Will Davis all took singles wins, In doubles play, Riddle and Hu teamed up for a win to raise the boys record to 3 and 4 on the season. The Lady Raiders could only manage a pair of singles wins as they dropped a...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Preds-Report-4-08-16.mp3 The Nashville Predators rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period, then gave their fans a rare overtime win. Defenseman Roman Josi potted the skate-off goal at 20 seconds of overtime, enabling Nashville to dump the Arizona Coyotes 3-2 at Bridgestone Arena. Josi skated around a defender and beat goalie Mike Smith with a forehand from point-blank range for his 14th goal and 61st point, adding to his franchise record for most points by a defenseman in a single season. It improved the Predators to 2-12 in games decided in overtime. It was...

The Oklahoma City Dodgers spoiled Opening Day in Nashville with a 5-0 shutout win over the Sounds on Thursday night at First Tennessee Park. Rain, and early Oklahoma City scoring, put a damper on the evening. The game was delayed 45 minutes to start when heavy rain began to fall just minutes before the scheduled first pitch of 6:35 p.m. When play began, the Dodgers (1-0) didn’t waste any time getting in front. Micah Johnson started the game with a bloop single to left and moved to second on a stolen base. Two batters later, Dodgers third baseman Rob...

Wednesday’s rain forced an early end to the Westwood Lady Rockets softball game with Moore County at Lady Rockets Field as Westwood fell by a final score of 14 to 1. The Rockets had no luck in putting together an offensive flow as they struck out 8 times and were held to 2 hits. Haidyn Campbell had a double and scored the lone Rocket run on an RBI single from Hallie Wimberly. Westwood is back at home tonight when they welcome Liberty to Lady Rocket Field. First pitch is set for 4:30...