A busy weekend of sports kicks off on Thursday as winter sports sprint to the finish line, while spring sports get set to take the baton. Josh Tobitt begins his quest for an individual state title in the 182 pound weight class at the TSSAA state wrestling meet in Franklin this afternoon at 3 PM. Tobitt, a senior, enters the tournament with a record of 32 and 7 on the season after a 3rd place finish in this past weekend’s Region 5 tournament. You can keep up with Joshua’s progress, and got any other information about the state meet...

A 25 point outburst in the 4th quarter helped Coffee County stave off elimination in the play-in game of the District 8AAA basketball tournament on Tuesday night as the Red Raiders dropped Tullahoma 56 to 35. Leading by 6 points entering the final period, the Red Raiders got huge 4th quarter performances from Stephen Sullivan and Caleb McKenzie to drop the Wildcats for the 2nd time in 5 days. McKenzie scored all 8 of his points in the last frame hitting a pair of 3 pointers to spark a rally that saw the Raiders close out the game on a 10...

“…57…58…59…It’s midnight!” screamed assistant softball coach Jackie Wilder as another spring sports season kicked off at Coffee County Central High School early Monday morning at Terry Floyd Field. February 15th was designated as the date that spring sports teams could start practicing and the Lady Raider softball team continued a 20 year tradition of beginning at the stroke of midnight with “Midnight Madness.” The CHS soccer team also got in on the act as they hit the field at the stroke of midnight getting in a spirited 1 hour workout before Monday’s rains set in. Coach Steve Wilder begins...

From Missouri Valley Conference Press Release All but one of the MVC Softball teams were in action during the first weekend of play. As a whole, the league went 24-20 with each team that played earning at least one win. Danielle Freeman was named MVC Player of the Week, Brianna Jones of Southern Illinois took Pitcher of the Week with Drake’s Kennedy Frank taking MVC Newcomer of the Week. MVC Pitcher of the Week Brianna Jones, Freshman, Manchester, Tenn. – Southern Illinois Southern Illinois pitcher Brianna Jones pitched two complete-game shutouts for the Salukis over the weekend. Jones still...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Preds-Report-2-16-16.mp3 Mattias Janmark scored the game-winning goal, as the Dallas Stars defeated the Nashville Predators by a 3-2 final in overtime on Monday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives the Preds a point, bumping their total to 62 on the season. The Preds and Stars went back and forth all night long, be it offensive chances, impressive goaltending and physical play in the first of four meetings set to take place between the two clubs over the next eight weeks. “It was a hard-fought game, a division game against a good team,” Preds Captain...

Coffee County senior wrestler Joshua Tobitt qualified for the TSSAA State Individual wrestling tournament with a 3rd place finish in this weekend’s Region 5AAA wrestling tournament held at Cookeville. Tobitt, wrestling at 182 pounds, is the first Coffee County wrestler to qualify for the state tournament since Zach Lusk(138) in 2013. Tobitt was 4 and 1 on the tournament to improve to 36 and 8 on the season and earn 20 team points for the Raiders. Tobitt won a pair of pinfall wins before falling in the semifinals by a 9 to 5 decision to Blackman’s Hunter Winters. Tobitt...

A pair of 2nd half rallies fell short on Saturday afternoon in McMinnville as both Coffee County basketball teams closed out the regular season with losses to Warren County.  Coffee County fell 55 to 37 in the girls game, while the Red Raiders dropped a 60 to 45 decision. The Lady Raiders saw a 5 point 1st quarter lead disappear in the 2nd quarter as they were held without a field goal and went to the locker room trailing 23 to 12 at intermission.  Warren County built a 15 point 3rd quarter lead only to see Coffee County amp...

Jack Beachboard shaved a full 2.2 seconds off his personal best time in the 200M Individual Medley on Friday morning in the preliminary heat of the Tennessee Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association State Championships being held at the Centennial Sportsplex in Nashville. The Coffee County freshman qualified with a time of 2:11.99 and cut through the water at 2:09.79 on Friday to capture a 43rd place finish overall. On Saturday, Beachboard trimmed 0.41 seconds off his qualifying time in the 100M Breaststroke as he completed the preliminary race at 1:06.21 to finish with a 41st place finish. The freshman’s appearance...