As 2015 draws to a close, it is time to look back at the highlights from out local prep teams in the past 12 months.  We begin our review today with a look at the Raiders and Lady Raiders of Coffee County Middle School.  On Thursday, we will visit the highlights of the year from Westwood Middle School and on Friday, we bring look back at 2015 sports at Coffee County CHS. 2015 began with a championship for the Lady Raiders basketball team as they finished the season with a record of 19 and 1 and claimed the conference...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Preds-Report-12-30-15.mp3   Alexander Steen scored with 58.2 seconds remaining in overtime to give the St. Louis Blues a 4-3 win against the Nashville Predators at Scottrade Center on Tuesday.  Steen got a breakout pass through the Nashville zone from Paul Stastny and took a wrist shot past Nashville goalie Carter Hutton.  “Yes, and a good first pass by [Alex Pietrangelo] to go to [Stastny] as opposed to me,” Steen said. “And [Stastny], I knew he was coming to me. Nice play.” The Blues outshot the Predators 6-0 in overtime and had the majority of zone...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Preds-Report-12-29-15-1.mp3   Mike Fisher returned to the lineup and James Neal tallied twice as the Nashville Predators defeated the New York Rangers 5-3 at Bridgestone Arena on Monday night. The final home game of the calendar year for the Preds saw the team score three times in the third period on the way to their 18th victory of the season. “I thought it was a solid effort,” Fisher said. “Periods one, two, three, I thought we played well. Made it a little interesting at the end, but I thought everyone played really well, so it...

With their season set to begin in early February, the Motlow Lady Bucks softball team turned in an outstanding performance in the classroom during the fall 2015 semester. The Lady Bucks posted a team grade point average of 2.91 and placed four members on the Dean’s List and another five on the Honor Roll. Students earn Dean’s List distinction with a GPA of 3.5 or higher, and are named to the Honor Roll with a GPA between 3.0 and 3.49. Leading the way were sophomores Riley Long and Cameron Pearson, who each earned a perfect 4.0 GPA. Joining them...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Preds-Report-12-28-15.mp3   Filip Forsberg tallied twice, but it wasn’t enough as the Nashville Predators fell to the Detroit Red Wings by a 3-2 final on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena in the 91st all-time meeting between the two clubs. The loss closes out the season series versus Detroit, with the Preds going 0-1-1 against their former divisional foe. The Predators never held a lead in the contest, but were resilient in answering Detroit twice, before a final push came up short. “I thought we did a great job playing from behind,” Captain Shea Weber said....

This story starts as we remember a young man that was just 18 at the time, Cole Sons. Cole was taken from this earth October 13, 2013 in a car accident. Cole was an awesome young man that touched many lives during his short time here on this earth. He was a great friend to many and an awesome child of God, with a quick witness. Cole had made arrangements with Shannon Frame to meet with him the day of his accident to cape out a deer that he had harvested just two days earlier. Sadly he never made...

Coffee County Central High School junior Savannah Quick was named to 2nd team Tennessean All-Midstate Golf Team on Monday. Quick led the Lady Raider golf team to their 3rd straight state tournament berth this fall where the Lady Raiders finished in 4th place. Quick’s individual score was low enough to place her in 12th place overall on the individual leaderboard. During the regular season, Quick garnered first place finishes in the Keith Maxwell Invitational High School Tournament and the Murfreesboro High School Invitational. Quick also tied for first place in Region 4AAA Tournament this past September. During her summer...

A quick and effective full court pressure forced the Coffee County Red Raiders into turnovers and missed opportunities as the visiting Oakland Patriots dropped Coffee County 50 to 25 on Tuesday evening in the final game of the Red Raider Christmas tournament. Oakland scored the first 11 points of the game as they built a 21 to 7 halftime lead. Coffee County was able to cut back on the backcourt turnovers in the 2nd half, but the half court trapping defense of Oakland kept the Red Raiders from establishing any consistent half court offensive flow. Grant Sadler and Garrett...