The Coffee County Central High School swim team welcomed 4 other schools to Manchester on Friday night for their lone home meet of the season. The Raider swimmers fared well in their home waters as 12 different region qualifying times were recorded on the night. For the Lady Raider swimmers, Anna O’Connor had a strong night as she won the 100M butterfly and swam the anchor leg for the winning 400M freestyle Relay team. O’Connor also had a region qualifying time of 1:05.66 in the 100M freestyle and helped the Lady Raiders to a 4th place finish in the...

A 14 point halftime lead was not enough to hold off a 2nd half rally by Lawrence County on Friday night for the Red Raiders as they dropped their 2nd straight heart-breaking decision by a final score of 61 to 55. Five 3 pointers in the 1st half helped the Red Raiders build a 16 point lead in the 2nd quarter as Coffee County played 16 minutes of nearly flawless basketball. Lawrence County answered the challenge in the 3rd quarter as they scored the first 7 points of the 2nd half, eventually taking a lead into the 4th quarter....

The Westwood Rockets opened the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament on Saturday with a 36 to 16 win over Moore County. The Rockets held Moore County without field goals in the 1st and 3rd quarters as the Westwood defense was sparkling in the win. Jake Hollandsworth led the Big Blue offense as he had three 3 point goals and finished with 18 points. Isaiah Owens netted 6 points while Roderic Brinkley chipped in 5 points. Westwood advances to Monday’s quarterfinals where they will take on the #2 seeded Patriots of Liberty. The game is set for a 7:45 PM tip-off. The Lady...

In Girls’ action, Hillsboro stopped North Coffee -18 to 10 College Street raced past Westwood – 17 to 10 New Union dumped Hickerson – 30-14 Deerfield topped East Coffee – 31 to 12 In Boys’ action, Hillsboro grounded North Coffee -22 to 14 College Street eased past Westwood – 21 to 17 New Union spanked Hickerson – 30 to 14 Deerfield edged East Coffee – 18 to 12 FINAL CCYBL Standings Girls Seed Team Wins Losses 1 Hillsboro 6 1 2 New Union 6 1 3 College Street 5 2 4 Hickerson 4 3 5 Westwood 4 3 6...

In a ceremony at the Al White Ford/Lincoln dealership on Friday, the Westwood Lady Rocket basketball team was presented a check for $8,500 as their proceeds from a recent fundraising event. The Westwood basketball team and the Westwood PTA hosted a Lincoln Drive My School Fundraiser on Saturday, November 14th where the Lincoln Motor Company presented $20 to the organizations for each test drive taken during the event. Baxter White, the program coordinator for the Lincoln Drive My School at Al White, presented the check to members of the Lady Rocket basketball team, head coach Angela Houck and Westwood...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Preds-Report-12-14-15.mp3 Andreas Martinsen’s goal at 9:37 of the third period helped the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 win against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday. With the teams at even strength, the puck popped up in the air after a shot by Avalanche forward Carl Soderberg and Martinsen was able to swat it past Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne for his second goal of the season. “It was a dirty one, an ugly goal, but I think our line, we were going the whole night,” Martinsen said. “We were working them down low and...

The Red Raider wrestling team got a pair of match wins to open up their new home in grand fashion on Thursday night. The Coffee County wrestling team played host to St. Andrew’s-Sewanee and LaVergne in a dual meet on Thursday night at the Raider Academy. Opening with LaVergne, Coffee County needed a pin from Michael Pressley(170 weight class) to earn a 42 to 39 win over the Wolverines and christen “The Meat Grinder”, the Raiders affectionate name for their new home venue. Also scoring pin fall wins were Austin Silvers(126) and Rein Bozich(138). William Green earned 3 points...