The Westwood Lady Rockets capped off the Duck River Valley Conference regular season with the conference title after a hard fought 29 to 25 win at Middle Tennessee Christian on Thursday night in Murfreesboro. The home standing Lady Cougars had a 13 point rally in the 4th quarter come up just short as Westwood earned the season sweep over MTCS. The Lady Rockets were led in scoring by Ashley Starks who had 12 points. Morgan Jones added 7 points and Valarie Barger added 4 points as Westwood finishes the regular season with a record of 16 and 2. The...

The Lady Raiders of Coffee County Middle School needed a strong 2nd half effort effort on Thursday night to stop the Lady Gators of North Franklin 39 to 22. Leading by 5 at the half, Coffee County exploded for 17 points in the 3rd quarter to run their season record to 10 and 0. Coffee County was led in scoring by Bella Vinson who scored 10 points. Julia Duncan netted 9 points while Ellie Graham added 7 points.   The Raiders saw a 3 point lead with a minute remaining evaporate under a furious North rally as the Coffee...

Pete Weber’s Post Game Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Preds-Report-12-11-15.mp3 James Neal scored twice and Pekka Rinne stopped 35 shots as the Nashville Predators defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 in the second half of a home-and-home series on Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena.   The victory gave Nashville 15 wins and 35 points on the season, good enough to pass Chicago in the Central Division standings and slot third among the group. “We needed those two points, especially against that team,” defenseman Ryan Ellis said. “We came out hard right off the bat, kind of let it slide in the second, but overall, I...

The Coffee County CHS Wrestling team hosts their first meet of the year on Thursday night as the Raider grapplers welcome LaVergne and St. Andrews-Sewanee to their new home at the Raider Academy. Coach Roger Barlow is excited about the first dual match at “The Meat Grinder” which will begin at 6 PM. The Raider wrestlers dropped a pair of matches at Cookeville on Tuesday night as they faced a pair of more experienced teams in Cookeville and Stone Memorial. Joshua Tobitt(195 pound class) got a pair of pins on the night as the senior continued his strong season...

A broken water line left the Joe Frank Patch Gym without water on Tuesday night, forcing the Coffee County basketball teams to move their non-district game with Warren County to the Coffee County Middle School. The late afternoon venue changed seemed to have an effect on both Coffee County teams as they begin a 4 game home stand leading into the Christmas tournament season. The Lady Raiders were held to 3 points in the first quarter on their way to a 62 to 37 defeat at the hands of the Lady Pioneers. A tenacious Warren County pressure defense, coupled...

The Westwood 6th grade basketball teams closed out their 6th grade season as they dropped a doubleheader to West Tullahoma on Tuesday night at the Joel Vinson Gym. A 12 point 4th quarter was not enough to lift the Lady Rockets in their comeback attempt as they fell 26 to 25.  Westwood was led in scoring by Haidyn Campbell who had 7 points.  Gracie Morris finished with 6 points while Kasen Holt and Elizabeth Brown added 4 points apiece. In the boys’ game, the Rockets saw West net 12 points of their own on their way to a 30...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Preds-Report-12-09-15.mp3 The Nashville Predators could only get one of their 37 shots past Corey Crawford as they fell to the Chicago Blackhawks by a 4-1 final on Tuesday night at United Center. The loss concludes a stretch of three road games in four nights for the Preds, who went 1-1-1 in the outings. “There are always things we can do better,” Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “We’re in a position coming into a game tonight [with a chance to win] and that’s everybody’s responsibility. It didn’t go our way.” Chicago recorded the first goal of...

The Coffee County Middle School Raiders and Lady Raiders got a huge conference sweep on Monday night in Cowan as they downed South Franklin in a pair of middle school basketball games.  Trailing 25 to 19 at the half, the Red Raiders outscored South 18 to 2 in the 3rd quarter to stun the home standing Trojans and lift Coffee County to a 48 to 32 win.  Brandon Jernigan led Coffee County in scoring with 13 points.  Jalen Morris had 6 points in the pivotal 3rd quarter and finished with 11 on the night.  Larson Meltzer hit a pair...