A full house, and a Thunder Radio listening audience, were treated to a Westwood sweep on Thursday night as the Rockets and Lady Rockets tamed the Tigers of Fayetteville Middle. The Lady Rockets scored the first 10 points of the game on their way to a 44 to 10 win on Teddy Bear Toss Night. The win lifts the Lady Rockets season record to 14 and 2 on the year. Westwood built a 41 to 8 lead after 3 periods of play as Coach Angela Houck was able to rest her starters for most of the 2nd half. Despite...

It was a tale of 2 periods for the Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball team at home on Thursday night as they eased past Harris 36 to 31. After racing out to an 18 to 0 lead after the first period, the Lady Raiders saw the Lady Eagles outscore Coffee County 17 to 3 in the 2nd quarter to set up an exciting second half. The Lady Raiders were able to hit 9 of 17 free throws in the 2nd half to stay unbeaten after the hard fought win. Julia Duncan was the leading scorer for Coffee...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Preds-Report-12-04-15.mp3 Goaltender Roberto Luongo made 32 saves to help the Florida Panthers defeat the Nashville Predators 2-1 at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday. The Panthers (12-9-4) have won four consecutive games, including three straight on the road, where they are 6-4-2. “You want to get on a bit of a roll and get some points,” Luongo said. “I think, especially this road trip, we’ve had some tough tests and we’ve played some good hockey as a team. We’ve won some gritty road games. That’s the type of hockey when we play here, and that’s the way...

The Westwood Rockets and Lady Rockets return to Duck River Valley Conference play on Thursday night as Fayetteville visits the Joel Vinson Gym. The night will feature the annual Teddy Bear Toss where new stuffed animals will be donated to the Manchester Fire and Police Departments. Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast of that game and the festivities. The Lady Rockets of Westwood clinched the regular season conference title with their Monday night win with a conference record of 13 and 2. The Lady Rockets will be the #1 seed in the conference tournament that begins on December...

A loud and passionate crowd at the Joe Frank Patch Gym saw the Lady Raiders and Raiders of Coffee County get a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday in high school basketball over Grundy County. The Lady Raiders raced out to a 12 point halftime lead before dispatching the Lady Jackets 69 to 50. The two teams combined for 50 free throw attempts on the night as the whistle became the theme music for the evening. Despite the numerous foul calls, Coffee County dominated the play in the paint as the Williams sisters combined for 29 points. Alliyah Williams led the...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Preds-Report-12-02-15.mp3 Filip Forsberg scored twice and added an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a come-from-behind 5-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night. Calle Jarnkrok, Mike Ribeiro, and James Neal also scored for Nashville, who stopped a two-game losing streak. Shea Weber had three assists. Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Kyle Chipchura had the goals for Arizona, who saw their three-game winning streak end. Nashville lost center Mike Fisher at 7:56 of the second period to a lower-body injury. In the Arizona zone, Martin Hanzal checked Fisher into the left boards. Fisher left the...

Fighting through foul trouble and missed shots, the Coffee County Lady Raiders gutted out a 60 to 53 win over Fayetteville on the road on Monday night. After trailing early, Coffee County scored the last 10 points of the 1st quarter to take a 6 point lead into the 2nd period. Fouls forced coach Herb Horton to get deep into his bench in the 2nd half and prevented the Lady Raiders from getting into an offensive flow for much of the 2nd half. The saving grace for the Lady Raiders was the dominant play of Aerial Williams in the...

The Westwood Rockets and Lady Rockets returned to Duck River Valley Conference play on Monday night with a sweep at Huntland. In the boys’ game, the Rockets fought and clawed their way to an 11 point halftime lead on their way to a 41 to 20 win over the Hornets. Jake Hollandsworth led the Rockets in scoring with 11 points and Roderic Brinkley chipped in 8 points for Westwood. Playing without Shawn Anderson, who will miss the remainder of the season due to a knee injury, the Rockets also got strong contributions from several 6th graders in the convincing...