Click here for Pete Weber’s Post Game Report Pekka Rinne made 22 saves to lead the unbeaten Nashville Predators to a 3-1 victory against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Tuesday. Predators defenseman Roman Josi scored twice, a power-play goal midway through the first period and a shorthanded, empty-net goal with 2:39 left in the third. Eric Nystrom also scored into an empty net after the Devils had pulled within 2-1 with 1:40 remaining in the third when Kyle Palmieri scored on a power-play deflection with goalie Keith Kinkaid pulled for an extra attacker. “I was just...

The Westwood Rockets and Lady Rockets basketball teams open their season on the road tonight as they travel to Unionville. Both the Westwood teams return key players from last season as they open their season against another pair of Duck River Valley Conference preseason favorites in Community. The girls’ game is set to tip at 6 PM with the boys’ game to follow. Thunder Radio will once again keep you updated on all Westwood sports as we will bring you the highlights on tomorrow’s sportscast. Westwood will host Cascade on Thursday night in the home opener at Joel Vinson...

A pair of goals by Caitlyn Moore lifted the Coffee County Lady Raider soccer team to a 2 to 1 win over Franklin County on Saturday night in the first round of the District 8AAA tournament.  A layoff of 16 days only seemed to help Coffee County as the Lady Raiders opened the match with incredible offensive pressure.  Coffee County got their first goal in the 4th minute after forcing Franklin County to surrender a corner kick.  Allie Amado’s corner kick was punched back to her feet, allowing her to feed a beautiful pass to the front of the...

A 4th quarter comeback came up just short on Saturday as the Coffee County Middle School football team fell to Harris 26 to 22 in the CTC Conference semifinals.   A pair of first half turnovers, along with a controversial offensive pass interference call, put the Raiders in a 24 to 6 halftime hole.   A 3rd quarter sack of Blanton Brown in the end zone gave Harris a safety and a 26 to 6 lead as the teams entered the 4th quarter.  From there, Coffee County owned the 4th quarter scoring 2 touchdowns, the first on a 6 yard run...

The Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team earned their 4th straight region tournament appearance, and the 5th in 10 years, on Thursday night in the District 8AAA volleyball tournament held in Winchester. After winning the first 2 sets against Lincoln County 15 and 18 in the semifinals, the Lady Falcons stormed back to tie the match as they won the next 2 sets 18 and 16 to set up a decisive 5th set. The Lady Raiders raced out to an early lead in the 15 point 5th set and claimed a 15 to 12 set win to advance to...

A pair of Westwood Rocket football players were named to the All-Conference team for 2015 in the Duck River Valley Conference following Thursday night’s conference finals match up between Forrest and Liberty.  8th graders Jacob Floyd and Collin Ward represented Westwood on the All-Conference team.  Forrest beat Liberty 24-14 to win the DRVC...

The Nashville Predators were happy with their first 20 minutes of the new season. Luckily, they have goalie Pekka Rinne to cover any slack when they ease up a bit too much. Craig Smith had a power-play goal as the Predators scored twice in the first period Thursday night and held off the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 in the season opener for both. “We played great hockey in the first, but we let off the gas for sure, and we knew they weren’t going to give up,” said Nashville defenseman Seth Jones. “We let off the gas, and Pek made...