Coffee County’s Lady Raider basketball team will host a 4-person scramble at 1 p.m. Saturday at WillowBrook Golf Course. Fee is $400 per team, which includes tournament entry for 4 players, lunch at Boskeys, Cart Fees, Dinner at Praters BBQ after teh tournament and a player goody bag. Lunch will begin at noon with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. There will be a live auction, awards and dinner at Praters beginning at 7 p.m. Tournament will split into two flights. Prizes will be awarded as follows: First Flight: 1st place $600, 2nd place $400 Second flight: 1st place...

Coffee County Central’s Lady Raiders went 4-1 in summer camp play in Manchester Monday and Tuesday, with the lone loss coming by one point to state power Bradley Central. Coffee County picked up 18 points from Chloe Gannon in the post and 9 from incoming freshman Olivia Vinson to smash Franklin 45-18. Gannon added 12 to go with 11 from upcoming junior guard Alivia Reel to beat Huntland 46-23. Gannon got into double figures yet again, piling up 21 points in a 58-17 win over district foe Shelbyville. Kiya Ferrell pitched in 8 during that win and Channah Gannon...

Coffee County’s Lady Raider basketball team has gone from having to replace one starter from last year’s team to having to replace two – at least for a little while. Upcoming junior Jalie Ruehling, a two-year starter and a mainstay at point guard for the CHS Lady Raider basketball team, tore her ACL during summer workouts for the Lady Raiders. Ruehling confirmed the diagnosis to Thunder Radio on Tuesday. Head coach Joe Pat Cope is hopeful that Ruehling will be able to return at some point during the upcoming 2021-2022 basketball season. Coffee County lost one starter from last...

Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy on Monday, as announced during the 2021 NHL Awards presented by Bridgestone. It is Rinne’s first career King Clancy victory, which is presented to the “player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community.” Rinne, who was named a finalist alongside New Jersey’s P.K. Subban and San Jose’s Kurtis Gabriel, was chosen for the award by a committee of senior NHL executives led by Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly. By winning, the NHL made a...

Coffee County Lady Raiders Justus Turner and Keri Munn, who graduated in May, will participate in the Tennessee Softball Coaches Association All-Star games on Thursday at Riverdale High School. The schedule is as follows: Middle Tennessee will play East Tennessee at 10 a.m., West Tennessee Will play East Tennessee at 12:30 p.m., Middle vs. West at 3 p.m. Admission charge of $5 and children six and under are free. Turner was a key cog in the Lady Raider softball offense this spring – hitting .379 with 7 home runs and 9 doubles. Munn was 27-4 in the circle and...

The Coffee County Central Lady Raider basketball team hosted dozens of campers last week for coach Joe Pat Cope’s Camp of Champions. The campers were invited back to the gym on Monday to watch the Lady Raiders play Franklin in a summer-camp game and pose for a picture with the Lady Raiders afterward. Campers who were able to make it back and hang around were treated to a Lady Raider blowout win. Campers from coach Cope’s Camp of Champions pose with the Lady Raiders for a photo Monday, June 14,...

Coffee County Central High School has two new athletic directors. Longtime teachers and coaches Brad Costello and Brandon McWhorter have been named co-athletic directors for CHS. They replace Rebecca Koger. “Coffee County Central High School is pleased to announce its new athletic administration to the community.  Brad Costello and Brandon Mcwhorter will be transitioning into the positions of Co-Athletic Director over the coming weeks,” Coffee County Principal Paul Parsley said in a statement. “Coach Costelllo is finishing his sixteenth year at CCCHS, and he will continue to teach math and coach golf, in addition to his athletic administration responsibilities.  Coach...

Coming off a 21-win season in 2021, the Coffee County Central High School baseball program will hold tryouts on Monday and Tuesday, June 14 and 15. Tryouts will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. both days. Incoming freshman will tryout on Monday, June 14, with incoming sophomores through seniors on Tuesday, June...