Walk-off wins in baseball are a thing of beauty if you are the winning team.  The Coffee County CHS JV baseball team got not 1, but 2 walk-off wins over visiting Wilson Central to sweep Saturday’s doubleheader at Powers Field.  In game 1 of the doubleheader, Noah Anderson laced a double to complete a 6 run Raider comeback and power Coffee County to a 10 to 9 win.   Not to be outdone, the Raiders got an RBI single in game #2 from Cade Giles that scored Bradley King and lift the Raiders to a 6 to 5 win.  The...

Softball is a tournament sport and Coffee County Middle School softball coach Lana Creek knows that competing in tough in-season tournaments will help her team in the CTC Conference tournament coming up later this month.  With that in mind, the Lady Raiders took their 4 and 1 record to Murfreesboro on Saturday to compete in the Spring Thaw tournament hosted by Oakland and Siegel.  The Lady Raiders dropped three contests on the day as they were playing their first games since March 19th.  The Raiders opened the day with a 9 to 8 loss to Rockvale in the closest...

Senior pitcher Daniel Gassman stymied the Warren County lineup leading the Coffee County Red Raiders to a 5 to 2 win over the Pioneers on Friday afternoon in McMinnville.  Gassman held the Pioneers to 2 hits on the game as he struck out 6.  For Coffee County, six singles in the 2nd inning led to 4 runs and that was all that Gassman needed as he retired the last 13 batters he faced including striking out the side in the 5th inning.  Leading the offensive attack for Coffee County was Noah Anderson who had an RBI single in the...

Coffee County’s Lady Raiders moved to 11-1 on the season with a 6-0 win over Tullahoma on Thursday. Brianna Jones struck out 13 hitters to help Coffee County improve to 6-0 in District 8-AAA play. At the plate Jones had a double and 2 runs knocked in. Senior Centerfielder Brittany Williams has a nice night as she had 2 hits, scored twice and had an RBI. Williams was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game. Download Thunder Radio’s broadcast The Lady Raiders are back in action on Monday when they make the long trip to...

  The Coffee County Middle School Raiders battled a talented Tullahoma team on the road on Thursday night before falling by a final score of 7 to 2.  Trailing 3 to 0 at the half, Josh Perry banged home a corner kick from Briggs Haithcock in the 39th minute before Tullahoma answered back with a goal of their own.  Anakin Dilliha added the second Raider goal in the 42nd minute.  The loss evened the Raider record at 2 and 2 on the season and 1 and 2 in conference play.  Coffee County Middle returns home on Monday for a...

In high school baseball on Wednesday night Tullahoma hosted Coffee County. Coming off a win over the Wildcats the night before the Raiders were hoping for a series sweep. Things did not go as planned as Tullahoma score 1 run in the 1st inning and added 4 in the 2nd plus 1 more in the 5th for a 6-0 win over Coffee County. The Raiders could only manage 4 hits on the night. Noah Anderson was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center player of the game. Download Thunder Radio’s broadcast Coffee County is back in action on Friday...

There were mixed results in middle school baseball action on Wednesday night as both Coffee County Middle and Westwood Middle hosted home games.  Westwood continues to be plagued with inexperience and injuries as they dropped a 24 to 0 decision to Cornersville.  Marcus Pendleton, Byron Sullivan, Dalton Maccanone and Nick Smith all rapped out singles for the Rockets.  Westwood travels to Shelbyville on Monday to take on Liberty.  First pitch is set for 5:00 PM.   The Red Raiders of Coffee County Middle used a 5 run 4th inning on their way to a 10 to 1 win over...