Multiple area prep teams will have their tryouts this week. CMS Baseball Will have tryouts Thursday, Friday and Saturday (June 3-5) from 5-6:30 p.m. each day. Players should be prepared for the field or indoor facility at CMS based on weather. Bring completed physical paperwork. CHS boys basketball Will have tryouts for incoming freshmen June 1-2 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Freshmen must bring a copy of their current...

Kelvin Verge placed 4th in the TSSAA State High Jump on Thursday at Rockvale High School. Coffee County Central Track & Field had four athletes competing in the TSSAA Spring Fling Track Meet on Thursday at Rockvale High School in Rutherford County. Senior Kelvin Verge showed up with his best jumping shoes. Verge set a personal record with 6-feet-4 inches, which was good enough for fourth place in the state and tied a CHS record. Meanwhile, Ethan Welch placed 14th in the pole vault and Travis Martin 12th in Pole Vault. Jacob Rutledge just missed the medal standing by...

Coffee County shortstop Emily Schuster tags our a Farragut baserunner after a perfect throw from catcher Kiya Ferrell Wednesday, May 26, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson After a poor offensive showing, the Coffee County Central Lady Raider softball team still managed to put itself into position to tie or win against Farragut Wednesday afternoon in the TSSAA State Tournament in Murfreesboro. Emily Schuster, Olivia Evans and Kiya Ferrell each earned a walk to load the bases in the bottom of the seventh and Lady Raiders trailing 2-0, but a fly ball by Chesnie Cox that looked...

Overtime is a fickle friend.  After winning two-straight games in extra time to tie their Round One series, the Nashville Predators were back in OT for Game 5, looking for another win after regulation to shift the series in their favor.  Two consecutive playoff wins in overtime for the first time in franchise history did not extend to three, however, as the Carolina Hurricanes scored at 2:03 of the fourth period on Tuesday night.  Yakov Trenin tallied twice for the Predators, but Jordan Staal ended things, as Carolina came back to defeat the Predators at PNC Arena. The result gives...

Lady Raider Keri Munn is all smiles as she heads to first base after blasting a 2-run home run against Collierville Tuesday, May 25, 2021. — Thunder Radio photo by Holly Peterson It isn’t supposed to look easy when you get to the state tournament. But Coffee County sure made it look that way Tuesday. Coffee County Central High School’s Lady Raiders used 11 hits, including a 2-run home run from Keri Munn to beat Collierville’s Dragons 11-0 in the first round of the TSSAA Spring Fling State Tournament Tuesday, May 25 in Murfreesboro – a game you heard...

After being forced to sit out team camps last summer because of COVID-19 pandemic, the Coffee County Central Lady Raider basketball team is chomping to get to work this summer in preparation for the 2021-22 high school basketball season. The CHS Lady Raiders will return all starters with the exception of one – Bella Vinson. The Lady Raiders will welcome a handful of other teams CHS’ Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium next Friday, June 4 for their first summer camp. Below is a schedule for the day: JUNE 4 CCHS SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE MAIN COURT 9AM                      COFFEE CO          VS          ...

Coffee County Central Lady Raider basketball coach Joe Pat Cope has announced that his team will be having a “Camp of Champions” June 7-9 at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. The camp will be held from 8-10:30 a.m. each day and is for boys and girls, ages kindergarten through 8th grade. Kids will be placed in groups by age and skill level and work on basketball fundamentals with Head Coach Joe Pat Cope as well as assistant coaches Matt Vinson, Rece Chumley, Anita Gannon and Amanda Ruehling; as well as current and former players. Campers will work on  dribbling,...