High school fall sports all hit the field and courts beginning this week, joining middle school sports to make for a full week of action for our area sports teams. Below is a master list of all sports happening this week. Games marked with an asterisk are Thunder Radio broadcasts. Thunder Radio broadcasts can be heard at 107.9 FM, 1320 SM, 106.7 FM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com. Games marked with a double asterisk are online stream only games and can be heard at thunder1320.com/sports-streams DAYDATETIMESCHOOLSPORTOPPONENTLOCATIONMonday8/15/221 p.m.CHSGolfFranklin Co, TullahomaWillowBrookMonday8/15/226 p.m.CMSSoccerWarren CountyAwayMonday8/15/225 p.m.CMSVolleyballHarrisAway*Tuesday8/16/226:30 p.m.CMSFootballTullahomaAwayTuesday8/16/224 p.m.CHSGolfFranklin Co, TullahomaTim’s FordTuesday8/16/226:30 p.m.CHSSoccerLincoln CountyAwayTuesday8/16/225...

Coffee County Central High School volleyball welcomed several middle school teams from across the area to their annual tournament on Saturday at CHS. The Coffee Middle Lady Raider team made out with a third place finish, going 3-2 on the day. The CMS Lady Raiders ended up getting knocked out in the semi-finals by Eagleville, who went on to win the tournament championship. Meanwhile, the CMS Lady Raider JV went 2-2 to take 5th place, falling to eventual champion South Lincoln. The tournament performance comes after the Lady Raiders are fresh off a 2-1 win over Tullahoma on Thursday:...

Big plays in the first half led the way for the Westwood Rockets as they opened the 2022 football season with a 33-6 beating of Cannon County’s Lions in Woodbury. The Rockets took a quick 12-0 lead behind a pair of huge plays early. Quarterback Kaysen Lowery broke loose for an 85-yard touchdown run, followed by a 75-yard interception returned for a touchdown by Keller Hatfield. Lowery connected with Hatfield from 10-yards out to push the lead to 20-0 by the halftime break and the Rockets never looked back, putting the game out of reach in the second half....

Lilly Matherne scored 5 goals for CMS Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022 against Franklin County. Photo by Holly Peterson, Thunder Radio | Thunder The Magazine Coffee Middle soccer fell just short Thursday night. But it certainly wasn’t because of the efforts of Lilly Matherne. The eighth grade striker scored 5 goals for the CMS Lady Raiders, and had a sixth just miss as time expired as the Lady Raider lost to Franklin County 6-5 in a heavy rain storm in Manchester. (THIS GAME WAS BROADCAST LIVE ON THUNDER RADIO AS PART OF THE CAPSTAR BANK HOMETOWN SPORTS SERIES. PUSH HERE...

Coffee County football kicks off in just one week. Now is the time to get your season tickets for the centennial year of Raider football as CHS marks 100 years of football. Coffee County season tickets will include admission to all 5 home games – beginning with the opener on August 19th when Franklin County comes to town. Cost per season ticket is $35. Season tickets go on sale Friday, Aug. 12 at Owen’s Provisions & Apparel at 104 W. Fort St. in downtown Manchester. The Raiders will also be at home against Shelbyville (Sept. 2), Lebanon (Sept. 16),...

Do you have old Central High School Red Raider photos or digital game film or highlights? Thunder Radio needs more content for the 100-years of football celebration that kicks off next Friday, Aug. 19 when the Raiders host Franklin County. The video production team at Thunder Radio will work hard to include as much submitted content in the jumbotron video as possible. Send content to josh.peterson.wmsr@gmail.com Celebrations are planned all season long during Red Raider football games. Make you plans to attend all Red Raider football games (schedule below). If you can’t make it, be sure to tune into...

It appears that the Coffee Middle Football run of CTC dominance is over. After back to back seasons of rolling through conference play, the Raiders started the conference season 0-1 Tuesday night with a 44-7 loss at the hands of Harris Middle in Shelbyville – a game you heard live on Thunder Radio. Coffee Middle trailed 16-0 after the firs quarter and 30-0 by the halftime break. The Raiders finally got on the board in the third quarter on a touchdown run from 8th grade quarterback Jett Trussler, who finished with 52 yards on 7 carries. He was also...

If you can’t get enough high school football coverage, Thunder Radio is the place to be. The Coach Doug Greene Show – Built by Gilley Construction – will return exclusively to Thunder Radio airwaves this fall for the third consecutive year. Hosted by Thunder Radio football color commentator Dustin Murray, the show will broadcast live from 7-8 p.m. every Wednesday night (beginning Aug. 17, 2022) from Prater’s BBQ on Woodbury Highway. Everyone is welcome to attend and talk football with coach Greene and special guest players and coaches every week. Thunder Radio has been your home for Red Raider...