Kaitlyn Davis of Westwood softball

The Westwood softball team traveled to Huntland on Tuesday for a conference match with the Lady Hornets.  Tied at 4 heading to the 3^rd inning, the Lady Rockets exploded for 10 runs in the 3^rd to power Westwood to an 18 to 5 win.  The win moved the Lady Rockets to 5 and 0 in conference play.

Westwood was led in hitting by Faith Willoughby and Aleayia Barnes who each had 2 hits.  Willoughby hit one of 4 Lady Rocket doubles on the night and Kara Beth Patton had a triple.  Hallie Wimberley had a double and 5 RBI.  Sixth grader Kaitlyn Davis went the distance in the circle allowing 5 hits and striking out 6.

The Lady Rockets return home on Wednesday, weather permitting, as they host Cascade in a conference game.  First pitch is set for 5 PM.

Jayda Wright of CCMS tennis(file photo)

The Coffee County Middle School tennis teams traveled to Tullahoma on Tuesday to take on their Wildcat rivals.  In a match played at Lakewood Country Club, the Raiders and Lady Raiders captured a pair of match wins.

The Lady Raiders kept their perfect record alive with their second match win of the year 4 to 0.  Sydney Bell, Jayda Wright and Anna Amado all won in singles play.  The doubles team of Lucy Riddle and Wren Lawson picked up a win in doubles play.

The Red Raiders improved to 2 and 0 as well, dropping the Wildcats 5 to 2.  Luke Irwin, Landen Booth, Tyler Rigney and Loren Hansen all won in singles play.  The doubles team of Booth and Hansen got a win in their doubles match.

The CCMS netters return to the court on Thursday when they travel to Sewanee to take on St. Andrews.  That match gets underway at 4 PM.

Skylar Bratcher of Westwood baseball

The Westwood baseball team hosted Fayetteville on Tuesday for a double header at Fred Deadman Park.  The Rockets split the conference doubleheader with the visiting Tigers.  Fayetteville captured the first game 7 to 0 while Westwood rebounded to win the second game 2 to 1.

In game #1, Westwood was held to two hits in the shutout loss.  Trenton Thompson and Nick Bogle each had a single for the Rockets.  Wyatt Nugent drew a walk to account for Westwood’s only other base runner.

In game #2, the Rockets got a pair of runs from Skylar Bratcher to salvage the doubleheader split.  Wyatt Nugent shut down the Fayetteville offense through 4 innings before allowing a run in the 4^th.  Thompson came on in relief for Westwood.  Bratcher finished with 2 hits and a walk while Nugent had a single and a double for the Rockets.  Westwood finished the game with 8 hits to even their record at 5 and 5 on the season.

Westwood returns to the diamond on Thursday when they play host to Forrest at Looney Riddle Field.  That game will get underway at 6:30 PM.

Hayden Hullett of CCMS Baseball

The Red Raider baseball team of Coffee County Middle School traveled to Fayetteville on Tuesday to tangle with Lincoln County in a non-conference game.  The Red Raiders rallied from an 8 to 1 deficit entering the 4^th inning to cut the deficit to 3 entering the bottom of the 5th.  The Falcons tacked on a pair of runs in the 5^th and 1 in the 6^th to grab the 11 to 8 win.

Coffee County was held to 7 hits on the night led by Hayden Hullett who had 2 singles. Marshall Haney had a double, 2 RBI and was hit by a pitch.  Lane Spry walked twice and reached on a pair of errors while scoring 3 runs.

Coffee County is off until Monday when they play host to Westwood.  First pitch is set for 4:30 PM at CCMS.

The Coffee County Middle School and Westwood Middle School golf teams opened up their 2017 season on Tuesday in Shelbyville taking on Liberty and Harris in a pair of matches featuring a new format this season.  Each team will match up in 2 person teams playing 9 holes.  Each 3 holes of the 9 hole match is contested as a single point or “flag”.  The team that wins the majority of the holes in each 3 hole subset, claims a point.  Should the 2 teams tie for the 3 holes, then each team is awarded half a flag.  .

Westwood squared off against Harris and dropped a 9½ to 2½ decision.  The team of Christopher Robinson and Gavin Prater captured a half point.  The team of Elizabeth Brown and Brayden Gray captured ½ point and the team of Macie Lawrence and Lara Bell captured 1½ points.

Coffee County dropped an 11 to 1 decision to Liberty.  The team of Logan Hale and Keegan Grubbs captured a half point while the team of Olivia Lewis and Natalie Shawl captured another ½ point.

Westwood and Coffee County will return to the links on Monday when they play host to Liberty and Harris at Willowbrook.  That match will tee off at 4 PM.

Thomas Hickey scored 1:25 into overtime, and the New York Islanders beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 Tuesday night to preserve their thin playoff hopes for at least another game.

Brock Nelson also scored for the Islanders, and goalie Jaroslav Halak made 22 saves as they won their third straight in chasing the Eastern Conference’s second wild card.

The Islanders came in with captain John Tavares missing his second straight game with a lower-body injury. They outshot Nashville 32-23 to ruin the Predators’ regular season home finale.

Mike Fisher scored a goal for Nashville, which lost four of its last five.

With the win, the Islanders moved within five points of Toronto for the second wild card after both Boston and Ottawa won earlier Tuesday night to move up the Atlantic Division standings.

Nashville picked up a point to tie Calgary for the first wild card in the West.  The Predators travel to Dallas on Thursday for a 7:30 game with the Stars.  Thunder Radio will bring you that broadcast on the Fifth Third Bank/Nashville Predators Radio Network immediately following Coffee County softball.