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Westwood Soccer Opens Conference Tournament with Shut Out Win
Faith Willoughby
The Westwood soccer team opened play in the Central Tennessee Soccer Conference tournament on Tuesday night with a 3 to 0 win over Fayetteville at Dyer-Bouldin Field. With the win the Lady Rockets advance to Friday’s tournament semifinals.
Faith Willoughby opened the scoring for Westwood in the 27th minute with a goal to allow the Lady Rockets to go into the half ahead 1 to nothing. In the 2nd half, Diana Ramirez scored in the 44th minute to give Westwood some breathing room before Willoughby notched her second goal in the 54th minute to close out the scoring. Westwood keeper Alanna Coker had 6 saves on the night.
With the win, the Lady Rockets advance to Friday’s semifinals at Huntland. Friday’s match will take place at 5 PM as the Lady Rockets take on St. Andrews-Sewanee. A win on Friday would place the Lady Rockets in the conference finals on Saturday. The finals will also be held at Huntland.
CCMS Football Gets Win on 8th Grade Night
CCMS running back Marshall Haney(#12 in red) (Photo by John StClair – www.JohnStClairPhoto.com
The Coffee County Middle School football team ended their season on a high note with a 30 to 26 win over White County on Tuesday night at Carden-Jarrell Field. The win also secured a win on 8th grade night as the Red Raiders closed out the season winning 2 of their last 3 games. Marshall Haney had 2 rushing touchdowns, 1 passing touchdown and three 2 point conversions to lead the Red Raiders.
After a scoreless 1st quarter, Haney scored from 10 yards out and added the PAT to give the Raiders an early 8 to 0 lead. After a White County score and missed PAT, Kyle Farless caught a 58 yard touchdown pass from Haney and Haney added the 2 point conversion. A late White County touchdown cut the margin to 16 to 12 at the half. In the 2nd half, Haney rushed for a 2 yard touchdown but the PAT was no good and Coffee County led 22 to 12 with 9 minutes remaining. A pair of White County touchdowns gave the visitors from Sparta a 26 to 22 lead with 7:14 left. But a resilient Coffee County team scored the winning touchdown on a 53 yard touchdown pass on 4th and 11 as Conner Shemwell hit Farless for the winning score. Haney added the 2 point conversion to put the Raiders on top for good with 5:45 remaining. The defense made the stops they needed in the final 5 minutes to earn the win and close out the season on a winning note.
Braves Rally From Down 6 to Defeat Phillies
Long after Julio Teheran’s struggles began with Ryan Howard’s first-inning grand slam, the Braves battled back from a six-run deficit for a 7-6 win over the Phillies on Tuesday night at a rain-soaked Turner Field.
Tyler Flowers delivered a double during the decisive eighth inning that was capped when Mallex Smith and Emilio Bonifacio recorded consecutive two-out singles off David Hernandez. Flowers also capped Atlanta’s four-run sixth inning with three-run homer that traveled a projected 417 feet with a 107 mph exit velocity via Statcast™.
“I’m just happy to be here and find a way to contribute,” said Smith, who had two hits while making his first start since fracturing his thumb on June 19. “I can’t say that any more genuinely than I did right there.”
Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff retired each of the first 11 hitters he faced before Freddie Freeman extended his hitting streak to 29 games with a two-out homer in the seventh inning. Eickhoff and Teheran, who allowed six earned runs and 10 hits in just four innings, did not return after a 1-hour, 53-minute rain delay, which began before the start of the fifth inning.
“That was tough getting down 6-0, but I think the rain delay kind of helped,” Freeman said. “We got regrouped, came out and swung the bats well. It was kind of nice to help Julio out. We haven’t been helping him out all year. It was nice to bail him out.”
Roman Quinn highlighted his three-hit night with a double during a two-run second inning that gave the Phillies a 6-0 lead. But after Teheran exited, the Braves notched their eighth win in their past nine games courtesy of a bullpen that delivered five scoreless innings.
Howard’s grand slam was the 15th of his career, which moved him into a tie with Ken Griffey Jr. and Richie Sexson for 13th place on the all-time list. The home run also moved Howard into a tie with Albert Belle for 69th place on the all-time home run list. Both sluggers hit 381 home runs.
“I savor every home run, period,” said Howard, who said he is not getting wistful thinking about his potential final week with the Phillies. “You guys are looking at it the way you guys are looking at it. I just really stay in the moment. I don’t really try to focus on any of that stuff.”
Freeman’s 29-game hitting streak ties him with Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. for the longest produced in the Majors this season. The Braves first baseman would have a chance to match Dan Uggla’s Atlanta record 33-game hitting streak on Saturday. His solo shot off the previously perfect Eickhoff also extended his on-base streak to 45 games, which is also MLB’s longest active streak. More »
The Phillies’ bullpen has an 8.03 ERA (69 earned runs in 77 ⅓ innings) this month, which included six runs in five innings against the Braves. Severino Gonzalez and Luis Garcia allowed four runs in the sixth to make it a one-run game, and Joely Rodriguez and Hernandez allowed two runs in the eighth to give the Braves the lead. Edubray Ramos was unavailable because of a right elbow issue. Phillies manager Pete Mackanin planned to bring in Hector Neris to close in the ninth.
“But, at some point, somebody else has to do a … job,” Mackanin said. “Somebody else has to … step up. In two games now, every reliever I brought in has given up a … run. That’s unheard of.”
Dansby Swanson struck out with the bases loaded before Smith and Bonifacio delivered their clutch singles in the eighth inning. But Swanson also played a significant role in this victory when he dove into the left-field grass to stop Cesar Hernandez’s single and prevent Aaron Altherr from scoring from second base.
“That’s a huge play,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “It was like the kid never stopped trying to catch the ball.”
Atlanta will send Mike Foltynewicz to the mound when this three-game series resumes on Wednesday night. Foltynewicz will be making his first appearance since being hit on the left calf by Marcell Ozuna’s line drive on Sept. 12. First pitch is scheduled for 6:10 p.m. CT and Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast immediately following the Ryan Sulkowski Show tonight.
Preds Split Preseason Doubleheader With Panthers
The Nashville Predators went 1-for-2 in their first preseason action, as they travelled to South Florida on Tuesday, falling 4-1 in their first outing with the Florida Panthers before finishing the night with a 2-1 victory over the same opponent.
More important than the score, the six periods of hockey in one day afforded the opportunity for the coaching staff and management to see almost every player in camp in a game situation, a benefit when it comes to evaluating the talent pool.
There were high and low points, but that’s to be expected in the first games, as Head Coach Peter Laviolette explained.
“I thought the power play did well, we generated a lot of shots, lot of opportunities, and defensively I thought we were pretty tight,” Laviolette said. “We made some mistakes at the start of the third in game one, that cost us three goals, and we turned the puck over a little bit too much, especially in the second game here in the second period. We controlled it so well in the first, and even in the third, we did a good job of just making smart plays and good decisions, but in the second it got real sloppy for us. But overall for a first day, guys were probably a little bit nervous out there, and I thought it was pretty good.”
With the exception of the first five minutes of the third period in game one, the Preds were even with Florida, but three goals against to open the final frame put Nashville in a hole. It’s experiences like that, defenseman Yannick Weber said, that will be used as teaching points before the games count in the standings.
“You just have to be ready,” Weber said. “We had a little let down there in the third and that just can’t happen. Those are things we can learn for the season coming up; you always have to be ready, you can’t let loose and then be soft all of a sudden or you’ll pay for it.”
There were also bright spots for the Preds in the afternoon slot; goaltender Marek Mazanec stopped 15 of 16 shots he faced through two periods before Jonas Gunnarsson entered in the third, and Nashville was perfect on the penalty kill. The line of James Neal, Calle Jarnkrok and Kevin Fiala provided the club’s only goal and combined for 13 shots. It was Weber who found Neal streaking to the net, and Neal deflected the pass underneath the pads of Sam Brittain.
Weber skated with Matt Carle on the team’s top defensive pair, logging more than 24 and 26 minutes of ice team, respectively.
“It’s those kind of games that you learn from, you get your rhythm from,” Weber said. “We created a lot of chances, we had a lot of shots, but you never want to lose like that.”
The second contest of the day went in Nashville’s favor, thanks to two markers in the opening period.
Anthony Bitetto’s point shot on the power play was tipped in front by Miikka Salomaki and past Roberto Luongo to give Nashville their first lead of the trip. Minutes later, it was Bitetto again, this time finding Pontus Aberg all alone in the slot, and Aberg snapped a shot into the twine for a 2-0 lead.
That was enough for goaltenders Juuse Saros and Mark Visentin to combine to allow just one goal on the evening to the Panthers, sealing the victory and giving the Preds a split at the BB&T Center.
“Overall, for a first preseason game, I was impressed with our structure the way all of us came together for the first time playing with each other,” center Ryan Johansen said. “At both ends of the ice, we made a lot of good decisions with the puck. We got away from it a bit there in the second, but got back to it in the third again, and I like the way we played a north-south game and kept the puck moving forward and played hard.”
The Preds are back on the ice on Wednesday at Centennial Sportsplex as training camp continues, and goaltender Pekka Rinne is expected to join his teammates for the first time this season after returning from the World Cup of Hockey.
Nashville then travels to Columbus on Thursday night before returning home to host Tampa Bay on Saturday at Bridgestone Arena in conjunction with the annual Skate of the Union address.
9/27/16 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Bailyn Lowe, 9 — Pizza Winner!
Angel Wildman, 14
Ashley Mason
Viki Blondin, 61
Jimmy Bruce Cardwell II, 33
Lindsey Patel, 32
Michael Sparkman
Kay Duncan
TennCare Fraud Charges filed against Manchester Man
Harold Grant Lovelace… Photo provided
Man Charged with Assault and more after trying to Evade
Timothy Scott Solomon… Photo provided by the CCSD
Solomon was charged with; Resisting stop, halt, frisk, arrest or search, evading arrest, unlawful drug paraphernalia uses and activities, 2 counts of assault, and reckless endangerment. Bond was set at $60,500 and he’ll be in Coffee County Court on October 3, 2016.
Tourist Expenditures Help Coffee County Citizens Save Money
In a news release received from the Manchester Tourism and Community Development Commission, According to the State of Tennessee’s Department of Tourist Development 2015 Economic Impact Study, Coffee County Residents saved over $361 per household in tax obligations thanks to Tourist Expenditures in 2015. That number was up from over $333 in the 2014 report according to the State of Tennessee.
The County Impact Report was released by the State at last week’s Governor’s Conference on Tourism and Hospitality.
Coffee County also moved up from a 22nd ranking to 21st in statewide tourism impact and ranked seventh in three of the five growth metrics of the report and sixth in the two others.
Woman Arrested on Several Charges in Tullahoma
Billie Jo Funk… Photo provided by the CCSD
Upon searching the vehicle the arrest warrant says that Tullahoma officers allegedly found several Xanax pills, 26 grams of Ice, and 20 grams of Marijuana. Funk also allegedly had several glass pipes plus police found in the car a 9mm fully loaded handgun.
Funk was charged with 3 counts of Manufacturing/delivering/selling/possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia uses and activities and illegal possession of a weapon.
Her bond was set at $82,500 and she is set to appear in court Nov. 10, 2016.
Report on Tennessee Accidental Gunshot Deaths was Wrong
A publicized report that Tennessee had 105 accidental gunshot deaths during 2014-more than any state in the nation-was wrong. There were actually just five such fatalities, according to the state Department of Health. The Safe Tennessee Project initially reported the 105 fatalities earlier this month, saying the surprisingly high figure had been verified at the time by both the federal Center for Disease Control and the Department of Health.