The Westwood Lady Rocket soccer team won their second straight contest on Tuesday night as they defeated Community 3 to 2. In a match you heard here on Thunder Radio, as part of the 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series, the Lady Rockets used 3 unanswered goals in the middle of the game to capture the conference win. Westwood outshot Community 11 to 7 in a match in which they dominated the time of possession.
Community drew first blood in the 22nd minute on a goal by Jemima Ramos. Brittney Hernandez used a brilliant attack from the left wing to chip the tying goal past the Community keeper in the 27th minute. Faith Willoughby added a goal 2 minutes later off an assist from Anna Johnson to give Westwood the 2 to 1 lead at the half.
In the second half, Luz Basurto added the game winner as she pushed a rebound past the keeper off a feed from Diana Ramirez. Community added a goal in the 60th minute but it was not enough to deny the Lady Rockets their 3rd win overall. The Lady Rockets are now 3 and 1 in conference play.
The Lady Rockets are back in action on Thursday when they travel to Sewanee to take on St. Andrew’s. That match is set to kick off at 4:30 PM.
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The Coffee County Central High School soccer team got a hat trick from Caitlyn Moore to race past Lawrence County 6 to 0 on Tuesday night. In a match where Coffee County controlled the time of possession, the Lady Raiders limited the Lady Cats offensive chances all night long. Senior keeper Holli Smithson was only required to make 1 save on the night for the Lady Raiders to record the shutout.
Moore scored her first goal in the 5th minute assisted by Jenna Garretson. Samantha Ellison added an unassisted goal in the 12th minute before Moore got her 2nd goal on another assist from Garretson in the 27th minute. The Lady Raiders got the benefit of a Lawrence County own goal in the 28th minute off a corner kick to take a 4 to 0 lead into the half.
In the 2nd half, Moore scored her 3rd goal on a feed from Eliza Masters in the 55th minute. Allie Amado pushed a rebound past the Lawrence County keeper in the 57th minute to close out the scoring and give the Raiders the big district win. The win lifts Coffee County to 7 and 2 on the year and 2 and 0 in district play. The Raiders will be back at home on Thursday night when they welcome district foe Shelbyville. Kickoff is at 7 PM.

The Coffee County Central High School volleyball team completed the season sweep of Tullahoma on Tuesday night with a 4 set win over the Lady Cats in Tullahoma. The Lady Cats did not go down without a fight as they took the first set 25 to 20 before the Lady Raiders rallied to take the next 3 sets. Coffee County won by set scores of: 20-25, 25-22, 25-16 and 25-17.
Aerial William continued her sterling senior season as she led Coffee County with 6 blocks. Those 6 blocks give her 97 career blocks which makes her the all time blocks record holder for Coffee County. Aerial also added 8 kills and an ace on the night to go with her 6 blocks. Baylee Nester had 8 kills while Kaylee Skipper had 6 kills and led the team in aces with 8. Bailey Morgan led Coffee County in assists with 10 while Tyana Fenton led the Lady Raiders in digs with 8.
They Lady Raiders travel to Murfreesboro on Thursday to take on Middle Tennessee Christian. First serve is set for 6 PM.

It might be by their fingertips, but the Marlins are still clinging to postseason hopes. Christian Yelich knocked a two-run double and Ichiro Suzuki collected two hits, an RBI and a run scored as Miami held off the Braves, 7-5, on Tuesday night at Turner Field.

A night after rallying back from seven down to pull even only to lose, 12-7, the Marlins overcame a two-run deficit in the first inning after Freddie Freeman homered off Jake Esch.

Ichiro’s leadoff triple jump-started a three-run fifth, which put Miami in front to stay. Marcell Ozuna and Justin Bour produced RBI singles in the inning. But Atlanta closed the gap to 6-5 on Nick Markakis’ two-out RBI single in a two-run seventh.
The speed of Miami’s pinch-runner, Yefri Perez, enabled the Marlins to add an insurance run in the eighth. Running for Bour, Perez dashed home on Chris Withrow’s two-out wild pitch.
Freeman’s two-run homer extended his hitting streak to 19 games, and the first baseman reached 30 home runs for the first time in his career. Matt Kemp homered off Esch in the fourth.
A three-run lead nearly slipped away for Miami in the seventh inning, after Atlanta scored twice. Kyle Barraclough had trouble finding the strike zone, inheriting one on and two outs from Mike Dunn, who relieved Austin Brice. Barraclough walked Kemp before Markakis delivered an RBI single. After Tyler Flowers walked, Barraclough retired Jace Peterson on a fielder’s choice grounder, preserving a 6-5 lead. In the fourth inning, it was Justin Nicolino who got out of a bases-full, two-out jam, retiring Ender Inciarte on one pitch, inducing a comebacker.
Bash bros: Freeman quickly ignited the Braves’ offense with his two-run homer in the first inning. The blast, which left his bat at 109 mph and traveled 416 feet according to Statcast™, tied the first baseman with Kemp for the team lead with 30 home runs and gave Atlanta its first pair of batters with 30 or more homers in a season since Andruw Jones and Adam LaRoche in 2006. Kemp quickly regained the lead, however, as he hit a solo shot to lead off the fourth. The homer, which had an exit velocity of 108 mph and went 434 feet, marked the left fielder’s fifth in his past 13 games. During that span, he’s batting .368 (21-for-57) with 13 RBIs.