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Karson Young and Sarah Pearson Conclude Spring Fling Track on Thursday
Karson Young lands her 5th place jump of 17′ 6.5″ on Thursday at the TSSAA state track meet at MTSU
Setting personal bests in 2 events lifted Coffee County’s Karson Young to the medal stand twice on Thursday at the TSSAA Spring Fling State Track Meet at MTSU. Young beat her personal record 4 times in placing 5th in the long jump in the morning session. Young, who predicted a jump of 17’ 6” before the event, soared to a 17’6.5” jump in her second attempt of the preliminary round. That jump was good enough to advance her to the finals. Entering the day with a personal best of 16’ 10” in the long jump, Young had jumps of 17’ 3”, 17’5” and 17’1.75” to go with her medal winning jump of 17’6”.
Immediately after receiving her medal for the long jump, Young was back to the sand to compete in the triple jump. Young failed to meet her qualifying jump from the sectional of 34’ 10” which is her personal record. Young had jumps of 33’ 7.25’, 33’ 8.75” and 34’ 1.75’ to finish in 13th place.
In the evening session, Young ran a time 15.93 in the 100M hurdles to win her heat and take home an 8th place medal. Young beat her previous personal record of 16:12 in her clean run. Young, a junior, was making her 2nd appearance at the Spring Fling after missing last year due to illness. “We have always known that Karson has had a great deal of talent and today she rose to the occasion” said Coach Stan Jarrell after the race. “I feel like Coach Bonham was here helping her along today” added Jarrell. Former assistant coach Phil Bonham specialized in training Raider thinclads in the hurdles prior to his passing this past February.
We talked to Karson after the race and this is what she had to say:
Sarah Pearson clears 4’10” in the high jump on Thursday at the TSSAA state track meet at MTSU
Sarah Pearson opened her day in the noon heat at the high jump pit. Pearson who qualified at 4’10” in last week’s sectional, scratched out at 5” to finish in 11th place. Pearson cleared 4’8” in her first jump and 4’10” in her 2nd attempt. “I am happy with (4’ 10”) but I always strive for 5 feet” said Pearson following the high jump as she came up short of the medal stand.
In the 100M hurdles, Pearson was paired up with Young as the 2 Coffee County teammates started one lane apart. Pearson clipped a couple of hurdles early in the race to finish with a time of 17.05 which was good enough for 14th place.
Pearson ended her day with the 300M hurdle race as her time of 49.5 seconds was nearly a full second above the sophomore’s previous personal record. “I knew going in that I was not near the top(among qualifying times). I was really pushing for a PR(personal record) and I’m kind of upset about it” said a dejected Pearson. Her time in the 300M was good enough for a 13th place finish in the event. “I am happy I got to come and compete today and I am glad I got to come even though I did not medal” added Pearson
Brewers Complete Sweep of Braves on Thursday
Ryan Braun and Jonathan Villar homered as the Brewers added to the Braves’ home woes and completed their first three-game series sweep of the season with Thursday night’s 6-2 win at Turner Field.
Brewers starting pitcher Wily Peralta surrendered two runs over 5 2/3 innings and improved his meager career batting average with a game-tying, two-run single in the fourth off Matt Wisler, who also surrendered Braun’s go-ahead home run in the fifth inning. Milwaukee won three consecutive games only one previous time this year.
“After that homer in the first inning, I was able to settle down and fight,” said Peralta. “It gave me a chance to get a win.”
Tyler Flowers’ two-run home run in the first inning accounted for the only support provided to Wisler, who allowed three earned runs over six innings. The Braves stranded 27 runners and went 1-for-23 with runners in scoring position, while totaling five runs during this three-game series that left them 2-20 at home.
“It’s just one of those things where you just keep grinding, keep working and show up tomorrow and hopefully that’s the day it turns,” Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said.
Brewers leadoff hitter Villar was a thorn in the side of the Braves all series long. Villar batted .417 in the three games (5-for-12) and the later it got in the game, the better he played. The shortstop manufactured the game-winning run in the eighth inning Tuesday night, drove in the winner in the 13th on Wednesday, then on Thursday, blasted his second home run of the year in the seventh, which served as a key insurance run, and scored on the back end of Hernan Perez’s two-run pinch-hit triple that put the game away.
The Braves have batted .075 (4-for-53) with runners in scoring position over their past seven games. They stranded two runners during three of Wednesday’s first five innings and continued this trend Thursday when they were unable to take advantage of either of Jeff Francoeur’s doubles off Peralta. After Francoeur’s second double put runners at second and third with one out in the sixth, Reid Brignac struck out and Nick Markakis lined out to center field.
“We definitely can’t afford to not score on a leadoff double or something like that,” Flowers said. “Usually, when we get something like that rolling, then the offense starts rolling and those things don’t stand out as much.”
So much for playing the percentages. In the fourth-inning, up, 2-0, Atlanta intentionally walked eighth hitter Martin Maldonado to load the bases and face Peralta. But Milwaukee’s starter foiled the strategy, lining Wisler’s 1-1 slider back to center field for a game-tying, two-run single. Peralta had gone hitless in his previous 15 at-bats this season and carried a .074 career batting average (12-for-162) into the game.
Braves leadoff hitter Ender Inciarte did not score a run during the final two games of this series, despite reaching safely in six of 11 plate appearances. He capped his two-hit performance in the series finale with a seventh-inning single that went unrewarded when Freddie Freeman struck out and Kelly Johnson grounded out with two outs and the bases loaded. Freeman has one hit in his past 26 at-bats with runners in scoring position.
Williams Perez will take the mound when the Braves open a three-game series against the Marlins at Turner Field on Friday at 6:35 p.m. CT. Perez has produced two strong starts against the Phillies and one shaky outing against the Pirates since returning from Triple-A Gwinnett. Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast as a part of the Braves Radio Network beginning at 6:20 PM
Sounds Rout 51’s With Season-High 19 Hits
The Nashville Sounds piled on the hits racking up a season-high 19 hits in a 13-2 rout of the Las Vegas 51’s field Thursday night at Cashman Field.
Two early solo home runs from Max Muncy and Ryon Healy sparked the bats for the Sounds in Sin City.
Muncy, the second batter of the game, wasted no time putting the Sounds on the board early with a solo home run to right field and the Sounds lead 1-0.
Healy then added another solo shot on a lead-off home run in the second inning to double the Sounds lead to 2-0. The home run was Healy’s first as a Sound and his ninth of the season.
Joey Wendle added another run when he tripled to center in the third to score Chad Pinder from first to put the Sounds up 3-0 after three.
Las Vegas would get on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning when 51’s catcher Johnny Monell to make the score 3-1 Sounds.
After two singles early in the fifth inning by Renato Nunez and Healy, the Sounds recorded three consecutive run scoring doubles to increase the Sounds lead to 7-1. Matt Olson, Chad Pinder, and Joey Wendle recorded back-to-back-to-back run scoring doubles to increase the Sounds lead to 7-1.
The 51’s scored another run in the top of the sixth inning to narrow the gap to five. Monell tripled to left field to lead off the inning for Las Vegas. Travis Taijeron then singled to left field to score Monell but was thrown out trying to stretch the single into a double and the 51’s trailed 7-2.
The Sounds added to their new season-high 19 hits with seven of them coming in the seventh inning. The Sounds scored five runs in the frame and batted around the order to put the Sounds up 12-2.
Sounds starter Chris Smith left after six innings of work allowing just two runs on four hits. The right-hander struck out six and the outing was good enough for another quality start for Sounds pitching, the 14th in the month of May.
Muncy added the Sounds final run in the top of the ninth inning as his RBI single plated Joey Wendle to put the Sounds up 13-2.
The Sounds will now travel to Salt Lake City, Utah to take on the Salt Lake Bees for a four-game series beginning on Friday night from Smith’s Ballpark. The Sounds will send right-hander Angel Castro (0-2, 5.91) and the Bees will counter with left-hander David Huff (1-1, 4.05). First pitch is scheduled for 7:35 p.m. CST.
5/26/16
Birthdays:
Christine Stephens — Pizza Winner!
Taylor Barnes, 19
Marvin Davenport, 83
Matthew Vance, 28
Amanda Brewer
Don Cook, 58
Anniversaries:
Bill & Regina Travis, 15
5/28/16 — Carole Anne Green
Carole Anne Green, age 72 of Beechgrove, Tennessee passed away May 24, 2016 at Select Specialty Hospital in Nashville. A native of Chicago, Illinois and resident of Beechgrove, she was the daughter of the late Ignatius and Loretta Palenik. She was born and raised Catholic. She had a beautiful voice and played her tambourine as the “best” half of “The Rocky Tops”. Her enjoyment in life was singing, planting flowers, her family and making crafts. Ms. Green was preceded in death by two brothers, Larry and James Palenik. She is survived by her husband: William James Green of Beechgrove, two daughters; Bonnie and (Kevin) Mathis of Christiana, Tennessee, Rebecca Nelson of Murfreesboro, Tennessee and one step-son Dooley Green, two granddaughters; Tawny Nelson and Courtney Mathis, four grandsons, Chase Nelson, Kyle Mathis, T.J. Green, and Jason Green, four sisters; Thea Urban, Susan Welbourn, Laura Boltz, Catherine Ahlbach, and five brothers; Gerry, Daniel, Richard, David, and Christopher Palenik.
NOTE: In lieu of flowers, the family suggested donations would be appreciated to help with funeral expenses.
VISITATION: Saturday, May 28, 2016, 3:00 – 5:00 P.M.
SERVICE: CENTRAL FUNERAL HOME Saturday, May 28, 2016, 5:00 P.M.
Arrangements made with Central Funeral Home
New Jobs coming to Winchester
The Franklin County Commission has unanimously approved to allow Winchester’s Phoenix Boats to purchase 42 acres of “pad ready” land in the county’s Industrial Park. The commission agreed to sell the land for $147,000. The boat manufacturer already has a plant in Winchester. Phoenix Boats’ new building will be about 150,000 square feet in size. The expansion of the boat manufacturing company will create 250 new jobs. Franklin County Industrial recruiter Gene Seaton told the county commission that the expansion of Phoenix Boats will have a positive impact on the local economy.
Tennessee and other States Suing Obama Administration
Tennessee and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over a new directive about transgender students in public schools.
The lawsuit announced Wednesday also includes Oklahoma, Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Texas, Maine, Louisiana, Utah, Arizona and Georgia. The challenge follows a federal directive to U.S. schools this month to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.
Conservative states had vowed defiance since the Justice Department handed down the guidance.
The lawsuit accuses the Obama administration of “running roughshod over commonsense policies” that protect children. It asks a judge to declare the directive unlawful.
TDOT Suspends All Construction-Related Lane Closures
The Tennessee Department of Transportation will suspend all construction-related lane closures on interstates and state routes beginning Friday at 12 noon through next Tuesday morning, May 31st. This is expected to provide maximum roadway capacity for motorists who will be traveling in the state during this Memorial Day weekend.
TDOT Commissioner John Schroer said nearly 700,000 drivers are expected to travel on Tennessee roads this weekend. He said the suspension of lane closures should reduce congestion and delays on the major highways.
State Parks want you to use Heat-Treated Wood for Campfires
Beginning June 1, Tennessee State Parks will advise visitors to use certified heat-treated wood. The new policy aims to prevent or slow the introduction of exotic insects or diseases into parks that could otherwise threaten the health of trees and forests. Visitors who want to have a campfire can bring certified heat-treated firewood into a park or use dead and down wood from an area adjacent to the fire. Manufactured fire logs will also be acceptable. Many parks, in conjunction with approved vendors, will have certified heat-treated firewood available for sale.
Memorial Day Event on the Square in Manchester
Wreaths were placed at the war memorials… Photo by Rob Clutter
AGENDA
Opening by 3 Commanders (Legion, VFW, & DAV)
Opening Prayer with Rev Rocky Whray (Legion Mbr)
Post Colors Raised by Sheriff’s Honor Guard, National Anthem (duet by Karen Wainwright and Langdon Spangler)
Introduction of Stage Persons; Judd Matheny and mayors for Coffee and Manchester
Medley of Patriotic Songs (Lloyd Smith of Tullahoma)
Introduction of Congressman Dianne Black by MC Rob Moreland
Dr. David Black (Forensic Scientist, Marine Vietnam veteran and Founder & CEO of Aegis Sciences Corp)
Reading of “In Flanders Fields” Bryce Kutzli of Manchester
Wreath Laying & TAPS (3 Commanders)
Reading of “A Memorial Day Poem” by DAR Regent of Tullahoma Chapter
Closing Prayer