CHS soccer recipients of the TSSAA Academic Award. From Left: Christian Parks, Paco Barrera, Miguel Mendoza, Ping Kraitheerawut, David Fernandez, Tyler Walker, Ethan Abplanalp, Mason Boals, Ben Reid and John Parigger.

The Coffee County Central High School soccer team hosted their end of the year banquet on Monday night at the Forrest Mill Church of Christ. Head coach Robert Harper, along with assistant coaches Andy Escue and Nick Hibdon presided over the festivities as varsity and JV letters were awarded, seniors and academic award winners announced and individual team awards were presented.
Once again the Red Raider soccer team was recognized by the TSSAA for their academic achievements. The team, which has an overall team grade point average(GPA) of 3.44, had 11 different players who were awarded the TSSAA Academic Award. Those 11 carry a GPA of 3.5 or better and are: Ethan Abplanalp, Mason Boals, Tyler Walker, Paco Barrera, Christian Parks, Miguel Mendoza, Ben Reid, C.J. Frazier, John Parigger, Ping Kraitheerawut and David Fernandez.

CHS Soccer Seniors : left to right – Ping Kraitheerawut, David Fernandez, Nick Hough, Victor Ramirez and Christian Parks,

After the varsity and JV letters were awarded, the 5 seniors were recognized and awarded their game jersey. Those 5 were: Victor Ramirez, Christian Parks, Nick Hough, Ping Kraitheerawut and David Fernandez.
The night concluded with the presentation of team superlatives as 6 Red Raiders were honored by the coaching staff for their play during the 2016 season. Those award winners are:

Members of the CHS Soccer Team who were voted individual awards. (From left) Midfield MVP – Chase Harper, Red Raider Award – Nick Hough, Freshman of the Year – Leo Botello, Team MVP – Breyer Taylor, Offensive MVP – Paco Barrera and Defensive MVP – Ben Reid

Freshman of the Year – Leo Botello
Red Raider Award – Nick Hough
Defensive MVP – Ben Reid
Offensive MVP – Paco Barrera
Midfield MVP – Chase Harper
Team MVP – Breyer Taylor

After dealing with Julio Teheran’s impressive effort at Turner Field on Tuesday night, the Brewers claimed a 2-1 win that came courtesy of a two-out, eighth-inning single that Scooter Gennett recorded off Braves setup man Bud Norris.

Norris erased the first of his two eighth-inning walks with a pickoff, but he paid for the one he issued to Jonathan Villar, who stole second base and scored on Gennett’s single when right fielder Nick Markakis’ throw sailed wide of the plate. The Brewers snapped a three-game losing streak, and the Braves fell to 2-18 at home this season.
Teheran notched a career-high 12 strikeouts, including four in one inning, and allowed one run over seven innings. The Braves right-hander has posted a 1.17 ERA over his past seven starts, but he has lacked run support. His only costly mistake occurred when Ryan Braun opened the fourth inning by drilling a 2-2 slider over the center-field wall for his eighth homer of the season.
“Some of the coaches said this is kind of typical of how our season has gone,” Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said. “You play a really good ballgame, and guys are busting their tail to get a win. I guess in this business, a lot of times you make your own luck, but the baseball gods will hopefully shine on us down the road and turn things around for us.”
Teheran became the second big league pitcher this season to record four strikeouts in an inning when he pitched around a wild pitch and a single that enabled the Brewers to put two on in the second inning. The Braves right-hander recorded three more strikeouts during a perfect third inning and had struck out seven of the previous eight batters he faced before Braun opened the fourth with a home run that cleared the center-field wall and traveled 419 feet, according to Statcast™.
“The guys have been trying hard to give me run support,” Teheran said. “I’m glad that I did my job, but we lost the game. So it doesn’t [matter].”
Milwaukee third baseman Aaron Hill’s snag of Erick Aybar’s sharply hit opposite-field liner resulted in a double play that killed a bases-loaded threat the Braves mounted before Nelson recorded an out in the second inning. Hill also made a spectacular diving catch while part of an infield shift to rob Kelly Johnson of a single to center in the fourth inning.
Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson allowed two or fewer earned runs for the eighth time in 10 starts. He notched eight K’s, three off his career best. It was the seventh time he allowed two or fewer earned runs while pitching at least six innings — he’s 3-2 with two no-decisions. Over his past three starts, Nelson has allowed three earned runs over 21 1/3 innings (a 1.27 ERA), but he is 0-1 with two no-decisions.
“I’ve always taken pride in battling and giving us a chance to win no matter how good or bad I feel,” Nelson said. “I’m not competing against Teheran. I’m competing against myself, because if I execute my stuff, the defense is going to pick me up behind me. I’m not trying to one-up the other starting pitcher. I’m trying to one-up myself.”
Along with squandering the bases-loaded threat in the second inning, the Braves were unable to take advantage of Ender Inciarte’s one-out, third-inning double, which was followed by Gordon Beckham and Freddie Freeman striking out. Mallex Smith delivered a one-out, game-tying triple in the fifth inning, but he was left stranded at third base when Inciarte struck out and Freeman flew out to deep left field.
Milwaukee will send unbeaten rookie Junior Guerra to the mound when this three-game set resumes on Wednesday at 6:10 p.m. CT.   Atlanta will counter with Mike Foltynewicz, who will be taking the mound one year and one day after limiting the Brewers to three hits and one run over 7 2/3 innings at Turner Field. Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast beginning at 6 PM on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network.

The Nashville Sounds remained red hot in Las Vegas with a 10-4 win over the 51s Tuesday night at Cashman Field.

The Sounds have won nine of their last ten games and sit in first place by a ½ game in the American South Division with a 25-20 record.

Four runs in the fourth and five runs in the fifth helped Nashville open a huge lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

Las Vegas held a 3-1 lead when the fourth started, and looked like they were on their way to a clean inning when starter Sean Gilmartin retired the first two batters in the inning.

Ryon Healy sparked a two-out rally with a sharp single to left field. Matt Olson followed with a double to right to put runners at second and third. Rangel Ravelo laced a single up the middle to score both runs and make it a 3-3 game.

Josh Rodriguez wasted no time in getting Nashville the lead. He followed Ravelo’s single with a two-run homer to left field to make it 5-3.

They were back at it again in the fifth when Josh Phegley started the inning with a double to right-center. After Andrew Lambo drew a walk, Chad Pinder blasted a three-run homer to open up an 8-3 lead.

Two more base hits put runners on for Rodriguez who delivered his third hit of the night, another two-run double to extend the lead to 10-3.

Sounds starter Eric Surkamp, who allowed three runs in the first three innings, calmly retired the side in order in the fourth and fifth innings for two huge shutdown frames.

The bottom four in the order produced 11 of the Sounds’ 14 hits. Olson went 4-for-5 with a run scored, Rodriguez went 3-for-4 with 4 RBI and a run scored and Healy went 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored and an RBI.

Surkamp tossed six innings and allowed four runs. He picked up his second win of the season. Gilmartin was charged with nine earned runs and was tagged with the loss.

Game three of the four-game series is set for Wednesday night in Las Vegas. Right-hander Daniel Mengden (2-0, 0.67) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Rafael Montero (2-1, 4.41) for the 51s. First pitch is scheduled for 9:05 p.m. CST.