Mill Harner(center) celebrates his signing with Sewanee surrounded by his family and coaches. Front Row(left to right) Sonya Harner, Mill Harner, Patrick Harner, Kyleigh Harner. Back Row(left to right) Brandon McWhorter, Ryan Sulkowski and Randy Horn.

Senior linebacker and fullback Mill Harner of Coffee County celebrated the signing of a scholarship offer to the University of the South to continue his football career in a ceremony at CHS on Wednesday. Harner, who played on both sides of the ball this past season, looks forward to the opportunity to play as a linebacker at the Sewanee university.
Harner has yet to decide on a major in college but does know that he wants to minor in business. “They gave me a good offer as far as financial aid and it’s such a good academic school you just can’t turn that down” added Harner when asked what attracted him to Sewanee. When asked what he would miss most after leaving Coffee County, Harner had this to say:

Coffee County head coach Ryan Sulkowski praised Harner for his contributions to the football program. “He is the foundation, he is the one we built everything around” said Sulkowski. “Most of my thoughts over the past 2 years, I can picture him in those memories” added Sulkowski. When asked what particular memory about Mill that he will keep with him forever, Sulkowski had this to say:

The University of the South competes in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Southern Athletic Association. The Tigers football team is coached by Tommy Laurendine.

Gavin Husted(center) celebrates his signing with Shorter surrounded by his family and coaches. Front Row(left to right) Maddie Husted, Michelle Husted, Gavin Husted, Brian Husted and Katelynn Husted. Back Row(left to right) Ryan Sulkowski, Jon Spears, David Martin, Adam Floid, Mark Yother and Dr. Joey Vaughn

Senior baseball player Gavin Husted of the Coffee County Red Raider baseball team signed as a preferred walk-on with Shorter University on Wednesday at a ceremony at the school. Husted, a first baseman and catcher on this season’s team, looks forward to having the opportunity to catch and work as an outfielder for the Rome, Georgia university.
Husted, who maintains an excellent GPA, looks to study pre-med at Shorter. “They have an 86% acceptance rate into medical school” said Husted. He also liked the fact that it was a small school. Here is what Husted had to say about Shorter University:

CHS baseball coach David Martin was quick to heap praise on Husted saying that he was “everything we want this program to be about.” Martin went on to say that he appreciated the combination of athleticism and work ethic which contributed to Gavin’s success. “Gavin always led by example and always took care of the small things” added Martin. When asked about what would make Gavin successful at the college level, Martin had this to say:

Shorter University is located in Rome, Georgia and competes in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Gulf South Conference. The Hawks are coached by Wes Timmons.

Backed by Freddie Freeman’s RBI single and Tyler Flowers’ home run, right-hander Julio Teheran snapped his eight-start winless streak in a 3-1 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday night at PNC Park.

Teheran shut out the Pirates for 7 2/3 innings, allowing five hits and striking out three without a walk. Despite entering the night with a 3.17 ERA, and ending it with a 2.73 mark, Teheran had lost a career-high-tying four straight decisions. On Wednesday, he shut out a Pirates lineup that put up 12 runs on 21 hits the previous night.
“He changed speeds so well,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “He hit the locations he wanted to all night long.”
Pirates left-hander Francisco Liriano returned to form after a rough outing in Chicago, holding the Braves to two runs. Liriano walked only two batters, inducing soft contact from Atlanta’s lineup and efficiently working seven innings on 94 pitches.
“What I wanted to do today was attack the strike zone and make something happen with three pitches or less,” Liriano said. “Make them put the ball in play, try to go deep into the game. I was just hitting my spots and executing my pitches.”
But the Braves took their first lead of the series in the third inning, when Daniel Castro came home on Freeman’s single to center field. Flowers padded the Braves’ lead in the sixth, launching his first homer of the season into the bushes beyond the center-field fence. That was enough for Teheran, who snapped Atlanta’s three-game losing streak and delivered interim manager Brian Snitker his first win.
“It was a good team win all the way around,” Snitker said. “We caught the ball well and Julio just fed off all the runs he got and just did a great job.”
Teheran had retired 17 of the past 20 batters he had faced before surrendering consecutive one-out singles in the eighth. Though his starter’s pitch count was at 91 with two outs in the inning, Snitker called upon Arodys Vizcaino, who stranded a pair of runners with Andrew McCutchen’s flyout to end the frame, then completed a four-out save despite surrendering Jung Ho Kang’s solo homer in the ninth.
“They’ve got a good lineup over there and I was just trying not to make mistakes,” said Teheran, who has posted a 1.15 ERA over his past six starts. “I was able to do it the whole game.”
With Nick Markakis on first base and the Pirates’ defense shifted in the first, Freeman knocked a ground ball up the middle. Jordy Mercer fielded it cleanly and flipped the ball to Kang, who fired to first baseman John Jaso for the inning-ending double play. It was the first time Kang had attempted to turn a double play at second base since the Sept. 17 collision with the Cubs’ Chris Coghlan that ended his rookie season.
Kang contributed on the other side of the ball, too, ripping a solo shot into the left-field seats in the ninth inning. Kang’s fifth homer in 10 games put the Pirates on the board, keeping them from being shut out for the first time this season.
“It feels good to hit a home run,” Kang said, “but it feels better when we win.”
Freeman had been hitless in his past 10 at-bats with runners in scoring position before he notched an RBI single with two outs in the third inning. Flowers’ sixth-inning solo shot highlighted his three-hit night and was the fifth homer the Braves have hit during the first three games of this series. They came to Pittsburgh with just nine homers through their first 36 games.
“Actually, the catching part is way more fun than hitting home runs and contributing [offensively],” said Flowers, who has guided Teheran to a 0.42 ERA over three starts. “We were prepared. We executed and we had some really good results. That’s much more satisfying than any hit I’ll get.”
Teheran ended the seventh inning by picking Matt Joyce off first base. He is now tied with Clayton Kershaw for the most pickoffs (21) since the start of 2013. No other right-handed pitcher entered Wednesday with more than 11.
Mike Foltynewicz will attempt to complete a third consecutive impressive start when this four-game series concludes on Thursday at 6:05 p.m. CT. Since surrendering three home runs during the first inning of his season debut, the hard-throwing right-hander has allowed two runs over the 18 innings that have followed.  Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast of the game as part of the Braves Radio Network beginning at 6 PM.