Alan Rob

For the 2nd day in a row, the Coffee County baseball team went toe to toe with nationally ranked McCallie before falling on Tuesday evening 3 to 1 in Chattanooga. Kohl Young went the distance on the mound for Coffee County as the senior went the distance for the Raiders giving up 6 hits and 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
Coffee County was able the match the Blue Tornado with 6 hits of their own, but it was an Alan Rob solo home run that provided the only run of the game for Coffee County. Nathanial Tate was 3 for 3 on the night with 3 singles.
The Red Raiders return home on Wednesday night for a 5 PM game with Marshall County at Powers Field.

Ali Shelton

The Raider and Lady Raider tennis teams spilt a match with Tullahoma on Tuesday night as the Lady Raiders claimed a 6 to 1 win while the boys fell 4 to 3. In girls’ play Maddie Taylor, Ai Shelton, Kayla Wright and Makayla Morgan all captured singles wins while the doubles teams of Shelton/Taylor and Morgan/Wright were also victorious. The win improves Coffee County to 7 and 5 on the year.
In boys’ action, the Red Raiders built a 3 to 2 match lead in singles play only to see Tullahoma sweep the 2 doubles matches to get the come from behind win. The Red Raiders got wins from Jared Hu, Reid Lawrence and Grey Riddle in singles action.  The loss drops the Red Raiders record to 6 and 6 on the season. The CHS tennis teams are back in action on Thursday when they play host to Blackman at 4 PM at Fred Deadman Park.

Kyla Craig

After losing a pair of heart-breaking decisions to Tullahoma last week, the Lady Raiders of Coffee County Middle School bounced back in a big way with a 7 to 5 defeat of the Lady Cats on Tuesday night in the 2nd round of the CTC softball tournament at CCMS.
Trailing 4 to 2 entering the 4th inning, the Lady Raiders hammered out 6 hits, including a pair of doubles, to plate 5 runs. Jayden Scheller and Kyla Craig each rapped RBI doubles in the 4th to break the 2 game losing streak to their arch rivals. Craig and Ashley Evans each had 2 hits to pace the Lady Raider attack.
With the win, the Lady Raiders improve to 21 and 5 on the year and advance to Friday’s winner’s bracket finals where they will take on Warren County at 5PM at CCMS.

Jalen Morris

A pair of runs in the bottom of the 7^th inning spoiled the upset bid for the Coffee County Middle School baseball team on Tuesday night as they fell 3 to 2 to top-seeded Warren County in the 2^nd round of the CTC baseball tournament.

Tied at 1 entering the 6^th inning, Coffee County got a single from Jalen Morris to lead off the inning.  Morris moved to 3^rd on a double from Hayden Skipper and scored on an RBI groundout from Brandon Jernigan.  The Raiders took that lead into the bottom of the 7^th only to see Warren County use a walk and 3 hits to score 2 runs and avoid the upset at the hands of Coffee County.

Morris led Coffee County in hitting as he had a pair of singles and scored a run.  Skipper’s double and Braxton White’s single were the only other hits for Coffee County as the Raiders were held to 4 hits.  Jernigan and Griffin Meeker each had an RBI for Coffee Middle.

The Red Raiders will be back in action on Thursday night at 7:30 PM when they will play in an elimination game at Warren County Middle School.

Anna Amado

For the 2nd time in 2 weeks, the Coffee County Middle School tennis team squared off against the Westwood Middle School tennis team on Tuesday afternoon at the Raiders’ home court behind the Raider Academy. And for the 2nd time this season, the Raiders and Lady Raiders came out on top in the team battle.
In girls play, Coffee County dropped the Lady Rockets 5 to 1. Westwood’s lone win came in singles as Lauren Perry dropped Kylie Brown 6-3. The Lady Raiders got singles wins from Jayda Wright, Alise Clark and Anna Amado and a pair of doubles wins from the teams of Sydney Bell /Arianna Hansen and Macy Brown/Alexis Clark.

Braeden Massicotte

In boys’ action, the Raiders claimed a 4 to 2 decision. Braeden Massicotte won a 7 to 6 tiebreaker and Ricardo Ayala got a 6 to 3 win for the Rockets’ 2 match wins. For Coffee County; Joseph Sadler, Luke Irwin, Jaden Talley got singles wins while Sadler and Talley paired up for a win in the lone doubles match of the day.
Coffee County is back in action on Thursday when they travel to Sewanee to take on St. Andrew’s at 4 PM. Westwood returns to the court on Friday, April 29th when they take on Tullahoma in Tullahoma for a 4 PM match.

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report

Frederik Andersen made 27 saves in his 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs debut, and the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Nashville Predators 3-0 in Game 3 of their Western Conference First Round series at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday.

Andersen earned his second career playoff shutout and has a 15-7 postseason record. He started Game 3 after the Predators won the first two games at Honda Center with John Gibson in goal for the Ducks.

The Predators lead the best-of-7 series 2-1. Game 4 is Thursday in Nashville (8 p.m. ET; NHLN, FX-CA, TVA Sports 3, PRIME, FS-TN).

Jamie McGinn gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead at 10:05 of the first period, beating Pekka Rinne with a one-timer from the right circle. Predators defenseman Anthony Bitetto committed a turnover at the blue line to start the play. Chris Stewart controlled the puck and found Shawn Horcoff, who fed a wide-open McGinn.

Horcoff made his first appearance of the series, replacing Chris Wagner.

Rickard Rakell gave the Ducks a 2-0 lead at 11:33 of the second period on a redirection from the right circle. Defenseman Sami Vatanen made a hard pass from the point that Rakell redirected on the backhand through his legs past Rinne for his first goal.

Stewart made it 3-0 at 17:06, beating Rinne from the slot on a rebound. Center Ryan Getzlaf fed Stewart, whose original shot was stopped by Rinne. But Stewart was able to get to the rebound and backhand the puck past Rinne for his first goal.

Predators forward Craig Smith took two shifts in the first period and did not return. The Predators said Smith had a lower-body injury.

Nashville went 0-for-5 on the power play, managing seven shots on goal.

Game #4 is on Thursday night beginning at 7 PM.  Thunder Radio will bring you all the action on the Fifth Third Bank/Nashville Predators Radio Network.

Alex Wood’s bid for a memorable homecoming was undone by his inconsistent command and a suddenly vibrant offense that helped the rejuvenated Braves claim an 8-1 win over the Dodgers on Tuesday night at Turner Field.

Tyler Flowers matched a career high with four hits and Jeff Francoeur notched his own multi-hit game for the Braves, who have won four straight since opening the season with nine consecutive losses. Flowers notched an RBI single in each of his three at-bats against Wood and Francoeur fueled a two-run first inning with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly.
Wood, who spent most of the previous three seasons with the Braves, was burdened by two costly errors and the command issues he displayed while allowing six runs — three earned — over four innings.
Because he was pitching on short rest in place of the ill Julio Teheran, Braves starting pitcher Williams Perez lasted just 3 1/3 innings. Ryan Weber stranded the two runners he inherited in the fourth inning and limited the Dodgers to one run and three hits over 3 2/3 innings to pick up the win.

The Braves will take on the Dodgers on Wednesday and Thunder Radio will bring you that broadcast beginning at 6 PM on the Braves Radio Network