Ethan Hargrove cuts up field after receiving a pass on Thursday

The Coffee County Middle School football team welcome to Whitworth-Buchanan to the CCMS practice field on Thursday afternoon for a scrimmage. With each team alternating 10 play series, Coffee County won the scrimmage 21 to 12. The Red Raider first string offense scored on both of their possessions and the defense returned a fumble recovery for a touchdown and sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety.  Whitworth’s two touchdowns came against the Red Raiders second string.

Coffee County scored on their first possession on the 10th play of the series. Ethan Hargrove threw a 10 yard pass to Jackson Shemwell on a trick play to make the score 6 to nothing. The Red Raider defense stoned Whitworth-Buchanan on the Yellow Jackets first possession culminating in a safety to make the score 8-0 nothing.
After a penalty negated a touchdown reception by Cole Pippenger on the Raiders second possession, Shemwell hit Hargrove for a 55-yard touchdown pass to make the score 14 to nothing.  Hargrove kicked the extra point to make it 15 – 0. The Red Raider defense forced a fumble on the  2nd play of the 2nd series as Jacob Barlow stripped the ball and Jaiden Foster picked it up and ran it in from 20 yards out to make the score 21 to nothing.

At that point Coffee County substituted liberally.  Whitworth-Buchanan scored two touchdowns on the 2nd string. Coach Brian Morgan was pleased with the effort of his team. He called out the execution of the offense and the strong defensive play of his squad.

The Red Raiders open the season on Tuesday at Watertown taking on the Tigers of Watertown Middle. Opening kick is set for 6:30 p.m.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast as part of the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series. We begin our live coverage with the pregame show at 6:20

The Westwood Middle School football team had their annual Blue/White Intersquad Game cancelled on Thursday night because of lightning and the threat of bad weather.  Westwood officials decided that waiting out the weather would make for a late start on a school night.  They are offering a Rain Check however.  Anyone who attended can get in free at the first home game at Dyer-Bouldin Field.   That will take place on Thursday, August 15^th when the Rockets host Eagleville.

On Friday, the Rockets will travel to Wartrace for the Cascade Jamboree.  The Rockets will take on Eagleville for a half of action beginning at 6 PM.  The Rockets open the season on Thursday when they travel to Woodbury to take on Cannon County.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you all the action as part of the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series.  Opening kick on Thursday is set for 6:30 PM, our broadcast will begin at 6:20 with the pregame show.

The Sounds dropped their series finale to the El Paso Chihuahuas 8-5 on Thursday night after allowing 18 hits. Eli White led the way for the Sounds offense with three hits.

A solo home run by Estaban Quiroz in the second inning was the first run of the game for El Paso. They scored two more runs in the third inning when Ty France hit a two-run single to make the score 3-0, Chihuahuas.

Three runs in the bottom of the fourth by Nashville tied the game up. Andy Ibanez led the inning off with a home run, his 13th of the season. Eli White hit a double that scored Nick Solak and White scored on an RBI single by Patrick Wisdom to tie the game at 3.

El Paso retook the lead in the top of the fifth inning with two runs. Boog Powell became France’s third RBI of the game and he scored on a Jason Vosler double to take the 5-3 lead.

The Chihuhuas scored three more in the sixth inning. Michael Gettys hit a solo home run and Boog Powell hit a two-run single to score Webster Rivas and Travis Jankowski. That pushed the score to 8-3.

The Sounds got a run back in the bottom of the sixth inning. Nick Solak hit an RBI double that scored Ronald Guzman to cut the El Paso lead 8-4.

One more run was scored for the Sounds in the bottom of the seventh inning. Ibanez hit an automatic double in to score Adam Moore. That would be all either team scored for the remainder of the game as El Paso beat Nashville 8-5.

Friday begins the second part of Nashville’s seven-game homestand with a four-game series versus Albuquerque. With first pitch at 7:05 p.m., right-hander Tim Dillard (6-8, 5.00) will start for Nashville versus Albuquerque’s left-hander Chris Rusin (1-2, 6.30).

Post-Game Notes

– With Thursday’s 8-5 loss, the Sounds dropped to 45-63 in 2019.

– Nashville starter Seth Maness allowed 15 hits and earned the loss. The 15 hits allowed was a career-high for Maness. He also set the season team-high for Nashville, topping Tim Dillard who allowed 14 hits to Oklahoma City on June 30. The franchise record is 16 hits allowed by Jamie Werly on August 18, 1981.

– Nick Solak’s double was his eighth extra-base hit of the season for Nashville. He has 14 hits for Nashville this season. 31 of Solak’s 56 hits in Triple-A Durham were extra-base hits.

– Eli White’s three hits tied his season-high, achieving the feat for a fifth time. The last time he did so was on June 24 at New Orleans.

The 2019 season is the 42nd in Nashville Sounds franchise history and first as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.