Elijah Clemmons of CCMS football

The Coffee County Middle School football team traveled to Shelbyville on Tuesday night for a conference battle with Harris.  After coming close in their first 3 contests, the Red Raiders were looking for a breakthrough performance.  Coffee County got that performance on Tuesday from their defense as they shut out Harris 28 to 0.

The Raiders built a 14 to 0 halftime lead and added a pair of insurance touchdowns in the second half.  Elijah Clemons scored a pair of touchdowns for Coffee Middle.  Jacob Barlow and Travis Martin each added a touchdown.  Brendan Sheppard added a pair of 2 point coversions as the Raiders evened their conference record at 1 and 1.

The Red Raiders will hit the road again next Tuesday when they travel to Winchester to take on South Franklin.  That game will kick off at 6:30 PM.

Torea Greenwell of Westwood volleyball

Hosting the first varsity volleyball match ever at Westwood Middle School, the Lady Rockets welcomed Warren County to the Joel Vison Gym on Tuesday.  In a match you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Lady Rockets had few answers for the strong service game of the Lady Pioneers.  Westwood fell in straight sets 11-25 and 8-25.

Warren County finished the match with 16 aces in addition to several bad 1^st passes from Westwood.  Westwood finished with 1 ace by Torea Greenwell as she was the most consistent server in the match for the Rockets.  Kelsey Vandenbossche and Anna Johnson each finished with 2 kills as Emma Kidder, Kaylynn Waterman and Brooklyn Blake each scored a kill.

The JV Lady Rockets got off to a hot start in their first set leading 12 to 3 before dropping fight back to tie the first set at 19.  Warren County strung together several rallies to take the first set and use that momentum to win the match.  Westwood fell by set scores of 21-25 and 10-25.  The JV Rockets did have 9 aces as Ivet Ontiveros had 6 and Katie Lawrence added 3.

The Lady Rockets will once again be in action at home coming up on Thursday.  Westwood will play host to North Franklin.  First serve is set for 5 PM.

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The Westwood cross country team opened their season on Tuesday in Bell Buckle as they took part in a meet at Webb.  Coach Jim Dodson’s team was hit hard by graduation yet still managed to have a respectable showing.

For the Rockets, Aidan Smith was the top finisher as he ran the 2 mile course in 12:41 to finish in 11^th place.  Timothy Henderson was 50^th with a time of 14:57. Hunter Crosslin ran a 15:57 to finish in 66^th place while Ethan Miles posted a time of 19:58.

For the Lady Rockets, Rylea McNamara was the top finisher as she posted the 14^th place time of 15:07.  Mattalyn Goney finished in 42^nd place with a time of 18:39.  Raygan Dubler was 46^th at 19:25 followed by teammate Brooklyn George in 47^th with a time of 19:29.  Samantha Wilder ran a time of 24:00 minutes.

The Westwood harriers are back in action on September 6^th when they compete in a meet at St. Andrews-Sewanee.   That meet will get underway at 4 PM.

The Nashville Sounds scored one run in the ninth and four in the tenth to stun the New Orleans Baby Cakes with a come-from-behind 7-3 win Tuesday night at Shrine on Airline.

Trailing 3-2 in the top of the ninth, Anthony Garcia launched a solo homer off Nick Wittgren to even the game at 3-3. It was Garcia’s second solo blast of the game – his third multi-homer game of the season.

After Liam Hendriks worked his way out of a jam to put up a zero in the bottom of the ninth, Nashville’s offense exploded in the tenth to take control of the game. Sheldon Neuse started the inning at second base and quickly scored when New Orleans shortstop Peter Mooney tried to cut him down at third on BJ Boyd’s fielder’s choice.

Mooney’s throwing error gave the Sounds a 4-3 lead and allowed Boyd second base. Jorge Mateo was hit by a pitch to put two runners on for Boog Powell who drilled an opposite-field two-run double down the left field line to give the Sounds a 6-3 advantage. Two batters later, Dustin Fowler added a run-scoring single up the middle to make it a 7-3 game.

Hendriks returned for the bottom of the 10^th and struck out the side to nail down Nashville’s 70^th win of the season – guaranteeing the team at least a .500 record in 2018.

Eric Jokisch started for Nashville and turned in his fourth consecutive quality start. The southpaw tossed six innings and allowed three runs (one earned) on eight hits. He walked two and struck out four.

Nashville trailed 3-0 in the seventh until Garcia and Franklin Barreto drilled back-to-back home runs to pull the Sounds within a run. Garcia has a team-high 23 home runs and Barreto is second in line with 18.

Reliver Josh Lucas bridged the gap between Jokisch and Hendriks with two scoreless relief innings.

Game two of the three-game series is scheduled for Wednesday night in New Orleans. Right-hander Carlos Ramirez (2-2, 3.44) starts for the Sounds against left-hander Dillon Peters (5-7, 6.02) for the Baby Cakes. First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

• With tonight’s 7-3 win, the Sounds improved to 70-64 on the season.
• Tonight’s back-to-back home runs hit by Anthony Garcia and Franklin Barreto was the fourth time this season a pair of Sounds hit back-to-back homers in a game.
• Shortstop Jorge Mateo hit his 15^th triple of the season in the third inning. The 15 triples are tied for the most in a single season in Nashville Sounds history (Duane Walker – 1979).
• The multi-homer game for Garcia was his third of the season and eighth in his career.
• Garcia’s 87 RBI are tied for fourth-most in the PCL and his 23 home runs are tied for sixth-most in the league.
• Dustin Fowler extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the 10^th inning.

The 2018 season is the Sounds’ 41^st in franchise history and fourth as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.

After dropping a heartbreaker on Saturday night, Nashville SC had its head in the game on Tuesday as the club poured on the offense in a 4-0 win over the Richmond Kickers.

The combination of Michael Reed and Tucker Hume proved lethal with Reed tallying three assists and Hume a brace of goals, including the only goal of the first half.

90′ in a Nutshell

Nashville SC started the match with a few good chances, including a Kris Tyrpak diving header that flew just wide of the net. From there, Richmond brought the ball into the attacking third and took a few chances towards goal, all of which were punched away by Matt Pickens, including one off a redirect in front of the net. From there, the match went back and forth with both teams earning chances, including multiple Nashville SC corner kicks.

In the 41’ minute, Lebo Moloto had a brilliant chance towards goal that curled right into the goalkeeper’s hands. Minutes later, a redirected set piece fell right back to the kick-taker in Michael Reed, who lofted it back in straight to the head of Tucker Hume, who buried the chance to give Nashville SC the 1-0 lead going into halftime.

In the second half, Nashville took the offensive yet again and added another to the score sheet off yet another set piece. Reed sent another service into the box and Bradley Bourgeois got his head to it for his first Nashville SC goal to double Nashville’s lead. Almost 10 minutes later, Nashville continued to pound away, and Kosuke Kimura found the boot of Matt LaGrassa at the net-front for a third tally. The home side didn’t relent and found a fourth tally in the 60’ minute with yet another set-piece service from Reed to the head of Hume, who just put the ball passed the outstretched hands of the keeper.

Nashville held that score for the final half-hour of the match to earn a decisive 4-0 victory.

Goals

42’ NSH – Tucker Hume (assisted by Michael Reed)

48’ NSH – Bradley Bourgeois (assisted by Michael Reed)

57’ NSH – Matt LaGrassa (assisted by Kosuke Kimura)

60’ NSH – Tucker Hume (assisted by Michael Reed)

Quotable

Defender Bradley Bourgeois

“It’s about time. That’s really it. Throughout the year, I think everyone’s kind of had that frustration, along with myself, but no one really wanted to score that goal more than me. That one was for the fans, those incredible fans that keep coming out every night and they kept telling me it’ll come, it’ll come. Mama, we did it.”

Key Stat

Three assists for Michael Reed – The Nashville SC captain was a fiend from set pieces in this one, feeding in three set piece balls that went for header goals, two of which were to Hume. His trio of assists tie a USL-best this season. The only other players in the USL to bag three assists in a game this season are LA Galaxy II’s Julian Buescher, OKC Energy FC’s Jose Barril and FC Cincinnati’s Emmanuel Ledesma.

Standings Update

With the victory, Nashville SC slides back into playoff position in seventh place in the USL Eastern Conference. The club is just two points behind Indy Eleven, but that margin could change depending on Indy’s game tomorrow night against Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC.

Up Next

Nashville hits the road for a pair of contests in the Tar Heel State as the club takes on Charlotte Independence and North Carolina FC over the next two weekends. The club returns home to First Tennessee Park on Tuesday, September 18 for a showdown with the Tampa Bay Rowdies.