Samuel Prater of CHS golf[file photo]

Samuel Prater had the low round as he shot a 39.  Austin Farris carded a 40 while Josh Perry and Matthew Hales each posted a 41.  The win improves the Raider’s season record to 37 and 2 on the season.

The Raiders will return to action on Monday when they welcome Cookeville to Willowbrook.  That 18 hole match will tee off at 1 PM.

Morgan Henley of CHS soccer

The Lady Raider soccer team returned to the pitch on Tuesday as they traveled to take on Columbia.  Looking to improve on 2 draws in their first 2 district games, Coffee County visited the Lady Lions of Columbia Central.  After a scoreless 1^st half, each team scratched out a goal in the second half as Coffee County settled for their 3rd straight district draw at 1.

Morgan Henley got the Lady Raiders on the board in the 54^th minute as she converted on a pass from Kyleigh Harner.  Columbia tied the match in the 63^rd minute.

The Lady Raiders return to action on Thursday when they return home to take on rival Tullahoma.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you that contest as part of the 1^st National Bank Hometown Sports Series.  The opening kick is set for 7 PM with the pregame show set to get underway at 6:45.

Caleb Boothe of CCMS football [Photo courtesy of Dana Giltner & Shannon Smith – DanasDigital.com / ShannonSmiles.com]

Coach Bryan Morgan was proud of his players on the night, including his defense.  After surrendering a touchdown in the first drive of the game, Coffee Middle’s defense held the Eagles for the final 3 quarters without points.   Caleb Boothe had an interception to stall one Rhea County drive.

The Eagles scored the game winning touchdown in overtime on 3^rd down as the Rhea County runner broke a tackle, reversed field and squeezed into the end zone from the 5 yard line.  Coffee County got their lone score with 40 seconds to go in the game when Travis Martin scored from 40 yards out.  The 2 point try was no good forcing the overtime period.  In overtime, Coffee Middle was stopped at the 3 yard line on 4^th down.

The Raiders are back in action on Tuesday when they travel to Shelbyville to take on Harris.  The opening kickoff will be at 6:30 PM.

Lauren Davis of the Temple Baptist Christian School volleyball team[File Photo]

The Lady Eagles gave up consecutive points only 7 times in the match and none in the final set.  Rachel Butler led the Lady Eagles at the service line as she closed out the 1^st set with 8 straight points and 6 straight in the 2^nd set.  Lauren Davis added 5 straight points in the final set

The Lady Eagles will be off until August 31^st when they welcome Madison Baptist Academy of Alabama to Temple.  The JV(junior high) contest will get underway at 4:30 PM with the varsity(high school) to follow at 5:30

The Coffee County Middle School volleyball team welcomed perennial conference power Warren County to the CCMS gym on Tuesday.  The young Lady Raiders could not overcome the talented Lady Pioneers.  Coffee County fell in straight sets 25 to 14 and 25 to 10.

The Lady Raiders travel to Decherd on Thursday for a conference match with North Franklin.  First serve is set for 5 PM.

The Nashville Sounds’ offense never got going in a 2-0 loss to the Round Rock Express Tuesday night at Dell Diamond.

Nashville’s 10-game road trip started with a thud as the offense produced only three hits – all singles. Sheldon Neuse had a base hit in the second, Jorge Mateo singled in the third and Dustin Fowler had a single in the sixth. The Sounds had only two innings when they put a runner in scoring position.

A solid pitching performance went by the wayside as the combination of Daniel Mengden and Chris Bassitt limited the Express to two runs. Mengden started and tossed four shutout innings in a scheduled short start. The right-hander yielded four hits and struck out two in his second consecutive scoreless outing.

Bassitt took over for Mengden in a 0-0 game in the fifth. He breezed through two quick innings before he found trouble in the seventh. Andy Ibanez and Tony Sanchez produced back-to-back singles to start the inning and put runners at the corners for Round Rock.

Bassitt came back to strike out Cliff Pennington and Nick Noonan for the first two outs of the inning. But Nick Torres bounced a base hit up the middle to score Ibanez and Sanchez to make it 2-0.

There wasn’t much going the rest of the way. Round Rock relievers retired the final 11 batters they faced. Starter Chris Rowley tossed six shutout innings before Connor Sadzeck, Zac Curtis and RJ Alvarez each tossed a scoreless frame in relief.

Game two of the three-game series is scheduled for Wednesday night at Dell Diamond. Right-hander Raul Alcantara (5-4, 4.91) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Adrian Sampson (5-4, 4.02) for the Express. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

• With tonight’s 2-0 loss, the Sounds dropped to 67-60 on the season.
• Third baseman Sheldon Neuse extended his hitting streak to seven games with a single in the second inning.
• BJ Boyd appeared as a pinch-hitter and went 0-for-1, ending his 13-game hitting streak.
• Franklin Barreto’s on-base streak came to an end at 22 games.

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.