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Westwood Scrimmages Under the Lights to Kick Off Football Season
Konor Heaton(in white) turns up field on Thursday night as Zac Waller(in blue) closes in for the tackle during Westwood’s Blue-White Game.
The Westwood Rockets football team squared off in the 22nd annual Blue/White Game on Thursday. Before a good sized crowd at Dyer-Bouldin Field, the fund-raising inter-squad scrimmage featured the first action under the lights for Coach Chad Dyer’s team. At the end of the night, the White Team edged the Blue Team 5 TD’s to 4 in the 50 play controlled scrimmage.
Konor Heaton scored 4 of the 5 TD’s for the White team as he had touchdown runs of 40, 45, 10 and 15 yards. Ian Weldon scored the other White TD on a 15 yard run. For the Blue team, Chris Deal scored a pair of TD’s on runs of 50 yards and 10 yards. Connor Smith added a bruising 5 yard TD run and Jayden Carter scampered around the right end for a 15 yard TD run. Andrew Thompson added an interception for the Blue Team defense.
The Rockets travel to Wartrace on Friday night to take part in the Cascade Jamboree. The Rockets will take on Eagleville in their scrimmage half which gets underway at 5:30 PM. The Rockets will open the regular season on Thursday at home when they welcome Cannon County to Dyer-Bouldin Field. Kick-off is set for 6:30 PM.
Middle School Volleyball Play Day is Saturday
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A pair of Lady Rocket squads and the Lady Raiders of Coffee Middle will each play 3 games. The games will get underway at 9 AM at all 3 venues and will conclude with games beginning at 2 PM. Folks are encouraged to come out to either, or both, venues to catch some of the action.
CHS Lady Raider Soccer Hosts Scrimmage Play Day on Saturday
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The Lady Raider varsity will play games at 9 AM, 11:40 AM and 2:20 PM. The JV Lady Raiders will play at 10:20 AM, 1 PM and 3:40 PM.
Sounds Walk Off on Grizzlies to Clinch Series
The Nashville Sounds used a walk-off suicide squeeze bunt from Boog Powell to defeat the Fresno Grizzlies 2-1 Thursday night in front of 8,551 fans at First Tennessee Park. The win clinched the Sounds’ three-game series against the Grizzlies.
The Sounds loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth inning and the game tied at one run apiece. Beau Taylor struck out and Anthony Garcia grounded into a fielder’s choice at the plate to leave it up to Powell to be the hero for the Sounds. Powell came through in an unconventional way. The speedy right-fielder bunted down the first base line and beat out the attempted glove flip from first baseman A.J. Reed as BJ Boyd crossed home plate for the game-winning run.
Nashville’s James Naile and Fresno’s Rogelio Armenteros, both top 30 prospects in their respective organizations, did not disappoint and found themselves locked in a pitcher’s duel. Armenteros spun five shutout frames while racking up six strikeouts. Naile allowed just one run on three hits in six innings to collect his team-leading 10th quality start of the season.
Fresno broke the scoreless tie in the fourth inning. The Grizzlies loaded the bases against Naile with no outs. Naile then induced three ground outs, one of which drove in a run to put the Grizzlies out in front 1-0. The score would remain 1-0 until the bottom of the eighth inning when the Sounds finally found the breakthrough. Taylor worked a one-out walk and moved to third on Garcia third. Sheldon Neuse then blooped the ball into no-man’s land in shallow right field. The ball hit off the glove on the outstretched arm of second baseman Jack Mayfield and trickled to right-fielder Kyle Tucker who threw out Garcia at second but allowed Taylor to score.
Nashville looks for its second series sweep of the season and the 3,000th win in franchise history tomorrow when the two ball clubs meet in the series finale.
The final game of the three-game series is scheduled for Friday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Frankie Montas (2-5, 3.91) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Brady Rodgers (1-1, 7.24) for the Grizzlies. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
Post-Game Notes
- With tonight’s 2-1 win, the Sounds improved to 54-55 on the season.
- Jorge Mateo committed his 18th error of the season in the second inning to snap a career-long 23-game errorless streak.
- For the third straight game the Sounds matched a season-high by leaving 13 runners on base.
- The Sounds are now 7-3 in walk-off games this season.
The 2018 season is the Sounds’ 41st 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.
8/2/18 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Glenn Hewlitt — Pizza Winner!
Wayne Morton, 77
$13.5 Million Budget set by Manchester Leaders
On Monday the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to approve $13,522,192 budget for 2018-19. The vote was 4-2 with aldermen Bob Bellamy and Lana Sain voting no.
The board’s vote included $799,153 taken out of city’s reserve funds, also known as the rainy-day fund. This marks the second consecutive year the board has withdrawn from the reserve fund to balance their budget.
The property tax rate was set at $1.93 for every $100 of assessed value.
Autopsy Results Reveal the man that Died at Bonnaroo 2018 was due to an Overdose
Photo from above Bonnaroo
The Tennessean cited a toxicology report that said 32-year-old Michael Donivan Craddock Jr. of Mt. Juliet had cocaine, alcohol and high levels of a psychedelic amphetamine in his system when he died.
Craddock was found dead on June 8 in a car at a festival campground.
Dozens of people were treated for heat-related issues at the four-day summer festival.
The death was the 13th in the festival’s 17-year history.
Man Wanted in a Child Pornography Case is Arrested
An investigation by Special Agents with the Technical Services Unit of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, with the assistance of the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office and federal law enforcement officers, has resulted in the arrest of a Bell Buckle man.
On July 25th, Agents were notified that a fugitive being sought by the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General was known to be in the Bedford County area. Bradley Richmond had been identified as the subject of an online undercover child pornography case and had multiple warrants out of Kentucky after being indicted on 15 counts related to child pornography.
Late last week, 23-year-old Bradley James Richmond was arrested and charged with Fugitive from Justice, stemming from the active warrants out of Kentucky. He was booked into the Bedford County Jail and is expected to be extradited to Kentucky.
31 Teachers to help with TNReady
The Tennessee Education Department has chosen a group of educators and testing coordinators tasked with improving the state assessment program during the 2018-19 school year.
The 31 teachers and six testing coordinators who make up this group will advise the Department of Education and its vendors, according to a written statement by TDE.
More than 900 educators applied over the summer for the 37 ambassador positions. Ambassadors will receive training on how to conduct their duties. TDE said they will also be compensated for their additional work.
According to TDE, the department is making other changes to the TNReady system, including eliminating two TNReady exams and eliminating the March stand-alone test field for the next two years.
Notably, the department said it is bringing in a third-party to perform an independent review of Questar, the testing vendor that has had repeated technical difficulties interfering with results.
Westwood Blue-White Game is Thursday Night
The Westwood Rockets football team will host their annual Blue/White game on Thursday night at Dyer-Bouldin Field. The Rockets football team will be broken up into 2 teams for an intersquad scrimmage and the public is encouraged to attend. The 22nd annual Blue/White Game is not only a chance to see the Rockets in person, but serves as a major fundraiser for the team. Kickoff is set for 7 PM. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for students. Concessions will also be available.
The Rockets travel to Wartrace on Friday night to take part in the Cascade Jamboree. The Rockets will take on Eagleville in their scrimmage half which gets underway at 5:30 PM. The Rockets will open the regular season on Thursday at home when they welcome Cannon County to Dyer-Bouldin Field. Kick-off is set for 6:30 PM.