Author's posts
Titans QB Marcus Mariota Gathers with WRs, TEs for Throwing Session
Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota gathered with some of his top targets in Nashville over the weekend for a throwing session.
The players – receivers and tight ends – worked together on Saturday and Sunday at an area football field.
Back in March, roughly a half-dozen players all joined Mariota in Los Angeles for workouts during a break. Many of the same players were involved in this weekend’s throwing session in Nashville as well.
Receivers Corey Davis, Rishard Matthews, Taywan Taylor, Tajae Sharpe and tight Jonnu Smith were all part of the throwing session in California in March, and the players also spent time with tight end Delanie Walker on the West Coast. In addition to some of those players, others were also involved in the two-day workout this weekend in Nashville.
The Titans wrapped up their offseason work on June 13 with a minicamp practice. At the time, Mariota said he planned on spending some time in California before going back to Hawaii “and once July rolls around I start getting ready to go.”
Mariota said he planned on putting extra work in with the receiving corps before camp. Well, that started on June 30 with a two-hour throwing session, and the players were back on the field on the first day of July for roughly three hours.
“We’re going to kind of talk through that and see obviously what works for everybody,” Mariota said on June 13. “With that being said, it could be in the middle of the offseason, it could be toward the end. We’re just going to try to figure out what works for everybody.”
The Titans are scheduled to report to training camp on July 25, and the first practice is scheduled for July 26.
This offseason, players on offense have been getting used to a new system under the guidance of offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur, while Mariota has worked with quarterbacks coach Pat O’Hara.
At the same time, players have continued to build further chemistry on the field.
A year ago, Mariota spent a good part of the offseason recovering from surgery. At the end of last month’s minicamp, Mariota said being able to focus on football all offseason has been “huge.”
“It’s been great for me because I’ve been able to be out here, get the full speed reps, basically just playing the game,” he said. “When you’re going through an offseason when you’re recovering, you get to training camp and the game seems a little bit faster, just because I think you didn’t have an opportunity during spring to be able to work on – just be out there and playing. To be able to have this offseason to be able to be out there with the guys, I think has been huge for me. I think when July rolls around I’ll be in a better spot.”
7/7/18 — Mavis Lucille Davis
Mavis Lucille Davis, of Manchester, passed this life on Tuesday, July 3,
2018 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, at the age of 68 years.
Funeral Services are scheduled for 3 PM, Saturday, July 7, 2018
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will be Thursday,
July 5 from 5 – 9 PM and Friday, July 6 from 2 – 9 PM at Daves-Culbertson
Funeral Home.
A native of Tullahoma, she was the daughter of the late Merlin and Mathel
Pollock Tucker. She and her husband of 50 years, Jerry M. Davis, were
residents of Tullahoma for many years. She enjoyed being outdoors,
fishing, camping and working in her flower garden. She also loved music.
Her
favorite activity was being with her grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by daughter, April
Dawn Crouch.
In addition to her husband, Jerry M. Davis of Manchester, she is survived
by daughter, Cynthia Cherry and her husband, Scott of Columbia; sisters,
Mirian Duke and her husband, Michael of Moore County and Jenna Carr and her
husband, Ted of Rossville, GA; grandchildren, Zachary and Adam Cherry, both
of Columbia; sister-in-law, Leeann Davis of Ashville, NC; brother-in-law,
Gleo Davis and his wife, Teresa of York, SC; nephews, Chester R Davis Jr of
Ashville, NC, Charles Wayne Davis and his wife, Mindy and family of
Louisville, KY, Phillip Reynolds and his wife, Lou and family of
Winchester, Edward Cuttle and his wife, Cherie of Flint, MI; many more
nieces and nephews; good friends, Daisy and Butch Osborne of Tullahoma,
James, Jill, Rylie and Haley Rider of St. Joseph, MO and Lisa Weismore of
McMinnville and her two special Boston Terriers, Miss Jingles and Mattie
Jean.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made of the
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Office of Development, 2900 Rocky Point
Drive, Tampa, FL 33607.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Healthcare Leaders to hold Veterans Town Hall Meeting in Manchester
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) leaders will host a Veterans town hall meeting at 6 p.m. CST Monday, July 9 at the Coffee County Veterans building at 130 Shelton Road, Manchester, TN 37355. This event is free and open to all Veterans.
Town hall meetings give Tennessee Valley Healthcare System leadership an opportunity to meet Veterans they serve face-to-face in their home towns, ask for direct feedback, and provide relevant information on new and upcoming services and projects.
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System is an integrated tertiary health care system comprised of two hospitals, the Alvin C. York Campus in Murfreesboro and the Nashville Campus, as well as more than a dozen community-based outpatient clinics located in Tennessee and Kentucky. TVHS provides ambulatory care, primary care, and secondary care in acute medicine and surgery, specialized tertiary care, transplant services, spinal cord injury outpatient care, and a full range of extended care and mental health services.
Motlow joins Achieving the Dream Network
Eight Tennessee community colleges are among 20 institutions across the U.S. accepted into the 2018 class of the Achieving the Dream Network, strengthening their commitment to college access and the success of all students.
Achieving the Dream is a national reform movement for student success, created in 2004 to help community colleges close academic achievement gaps for low-income and minority students and assist all students achieve their goals of academic success and economic opportunity. Its founders include the Lumina Foundation, the American Association of Community Colleges, the Community College Research Center at Columbia University, and the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin. It has grown into a national network of more than 220 community colleges.
Achieving the Dream’s new Tennessee members includes Motlow St Community College.
Their new membership increases to 12 the number of Tennessee Board of Regents colleges in the program. Jackson State and Roane State community colleges are concluding their third year, and Chattanooga State and Southwest Tennessee community colleges are finishing their second year.
TBR Chancellor Flora W. Tydings encouraged broader participation in ATD as part of the College System of Tennessee’s commitment to student success, closing academic achievement gaps and improving graduation rates.
“In God We Trust” to be displayed in Tennessee All Schools
When Tennessee K-12 public students begin classes next month, the national motto “In God We Trust” will be required to be posted somewhere in their schools.
What’s called the “National Motto Act” passed quietly at the Tennessee General Assembly last April.
The bill says local districts shall require each school to display ‘In God We Trust” in a prominent location such as an entry, cafeteria or common area.
The bill’s sponsor said there is no penalty for not displaying the motto.
The bill’s language says the motto can take the form of a mounted plaque or even student artwork.
Judge Rules people who can’t pay Court Costs can keep their Driver’s Licenses
A federal judge has struck down a law that allowed Tennessee officials to revoke driver’s licenses for defendants who did not pay court costs.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger says the commissioner of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security is ordered to cease all revocations of driver’s licenses for nonpayment of court debt.
The judge in the ruling said “The court declares that the law as written, violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution because it provides for no exception from revocation for debtors whose failure to pay is based solely on their indigence.”
The commissioner is ordered to submit a plan within 60 days of the court order that would allow for reinstatement for any people who have been affected.
Manchester School Board Meeting set for Monday
MANCHESTER BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING – BOARD ROOM JULY 9, 2018 – 4:00 P. M.
1. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER 1.1 Recognition of Visitors 1.2 Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
2. APPROVA OF CONSENT ITEMS 2.1 June 11, 2018 Minutes 2.2 Additions/Deletions and Acceptance of Agenda
3. COMMUNICATION TO THE BOARD: MEA Finance Administrators Principals
4. Approval of Consent Agenda Items 4.1 Approval of Memorandum of Understanding between the TN Department of Education and MCS
FY2018-19 – Coordinated School Health 4.2 Agreement to Administer the School Nutrition Program and Local Agriculture Products Compliance Plan SY 2018-19 4.3 Approval of Employee Work Calendars
5. BOARD/DIRECTOR DISCUSSION 5.1 Discussion of Finalization of Summer Law Institute in Gatlinburg for Registrations/Reservations 5.2 Approval of Second and Final Reading on Descriptor Code: 3.400 Student Transportation Management
6. PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENTS
7. Old Business: SRO MOU School Board Meeting Time
8. FUTURE MEETING: The next Board meeting will be scheduled for August 13, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.
9. ADJOURNMENT
CHS Adds Wrestling Assistant Coach
Mike Sullivan as an assistant wrestling coach last season[Photo used with permission]
“(Sullivan) possesses a strong knowledge of fundamentals and techniques that will be of great value to our student-athletes” said Koger. Sullivan is originally from Tullahoma where he was a wrestler. Sullivan, who lives in Estill Springs, completed his 1st year of teaching last year at Cane Ridge where he helped coach a state champion this past season. “I am looking forward, after what I saw last year and the development of the youth wrestling program, to working with some talented wrestlers” said Sullivan.
Coffee County head coach Roger Barlow was excited about adding Sullivan to the staff. “I am really excited about having him on-board. He is a good technical coach and a good solid guy” said Barlow. Sullivan will join Barlow and returning assistant coach Jordan Snow, who is also from Tullahoma. “Coach Sullivan coached several state qualifiers last year including a girls’ state champion” added Barlow. “It will be good to have (a member of the staff) at the high school” said Barlow who teaches at the Raider Academy.
Preds Ink Free Agent Magwood Who Starred in Futures Game
Zach Magwood[Photo courtesy of OntarioHockeyLeague.com]
Magwood, 20 (4/22/98), participated in the team’s 2018 Development Camp in Nashville, notching a hat trick in Friday’s Future Stars Game at Bridgestone Arena. He was fourth on the Ontario Hockey League’s Barrie Colts in points last season with 59 (27g-32a), his third campaign with the team. He set career highs in games played (65), goals (27), assists (32), points (59) and plus-minus (+27) at the OHL level and helped Barrie claim the Central Division title for the second time in three seasons. The 5-foot-10 center has 106 points (52g-54a) in 173 career OHL games for Barrie.
Never drafted, the Cambridge, Ont., native played his youth hockey in the Cambridge Hawks system and spent the 2014-15 season with the Cambridge Winter Hawks of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League before moving to Barrie. The Colts drafted him in the sixth round (113th overall) of the 2014 OHL Priority Selection.
Sounds Blast Storm Chasers in Finale
The Nashville Sounds smashed three home runs and got 5 2/3 solid innings from Brett Anderson to beat the Omaha Storm Chasers 9-2 on Tuesday night at Werner Park. The Sounds ended their nine-game road trip with a 6-3 mark.
The Sounds broke open the game with a five-run third inning against Glenn Sparkman. Nick Martini drilled an opposite-field two-run homer to left to make it 2-0 and move his consecutive games on-base streak to 63. Then Jake Smolinski doubled home Steve Lombardozzi, and Melvin Mercedes smashed a two-run single to make it 5-0. Martini’s home run moved his consecutive games on-base streak to 63 in a row.
The Sounds hit two more homers in the fifth to chase Sparkman and break it open. Smolinski lined a solo shot to left, and Sheldon Neuse crushed one to left-center for a 7-0 lead. Omaha’s only two runs came in the bottom of the sixth against Anderson, who retired his first 11 batters, yielded four hits and struck out five in the win. Lombardozzi’s two-run single in the eighth gave the Sounds their 10th hit and a 9-2 lead that became the final. Ryan Dull, J.B. Wendelken and Bobby Wahl combined for 3 1/3 hitless relief innings.
The Sounds return home to First Tennessee Park on Wednesday night to open a five-game series on the 4th of July against the Iowa Cubs. Eric Jokisch (2-7, 4.45) faces his former team, and Clarksville native Alec Mills (3-8, 4.81) is scheduled to start for Iowa. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
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.