The Cinderella run for the Lady Raider softball team came to an end on Friday night in the sectional round of the TSSAA playoffs.  Coffee County was denied a 2^nd straight state tournament appearance at the hands of Walker Valley before an overflow crowd at Terry Floyd Field.  A huge 7^th inning rally by Walker Valley saw Coffee County fall by a final score of 8 to 5.

In a game that was delayed 84 minutes due to a rain, each team got off to a solid start.  Walker Valley got on the board first with 2 runs in the 3^rd inning.  The teams traded runs as Coffee County entered the bottom of the 6^th inning trailing 4 to 2.  As has been the case all through postseason, the Lady Raiders had the big comeback rally in the 6^th inning as they strung together 3 hits and got the benefit of a hit batter and a Walker Valley error to plate 3 runs and take a 5 to 4 lead into the 7^th.  After Keri Munn got her 7^th strikeout to start the inning, Walker Valley used 5 hits and some shaky Lady Raider defense to tally 4 runs in the 7^th.  Haley Richardson got a one out double to in the bottom of the 7^th to bring up Kasarah Scheller.  Scheller hit a screaming line drive up the middle that was deflected by the Walker Valley pitcher into the glove of the 2^nd baseman allowing Walker Valley to turn the game ending double play.

Ashley Evans finished the game with a single, a triple, 2 runs scored, an RBI and an outfield assist as she was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.  Haley Richardson led the Lady Raiders in hitting as she had 3 singles and a run scored.  Sarah West finished the game with a pair of singles and an RBI while Keri Munn laced a double.

Coffee County will end the season with a final record of 21 and 20.  The Lady Raiders also captured a District 8AAA title and a Region 4AAA title.  Coach Brandon McWhorter, along with seniors Lauren Tomberlin, Tatum Baldwin and Kasarah Scheller were guests on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show and talked about the season.  You can download the Coffee Coaches Show at: http://www.podcastgarden.com/episode/coffee-coaches-show_128029

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Ethan Welch of CCMS track at the TMSAA state track meet on Saturday[Photo provided]

Jacob Rutledge(left) and Greenlee Woods(right) of CCMS track at the TMSAA state track meet on Saturday[Photo provided]

Ethan Welch led the Raider harriers as he medaled in the high jump and the discus.  Welch cleared a personal record of 5’6” in the high jump in finish in a tie for 1^st place.  Welch also captured a 5^th place medal in the discus as he had a throw of 116’ 04”.

Marley Perry grabbed an 8^th place medal in the shot put with a throw of 34’ 2 ¼”.  Perry also competed in the discus as she finished in 13^th place with a throw of 64’ 10”.

Jayda Wright just missed the medal stand in the discus throw.  Wright finished in 9^th place in the discus as she had a throw of 72’ 11”.

Greenlee Woods and Jacob Rutledge each competed in the 1600M run in the afternoon session.  Woods grabbed a 3^rd place finish as she posted a time of 5:46.58.  That time represented a new personal record for the 6^th grader.  Jacob Rutledge, who won the state title in 2017 in the 1600, ran a new personal record on Saturday as he broke the 5 minute mark.  Rutledge’s time of 4:59.15 was good enough for a 3^rd place finish for the 8^th grader.

In the team standings, the Red Raiders finished in 12^th place(out of 37 teams) with 15.75 points.  The Lady Raiders finished in 22^nd place(out of 38 teams) with 7 points.

Coach Travis O’Kelley and members of the Raider track team will be guests on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show.  The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast live each Saturday at 10 AM from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.  The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively here on Thunder Radio.

The Nashville Sounds stranded a season-high 13 runners on base and went 0-for-14 with runners in scoring position as they dropped their road trip finale to the Oklahoma City Dodgers 11-2 Sunday afternoon.

A pitching duel was brewing through the first three innings but the Oklahoma City Dodgers scored in each of the middle three innings while the Sounds squandered their chances to light up the scoreboard. The Sounds left the bases loaded in both the fifth and seventh innings and went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts with the all three bases occupied. Nashville put the first two batters on base in the eighth inning but a strikeout by Sheldon Neuse and a double play by Jorge Mateo ended the threat.

Sounds starter Frankie Montas cruised through the first three innings including a six-pitch second frame. He hit a snag, however in the fourth inning. Donovan Solano ripped a line drive home run to dead center to lead off the inning. Kyle Farmer followed Solano’s home run with a base hit and came around to score along with Travis Taijeron on a two-run single from Kyle Garlick.

The Sounds got a run back in the fourth but missed out on a golden opportunity for more. Nashville loaded the bases with just one out but only a walk to Barreto sandwiched between a pair of strikeouts was able to plate a run for the Sounds. With Nick Martini on third base, Barreto grounded out to third to score a consolation run in the ninth but that would be all the offense the Sounds would be able to find on the day.

The Dodgers put together a two-out rally that netted a pair of runs in the fifth inning. Three straight singles highlighted by Taijeron’s two-run base knock pushed the Dodgers’ lead to 5-1. Oklahoma City’s Jake Peter took Nashville’s Raul Alcantara deep in the sixth inning. The Dodgers then gave Nashville’s Joseph Camacho a rude welcome to the Triple-A level in the eighth inning as they plated five runs including a solo blast from Taijeron and a three-run homer from Peter.

The Sounds welcome the Colorado Springs Sky Sox to Nashville the four-game series beginning Monday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Daniel Gossett (4-0, 1.63) starts for Nashville against right-hander Aaron Wilkerson (0-0, 2.84) for Colorado Springs. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

• With today’s 11-2 loss, the Sounds dropped to 21-21 on the season.
• Nick Martini extended his consecutive on-base streak to 30 games when he drew a one-out walk in the fifth inning. Since April 14, Martini has reached safely in every game he has played in.
• Sheldon Neuse has now struck out in 21 consecutive games. He has had an at-bat in 39 games and has struck out at least once in 36 of them.
• The Sounds entered Sunday with a .385 average (15-for-39) with 38 RBI with the bases loaded but went 0-for-3 with a walk and three strikeouts today.
• The Sounds left a season-high 13 runners on base and went 0-for-14 with runners in scoring position.
• The Nashville pitching staff surrendered a season-high four home runs Sunday. They had not allowed more than two in a game prior to Sunday.

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.