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CHS Soccer Season Closes in Saturday Loss in District Tournament
The season came to a close on Saturday night for the Coffee County Central High School soccer team. The Red Raiders fell 2 to 0 to Lincoln County in the first round of the District 8 AAA tournament. The Falcons got a goal in each half as they ended the Red Raiders season.
Opening the district tournament in Fayetteville at Lincoln County, Coffee County needed a win to advance to Tuesday night’s district tournament semifinals for the 4th consecutive season. Lincoln County got on the board in the 22nd minute when they converted a corner kick to take a 1 to 0 lead they held at the half. The Falcons scored again in the 48th minute to grab the 2 nil margin of victory.
Barreto’s Big Day Leads Sounds over Redbirds
Franklin Barreto hit a pair of home runs and Kendall Graveman put together a solid outing in the Nashville Sounds’ 8-2 win over the Memphis Redbirds in front of a sellout crowd of 10,712 Sunday afternoon at First Tennessee Park.
Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the third, Barreto lined a two-out, two-run single to left field to give the Sounds a 2-1 lead. Anthony Garcia pitched in and followed with a run-scoring base hit to extend the lead to 3-1.
The Sounds never trailed again as the offense kept churning while Graveman held down Memphis. The right-hander allowed two runs over 6 1/3 innings and picked up his first win of the season.
Barreto’s huge game continued when he drilled a two-run home run into the left field seats in the bottom of the fifth.
Memphis trimmed the Nashville lead to 5-2 in the seventh, but Barreto was at it again in the eighth when he launched a solo homer to center field. The multi-homer game was the fifth of his career and the five RBI matched a career-high.
Josh Phegley added a pair of insurance runs with a two-run blast of his own in the eighth.
Emilio Pagan worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief, and Josh Lucas pitched a perfect ninth to lock down the win.
The four-game series concludes Monday afternoon at First Tennessee Park. Left-hander Eric Jokisch (0-4, 4.88) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Daniel Poncedeleon (1-2, 2.39) starts for the Redbirds. First pitch is scheduled for 12:05 p.m.
Post-Game Notes
- With today’s 8-2 win, the Sounds improved their record to 15-14 on the season.
- Today’s attendance of 10,712 was the fourth sellout of the season at First Tennessee Park, and 59th in ballpark history.
- Today’s win clinched a series win against the Redbirds. The Sounds have won five series and dropped three. They’ll go for the four-game sweep tomorrow afternoon.
- With nine more innings of errorless baseball this afternoon, the Sounds have now played 42 consecutive innings without an error. The team has committed just one error over the last seven games.
- Left fielder Nick Martini extended his consecutive on-base streak to 18 games when he walked in the third inning. Since April 14, Martini has reached safely in every game he has played in.
- Second baseman Franklin Barreto matched a career-high with five RBI with a two-run single in the third, and a two-run homer in the fifth, and a solo home run in the eighth. Barreto’s multi-homer game was the fifth of his career.
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.
Charges Dropped against Morrison Man
Robert Eugene Hulan… Phoro provided by the CCSD.
Hulan, now 65, of Clayton Lane, Morrison, was arrested on Jan. 9. He was released on a $40,000 bond and was set to appear in court on May 12.
All of the charges that incident have been dismissed. The decision was signed by Timothy R. Brock of Coffee County General Sessions Court and certified on April 17.
The Big Payback has Big Payoff
Boosted by a record number of participating area nonprofits, The Big Payback’s fifth-annual 24-hour online giving event on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 helped raise a record amount of funds for the organizations.
In the Fifth Third Bank’s Big Reveal, the preliminary final amount totaling $3 million came from 22,071 total gifts.
Tullahoma’s South Jackson Civic Center received the most donations in Coffee County, totaling over $16,000.
In its five-year history, The Big Payback has helped hundreds and hundreds of area nonprofits raise more than $12.5 million in cumulative donations.
Warren County Sheriff’s Department Searching for Car Thef
Eugene Brown
The Warren County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a man who they say stole two vehicles and led officers on a high-speed chase Friday afternoon.
The Sheriff’s Department has taken out warrants against Howard Eugene Brown on numerous charges, including driving on revoked, evading arrest, reckless endangerment, aggravated assault, and two counts of theft.
Authorities say Brown is accused of stealing a Dodge Durango out of Maury County. That vehicle was located in Warren County by deputies. Brown then allegedly stole a Honda Accord and led officers on a pursuit on back roads in the northwestern past of the county and on to the Nashville Highway. Officers discontinued the pursuit when it led into the city traffic on West Main. The Honda made a left turn on to High Street, where it passed a vehicle, went around a stopped school bus, drove through two front yards, and continued south on High Street. It was believed to have gone toward Viola.
The driver was able to elude capture but warrants for his arrest were issued Saturday morning.
Motlow’s Billy Hix Honored
Motlow’s Billy Hix has been recognized by multiple organizations for his work in educating young students about the night sky and space exploration. Hix’s education program touches thousands of students and teachers each year as he travels throughout Tennessee to put on a planetarium-based educational event.
For over 30 years Hix has dedicated his life’s work to educating youngsters about the wonders of the night sky and space exploration. His efforts have not gone unnoticed.
As a result of his hard work and dedication to educating fourth, fifth and sixth grade students through his planetarium-based school program, Hix has recently received, or will be receiving, multiple awards and recognition.
In January of this year Hix was honored by NASA as a 2018 NASA Solar System Ambassador (SSA). The SSA program works with motivated volunteers across the nation to share the latest science and discoveries of NASA’s space exploration missions through a variety of events that inspire their communities.
For 2018, Hix has been selected as a Tennessee Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Advocate Award winner that will be presented this month at the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network annual meeting. The STEM Advocate Award recognizes a Tennessean who has demonstrated a passion for STEM education through public advocacy and participation in leadership organizations that advance STEM education for students.
Additionally, Hix is one of three nominees for the prestigious American Astronomical Society (AAS) Outreach/Impact Award. To foster and recognize excellence in astronomy, the AAS presents awards and prizes for outstanding contributions to astronomical research, instrumentation, writing, and service. Past winners of this award include Carl Sagan and Edwin Hubble.
Hix will also be the keynote speaker at this year’s national convention of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC), an organization dedicated to the improvement of education in the first two years of college mathematics in the United States and Canada.
His program is 100 percent booked for next year; and this school year Hix has conducted 127 school programs and worked with over 13,000 students and teachers; further evidence of what can happen when passion meets purpose!
Free Fishing day is Coming Soon
As the weather warms up, fishing events are getting underway in Tennessee.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is planning special fishing events for the warmer months.
The TWRA has announced that Tennessee’s 2018 Free Fishing Day has been scheduled for Saturday, June 9.
Children 15 and under will be able to fish without a license beginning on Free Fishing day and ending the following Friday, June 15.
The organization annually stocks fish for events across the state.
Preds Fall to Jets in Game 5, Trail Series 3-2
A four-goal second period from the Winnipeg Jets helped lead them to a 6-2 victory over the Nashville Predators in Game 5 on Saturday night. The result gives the Jets a 3-2 series lead and sees the Preds facing elimination for the first time in these playoffs.
Nashville’s start was nearly perfect, but they weren’t able to get the game’s first goal, and four strikes from the Jets in the second preceded two more in the third to ultimately hand the Preds their third loss of the series.
It’s plain and simple now – Nashville has to win two games to keep their season alive, and it starts on Monday night.
“This group’s been built for a game like the one that’s coming up,” Predators Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “I’ve got a tremendous amount of confidence. I believe in them. I know that they believe in each other. Winnipeg’s a good team. We’re going to have to go in there, we’re going to have to play well and we’re going to have to win a hockey game. The guys understand everything. All the information is on the table. Now we just have to go up there and do it.”
“Can we be better? Of course,” Nashville defenseman P.K. Subban said. “We have to be a lot better. It just seemed like every time we made a mistake, it ended up in the back of our net. Fact of the matter is, we had to go to Winnipeg anyway, so we are going to go there and win a game and come back here. It’s that simple.”
Winnipeg got the game’s first goal at 7:44 of the second when a Patrik Laine shot deflected off Paul Stastny and past Pekka Rinne.
The Predators tied it up less than four minutes later when defenseman Yannick Weber recorded his first goal of the postseason by picking the top corner on goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, but the Jets roared back for three goals in the next six minutes to take a 4-1 lead.
Ryan Johansen got one back before the six-goal middle frame was out, when he tallied a shorthanded marker, but Winnipeg got two more before the third period was seven minutes old. The sixth tally spelled the end of Rinne’s night with Juuse Saros making six saves in relief.
“There’s no panic,” Predators Captain Roman Josi said. “We know what we have to do. There’s no panic in the room. We’re a pretty confident group, but like I said before, they got a couple bounces and a couple goals, but we didn’t panic. I thought we tried to stick to our game plan.”
Now there’s nothing left to do but head north once more, their final trip to Manitoba, regardless of what happens. And the Predators have every intention of playing hockey back in Nashville on Thursday night.
“We had to go to Winnipeg anyway,” Laviolette said. “The plane is already booked, and we’re ready to go. There’s no group that I’d rather be with to win one hockey game than this group.”
“For us, we are going to wake up in the morning, that page is going to be turned, we are going to go to Winnipeg and we are going to win a game, and we are going to come back here,” Subban said. “It’s that simple.”
Notes:
Kevin Fiala went back into the Predators lineup in Game 5, replacing Scott Hartnell who skated in Game 4. Fiala registered four shots in 11:56 of ice time.
Yannick Weber’s goal was his fourth-career postseason goal and his first with the Preds.
Game 6 between the Predators and Jets is set for an 8:30 p.m. CT start on Monday night in Winnipeg. If necessary, the Preds would then host their first Game 7 in club history on Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena.
Pete Weber’s Postgame Report
Phegley, Gossett Propel Sounds Over Redbirds
Josh Phegley’s second three-hit night in his last three games and Daniel Gossett’s mastery on the mound lifted the Nashville Sounds past the Memphis Redbirds 4-2 Saturday night. Phegley drove in two of the Sounds’ four runs for his third multi-RBI game of the season.
Gossett was superb in his piggy back role of Chris Bassitt for the Sounds. Bassitt started for the Sounds and allowed a run on five hits in his two innings of work. Gossett took over in the third inning and turned in seven solid innings for his second win of season. He fanned a season-high nine batters while scattering five hits. His only blemish was a Tyler O’Neill solo blast in the sixth inning into the Vanderbilt Health Deck seats beyond the right center field fence, which cut the Sounds’ lead in half to the final score of 4-2.
Former Sound Yairo Muñoz gave Memphis the early 1-0 lead with a run-scoring double in the first inning. Nashville responded in the second inning by plating a pair of runs. Phegley tied the game with a base hit back up the middle. Two batters later Dustin Garneau doubled down the left field line to put the Sounds in front. Phegley came through for the Sounds again in the third inning. He poked a ground ball just out of the reach of second baseman Max Schrock to double the Sounds’ lead to 3-1. Garneau added a single for his first multi-hit game of the season.
The four-game series continues Sunday afternoon at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Kendall Graveman (0-0, 9.53) starts for Nashville against right-hander Kevin Herget (1-2, 3.38) for Memphis. First pitch is scheduled for 2:05 p.m.
Post-Game Notes
- With tonight’s 4-2 win, the Sounds improved to 14-14 on the season.
- Left fielder Nick Martini extended his on-base streak to 17 games with a third inning single. Martini has reached safely in every game he has played in since April 14.
- Right fielder Anthony Garcia went 1-for-3 to extend his hitting streak to six games while center fielder Dustin Fowler saw his six-game hitting streak extinguished after an 0-for-4 performance.
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.
Updated Prep District Tournament Brackets
2018 District 8 Baseball Tournament(updated 5-5-18)
2018 District 8 Soccer Tournament(updated 5-5-18)
2018 District 8 Softball Tournament(updated 5-5-18)