With the majority of their starters missing on Saturday due to the CHS Prom, the Lady Raider softball concluded play in the Lincoln County Border Battle.  Coffee County played 3 games on the day coming away with a 1 and 2 record.  Coffee County opened play on Saturday morning with a 7 to 4 walk-off loss to Page.  The Lady Raiders opened tournament play with a 4 to 2 win over Stewarts Creek before being eliminated by Hazel Green, Alabama.

Despite 2 different leads for Coffee County against Page, the Lady Patriots hit a 3 run home run in the bottom of the 5^th inning to end the game due to the expiration of time.  Coffee County grabbed a 1 to 0 lead in the first inning and a 4 to 3 lead in the 3^rd inning.  Raven Rogers had 3 singles and scored twice for the Lady Raiders.  Shelby Scrivnor added a single, a triple and 2 RBI.  Ashley Evans and Keri Munn each had 2 hits.

In the win over Stewarts Creek, the Lady Raiders plated 4 runs in the 3^rd inning with the big blast being a 3 run home run from Jayden Scheller.  Scheller added a single and scored once.  Rogers added a single and a double and 1 run scored.  Keri Munn pitched a complete game 4 hitter striking out 6 batters in 6 innings of work.

Hazel Green jumped on the Lady Raiders in the first inning scoring 7 runs to put the game out of reach.  Coffee County surrendered 11 unearned runs after committing 5 errors and was held to 3 hits on the game.  Eliza Carden, Ashley Evans and Shelby Scrivnor each finished with a single for the Lady Raiders.

The Lady Raiders are set to travel to Marshall County on Monday afternoon for a non-district contest with the Lady Tigers.  Weather permitting, that game will get underway at 5:30 PM.

The Nashville Predators advanced to the Western Conference Second Round with a 5-0 win against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 6 of the first round at Pepsi Center on Sunday.

Pekka Rinne made 22 saves for the Predators, who will play the Winnipeg Jets in the second round.

Viktor Arvidsson, Nick Bonino, Filip Forsberg, Austin Watson and Mattias Ekholm scored for Nashville.

Andrew Hammond made 32 saves for Colorado.

The Predators took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals from Ekholm and Watson.

Colton Sissons passed across to Ekholm in the left face-off circle for a shot past a screened Hammond at 7:02 to make it 1-0. It was the first goal by a Predators defenseman in the series.

Watson made it 2-0 at 10:19. Bonino, who had two assists, gained possession in the left corner after an Avalanche turnover and passed to Sissons, who skated through the slot as Nathan MacKinnon got tangled with Hammond, who scrambled along the ice. Sissons shot through the crease off the left post and Watson banged in the loose puck.

Forsberg scored 38 seconds into the second period to make it 3-0. He skated down the left wing on a 2-on-1 rush and shot between Hammond’s left arm and body.

Bonino made it 4-0 when he scored from the top of the slot at 8:26 of the second with a shot that went in off Hammond’s blocker 13 seconds after the Avalanche killed a penalty.

The Predators made it 5-0 on Arvidsson’s goal at 2:36 of the third period.

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report

The Nashville Sounds were edged by the Omaha Storm Chasers 4-1 in Sunday’s matinee. The victory clinched the three-game series for Omaha.

Nashville’s Frankie Montas and Omaha’s Clay Bucholz went toe-to-toe on the mound as they both cruised through the first five innings without allowing a run. Omaha finally broke the seal on the scoreless ball game in the sixth inning. After inducing a fly out to begin the inning, Montas yielded a single to Logan Moon and walked Ramon Torres before being pulled from the game.

Bobby Wahl entered in relief and balked before throwing his first pitch, allowing Moon and Torres to each advance a base. Back-to-back doubles from MLB rehabbers Salvador Perez and Alex Gordon gave the Storm Chasers a lead they would not relinquish.

The Sounds responded in the top of the seventh inning as Franklin Barreto swatted his second home run of the season to lead off the frame. That would be all the offense Nashville could muster.

Montas finished with 5 1/3 innings and allowed a pair of runs on three hits while walking one and fanning three. Bucholz lasted an inning longer, going 6 1/3 allowing the lone Sounds run of the game, walking one and striking out three.

Nick Dini belted a solo blast off Wahl to lead off the seventh inning and give the Storm Chasers a bit of insurance. Wahl went a season-long 2 2/3 innings and allowed his first runs of the season while notching five punch outs.

The Sounds will try and salvage a win as they wrap up their three-game series against the Storm Chasers Monday morning. Right-hander Daniel Gossett (0-0, 0.00) starts for the Sounds against left-hander Jonathan Dziedzic for the Storm Chasers. First pitch is scheduled for 11:05 a.m.

Post-Game Notes

• The Sounds fell to 8-9 on the season. After winning five straight games the Sounds have now dropped three in a row.
• BJ Boyd went 1-for-3 to extend his on-base streak to a team-high 12 games. During his 12-game streak he is batting .364 (16-for-44) with 6 runs, 2 doubles, 1 home run, 11 RBI, and drawn 5 walks. His third inning single extended his hitting streak to eight games.
• Frankie Montas lasted 5 1/3 innings, his longest outing since August 21, 2015 when he went six innings for Double-A Birmingham. Sunday afternoon was Montas’ 51^st game and 18^th start since then.
• Nashville has now scored fewer than four runs in 12 of their 17 games. The Sounds are now 3-9 when failing to score four runs.
• Franklin Barreto collected three hits, becoming the fifth Sounds player to do so in 2018.

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.

The Westwood Middle School soccer team punched their ticket to another conference championship on Friday night as they beat Riverside Christian 5 to 1 at Dyer-Bouldin Field.  Unbeaten in the regular season on conference play, the Rockets raced out to a 5 to 0 lead at the half and coasted to the win.

John Martinez scored a pair of goals in that first half while Keiton Sherrill, Connor Cravens and Kevin Perigrino added goals.  Body Todd had 4 saves in net for Westwood.

Westwood will take on St. Andrews on Saturday morning at 10 AM at Dyer-Bouldin Field in the tournament championship.  The Rockets will be looking for their 4^th straight conference title.

Trying to shake off a pair of subpar offensive performances, the Coffee County Central High School baseball team traveled to McMinnville on Friday for the first game of a 2 game non-district series.  The Red Raiders got their offense untracked as they banged out 15 hits in an 11 to 6 win over rival Warren County.

Coffee County jumped on the Pioneers in the 1^st inning as they used a walk and 2 hits to take a 2 to 0 lead.  Five hits led to 3 runs in the 3^rd, but a 5 run 4^th inning gave the Raiders an advantage they would not surrender.  Coffee County laced 4 doubles in the game to go along with 4 walks while only striking out 3 times.

Nathanial Tate had 2 doubles and 2 RBI with 3 runs scored to lead the Raider hitting attack. Skylar Bratcher had a single, a double and 2 RBI.   Ryan Stephens and A.J. Rollman each added a pair of singles and 2 RBI.  Zach Milan got the start on the mound as he went 3 innings to get the win.  Braden Brown, Scottie Duke and Rollman all pitched in relief for Coffee County.

The Raiders will host game #2 of the series on Saturday morning at Powers Field.  First pitch is set for 11 AM and Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast.  Lucky Knott will have the call of the action beginning at 11 immediately following the Coffee Coaches Show.

Coffee County Middle School softball team hit the road on Friday to take on their hated rival Tullahoma.  The Lady Raiders sent 13 batters to the plate in the 1^st inning to score 9 runs to jump out to a huge lead.  Coffee County ended up besting the Lady Cats 17 to 2 in 5 innings.

The Lady Raiders banged out 8 hits in the first inning and took advantage of 3 errors by Tullahoma to build an early 9 to 0 lead.  Coffee County banged out 18 hits on the game.  Kiya Ferrell had 3 singles and a home run to lead the Lady Raider hitting attack.  Aly Harris hammered out 3 hits and Hannah Richardson added a double and a single.

Coffee Middle will welcome Tullahoma to CCMS on Tuesday in the final regular season game of the year.  That game will get underway at 5 PM.

The Coffee County Central High School softball team opened play in the Lincoln County Border Battle on Friday afternoon with a pair of pool play games in Fayetteville.  In the first game, Coffee County lost a hard fought 3 to 1 decision.  In the nightcap, the Lady Raiders were blitzed 15 to 4 by Riverdale.

Against Marshall County, it was a rough 1^st inning for the Lady Raiders that allowed Marshall County to build a 2 to 0 lead.  Marshal County stretched the lead to 3 to 0 in the 5^th before an Ashley Evans double drove home Coffee County’s only run in the bottom of the 5^th.  Evans finished with a double and a single while Raven Rogers had a pair of singles.

In the nightcap versus Riverdale, Coffee County built a 3 to 2 lead through the first 2 innings.  Riverdale exploded for 7 runs in the 3^rd inning to race to the win.  Six Lady Raider errors saw Coffee County surrender 7 unearned runs.  Coffee County was led in hitting by Evans who had a single a double and an RBI.  Rogers added a pair of singles.

Coffee County returns to Fayetteville for a 9 AM game on Saturday morning.  Coffee County will take on Page in the final pool play game before opening up the single elimination tournament play at noon.