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Sounds Fall to Omaha on Tuesday Night
The Nashville Sounds trailed from start to finish en route to a 9-3 defeat at the hands of the Omaha Storm Chasers Tuesday night. The Sounds dropped to 64-70 on the season with the loss.
The Sounds were unable to take advantage of five walks from Omaha starter, Christian Binford and left the bases loaded without plating a run in each of the first two innings. In total they left 11 runners stranded and went just 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
Omaha took a 2-0 lead with help from the Sounds defense. In the first inning Frank Schwindel dribbled a ground ball to third base for a potential double play but the ball was thrown away by Sounds second baseman Franklin Barreto, allowing a run to score.
Three innings later Schwindel doubled to lead off the fourth inning and advanced to third on a wild pitch from Sounds starter, Daniel Mengden. With two outs Hunter Dozier popped up to Barreto who dropped the ball and allowed Schwindel to score.
Nashville knotted the game at two runs a piece in the home half of the inning. Jaff Decker began the inning with a base hit while Jake Smolinski worked a one out walk. Both Decker and Smolinski advanced on a Josh Phegley fly out to center field. Barreto atoned for his earlier defensive gaffe by serving a broken bat single into shallow center field to plate a pair of runs.
The Storm Chasers posted crooked numbers in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings to run away with the victory. Jorge Soler crushed a two-run blast to left in the fifth inning while Raul Mondesi roped a two-run double into right field in the sixth. A run-scoring ground out from Terrance Gore and a two-run triple from Billy Burns in the seventh inning completed the scoring for Omaha.
Mengden was dealt the loss while reliever Logan Bawcom was tagged for five runs in two innings.
Yairo Muñoz tallied two more hits including a fifth inning double to extend his streak to four straight multi-hit games.
Game three of the four-game series is scheduled for Wednesday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Zach Neal (3-8, 5.29) starts for the Sounds against left-hander Eric Skoglund (4-5, 4.11) for the Storm Chasers. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
8/30/17 — Robert Kenneth Stacy
Funeral services for Mr. Robert “Bob” Kenneth Stacy, age 77, of
Manchester
will be conducted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 1 PM at Manchester
Funeral Home with Benny Benjamin officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill
Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will begin at 11 AM on
Wednesday until time of service. Mr. Stacy passed away on Monday, August 28
at Manchester Health Care Center.
Bob was born on April 27, 1940, to the late Mr. Robert Lee and Virginia
Fults Stacy in Coffee County. He served in the Army with the 101st Airborne
Division. He was a retired maintenance technician at Nissan North America,
a follower of the Tennessee Titans, and loved working in his workshop while
listening to gospel music.
Bob is survived by his wife of 55 years, Brenda Vaughn Stacy; two sons,
Kenneth Mark (Jane) Stacy from Manchester, and Robert Michael Stacy of
Franklin; two grandchildren, Jacob and Courtney; one great grandchild,
Kadance; one brother, Gale (Charlotte) Stacy of Beechgrove; two sisters,
Irene Jernigan (M.B.) of Bradyville, and Myrna Toungette (Tommy) of
Nashville; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
MANCHESTER FUNERAL HOME IS HONORED TO SERVE THE Stacy FAMILY
8/29/17 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Amanda Fletcher, 35 — Pizza Winner!
Alison Elam, 16
Doreen Barnes
Don English
Chase Bogle, 27
Kathy Nordgren
Coffee County Teen Remains Missing
The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department continues to search for a missing teen.
Keana Watters age 17 of Coffee County has been missing since June 30, 2017. Watters was last seen at her residence in Coffee County on June 30th, but was spotted in July in Marshall County.
She is a white female standing 5’4″ and weighing 118lbs with brown hair and eyes.
If you have any information please contact Investigator Jason Dendy at the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department at 931-570-4427. Your call can remain anonymous.
More Charges Filed Against Tullahoma Man
Elmer Ray Church… Photo provided by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Dept.
Elmer Ray Church, 46, of East Grundy Street, Tullahoma was arrested last week for taking $44,000 to make home repairs to a residence at 105 Point Circle and didn’t perform the work.
According to a Tullahoma Police report, Church was hired to make home repairs and perform other outside work at the residence. But he did not perform any of the job. The homeowner was unable to contact Church after receiving the money.
He was arrested at a construction site in Manchester Thursday morning by Tullahoma Police Investigator Johnny Gore.
In earlier warrants between June 1 and July 10 Church was hired to do construction work at 100 Point Drive but failed to perform it. According to warrants obtained by Gore, Church was paid $84,000 in January and February to perform work on the residence but he did not do it.
In another warrant, between June 1 and July 20 Church was hired to perform construction work at a residence on South Polk Street in Tullahoma. The work was never performed there and Church was paid $5,000 for the work.
He was also arrested on another warrant, Church is accused of taking five checks that were to pay other subcontractors and cashed the checks without paying the contractors to whom they were intended. The checks totaled $44,750.
In the warrant, Gore alleges that Church forged his name on a check to Window Work in the amount of $9,010. He then allegedly deposited the check into his account at Ascend Federal credit Union.
He is also accused of forging his name on a check made to Mark Baker for $8,000 and deposited at Traders National Bank in Tullahoma and then withdrawn.
He also allegedly forged his name on a check made to Roscoe Brown for $6,000 and deposited in Traders National Bank and then withdrawn.
He is also accused of forging his name on a check written to Joel Winton for $4,250 and deposited at Traders National Bank in Tullahoma and then withdrawn.
On Tuesday (August 29, 2017) Coffee County Sheriff’s Investigator Kelly Smith took out another warrant on Church. The warrant says that on August 15, 2017 a person came to the Coffee County Jail to report the theft of 2 box trailers valued at $12,000 from a location on the Old Manchester Hwy. The trailers were allegedly rented to Church, then he apparently sold the trailers without the permission of the owner.
Church is now being held at the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $200,000.
Hurricane Harvey pushes Gas Prices Up
Hurricane Harvey is causing gas prices to experience a dramatic increase.
AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said the hurricane hit a major supply line in Florida and along the eastern seaboard. Multiple refineries and drilling rigs had to be evacuated ahead of the storm. A minimum increase of 10 to 30 cents is expected. Some gas stations around Coffee County saw an increase of 16 cents on Tuesday.
The low price as of late Tuesday was $2.06 per gallon in Manchester and $2.18 in Tullahoma.
Tennessee gas prices averaged $2.18 on Tuesday. The state average is 4 cents more than this time last week.
The national average on Sunday was $2.36, which is 15 cents higher than a year ago.
Hurricane Harvey Scam Warning from the BBB
The Better Business Bureau wants people to be aware of scammers trying to make a quick buck off of Hurricane Harvey.
The organization is warning people to be cautious when making a donation, especially online, to make sure their money is going to the right place.
Jim Winsett with the Better Business Bureau says he’s already been alerted to possible fraudulent activity related to the storm and he says it has to do with a GoFundMe page.
Winsett says while some third party fundraising efforts may be legitimate, it’s probably safer to donate directly to reputable organizations such as the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
Raider TV begins thanks to Coffee County High School’s Audio/Visual Class
Coffee County High School’s audio/visual class lead by teacher Scott Anderson began a new project on Friday night, live streaming of high school football. Anderson’s class started Raider TV over YouTube so that school events like sports and other activities could be broadcast either live or on delay. Anderson stated that during the Coffee Pot football game as many as 300 people were viewing the game live over wmsrradio.com and nearly 2,000 views of the game had taken place as of Monday morning. Anderson thanked WMSR Radio for the play-by-play used for the broadcast.
The audio/visual class will again broadcast over their Raider TV YouTube channel and wmsrradio.com, Friday’s football game in Murfreesboro between Coffee County and Blackman High School.
CHS Golf Gets Revenge Win over Cookeville
Austin Farris of CHS Golf[file photo]
Coffee County was led by Austin Farris who had the low round of the day at 74. Samuel Prater was 2 strokes back at 76. Reid Lawrence scored a 91 and Matthew Hale and Josh Perry each fired identical rounds of 92 for the win.
Coffee County returns to Willowbrook on Wednesday when they host the Golden Classic. A full slate of teams will be on hand for the 18 hole tournament. The shotgun start is scheduled for 9 AM.
8/30/17 — Eddie Scott
Mr. Thomas Edward “Eddie” Scott passed away at his residence in Tullahoma, Tennessee on August 27, 2017.
Known as Eddie to his family and friends, he was born in Tullahoma, Tennessee on May 25, 1940 to the late Thomas “Puncher” and Muriel Tosh Scott.
A Veteran of the United States Army, in the 1960’s Eddie was employed as a fireman for the City of Tullahoma and later joined Wilson Sporting where he retired after a 37 year career. For several years following his retirement he worked as an associate of O’Reilly Auto Parts.
He attended Harmony Baptist Church in Tullahoma and loved to work on old cars and trucks.
Mr. Scott is survived by his wife of 53 years, Carolyn Faye Scott along with children Butch Scott and his wife Rhonda of Tullahoma, Tennessee; Stacy Scott and his wife Linda of Morrison, Tennessee; Stephen Scott and his wife Kara of Estill Springs, Tennessee and Carol McKelvey and her husband Brad of Tullahoma, Tennessee.
One brother, Leland Scott of Tullahoma survives along with grandchildren Jay Scott of Louisville, Kentucky; Taylor Scott and Charlie Scott of Tullahoma; Amyah and Maycee McKelvey of Tullahoma and Emily and Ashley Scott of Tullahoma, Tennessee. One great grandchild, Anna Reynolds of Tullahoma, along with several nieces and nephews.
Visitation with family members will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, August 30, 2017 in the funeral home’s chapel. David Walls and Charlie Guinn will officiate. Burial will follow with military honors at Bethany Cemetery.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.