Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement on Thursday, paving the way for the 2022 regular season to begin on April 7.
After the MLBPA approved the deal by a 26-12 vote, the owners ratified it Thursday night with a unanimous 30-0 vote, officially bringing the three-month lockout to a close.
The mandatory Spring Training report date for all clubs was Sunday. Exhibition games are tentatively scheduled to begin on March 18.
The defending World Champion Atlanta Braves open the season April 7 in Atlanta against the Cincinatti Reds.
PREP SPORTS SCOREBOARD: Thursday, March 10, 2022
In a game you heard live on Thunder Radio as part of the Peoples Bank & Trust Hometown Sports Series, Coffee Middle softball team pounded out 10 hits and every player in the lineup scored at least one run in a 13-1, run-rule shortened beating of visiting Harris Thursday, March 10 2022.
Lady Raiders Maggie Montgomery and Kayley Buckley each had singles and doubles and a pair of runs scored. Buckley knocked in 3 RBIs, with 2 of those coming in a big 6-run second inning for the Lady Raiders.
Buckley also picked up the win in the circle for CMS. She worked all 4 innings, allowing just one unearned run on three hits while striking out six Eaglette batters.
CMS closed the scoring and ended the game in the bottom of the fourth. With the bases loaded, Dani Hillis ripped the ball into leftfield and it skipped past the left fielder trying to play it in the air. Hillis motored around for an inside-the-park grand slam.
The Lady Raiders improve to 2-1 in CTC play with the win.
OTHER SCORES
Westwood softball 6, Liberty 7
Coffee Middle Soccer 1, Tullahoma 4
The Raiders trailed 4-0 before Cameron Pobanz found the back of the net for the Raiders Thursday afternoon in Manchester.
Coffee Middle Baseball 11, Harris 1
Coffee County drew 13 walks at the plate and busted the game open with 4 runs in the fourth and four more in the sixth to run-rule Harris Thursday night.
Austin Gipson drew four walks in the game, picked up a hit, an RBI and scored four times.
Caleb Crouch earned the win on the mound. He struck out 5 batters and allowed four hits over five innings of work. Landan Abellana worked a scoreless inning in relief.
Johansen, Josi, Saros Lead Preds to Comeback Win Over Stars
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Ryan Johansen tied it, and Roman Josi won it.
Nashville’s captain tallied with less than two minutes to play in regulation as the Predators came back to beat the Dallas Stars by a 2-1 final on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives the Preds three wins in four tries over Dallas to conclude the season series – and more importantly, Nashville is now one point ahead of the Stars in the Central Division standings.
The Predators needed most of the night to find the back of the net, but they got two before the contest was out, and in what was arguably Nashville’s most important game of the season to date, they simply found a way.
The first two periods on Tuesday night passed by without either club able to find the back of the net, but just 32 seconds into the final frame, John Klingberg’s point shot deflected off of Eeli Tolvanen and past Juuse Saros to give Dallas the night’s first lead.
That was all the visitors could muster, however, and later in the period – just seconds after Saros stoned Michael Raffl on a breakaway – the Preds countered as Johansen scooped up a loose puck in the slot and deked to the backhand to beat Jake Oettinger and even the score at 1-1 at 13:08.
Then, with just 82 seconds remaining in regulation, Josi’s point shot went past Oettinger and into the twine to send the Bridgestone Arena crowd into a frenzy as the Preds took the only lead they’d need.
Saros and his teammates fended off one last push from the Stars, and the Predators earned points 67 and 68 of the season to jump over Dallas and into the Western Conference’s first Wild Card spot.
Tuesday Storyline:
A Tuesday night in March doesn’t get much bigger, and in a game that felt much greater than just another outing on the schedule, the Nashville Predators showed what they’re capable of when it matters most.
In a tilt against Dallas that already had a postseason feel – and could end up carrying massive playoff implications by the end of the campaign – the Preds prevailed by simply doing what they do best – sticking with the game plan and pouncing when the opportunity arrived.
“It was a huge win for us,” Josi said. “Obviously, we were playing a team that’s one point ahead of us in our division. It was a tough game and kind of the way you can expect every game against Dallas – low-scoring, good defense, good goaltending and not a lot of room out there. But it was great, and we found a way. They obviously got the goal early, but we never gave up and found a way to win.”
Titans agree to multi-year extension with Harold Landry
TITANS ONLINE
The Titans have agreed to terms on a multi-year contract extension with outside linebacker Harold Landry.
A second-round draft pick of the Titans in the 2018 NFL Draft, Landry was named a Pro Bowler in 2021 after finishing the season with 12 sacks, which ranked 10th in the NFL and led the team.
Landry also led the team with 14 tackles for loss and ranked second on the team with a career-best 49 quarterback pressures while finishing third on the team with 74 tackles. In 2021, Landry joined Micah Parsons, Aaron Donald and Cameron Heyward as the only NFL players in 2021 to post at least 75 tackles and 10 sacks.
Landry, who was scheduled to become a free agent next week, said at the Pro Bowl he’d love to be back with the Titans in 2022.
“It’s no secret that I love playing for the Titans, and my family loves living in Tennessee,” Landry said. “So hopefully we can get a deal done.”
On Tuesday evening, the two sides came to an agreement.
Titans General Manager Jon Robinson said previously the team wanted to keep Landry.
“We are going to do everything we can to try and keep Harold,” Robinson said. “Harold has worked extremely hard, he uses his length. He has a fastball, but I thought this year he had a few more tricks up his sleeve. Harold played a couple of different roles, mostly on the end of the line of scrimmage, but he played some off the ball stuff, too.”
Between weeks three and 10 of the 2021 season, Landry put together a stretch of eight consecutive games registering at least .5 sack in each contest. In the Divisional Playoff Game versus the Bengals, Landry registered 1.5 sacks and six tackles.
The 2021 campaign was the third consecutive season in which Landry started every contest, extending his streaks to 64 consecutive games played and 52 consecutive starts. He has not missed a game since sitting out the first game of his rookie season. At the conclusion of 2021, his starting streak was the sixth-longest active streak in the NFL among all defensive players.
Since entering the NFL in 2018, Landry has accumulated a team-high 31 sacks, which is the second-highest total by a Titans/Oilers player in his first four NFL seasons since 1982, when individual sacks became an official NFL statistic 1982 (37 by Jevon Kearse). From 2018 to 2021, Landry joined Pittsburgh’s Cameron Heyward as the NFL’s only players to be credited with at least 250 tackles, 30 sacks and two interceptions.
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Pete Rose returning to Manchester March 16 (time change)
Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader Pete Rose is making a return visit to Manchester.
Thunder Radio News announced the visit last week — there has been a change in the schedule since then.
Pete Rose will be at Al White Ford Lincoln (2002 Hillsboro Blvd) from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, March 16. Organizers moved the time to comply with the CHS Boys Basketball team playing in the state tournament at 1:15 p.m. the same day.
Everyone is welcome to stop by and visit with Rose – there is no charge. There will be hotdogs, chips and drinks available. Thunder Radio will be on site, as well.
There will be no autographs signed during this time.
Rose came to Manchester back in the fall for a fundraiser dinner for the CHS baseball team.
STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Community encouraged to line highway for Raider escort March 16
The community is invited and encouraged to send off the CHS Red Raider basketball team on its way to the state tournament next Wednesday (March 16, 2022).
The Raiders will be leaving Coffee County High School from the bus loading zone and get a police escort down McMinnville Highway (State Hwy. 55), past Raider Academy to Interstate-24 Westbound.
The team will leave the school at 11 a.m.
“Businesses and the public are encouraged to line the side of Highway 55 from the high school to Raider Academy in support of these young men,” said the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department.
Coffee County (24-9 overall) will open the tournament at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 16 against the Indians of Dobyns-Bennett High School (30-6) out of Kingsport. The game will be played at MTSU’s Murphy Center.
Tickets will be available at the gate but can also be purchased in advance through gofan.co. Reserved seating is available for $25 and general admission is available for $12 per seat. Click here to purchase tickets for Wednesday, March 16.
The tournament is single elimination. If the Raiders beat Dobyns-Bennett, they will play the winner of Bartlett and Beech at 1:15 p.m. Friday. The winner of that game will play for a state championship at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 19th.
If you can’t make the trip, you can listen to the games on your home for all Red Raider athletics – Thunder Radio – 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, streaming on the Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com.
The CHS Red Raiders and coach Andrew Taylor will join Thunder Radio at 6 p.m. Wednesday (March 9) LIVE from Praters BBQ for the weekly Coffee County basketball coaches show. Everyone is welcome to join on the back porch or listen live on Thunder Radio.
STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: Raiders open play March 16, tickets on sale now
Coffee County Central’s magical basketball season continues in the TSSAA State Basketball Tournament next week.
Coffee County (24-9 overall) will open the tournament at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 16 against the Indians of Dobyns-Bennett High School (30-6) out of Kingsport. The game will be played at MTSU’s Murphy Center.
Tickets will be available at the gate but can also be purchased in advance through gofan.co. Reserved seating is available for $25 and general admission is available for $12 per seat. Click here to purchase tickets for Wednesday, March 16.
The tournament is single elimination. If the Raiders beat Dobyns-Bennett, they will play the winner of Bartlett and Beech at 1:15 p.m. Friday. The winner of that game will play for a state championship at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 19th.
If you can’t make the trip, you can listen to the games on your home for all Red Raider athletics – Thunder Radio – 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, streaming on the Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com.
The CHS Red Raiders and coach Andrew Taylor will join Thunder Radio at 6 p.m. Wednesday (March 9) LIVE from Praters BBQ for the weekly Coffee County basketball coaches show. Everyone is welcome to join on the back porch or listen live on Thunder Radio.
RED RAIDERS ARE STATE BOUND!
Hollywood scrips are rarely written better.
The last time Coffee County Central basketball went to the TSSAA state basketball tournament was in 1965 – Allan Taylor played on that team.
Now Taylor’s son – Red Raider head coach Andrew Taylor – has led the Raiders back to another one.
Coffee County jumped in front of Stewarts Creek 6-0 early and led wire to wire in front of a packed Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium Monday night in Manchester, going on to a 57-50 win in the TSSAA State Sectional.
Coffee County now advances to next week’s TSSAA State Boys Tournament in Murfreesboro – down to the elite 8 in Tennessee.
“These guys have earned this,” said Coffee County head coach Andrew Taylor.
The Raiders improve to 24-9 on the season with the win over Stewarts Creek Tuesday. They will draw Dobyns Bennett (30-6 overall) in the opening round of the state tournament. That game will be played at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 16 at MTSU’s Murphy Center. The tournament is single elimination.
Stewarts Creek is eliminated from the postseason with the loss.
Monday night in Manchester, Coffee County controlled the game from the tip. The Raiders smothered the Red Hawks with defense, taking an 18-12 lead into the locker room.
Coffee County flirted with blowing Stewarts Creek out in the third quarter, pulling ahead 35-18. But the Red Hawks hit an 8-0 run to close the quarter and keep things interesting.
Big shots in big situations closed the win for the Raiders.
Junior Raider Dayne Crosslin buried a 3 with 1:30 to play after the Red Hawks had cut the deficit to 7. Connor Shemwell all but iced the game with 56 seconds left on a hook shot in the paint to push the CHS back up to 10. Shemwell led all scorers with 19 points and was named Stone Fort Mortgage Player of the game. He also turned in 8 rebounds – nearing a double-double.
Crosslin had 11 and Aidan Abellana with 9 big points, including a 3 pointer.
Senior Phineas Rollman led all players with 9 rebounds and had 6 assists to go along with 3 points.
Andrew Taylor 
Jaxon Vaughn 
Dayne Crosslin 
John Dobson Connor Shemwell 
Phineas Rollman
BASKETBALL: Tickets on sale now for Monday night State Sectional game in Manchester
If you want your tickets to the state sectional basketball game Monday – you may want to go ahead and purchase them now to make sure you have a seat.
Coffee County’s Red Raider boys will host Stewarts Creek High School at 7 p.m. Monday, March 7 at Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gymnasium. The Raiders are looking to go to the state basketball tournament for the first time since the 1960s. The winner on Monday will move on to the state tournament. The loser’s season comes to an end.
Tickets will be available at the gate on a first come, first served basis for $10 apiece (prices set by TSSAA). You can purchase tickets in advance to ensure your ticket and avoid long purchase lines by going through gofan.co for $8 (plus convenience charge).
Click here for the direct link to purchase tickets through gofan.co.
HOW YOU CAN LISTEN
Can’t make the game? Tune into Thunder Radio beginning with pregame at 6:30 p.m. — 107.9 FM, 1320 AM, Manchester Go app and thunder1320.com.
WATCH FROM HOME
The game will be video streamed by Raider TV (CHS audio visual class) in partnership with Thunder Radio and sponsors Al White Ford Lincoln and Premier Service Contracting LLC. You can watch on the Thunder Radio Facebook page (starting at about 6:50 p.m.) by clicking here. Or the Raider TV Youtube page by clicking here.
SPRING SCOREBOARD: Results from Thursday, March 3
BASEBALL
Coffee County Middle 19, Grundy County 0
Coffee County Middle Baseball improved to 3-0 on the season with a 19-0 thrashing of visiting Grundy County Thursday night.
Tatsuki Aso, Jase Cashion and Landan Abellana all had two RBIs apiece and Caleb Crouch picked up 4 RBIs and a run scored for the Raiders.
SOFTBALL
Westwood 11, Huntland 1
The Lady Rockets of Westwood Middle School opened the spring season with a bang – run-ruling Huntland 11-1 in five innints.
Eighth grader Lily Norman had a great night at the plate and in the circle. Norman ripped three hits and knocked in 5. She scored a pair of runs, as well. Kyle Evans added a pair of RBIs and Audri Patton was 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored for the Lady Rockets.
Norman went the distance in the circle. She struck out 13 batters in 5 innings of work.
SOCCER
Coffee Middle 0, Harris 3