Category: Sports

Four home runs gave Nashville the offense they needed to defeat Round Rock 6-3. Seth Maness allowed just one run in five innings in his second win of the season.

Patrick Wisdom hit the first home run for the Sounds to lead off the second inning. Hunter Colewould hit his own solo homer in the third inning to give the Sounds a 2-0 lead.

Round Rock would respond with a run in the bottom of the third when Myles Straw singled to score Garrett Stubbs to make it a 2-1 game.

The Sounds would score two more runs in the fourth when Matt Davidson hit a two-run homer that also scored Jose Trevino. That made the score 4-1.

Delino DeShields would double in the top of the fifth to score Zack Granite and extend the Sounds lead 5-1.

Sounds’ starter Maness had a great outing for Nashville after finishing the fifth. He allowed just one run on six hits and no walks while striking out three.

Nashville would score one more in the top of the eight when Wisdom went on to hit his second solo shot of the game. The game was then at 6-2.

Round Rock would threaten a comeback in the bottom of the ninth when they scored two runs but would leave the bases loaded as Nashville would hold them off, 6-3.

Game four of the series will start at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday. Nashville will start left-hander Wes Benjamin (1-5, 8.54) and Round Rock will start left-hander Cionel Perez (0-0, 6.35).

Post-Game Notes

– With today’s 6-3 win, the Sounds are now 15-26 on the season.

– Nashville’s four home runs tied a season-high, where they last achieved the feat on April 15 at San Antonio.

– Seth Maness has now gone at least five innings while pitching less than 80 pitches in each of his four starts this season.

– Patrick Wisdom is the second Sound to homer twice in one game this season. Matt Davidson was the first to do it on April 30 versus Omaha.

– Jose Trevino left the game in the top of the sixth and was replaced by Jett Bandy.

– David Carpenter allowed his first run of the season in the ninth. His scoreless innings streak was stopped at 10.2.

The 2019 season is the 42nd in Nashville Sounds franchise history and first as the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.

Trace Bryant of CHS track

Trace Bryant  opened up competition on Thursday in the TSSAA State Track Meet in Clarksville. Competing in the Division 1, Large Class decathlon, Bryant is the first Coffee County Red Raider to compete in the decathlon since 1997.  Despite finishing no lower than 10th in the 5 events on Thursday, Bryant will begin Friday in 12th place overall.

Bryant opened the day in the 100M dash with a time of 11.74 to capture 9th place.  In the triple jump, Bryant had a leap of 38′ 10.25″ to again grab a 9th place finish.  In the pole vault, the days 3rd event, Bryant cleared 10′ 6″ to finish in 7th place.  Bryant closed out the day with the discus and the 400M dash.  In the discus, Bryant made a toss of 87′ 8″ to finish in 10th place.  In the 400, Bryant finished in a time of 53.66 for a 7th place finish.

The TSSAA Decathlon concludes on Friday in Clarksville. On Friday, Trace will open the day at 9 AM with the 110M high hurdles before tackling the high jump, shot put, long jump and the 1500M.

You can track Bryant’s performance on Friday at: http://files.milesplit.us/live_results/360764/190516F076.htm

The Coffee County Red Raider football team will wrap up spring practice on Friday and they are inviting the public to the CHS football practice field.  New head coach Doug Greene will conclude his first spring session with an open practice, controlled scrimmage and Coffee County fans are invited to get their first look at this fall’s Red Raider team.  There will also be a tailgate party with festivities set to begin at 5:30 PM.  The event will be held at the Raider practice field, behind the fieldhouse at Coffee County Central High School.  Fans are urged to bring a lawn chair and a friend and come out to support the Red Raiders.

Joining Harley Hinshaw at his commitment are (front row, left to right): Nadine Hinshaw, grandmother; Anita Hinshaw, mother; Harley Hinshaw; Jeff Hinshaw, father; Ray Hinshaw, grandfather. In the back row is David Martin, CHS head baseball coach.

Coffee County CHS senior baseball player Harley Hinshaw has decided to continue his baseball career at the college level on Wednesday.  To top it all off, he will not have to change team names.  Surrounded by family and friends, the senior pitcher and infielder made the decision official to become a Roane State Raider in the fall and play baseball.  Roane State Community College is located in Harriman, Tennessee and is a member of the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association.

Hinshaw, who was a pitcher and infielder for Coffee County, is expecting to work exclusively as a pitcher at the college level.  Though Harriman is a little further from home than he would prefer, Hinshaw liked the environment at Roane.  “I really like that their head coach is also the pitching coach.  That is not something you normally see” said Hinshaw.  Harley hopes to use his 2 years at Roane to land at a 4year school in the future.  Hinshaw plans to major in accounting.

Coach David Martin was excited for his senior pitcher.  “Harley is a hard worker and a competitor” said Martin.  “He has great command of his fastball and his breaking ball and can throw either pitch at any count” added Martin.  Harley led the Raiders in starts this year with 9 as he accumulated 37 innings striking out 30.  He finished the season with an ERA of 2.84.

The Raiders are coached by Zach Sterner.   Roane finished the spring season with a record of 16 and 25 featuring a roster that loses 11 players to graduation.  Roane features several area players that should return including Caden Sons and Dawson Powers of Franklin County and three players from Murfreesboro.

Trace Bryant of CHS track

Trace Bryant will open up competition on Thursday in the TSSAA State Track Meet in Clarksville.  Bryant will compete in the 2 day, 10 event Decathlon against 15 other qualifiers from across the state.   Bryant will compete in the Division 1, Large Class division that will get underway at 11 AM at Fontana Stadium at Austin Peay State University.  Bryant is the first Coffee County Red Raider to compete in the decathlon since 1997 when Dustin Clark finished in 9^th place overall.

On Thursday, Bryant will compete in the 100M, the triple jump, the pole vault, the discus and the 400M.  The TSSAA Decathlon concludes on Friday in Clarksville.  On Friday, Trace will open the day at 9 AM with the 110M high hurdles before tackling the high jump, shot put, long jump and the 1500M.

Bryant, along with 5 teammates will participate in the Division 1 state track meet on Thursday, May 23^rd at MTSU’s Dean Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium.  Bryant will compete in the pole vault and Macy Tabor will compete in the high jump beginning at 9 AM.  Chloe Haggard will compete in the pole vault at noon.  And the 4x400M relay team of John Dobson, Kelvin Verge, Renato Garcia and Trace Bryant will run in the final event of the 4 PM session on Thursday.

Full schedules, for boys and girls, can be found at: https://tssaasports.com/sports/track-boys/

The Coffee County CHS Lady Raider volleyball team will host their 2^nd annual “Volleybrawl” on Thursday night at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The event features a class competition between Coffee County CHS students to crown a champion.  Like it’s cousin, the Girls’ Powder Puff Football Game, the Volleybrawl teams will be coached by members of the Lady Raider volleyball team.  The event will get underway at 5 PM as the Juniors take on the Freshmen.  At 6 PM, the Seniors square off against the Sophomores.  The consolation game will be played at 7 PM with the championship game set for 8 PM.  All the games will be held at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym and the public is encouraged to attend.  Admission will be $5 for adults and $2 for students.  Concessions will also be available, so come out and eat and enjoy a night of fun.  All proceeds will go to renovate the Lady Raider Volleyball dressing room.

Zack Tidwell of CCMS Golf

The Coffee County Middle School golf team saw their season come to a close on Tuesday as they fell to Tullahoma in the postseason tournament.  The Raider linksters matched up in the head to head matchup playing by the Junior PGA Flag scoring system for the 9 hole match.  Tullahoma came out on top by a final score of 10.5 to 1.5..  The Raiders got 1 flag from the team of Zach Tidwell and Avery Hill.  The half flag came from the team of Maggie Crouch and Cadie Prater.  The Raiders finish the season with a record of 4-3-1

With the high school baseball and softball seasons coming to a close, the Coffee County Central High School teams featured several deserving candidates for the recently named All-District teams.  For the Red Raiders, Skylar Bratcher and Hayden Skipper were named to the District 8AAA All-District baseball team.  Skipper, a junior, led the Raiders in most hitting categories for the year.  Skipper led the team in batting average(.376), home runs(4), doubles(10), triples(4), hits(35) and walks(25).  On the mound, Skipper finished with a record of 3 and 4 while leading the team in innings pitched with 38 and strikeouts with 66.  Bratcher, a sophomore,  led the Raiders in RBI with 21 while finishing with the most singles(23).  Bratcher was tied for 2^nd on the team in batting average(.325), on-base percentage(.422) and runs scored(13).

For the Lady Raiders, Keri Munn, Sarah West, Katie Rutledge and Haley Richardson were named to the District 8AAA All-District softball team.  Rutledge, a senior, led the Lady Raiders in average as she finished the season with a batting average of .468.  Rutledge was also the team leader in triples(6), runs(40), hits(51), singles(34) and stolen bases(21).  West, a junior, was the team leader in RBI with 34, doubles with 9 and walks with 17.  West was also tied for the team lead in home runs with 5.  Richardson, a senior, was 2^nd on the team in hits with 45 and batting average at .433.  Richardson was among the leaders in most other offensive categories as she had 8 doubles, 3 home runs, 30 RBI with a slugging percentage of .615.  Munn, a sophomore, was the team’s ace pitcher finishing with a record of 19 and 5 with a 1.22 ERA.  Munn struck out 164 batters in 149 innings pitched in the circle.  Offensively, Munn batted .392 on the year with 22 RBI.

Gracie Pippenger of CHS softball

The Coffee County Lady Raider softball team opened up play in the Region 4AAA tournament at Terry Floyd Field on Monday.  Facing off against a team that has been ranked in the Top 10 in the state all year, the Lady Raiders needed to put together their best performance of the season to spring the upset. Coffee County went toe to toe with the heavily favored Lady Blaze before falling 2 to 1.

A pair of solo home runs in the 1^st inning was all the offense that Blackman needed as they jumped out to a 2 to 0 lead.  Coffee County scratched across a run in the 2^nd inning when Ashley Evans ripped a 2 out double scoring Gracie Pippenger.  After getting 3 hits in the 2^nd inning, the Lady Raiders could only muster 1 more hit the rest of the game in the loss.

Pippenger had 2 hits in 3 at-bats and scored Coffee County’s only run as she was named the Crazy Daisies player of the game.  Evans had an RBI double and Justus Turner and Katie Rutledge each had singles for the Lady Raiders who were held to 5 hits.  Keri Munn took the hard luck loss in the circle as she pitched well, striking out 7 while walking only 1 and surrendering 6 hits to the potent Blackman lineup.

The Lady Raiders will end the season with a final record of 24 and 10.  Coffee County made their 3^rd straight appearance in the region tournament and won their 2^nd straight district title.