Category: Sports

The Red Raider Quarterback Club hosted the season opening “Roast the Rebels” bonfire and pep rally on Thursday night at Carden-Jarrell Field.  Former Red Raider and University Tennessee equipment manager Nick Trail was the guest speaker for the night as the community got a chance to build some excitement heading into Friday’s season opener.

Coffee County takes on Franklin County on the gridiron on Friday night and Thunder Radio will once again bring you all the action.  Lucky Knott and Dustin Murray will bring you all the action from Carden-Jarrell Field beginning at 6:45 PM.  Thunder Radio’s live coverage begins at 6 PM with the Friday Night Thunder Pregame Show.

The Nashville Sounds squandered numerous opportunities on offense as they were edged by the Round Rock Express 3-2 Thursday night at First Tennessee Park. The Sounds went 1-for-19 with runners in scoring position on the night.

Daniel Mengden was once again outstanding for the Sounds. The right-hander twirled his fifth quality start in his last six with six shutout innings of four-hit baseball. He walked one and fanned six on the night. Offensively the Sounds scattered eight hits but were unable to cross the plate against Round Rock starter Adrian Sampson in his 5 2/3 innings of work.

Round Rock pounced on their opportunity to face someone other than Mengden as Chris Hatcher entered in the seventh. The Express put up three runs in the frame on a two-run triple from Nick Noonan and a double from Drew Robinson.

The Sounds put the lead off man on base in seven of the nine innings but were ultimately were unable to take advantage of those opportunities. Nashville finally broke through in the eighth inning with a pair of runs thanks to an error by Round Rock left fielder Scott Heineman. With runners on first and second BJ Boyd poked a base hit through the left side and into left field. Heineman let the ball get through his legs allowing Sheldon Neuse and Beau Taylor to score. The Sounds put at least one runner on base in all nine innings.

The Sounds begin a three-game series against the New Orleans Baby Cakes Friday night at First Tennessee Park. Left-hander Eric Jokisch (4-9, 4.44) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Tyler Cloyd (4-4, 5.98) for the Baby Cakes. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

• With tonight’s 3-2 loss, the Sounds dropped to 66-57 on the season.
• BJ Boyd went 1-for-4 and extended his hitting streak to a season-best 10 games.
• Jorge Mateo legged out a pair of doubles for his second multi-extra base hit of the season.
• Liam Hendriks tossed a scoreless ninth inning for his 12^th consecutive outing without allowing a run. He has a scoreless streak of 14 1/3 innings.
• The Sounds outhit the Express 12-7. Nashville is now 39-13 when outhitting its opponent.

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 volleyball team hit the road on Wednesday for a match at North Franklin.  The Lady Rockets captured the first victory for the newly revived Westwood program.  The Lady Rockets captured the win in straight sets 27-25 and 25-16.  The JV team dropped their contest in straight sets 18-25 and 20-25.

For the varsity Lady Rockets, Anna Johnson led the team with 5 kills and 3 service aces.  Emma Kidder had 3 kills and 8 digs and Brooklyn Blake added 5 digs.  The JV team was led by Ivet Ontiveros with 4 kills.  Lilee Scott had 15 aces and 4 assists and Hannah Brimhall had 3 assists.

On Thursday, Westwood will travel out to New Union to tangle with crosstown rival Coffee Middle. That match is scheduled for 4:30 PM at the CCMS gym.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the contest as part of the 1^st National Bank Hometown Sports Series.  The pregame show will begin our coverage at 4:15.

The Coffee County CHS volleyball team traveled to Murfreesboro on Wednesday for a match against region rival Riverdale.  The Lady Raiders had 12 service errors and 15 hitting errors on the night as they were swept by the Lady Warriors.  Coffee County fell in straight sets 15-25, 20-25 and 18-25.

Keri Munn and Kiya Ferrell led Coffee County in kills with 4 each.  Kexi Bryan added 3 kills and a block.  Abigail Parker, Keelie Hillis and Munn all recorded blocks.  Abigail Layne led the team in assists with 4 while Sarah West led the Lady Raiders in digs with 8.

Coffee County will open District 8AAA play on Thursday night when they travel to Shelbyville to take on the Eaglettes.  First serve is set for 6:30.  Lady Raider head coach Andrew Taylor will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to catch the fans up on the first week of the season.  The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast each Saturday morning at 10 AM LIVE from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln in Manchester.  The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively on Thunder Radio.

Tickets for next week’s the Coffee Pot Game are on sale through Friday at the Coffee County Central High School main office.  The 93^rd meeting between Coffee County and Tullahoma will take place on Friday, August 24^th at Tullahoma High School.  As always, a huge crowd is expected to be on hand and purchasing your ticket early is highly recommended.  Tickets are $7 each and will be on sale until 1:00 on Friday, August 24th.

The Red Raiders open the season on Friday night at home against Franklin County.  The Coffee County Quarterback Club is hosting a “Roast the Rebels” bonfire and pep rally on Thursday night in the tailgate area at Carden-Jarrell Field.  Festivities are set to get underway at 7 PM.  Coffee County takes on Franklin County on the gridiron on Friday night and Thunder Radio will once again bring you all the action.  Lucky Knott and Dustin Murray will bring you all the action from Carden-Jarrell Field beginning at 6:45 PM.  Thunder Radio’s live coverage begins at 6 PM with the Friday Night Thunder Pregame Show.  After the game, keep your radio tuned to WMSR as we will bring you the Friday Night Thunder Postgame Show until 11 PM.

The Nashville Sounds’ winning streak came to a halt at 15 games as the Round Rock Express snapped it with a 3-1 win in front of 8,453 fans and 702 dogs at First Tennessee Park Wednesday night.

The 2018 Sounds team will share the longest winning streak in franchise history with the 1999 Sounds team that won 15 straight games June 2-20.

Round Rock made several stellar defensive plays throughout the night and limited Nashville’s recently red-hot offense to one run on nine hits. Among Round Rock’s defensive gems was a diving catch by left fielder Scott Heineman to take away extra bases from Bruce Maxwell in the seventh, and a diving stop by second baseman Christian Lopes to take a hit away from Steve Lombardozzi in the eighth.

Boog Powell and Nashville’s offense got off to a great start when Powell started the bottom of the first with a single to left field. Steve Lombardozzi followed with a single of his own, as did Anthony Garcia to load the bases. Nashville took a 1-0 lead on Franklin Barreto‘s sacrifice fly.

Round Rock bounced back immediately and tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the second. Nick Torres bounced a run-scoring single off Sounds starter Chris Bassitt into right field to even the game.

It stayed that way until the sixth when Express catcher Juan Centeno sliced a double down the left field line to score Andy Ibanez with the go-ahead run. Round Rock added a run in the seventh when Drew Robinson drilled a solo homer off reliever Ryan Dull.

The Sounds didn’t muster much offense in the later innings aren’t weren’t able to trim the 3-1 deficit. Sheldon Neuse tripled in the sixth and BJ Boyd had a two-out single in the ninth, but those were the only two hits for Nashville over the final five innings.

The fourth and final game of the series is scheduled for Thursday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Daniel Mengden (4-1, 3.82) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Adrian Sampson (5-4, 4.33) for the Express. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

– With tonight’s 3-1 loss, the Sounds dropped to 66-56 on the season.

– Nashville’s winning streak was snapped at 15 games. The mark is tied for the longest in franchise history with the 1999 Sounds team that won 15 consecutive games from June 2-20.

– After hitting .323 with runners in scoring position over the last 15 games, the Sounds went just 1-for-8 tonight.

– BJ Boyd went 3-for-4 and extended his hitting streak to a season-best nine games.

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.

The Coffee County CHS soccer team opened their district slate on Tuesday when they traveled to Fayetteville to take on Lincoln County.  Coming off a 7 goal performance on Monday, the Lady Raiders were slow getting their offense on track against the talented Lady Falcons.  Coffee County had to rally with 2 goals in the 2^nd half to draw with Lincoln County at 2

Lincoln County scored goals in the 10^th and 20^th minutes to build a 2 nil lead at intermission.  Not to be deterred, the Lady Raiders got their first mark in the 60^th minute when Allie Amado pushed a Morgan Henley pass into the Falcon net.  In the 68^th minute, Reyna Flores pounced on a deflected shot in front of the net for the equalizer.  Coffee County’s defense held Lincoln County scoreless in the final half

The Lady Raiders return home on Thursday night as they will tangle with district rival Franklin County.  That match will get underway at 7 PM at the Raider Soccer Field.

The Red Raider football team of Coffee County Middle School welcomed Lake Forest Middle out of Cleveland to Manchester on Tuesday night.  The Raider defense did a magnificent job holding the vaunted Bruins offense to 76 yards of total offense.  Unfortunately, 3 Raider turnovers spelled doom for Coffee Middle as they fell 20 to 12.

Trailing 14 to 12 at the half, it appeared the Raiders were driving for the possible winning score as the 2 teams went into the 4^th quarter.  But the Bruins intercepted a Caleb Boothe pass and returned it 85 yards for a touchdown to squash the upset bid.  The Raiders finished the game with 117 yards of total offense but were unable to convert either of the 2 Lake Forest turnovers into points.

Trevor Martin led the Raiders in total yards as he rushed 16 times for 76 yards including a 1 yard touchdown run in the 1^st quarter to give Coffee Middle a 6 to 0 lead.  Elijah Clemmons scored the other Raider touchdown as he raced 28 yards for a score.  Clemmons finished with 29 yards on 11 carries.  Ethan Hargrove ran a fake punt for 11 yards and a 1^st down in the 3^rd quarter and caught 1 pass for 8 yards.

Coffee Middle will hit the road next week as they travel to Evensville, TN to take on Rhea County Middle.   That game will kick off at 7 PM Eastern, 6 PM Central Time.

Opening the 2018 season in Fayetteville, the Westwood volleyball team visited South Lincoln on Tuesday.  The Lady Rockets fought hard but came up short in straight sets to the Lady Eagles from Fayetteville.  The varsity lost in straight sets 10-25 and 14-25.  The junior varsity came up short by set scores of 7-25 and 9-25.

The varsity Lady Rockets were led in aces by Emma Kidder who had 4.  Kidder also added 2 digs.  Abby Clark led the team in digs with 5 and recorded a pair of aces.  Anna Johnson led the team in kills with 4 while Maddie Sullivan led the team in assists with 3.

For the JV, Hannah Brimhall and Riley Earp recorded kills while Katie Lawrence and Lilee Scott each had an ace.  Ivet Ontiveros paced the Westwood JV with 2 digs.  Anaiah Davenport had an assist.

Westwood is back on the road on Wednesday as they travel to Decherd to take on North Franklin in a makeup of Monday’s game.  First serve will be at 4:30 PM. On Thursday, Westwood will travel out to New Union to tangle with crosstown rival Coffee Middle. That match is scheduled for 4:30 PM at the CCMS gym.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the contest as part of the 1^st National Bank Hometown Sports Series.  The pregame show will begin our coverage at 4:15.