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Franklin Barreto homered and Dustin Fowler added three hits as the Nashville Sounds topped the Round Rock Express, 8-4, Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park to extend their winning streak to 15 games. The 15-game streak matches a franchise record set during the 1999 season.

Nashville’s winning streak started on July 29 in Salt Lake City with a 9-5 win over the Bees. They swept their last homestand – a seven-game stretch against Fresno and Sacramento – and swept Colorado Springs on the road before returning home. The Sounds have outscored their opponents 89-48 during the 15-game stretch.

Round Rock jumped out to a fast start in the first inning and put up three runs against Nashville starter Frankie Montas. Just like the homestand opener Monday night, the Sounds weren’t fazed and had a comeback in store.

Nashville answered immediately with three runs of their own in the home half of the inning. Anthony Garcia picked up his team-leading 80^th RBI of the season and Sheldon Neuse drove in a run with a base hit.

The Sounds took the lead for good in the second when Jorge Mateo sparked a rally with his 14^th triple of the season. Boog Powell followed with a run-scoring groundout to give Nashville a 4-3 lead.

In the fifth, Fowler started another rally with a leadoff single. Garcia walked and Barreto drove in his first run of the night with a single down the left-field line. Three batters later, BJ Boyd doubled to deep center field, driving in two more runs to make it 7-3.

Montas settled in and retired 14 straight batters at one point. The bullpen tandem of Carlos Ramirez and Danny Coulombe combined to throw 3 2/3 shutout innings in relief.

Barreto put a stamp on the 15^th win in a row with a booming solo homer in the bottom of the seventh. He finished the game 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI while Fowler finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored.

Game three of the four-game series is scheduled for Wednesday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Chris Bassitt (5-4, 4.48) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Chris Rowley (0-3, 5.40) for the Express. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

• With tonight’s 8-4 win, the Sounds improved to 66-55 on the season.
• The Sounds extended their season-best winning streak to 15 games and have set a season-high mark of 11 games over .500.
• The 15-game winning streak matches the longest in franchise history (June 2-20, 1999).
• Dustin Fowler had another multi-hit effort, his seventh straight multi-hit game and 23^rd in 41 games with the Sounds. Since re-joining Nashville on August 3, Fowler is hitting .542 (26-for-48) with 16 runs, 5 RBI and 9 extra-base hits.
• Jorge Mateo’s triple in the second inning was his 14^th of the season. His 14 triples is tied for second-most in a single season.

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.

Monday’s Prep Schedule
CHS Golf defeated Franklin Co, Tullahoma and Shelbyville – Link to story is HERE
CCMS Volleyball lost to Harris – 0-2 – Link to story is HERE
WMS Volleyball at North Franklin – PPD until August 22nd
CCMS Girls’ Soccer lost to Harris – 0-10 – Link to story is HERE
CHS Volleyball swept Warren Co(2-1) & Covenant Academy(2-0) at Warren Co – Link to story is HERE
CHS Girls’ Soccer defeated Community – 7 to 2 – Link to story is HERE

Tuesday’s Prep Schedule
5:00 PM – CCMS Football HOSTS Lake Forest
5:00 PM – WMS Volleyball at South Lincoln
5:30 PM – WMS Girls’ Soccer HOSTS Liberty – PPD until September

7:00 PM – CHS Girls’ Soccer at Lincoln Coumty

The Coffee County CHS volleyball team traveled to McMinnville on Monday to open the regular season.  They squared off in a doubleheader against Warren County and Covenant Academy.  The Lady Raiders got the season off to a perfect start claiming a pair of wins.  Coffee County swept Covenant by set scores of 25-19 and 25-15.  Coffee County battled to top Warren County 26-24, 19-25 and 25-19.

Against Warren County, the Lady Raiders used 18 aces and 30 kills to roar to the win.  Keri Munn was big at the net with 10 kills while Amanda Mukai led the Lady Raiders in aces with 11 and assists with 14.  Lexi Bryan had 2 blocks for the Lady Raiders.

Against Covenant, Mukai again had the hot hand at the service line as she had 5 aces and again led the team in assists with 10.  Abigail Layne and Shannah Frame each served up 3 aces.  Munn led the Lady Raiders in kills with 6 while Bryan added 5.  Sarah West led the team in digs with 5.

The Lady Raiders hit the road on Wednesday when they travel to Murfreesboro to take on Riverdale.  The varsity match will get underway at 6:00

(story by Lucky Knott)

The Coffee County boys golf team hosted Tullahoma, Franklin County and Shelbyville in a 4 team 18-hole match on Monday afternoon at Willowbrook. The Red Raiders shot their lowest 18-hole round of the year by scoring a 299.

Senior Samuel Prater led the way with an impressive 4-under 68, which was the overall low score of the day. Two other seniors also had nice rounds for the Raiders as Josh Perry shot his lowest round of the year with a 74, tying fellow senior Austin Farris. Freshman Logan Hale shot an 83 to finish out the Coffee County scores.  Shelbyville had a team score of 345 followed by Tullahoma at 355 and Franklin County shot a team score of 362.

With the win the Red Raider golfers are now 36-2 on the season. Weather permitting Coffee County will play at Tullahoma in a 9-hole match on Thursday at 4 PM.

The Coffee County CHS soccer team opened the 2018 season on the road on Monday as they traveled to Unionville for a non-district match with Community.  The Lady Raiders got off to a red hot start as they scored a pair of goals in the opening 3 minutes.  Coffee County went on to claim the 7 to 2 season-opening win.

Reyna Flores got the scoring started in the first minute off an assist from Allie Amado.  Nayeli Ramirez added a goal 2 minutes later assisted by Jessica Barrera.  After a Community goal in the 15^th minute, Coffee County added goals from Faith Willoughby, Ashlynne Manning and Flores to take a 5 to 1 lead into the half.  Barrera, Amado and Britney Hernandez all added assists.

In the second half, Flores added her 3^rd goal in the 49^th minute.  Lucy Riddle added a goal off an assist from Morgan Henley before a Coffee County own goal in the 72^nd minute.

The Lady Raiders travel to Lincoln County on Tuesday for a 7 PM district mmatch.  Coffee County will 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 Coffee County Middle School volleyball opened their season at home on Monday afternoon as they welcomed Harris to the CCMS gym.  Despite 13 service aces, the Lady Raiders fell in a pair of hard fought sets.  Coffee Middle lost by set scores of 20-25 and 22-25.

Trailing by 3 in the first set, the Lady Raiders rallied to take a 13 to 12 lead behind a strong service game from Channan Gannon.  Harries pulled away at 16 and Coffee County could not catch them in the 1^st set.  In the second set, 3 aces from Savannah Cooper helped erase a 5 point deficit for Coffee County.  Tied at 19 in the second set, service errors and some scrappy play from Harris led to the set and match win.

Cooper and Gannon, both 6^th graders, led the Lady Raiders in aces with 4 apiece.  Gracie Campbell led Coffee Middle in kills with 3 while Kendal Brewer, Chloe Gannon and Jalie Davis all had 2.

The Lady Raiders will return to action on Thursday when they play host to Westwood.  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.

Opening the 2018 season on their home pitch, the Coffee County Middle School soccer team hosted conference foe Harris on Monday.  The young Lady Raiders had few answers for the Eaglettes as they fell by a final score of 10 to 0.

Harris raced out to a 4 nil lead in the first 18 minutes of the match building a 5 to 0 halftime lead.  After some Coffee County defensive adjustments, the Lady Raiders held the score to 7 nil with 8 minutes remaining in the match.  But the Harris starters tacked on 3 goals in the final 8 minutes, including one in the closing seconds to get the win.  Coffee County fought until the end as they had 3 shots on frame in the final 10 minutes, but could not get a goal.

The Lady Raiders return home on Thursday for another conference match.  Coffee Middle will take on Warren County at CCMS.  That match will kick off at 5 PM.

Westwood volleyball will have to wait to begin their first ever full season after a cancellation on Monday.  The Lady Rockets match with North Franklin had to be rescheduled at the last minute.   That match will now take place on Wednesday, August 22^nd.

The Lady Rockets will return to action on Tuesday when they travel to Fayetteville to take on South Lincoln.  First serve is set for 5 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.

Anthony Garcia’s walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Nashville Sounds to a dramatic, come-from-behind, 6-5 win over the Round Rock Express in front of 6,215 fans at First Tennessee Park Monday night. The win extended Nashville’s winning streak to 14 games, one shy of matching a franchise record 15 games set in 1999.

The Sounds erased a 5-1 deficit with three runs in the eighth and two in the ninth to score their eighth walk-off win of the season.

Trailing 5-1 in the bottom of the eighth, Dustin Fowler sparked a rally with his second hit of the night – a sharp single to right-center. Franklin Barreto and Garcia added singles to cut the deficit to 5-2. An error by Round Rock second baseman Christian Lopes extended the inning and brought in another run to make it 5-3. BJ Boyd followed with an RBI single to left-field to make it a one-run game at 5-4.

The bullpen tandem of Jeremy Bleich and Dean Kiekhefer kept the game within reach. Starter James Naile allowed five runs over seven innings. After Naile exited, Bleich worked a perfect eighth inning and Kiekhefer put up a zero in the top of the ninth.

Facing former Sounds hurler R.J. Alvarez, Jorge Mateo started the ninth inning rally with a walk. The speedster stayed at first as Fowler and Lombardozzi were retired for the first two outs in the inning. Barreto followed and worked the count to 2-1 before ripping a double into the left-center gap, chasing Mateo home from first with the game-tying run.

Garcia took a first pitch strike before lining a base hit down the left-field line to easily score Barreto from second to give the Sounds a 6-5 win.

Game two of the four-game series is scheduled for Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Frankie Montas (3-5, 4.47) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Chris Tillman (0-1, 7.71) for the Express. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Post-Game Notes

• With tonight’s 6-5 win, the Sounds improved to 65-55 on the season.
• The Sounds extended their season-best winning streak to 14 games and have set a season-high mark of 10 games over .500.
• The 14-game winning streak is the second-longest winning streak in franchise history.
• Tonight’s walk-off win was Nashville’s eighth of the season.
• The four-run comeback win was Nashville’s second-largest comeback win of the season (5 runs – 7/30 at Salt Lake).
• Dustin Fowler had another multi-hit effort, his sixth straight multi-hit game and 22^nd in 40 games with the Sounds.
• Dean Kiekhefer threw a scoreless ninth inning and improved to 8-0 on the season.

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 Coffee County CHS volleyball team concluded their preseason with a trip to McMinnville on Saturday for a 3 team, varsity/junior varsity scrimmage.  Taking on Cumberland County and Warren County, the Lady Raider varsity got a pair of wins while the JV team was 1 and 1 on the day.

The varsity team opened the day with a 3 set win over Warren County.  After dropping the first set 25 to 10, the Lady Raiders roared back to capture wins of 25-17 and 15-7 to get the victory.  Lexi Bryan led the Lady Raiders in kills with 7 and had 1 of the 3 blocks.  Keri Munn and Amanda Mukai each had 2 service aces.  Munn added 5 kills and Mukai finished with 3 kills.  Sarah West and Shannah Frame led the Lady Raiders in digs with 5 each.

Against Cumberland County, the Lady Raiders swept the Lady Jets in 2 sets.  Coffee County won by identical 25 to 14 set scores.  Bryan again led the Lady Raiders in kills with 4 while Keelie Hillis, Keri Munn and Kiya Ferrell had 3 kills apiece.  Mukai led the team in assists with 5 and service aces with 3.  Abigail parker led Coffee County in digs with 3.

The JV team defeated Cumberland County in straight sets 25-23 and 25-22.  They lost to Warren County in 3 sets, 25-22, 23-25 & 11-15.

The Lady Raiders return to Warren County on Monday as they open the season with a doubleheader at Warren County.  Coffee County will take on Warren County and Covenant Academy.  The first match will get underway at 5:30.