Category: Sports

Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced Sunday that the club has acquired forward Kyle Turris from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Samuel Girard, forward Vladislav Kamenev and a second-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft. Additionally, the team announced that Turris has signed a six-year, $36 million contract that will keep him in Nashville through the 2023-24 season.

“Kyle is one of the best two-way centers in the National Hockey League,” Poile said. “He should be a great fit in our locker room and will bolster our lineup and give us the depth that’s necessary during the regular season and the playoffs. He is someone who can play in all situations and will help us tremendously on both ends of the ice. He will give our coaching staff a number of options in terms of offensive production and defensive responsibilities.”

Turris, 28 (8/14/89), has nine points (3g-6a) in 11 games with the Ottawa Senators this season. He led the Senators in goals last season, scoring a career-high 27, while adding 28 assists for 55 points. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound center has tallied at least 55 points in three of his last four seasons and had a career-best 64 points (24g-40a) in 2014-15. Over the course of his seven seasons in Ottawa, Turris led the team in goals with 117 and was second to only Erik Karlsson in points (274) and power-play points (73). He had 10 points (4g-6a) in the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs and helped lead Ottawa to the Eastern Conference Final for the first time since 2007. Turris has 13 goals and 14 assists in 46 career postseason games and his 24 playoff points with Ottawa ranks second among all Senators since 2010-11.

A native of New Westminster, B.C., Turris was selected third overall by the Arizona Coyotes in the 2007 NHL Draft and is the highest-ever drafted Canadian Tier II Junior A player. Prior to his one season at the University of Wisconsin, where he led the Badgers in points with 35 (11g-24a), Turris won the British Columbia Hock-ey League’s championship in 2006 with the Burnaby Express. He finished second in the BCHL in scoring with 121 points (66g-55a) as a 17-year-old in 2006-07 and was named the Coastal Conference’s Most Valuable Player. Turris is a three-time gold medal winner at the international level and most notably won the 2008 World Junior Championship as a member of Team Canada, where he led his team in points with eight (4g-4a) in seven games.

The Predators take on the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night in Columbus. Face-off is set for 6 PM and Thunder Radio will bring you all the action as part of the Fifth Third Bank/Nashville Predators Radio Network. Nashville Predators radio broadcasts are brought to you locally by the Law Offices of Burch and Lockhart.

The Coffee County swim team opened the season on Thursday night as they traveled to LaVergne.  The night was highlighted by a strong performance by the relay teams.  Additionally, 2 high school swimmers and a middle school swimmer posted times that qualified them for the regional meet and 2 high school swimmers posted qualifying times for the state meet.

For the Lady Raiders, the 200M medley relay team of Lindsey Cauble, Kaylee Williams, Anna O’Connor and Lacey West and the 200M freestyle relay team of Lindsey Cauble, Kaylee Williams, Anna O’Connor and Andi Clutter won their relay races.

Individual race winners were: Kaylee Williams(200M freestyle, 100M breast stroke), Lindsey Cauble(50M freestyle, 100M freestyle) and Anna O’Connor(100M butterfly, 100M backstroke).   For her time in the 100M breaststroke, Kaylee Williams qualified for the state meet.

For the Red Raider swimmers, the 400M freestyle relay team of  Jack Beachboard, Ben Davis, John Michal and Jase Rice won their relay race while the same team finished 2^nd in the 200M freestyle relay.

Individual race winners were: Jack Beachboard(200M IM, 100M breaststroke) and  Jase Rice(50M freestyle, 100M freestyle).  Jack Beachboard qualified for the state meet in the 100M breast stroke and the 200M IM,

To see full results, you can got to: http://chs.coffeecountyschools.com/?PageName=%27SportPage%27&SportID=%2711111%27

The Raider swimmers are back in action on Tuesday, November 14^th when they return to LaVergne for a meet.  The gun sounds on the first race at 6 PM.

The Coffee County Middle School 6^th grade basketball teams closed out their season on Friday night in Wartrace.  Both teams closed out the year on a down note as the Lady Raiders fell 22 to 13. The Red Raiders saw Cascade rally in the 4^th quarter to defeat Coffee County 32 to 30.

In the girls’ game, turnovers and a single field goal in the 2^nd half saw the Lady Raiders drop a heartbreaking decision to Cascade.  Coffee County was also a disappointing 3 of 15 at the free throw line in the game.  Remi Benjamin and Marisa Medina tied for high scorer honors as each had 4 points.

In the boys’ game, the Raiders held a 1 point lead at the half and entered the 4^th quarter tied with the Champions.  Cascade outscored Coffee Middle 10 to 8 in the 4^th quarter to take the win.  The Raiders were led in scoring by Ethan Hargrove who netted 13 points.  Donovan Morgan and Brendan Sheppard each scored 6 points.

Six Coffee County and Manchester elementary schools were in action on Saturday for the 3rd week of the season. The 6 schools paired off in 3 girls’ games and 3 boys’ games. East Coffee had the week off on Saturday.
In girl’s games:
Hillsboro defeated Westwood 24 to 10
New Union held off North Coffee 33 to 25
College Street clawed past Deerfield 39 to 13

In boys’ games:
Westwood edged Hillsboro 33 to 31
New Union bested North Coffee 23 to 5
College Street dumped Deerfield 3 to 11

Current (unofficial)Standings

Place	Girls	Wins	Losses
1	Hillsboro	3	0
2	New Union	2	0
3	Westwood	2	1
4	North Coffee	1	1
5	College Street	1	2
6	East Coffee	0	2
7	Deerfield	0	3
Place	Boys	Wins	Losses
1	College Street	3	0
2	New Union	2	0
3	Westwood	2	1
4	North Coffee	1	1
5	Hillsboro	1	2
6	East Coffee	0	2
7	Deerfield	0	3

Next week’s games

Nov 11th at CHS			Girls	Boys
College St	vs	New Union	9:00	10:00
Deerfield	vs	North Coffee	11:00	12:00
Westwood	vs	East Coffee	1:00	2:00

It wasn’t easy, but the Nashville Predators are two points richer.

Viktor Arvidsson scored the game winner in overtime, and the Preds posted their second victory in as many nights with 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center. The result gives the Preds seven wins on the season, the latest two resulting in a sweep through Southern California.

“It feels great,” Predators center Ryan Johansen said. “We have four points out of six, out of the California trip, on a back-to-back against a team that’s been playing very well to start the season. All that matters in this moment is that we got two points.”

Games like Saturday’s contest are bound to happen over the course of an 82-game season, and good teams find a way to prevail. On the second half of a back-to-back situation, the Predators entered the third period with a 3-0 lead, only to see the Kings tie the game with three of their own to force overtime.

Then, with just 20 seconds remaining in the extra frame, it was Arvidsson who brought the boys off the bench.

“It was a nice pass by [Calle Jarnkrok] and I just skated into it and just tried to bury it,” Arvidsson said of his goal. “It was nice.”

After an early surge from the home team, Miikka Salomaki took an atmospheric, full-ice feed from Yannick Weber and beat goaltender Darcy Kuemper to give the Preds a 1-0 lead. A P.K. Subban shot found its way through traffic and made it 2-0 before the opening frame was out, and then Craig Smith tallied Nashville’s third of the night in the second stanza.

Once Los Angeles tied it, goaltender Juuse Saros made a number of key stops down the stretch, just as he did in the first 40 minutes, to collect his first win on the campaign. In particular, the second goal for the Kings was one that can luckily be laughed about now.

Anticipating a dump in from the neutral zone, Saros vacated his net to play what he thought was going to be a puck coming behind his own net. Instead, Kings defenseman Christian Folin pulled up at center ice and fired it into a yawning cage.

“I’ve actually seen a couple guys scoring like that and I always thought that’s not going to happen to me,” Saros smiled. “I’ll learn from that and move on.”

“I thought he played really well,” Nashville Head Coach Peter Laviolette said of Saros. “If you think about what he did, the first goal he had no chance, the second goal, it’s a learning curve… and the last one was a one timer on the power play. Other than that, he made save after save… He made a save or two that allowed us the opportunity to fight for another point, so I thought he was really good.”

Once the young netminder regained his composure, he was poised once more, and at the end of the night, Saros had made a career-high 36 saves.

“Good teams have to stay composed,” Johansen said. “[The Kings are] a great team and we had our backs against the wall there for a little bit and Juuse made a couple of unbelievable saves. They were really testing us, and we were able to weather the storm a little bit. Then to find a way in overtime, we needed a big play and Arvi did that for us.”

SoCal Sweep:

Facing both the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings, two of the perennial powers in the Western Conference is never an easy task. Doing so on back-to-back nights magnifies the challenge even further.

But behind balanced scoring and clutch goaltending, the Predators found a way to collect four points from the California foes in 48 hours, something easier said than done.

“It’s never easy coming out here,” Laviolette said. “It’s always a little bit more difficult playing back to back. It’s not an excuse, it’s just what it is. The best games are when you’re fresh, so I have to give our guys a lot of credit. Once it really came down to the chips being on the line, that’s when we dug in the most and were able to get that last goal and get the extra point.”

“We’ve played some good hockey on this trip,” Johansen said. “There’s always room for improvement and things we’ll look at, but for the most part, we’re going to be smiling tonight.”

Notes:

The Predators surrendered a three-goal lead in the third period and won for first time since Jan. 3, 2015, a 7-6 win, also in Los Angeles.

P.K. Subban’s goal was the first of his three tallies this season that wasn’t into an empty net. In addition, Craig Smith’s marker was the first of his four not to be scored on the power play. Smith has three goals in his last fives games.

Anthony Bitetto, Pontus Aberg and Samuel Girard were healthy scratches for Nashville on Saturday night.

With the California portion of their excursion complete, Nashville will finish their four-game trip on Tuesday night in Columbus before returning home on Saturday, Nov. 11 to host the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Pete Weber’s Post Game Report

The Titans reached the halfway point of the season in a pretty good spot, thanks to Sunday’s win over the Ravens.
Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota completed 19-of-28 passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns as the Titans won by a score of 23-20 at Nissan Stadium.

An 11-yard touchdown pass from Mariota to receiver Eric Decker capped off a nine-play, 75-yard drive to give the Titans some breathing room with 3:58 left, and the team held on.

The Titans improved to 5-3 with the win, and remain tied with the Jaguars atop the AFC South.

The Titans took a 3-0 lead at the end of their first possession on a 48-yard field goal by kicker Ryan Succop. It capped off a drive that included a 29-yard completion from Mariota to receiver Rishard Matthews on the team’s first offensive play, and a 20-yard run by cornerback Adoree Jackson, who lined up in the backfield.

The Ravens tied the game at 3-3 on a 30-yard field goal by kicker Justin Tucker.

Then came a flurry of activity.

Titans safety Kevin Byard intercepted a pass thrown by Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco after it was tipped downfield by teammate Logan Ryan, and he returned it to the Baltimore 46-yard line.

Mariota took off on first down, and after hurdling a Baltimore defender, he had a seven-yard gain. Mariota then connected with receiver Corey Davis a 23-yard completion. Davis toe-tapped the sideline to record the catch.

On the very next play, Mariota connected with Matthews for a 16-yard touchdown to make it 10-3.

Another Tucker field goal, this one from 49 yards, make it 10-6.

The Titans extended the lead to 16-6 on a one-yard touchdown run by Derrick Henrywith 2:24 in the second quarter.

After a scoreless third quarter, the Ravens cut the lead to 16-13 midway through the fourth quarter on a three-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Joe Flacco to running back Javorius Allen.

But the late touchdown pass from Mariota to Decker gave the Titans the momentum back, and the Titans were able to hold on after a late Baltimore touchdown.

The Titans face the Bengals next Sunday at Nissan Stadium.

In order to provide local families with a better Thanksgiving this season, Coffee County High School , Spring Street Market, and Al White Motors  will be teaming up to host the 3rd annual 30 N Turkey baseball camp on Saturday November 11th at the high school. The camp will be from 10 am thru 12:30 pm for all age players including tee ball. The camp will cover the basics like fielding, throwing, hitting, and base running.

30 N Turkey will be put on by former professional and Division 1 baseball players, a national champion college coach, and current Coffee County baseball players.

Sign-ups are available now on the Coffee County Baseball Facebook page and campers will also be able to sign-up the day of the camp beginning at 9am at the baseball clubhouse.

The camp cost is $30 along with a $12 minimum voucher which can be purchased from Spring Street Market located at 801 South Spring Street in Manchester. Vouchers may also be purchased at sign-ins for campers from out of town. The $12 minimum vouchers along with $30 will be due at sign-in before camp begins at 10am on Saturday November 11th. The vouchers will be delivered at the conclusion of the camp to the local food banks for supplies to help less fortunate families enjoy their thanksgiving holiday and the $30 will help the Coffee County Baseball program in their upcoming season.

If you have an interested camper this holiday season, and are concerned about the cost or are interested in making a donation, we have other options available to make others holiday season better. Please call Coach Parker Gunn at 931-580-7554 so we can make this bird fly.

Campers are encouraged to bring their personal baseball equipment and tennis shoes for the gymnasium session. Bats can be provided for the hitting session if your camper does not bring one.

Please help Coffee County High School meet its goal of being able to help at least 100 area families this Thanksgiving season with your attendance and support as well as get a little better at the game we all love.

Sign-ups can be made by clicking the link at: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/1ww8Z6L2NTnIrS7G00RlEZz-o9QVjW4X8YMJPLELGENs/edit?usp=forms_home&ths=true

 

Coach David Martin will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the upcoming camp.  The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast each Saturday from 10 to 11 from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.  The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively here on Thunder Radio.

Thirteen different members of the visiting team recorded at least a point, and the Nashville Predators defeated the Anaheim Ducks by a 5-3 final on Friday night at the Honda Center. The result gives the Preds six wins and 14 points on the season, just what they had in mind to start a back-to-back set in Southern California.

A rematch of last spring’s Western Conference Final, Nashville got timely scoring throughout the lineup and held off a late Anaheim push to get Pekka Rinne the win on his 35th birthday.

“It was a solid game right from the get go,” Nashville forward Scott Hartnell said. “For the most part, we were solid, we were quick, we were getting on their defensemen and turning some pucks over. We were holding onto pucks and using our D. They got a couple big goals for us. All in all, it was a way better effort than the last few games. It was really good to see.”

Goals from Hartnell and Roman Josi gave Nashville a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes, and while Anaheim tallied twice in the middle frame, so did the Preds to keep their two-goal advantage. Matt Irwin recorded his first of the season before Viktor Arvidsson scored on the power play, his fourth of the campaign.

Anaheim pulled to within one in the third, but P.K. Subban iced it with an empty-netter for his second of the season with Rinne recording an assist on the play.

“[The Ducks] are always hard to play against,” Nashville Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “It’s always tough to find space out there and do things, but I thought we played a pretty good hockey game.”

Corrections Made:

After Nashville’s 4-1 loss to San Jose on Wednesday night, two points of emphasis were clear after the fact: capitalize on chances and stay out of the box.

The Predators found ways to improve on both Friday night, finding the back of the net on five occasions while taking only four penalties compared to eight against the Sharks.

“We talk about discipline every night and we’re the most penalized team right now, but to take four, that’s good,” Irwin said. “That keeps guys in the rhythm of the game and lightens the load on certain guys when it comes to penalty killing and playing heavy, hard minutes. [It allows us to] get into the flow and play to our system.”

It wasn’t just names like Josi, Arvidsson and Hartnell scoring goals and collecting points on Friday night, but also Irwin, Yannick Weber, Pontus Aberg and Kevin Fiala, the latter three adding assists. Frederick Gaudreau also got on the scoresheet with two helpers, his first career multi-point outing.

“Listen, the goals haven’t been easy,” Laviolette said. “Guys are working hard, and even tonight, we had a lot of chances and still didn’t connect, but guys worked hard and it’s nice to see them get on the board. Matt’s was a really nice shot, and I thought Freddie played a heck of a game for us.”

Also doing his part in his 1,200th NHL outing was Hartnell, going to the net and playing what Laviolette continues to call the best 200-foot game of his career.

“Time goes fast,” Hartnell laughed. “It seems like yesterday was my first camp here in Nashville for the Preds. A lot of great games, some bad ones along the way, bumps and bruises. I’m pretty lucky to come to work every day in this great League and enjoy what I do and have a lot of passion for this game. It’s been a lot of fun and an amazing ride so far. And a big two points for us against a really solid team.”

Notes:

Friday night in Anaheim marked Scott Hartnell’s 1,200th career NHL game and the 700th NHL contest for Cody McLeod. Hartnell became the 109th player in NHL history and only the ninth active skater to reach the milestone.

Anthony Bitetto, Miikka Salomaki and Samuel Girard were scratched for Nashville against the Ducks.

 

The Coffee County Central High School Lady Raiders welcomed Siegel to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym on Thursday afternoon for their first scrimmage of the year.  The scrimmage was also the public’s first look at the Lady Raiders under new head coach Joe Pat Cope.  Despite a slow start, Coffee County used a 20 to 0 run in the first half to throttle the Lady Stars and come away with a 51 to 34 win.

After falling behind 7 to 1, the Lady Raiders finally were able to get their full court press implemented as they held Siegel scoreless for the final 4 minutes of the 1^st quarter and the first 6:37 of the 2^nd quarter to turn a 7 to 1 deficit into a 21 to 7 lead.  Following the game, Coach Cope had this to say about his defense:

Bella Vinson led Coffee County in scoring as she had 18 points.  Jenna Garretson finished the game with 7 and Morgan Jones added 5 points as 10 different Lady Raiders had points in the game.

The scrimmage is the first of 2 that the Lady Raiders will hold as they welcome Nolensville to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym on Tuesday.  Tuesday’s scrimmage is scheduled to begin at 5 PM.  The Raiders and Lady Raiders will open the regular season on Tuesday, November 14^th on the road as they will take on Cannon County in Woodbury.  Continuing our exclusive coverage of Coffee County basketball, Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the contest.  Tipoff is set for 6 PM, the Powers Storage Pregame Show will begin at 5:50.

The Westwood Rockets and Lady Rockets hit the road on Thursday night for a trip to Liberty.  Both teams were looking to build off their road success on Monday at Huntland.  The Lady Rockets were 7 of 8 from the free throw line in a 28 to 20 win.  The Rockets completed the sweep with a 39 to 29 win.

In the girls’ game, Westwood scored only 8 points in the 2^nd half, but held Liberty to 6 points as they got their 2^nd straight conference win.  Elizabeth Brown led Westwood in scoring as she finished with 6 points on a pair of 3 point baskets.  Kasen Holt, Haidyn Campbell and Kennedy Young each finished the game with 5 points.

In the boys’ game, the Rockets raced out to a 25 to 11 halftime lead on their way to their 4^th straight win.  Trent Thompson led the Rockets in scoring with 13 points.  Will Partin added 12 points and John Dobson chipped in 10.  The win improves the Rockets’ record to 4 and 1 on the season.

The Rockets are back in action on Monday when they travel to Chapel Hill to take on Forrest.  Action begins at 6 PM as the girls’ game is set to tip off first.  Westwood is back at home on Thursday when they play host to Middle Tennessee Christian.  Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you that 6 PM doubleheader as part of the First national Bank Hometown Sports Series.  Lucky Knott will bring you all the action beginning with the pregame show at 5:50.