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The Coffee County Cross Country teams had another strong showing on Thursday in a meet at St. Andrew’s. While official results are yet to be released, the Red Raiders won the boys division barely edging out Warren County. The Lady Raiders had 3 finishers in the top 10 as their final standing is not yet know. The Coffee County Middle School teams got top 6 times from all 4 of their runners but were unable to compete for team titles.

Unofficial Results – high school boys – 5K [Name, Place, Time]
James Lynn – 3 (19:13)
Bradley Kishpaugh – 5 (19:36)
Andrew Godwin – 6 (19:38)
Andrés Cavalié – 8 (20:15)
Renato Ayala – 17 (20:55)
Reuben Chaput – 33 (21:50)
Neil Slone – 37 (22:19)
Larson Melzer – 43 (22:47)
Aiden Stowe – 44 (22:47)
Samuel Workman – 48 (23:07)
Eric Randolph – 56 (24:17)
Moises Ramirez- 62 (24:47)
Christian Alvarez – 71 (27:15)
Jacob Melton – 82 (30:28)
Jackson Jacobs – 87 (33:01)
Nicholas Johnson – 88 (33:09)

Unofficial Results – high school girls – 5K [Name, Place, Time]
Sarah Pearson – 2 (24:09)
Emily St. John – 5 (24:57)
Makenzie Webb – 7 (25:15)
Byanka Woods – 18 (28:34)
Chiara Gisinti – 27 (33:27)
Shyanna Rader- 33 (38:13)

Unofficial Results – middle school boys – 2 mile [Name, Place, Time]
Ethan Welch – 4 (13:33)
Jacob Rutledge – 5 (13:35)

Unofficial Results – middle school girls – 2 mile [Name, Place, Time]
Shelby Watkins – 5 (18:38)
Jasie Willis – 6 (18:38)

The Raider thinclads are back in action on Tuesday when they will host a home meet at their course at the Raider Academy. The meet will feature middle school and high school divisions. The meet is set to get underway at 4 PM.

The Oklahoma City Dodgers got home runs from O’Koyea Dickson and Jack Murphy in a series-tying 5-2 win over the Nashville Sounds Thursday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

The homers backed a strong performance by Dodgers’ starter Logan Bawcom who limited the Sounds to one run on three hits in six innings.

Nashville’s lone run against Bawcom came right away in the first inning. Franklin Barreto sparked a rally with a one-out double to the gap in right-center. Colin Walsh walked to put runners at first and second, and Matt Olson delivered Barreto with a sharp single to left field to give the Sounds a 1-0 lead.

The lead for Dillon Overton and the Sounds didn’t last long as Oklahoma City came back with the tying run in the home half of the opening inning. A sacrifice fly from Dickson scored Micah Johnson to even the game at 1-1.

Overton and Bawcom turned in a scoreless second inning, but the Dodgers took the lead for good in the third. Johnson got it going with a one-out single and quickly swiped second base. Dickson’s big night continued when he clocked a two-run homer just over the glove of a leaping Colin Walsh at the left field wall.

The lead continued to grow in the fifth when Murphy started the inning with a solo blast to left-center to make it a 4-1 game. Johnson followed with a triple and scored when Chris Taylor lifted a sacrifice fly to center to give the Dodgers a 5-1 lead.

It was plenty of offense for Bawcom who retired 12 of the final 13 batters he faced. It didn’t get any easier for the Sounds when Bawcom departed after six. Sam LeCure struck out the side in the seventh and Joe Broussard wiggled out of a two-on, two-out jam in the eighth by retiring Renato Nunez on a groundout to short.

Nashville’s bullpen did their job by keeping the Dodgers off the board after Overton’s exit. The trio of Andres Avila, Carlos Navas and Angel Castro kept it a 5-1 game.

The Dodgers turned to closer Jacob Rhame in the ninth. Matt Olson started the frame with a single to right field but Rhame came back to get Matt Chapman on a pop up for the first out. After Bryan Anderson flied out, Josh Rodriguez singled and BJ Boyd legged out an infield single that scored Olson to make it 5-2.

Rhame finished the job by getting Jaycob Brugman to fly out to left field. Bawcom picked up the win and Overton was tagged with the loss.

Game three of the best-of-five series is set for Friday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander Daniel Gossett (1-0, 1.98) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Chase De Jong (1-0, 1.69) for the Dodgers. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Tickets for the 2016 Pacific Coast League playoff dates at First Tennessee Park are now available for purchase at the Nashville Sounds box office and online at www.nashvillesounds.com. The 2016 season is the Sounds’ 19th year in the Pacific Coast League and their second as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate.

In what has become an annual tradition, the Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team played host to Eagleville on Wednesday afternoon in front of the CHS student body.  Wednesday’s match also lived up to the tradition of a hard fought battle as each game went down to the wire.  In the end, the visiting Lady Eagles claimed a 3 set sweep over Coffee County with set scores of 19, 18 and 23.

All 3 sets were close from start to finish as Eagleville was able to string together enough consecutive points to escape with the win.  Coach Andrew Taylor was pleased with his team’s effort.  “We played well but did not win enough of the long rallies” said Taylor.  “Those were 3 competitive games and they were able to make the plays and put more shots away” added Taylor.

Coffee County continued their strong front line play as Aerial Williams had 3 blocks.  Baylee Nester added a block and led the team in kills with 6.  Bailey Morgan added 4 kills and led the team in assists with 8.  Tyana Fenton led Coffee County in digs with 20.

The Lady Raiders return to district action on Thursday when they welcome Shelbyville to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  First serve is set for 6 PM.

It was a good and bad news scenario on Wednesday night at Nationals Park. The good news was that the Nationals defeated the Braves, 5-4, in 11 innings and lowered their magic number to 15 to win the National League East. The bad news is, Washington lost Stephen Strasburg to an an elbow injury.

With the score tied at 4, no outs and the bases loaded in the 11th, Wilson Ramos lofted a single to left field off Braves right-hander Brandon Cunniff to score Jayson Werth with the game-winning run.
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“It was important [getting the victory],” Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. “This was a team victory. We used guys that we haven’t used in the past. They came through.”
Atlanta went ahead, 4-3, in the 10th inning when with runners on first and second and two outs, Jace Peterson singled to left field off Trevor Gott, scoring Nick Markakis.
After Danny Espinosa and Chris Heisey singled with Jim Johnson on the mound in the bottom half of the frame, Anthony Rendon reached on an infield single, scoring Espinosa.
Strasburg started the game and retired six of the eight hitters he faced, but the right-hander left in the third inning after striking out Mike Foltynewicz. Strasburg felt a pinch in the back of his elbow and will undergo an MRI on Thursday.
The Nationals ended up using nine relievers, who allowed a combined three runs in 8 2/3 innings and struck out 11 batters. The winner was Mat Latos, who won his first game as a member of the Nationals.
“It’s awesome we are able to pull off a great win. It’s close to one in the morning. ” said Nationals right-hander Lucas Giolito, who pitched 3 1/3 innings. “At least we get to end on a high note.”
Foltynewicz provided the Braves another strong start, as he recorded eight strikeouts and limited the Nationals to one run over six innings. After hitting a third-inning leadoff double which positioned him to score Atlanta’s first run, Dansby Swanson homered for the second straight night to give the Braves a 3-1 lead in the seventh inning.
“Foltynewicz gave us a chance to win and I thought we played pretty well,” Swanson said. “Obviously, losing is never fun. There’s always opportunities to learn and grow from something like this.”
Foltynewicz surrendered singles to two of the first three batters he faced and loaded the bases in the first inning when he walked Ramos. But Foltynewicz escaped the first inning unscathed while striking out both Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman. The 24-year-old right-hander also pitched around Ramos’ sixth-inning leadoff double when he ended his 106-pitch night with consecutive strikeouts of Espinosa and Wilmer Difo.
“He was really good,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “He just competed and left everything out there. He’s believing in his stuff and he’s committed to it. He’s just coming along exactly the way we thought he would.”
In the eighth inning, Daniel Murphy tied the score at 3 with a single to left-center field off left-hander Ian Krol, scoring Stephen Drew and Trea Turner. Murphy became the fourth member of the Nationals — Zimmerman, Adam Dunn and Adam LaRoche are the others — to drive in 100 runs in this season.
In a battle of MLBPipeline.com’s top five prospects, Swanson (No. 4) got the better of Giolito (No. 3) when he began the seventh inning with a home run that landed 401 feet away from home plate with an exit velocity of 105 mph according to Statcast™. The solo shot was the Braves shortstop’s second career homer, but the first to clear an outfield wall. He produced his first when he hit one of the inside-the-park variety during Tuesday night’s game.
“I was getting too much [slack] for it around here and from back home and stuff for my first one being an inside-the-parker,” Swanson said. “So I figured this time I’d be a little bit easier on myself.”
John Gant will be on the mound when Atlanta opens a three-game series against the Mets on Friday at 6:40 p.m. CT. Gant allowed one run over 6 2/3 innings against the Mets on June 17. This will be his second start since missing nearly two months with a left oblique strain.

Renato Nunez knocked in five runs for the Nashville Sounds in a thrilling 10-7 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers in game one of the American Conference Finals Wednesday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark.

Nashville raced out to a 6-0 lead thanks in part to a three-run homer from Nunez in the opening frame. They chased rehabbing Scott Kazmir from the game after the southpaw hit two batters, walked a pair and allowed the home run.

Colin Walsh’s two-run single made it a 5-0 lead in the second, and a Dodgers’ error extended the Sounds’ lead to 6-0 going into the bottom of the third.

That’s when things started to turn in Oklahoma City’s favor. The Dodgers used four hits and a Franklin Barreto throwing error to score three runs in the third to cut the deficit in half at 6-3.

Nunez and the Sounds had a quick answer when the third baseman followed Walsh’s walk with an RBI double to extend the lead to 7-4.

It didn’t stay that way for long as O’Koyea Dickson drilled a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth. A wild pitch and RBI single by Micah Johnson pulled the Dodgers to within a run at 7-6 through five innings.

Nashville starter Jesse Hahn allowed six runs in 4 1/3 innings and did not factor into the decision. Hahn struck out seven but allowed seven hits and four walks.

Nunez tallied his fifth RBI of the night with a sacrifice fly in the sixth to extend the lead to 8-6. It didn’t last long as Corey Brown launched a lead-off homer in the home half of the sixth to make it a one-run game again.

The offense kept coming for the Sounds and the bullpen held up. Barreto’s RBI double in the eighth scored Jaycocb Brugman to extend the lead to 9-7 in the eighth, and BJ Boyd’s RBI single in the ninth scored Bryan Anderson to give the Sounds a 10-7 lead.

Relievers Aaron Kurcz, Colt Hynes and Ryan Brasier combined to put up scoreless seventh and eighth innings. Closer Tucker Healy worked around a lead-off single by Will Venable and put up a zero in the ninth to notch the save.

Kurcz got the win after tossing two innings and Kazmir was charged with the loss for Oklahoma City.

Brugman and Boyd finished with three hits each and Nunez and Barreto added a pair apiece. The five RBI for Nunez matches a single-game playoff record previously done twice for Nashville.

The three-hour, 54-minute contest saw 12 pitchers, 25 hits, 14 walks, 22 strikeouts and 4 errors. Both teams left 11 runners on base as the Sounds went 4-for-17 with runners in scoring position and the Dodgers went 2-for-12.

Game two of the best-of-five series is scheduled for Thursday night in Oklahoma City. Left-hander Dillon Overton (13-5, 3.29) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Logan Bawcom (6-5, 1.92) for the Dodgers. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

Tickets for the 2016 Pacific Coast League playoff dates at First Tennessee Park are now available for purchase at the Nashville Sounds box office and online at www.nashvillesounds.com. The 2016 season is the Sounds’ 19th year in the Pacific Coast League and their second as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate.

A hat trick and 2 assists from Caitlyn Moore lifted the Central High School soccer team to a 6 to 1 win over Cascade on Tuesday night. The Lady Raiders jumped out to an early lead thanks to 3 goals in the first 11 minutes. Cascade got their lone goal in the 9th minute.
Eliza Masters opened the scoring for the Lady Raiders off an assist from Allie Amado in the 2nd minute. Masters then found a wide open Moore in the 8th minute to make it 2 to 0. After the Cascade score, Moore scored on a breakaway in the 11th minute and set up Makenzie Anderson in the 14th minute to give Coffee County a 4 to 1 halftime lead.
In the second half, Anderson found Moore open and Caitlyn notched her 3rd goal in the 46th minute. Masters closed out the scoring on a feed from Samantha Ellison to make the final score 6 to 1. The win improves the Lady Raiders record to 5 and 1 on the season.
The Lady Raiders are back in action this weekend when they travel to Winchester to take part in the Rebelette Classic. The Lady Raiders open play on Saturday morning at 11:40 against Columbia. They will take on Community at 5 PM before coming back to take on Stewarts Creek on Sunday morning at 10 AM. The championship game is set for 3:30 Sunday afternoon at Franklin County High School.

The red hot CHS Golf teams once again had a dominant performance on Tuesday at the Keith Maxwell Invitational held at the McMinnnville Country Club. The Lady Raiders shot a 147 to win their 4th straight tournament. The Red Raiders finished in 3rd place after shooting a team total on 323.
The Lady Raiders finished 1st out of a field of 6 teams. The sister duo of Savannah Quick and Ashley Gilliam finished 1st and 2nd respectively in the individual competition. Quick fired a 71 while Gilliam carded a 76 to lead the Lady Raiders to a 23 stroke win over Maryville. White County was 3rd at 172.
The Red Raiders finished 3rd out of 10 teams. The familiar nemesis pair of Tullahoma and Cookeville finished 1st and 2nd as the Red Raiders were 12 strokes back of the Wildcats and 3 strokes back of the Cavaliers. Austin Farris was the low scorer for Coffee County as he finished 4th overall with a 76. Samuel Prater shot a 78, John Parigger carded an 81, Reid Lawrence shot an 88 and Josh Perry got around the 18 hole course in 91 strokes.
The golf teams will next be in action on Monday at Willowbrook for a 9 hole match with Tullahoma. That match is set to tee off at 4 PM.

Facing old rival Tullahoma on Tuesday night, the Coffee County Middle School soccer team saw the revenge-minded Lady Cats get three 2nd half goals to beat the short-handed Lady Raiders 4 to 3. Coffee County got a pair of goals from Maddy Jones but it was not enough to overcome the loss of a pair of talented defenders who were not available on Tuesday for Coffee County.
Tullahoma outshot Coffee County 10 to 6 on the night as Coffee County could not get their offense untracked. The Lady Cats got on the board first as Kaylee Smith drilled a free kick in from 40 yards out in the 9th minute. After a early shot from Coffee County’s Katie Cotton, the Lady Raiders were held without a shot on frame until the 28th minute when Reagan Ellison pushed forward for an unassisted goal to draw the score even going into the halftime break
In the 2nd half, Tullahoma’s Paisley Simmons scored goals in the 39th and 41st minutes to give the Cats a 2 goal lead heading into the last 19 minutes. Jones scored goals in the 48th and 59th minutes, but a Tullahoma goal by Mary-Katherine Stroop in the 53rd minute proved to be the match winner.
The loss drops the Lady Raiders record to 3-1-1 on the year. This match was scheduled as a non-conference match, so Coffee County remains 2-0-1 in the Central Tennessee Conference. The Lady Raiders are back at home on Thursday when they play host to South Franklin. That match will kick off at 4 PM.
You can download the broadcast of Tuesday’s match at: http://www.thunder1320.com/downloads/

The Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team took on district leading Lawrence County on Tuesday in Lawrenceburg. After dropping the first 2 sets 25-16 and 25-23, the Lady Raiders routed the Lady Cats 25 to 8 in set #3. But Lawrence County gained their composure and closed out the match by capturing the 4th set 25 to 21.
The Lady Raiders continued their aggressive service game attempting to get Lawrence County out of system. Coffee County had 9 aces on the match as Tyana Fenton and Kaylee Skipper led the Lady Raiders with 3 aces apiece. Alliyah Williams led Coffee County in kills with 11 as Baylee Nester added 10. Aerial Williams led the team in blocks with 3 while Fenton scooped up 20 digs. Bailey Morgan led the team in assists with 15 while Rachel Henley added 13.
The loss drops Coffee County to 11 and 8 on the season and 4 and 2 in district play. The Lady Raiders host Eagleville on Wednesday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym in front of the student body. That match gets underway at 1:30 PM.

The Coffee County Middle School football team traveled to Winchester to take on South Franklin on Tuesday night. In a first half that saw 50 points scored, the South Trojans built a 30 to 20 halftime lead and held the Raiders scoreless in the second half to capture the 36 to 20 win.
South got on the board in their first 2 drives to build a 16 to 0 lead before Marshall Haney rumbled in with 2:14 left in the 1st quarter to make it 16 to 6. Each team scored twice in the 2nd quarter as Coffee County scored on a pair of passes. Jayden Yates caught a 55 yard touchdown pass from Kyle Farless with 4:25 left in the first half. After South’s second score, the Raiders answered 9 seconds later as Conner Shemwell hit Farless with a 50 yard touchdown pass. Haney added the 2 point conversion and that made the score 30 to 20 at the half. After a scoreless 3rd period, South added their last touchdown on the opening drive of the 4th quarter to capture the win on their homecoming.
The Red Raiders play host to North Franklin next Tuesday at Carden-Jarrell Field in the homecoming game. Kickoff is set for 6:30 PM.