Category: Sports

The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club begins its 2016 season on Thursday, April 7 when they welcome the Oklahoma City Dodgers on Opening Day.

Thursday’s 6:35 p.m. game is the start of a season-opening eight-game homestand at First Tennessee Park. Following the four-game series with the Dodgers, the Sounds welcome the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, for a four-game series scheduled for April 11-14.

Below is a preview for each game of the homestand:

Thursday, April 7 vs. Oklahoma City – 6:35 p.m.
• Gates open at 5:00 p.m.
• Opening Day Celebration at First Tennessee Park presented by First Tennessee
• Ceremonial first pitch delivered by Megan Barry, Mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
• National anthem performed by season nine “The Voice” contestant Evan McKeel
• 150 United States Army Soldiers will unravel the American flag across the entire outfield during McKeel’s performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner”
• The unveiling of a new in-game tradition set to take place during the middle of the fifth inning of all 72 home games at First Tennessee Park
• Post-game fireworks show
• Ballpark Aerial Photo Giveaway – upon exiting the ballpark, the first 10,000 fans will receive a special ballpark aerial photo taken that night from above First Tennessee Park

Friday, April 8 vs. Oklahoma City – 6:35 p.m.
• Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
• Magnet Schedule Giveaway presented by RE/MAX (first 4,000 fans)
• FOX17 post-game fireworks presented by Koorsen Fire & Security

Saturday, April 9 vs. Oklahoma City – 6:35 p.m.
• Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
• Magnet Schedule Giveaway presented by RE/MAX (first 4,000 fans)

Sunday, April 10 vs. Oklahoma City – 2:05 p.m.
• Gates open at 1:00 p.m.
• Pre-game autograph session with select Sounds players 1:15-1:30
• Military Sunday presented by Piedmont Natural Gas, Tennessee 811 and WSMV Channel 4 – the Sounds will wear camouflage jerseys to honor active/veteran military men, women & families.
• Post-game Kids Run the Bases (12 & under) presented by First Tennessee

Monday, April 11 vs. Colorado Springs – 6:35 p.m.
• Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
• Major League Monday T-Shirt Giveaway presented by King University & 650 AM WSM
• Kroger Plus Monday – Buy a “Family 4-Pack” that includes 4 Select section tickets, 4 hot dogs & 4 fountain sodas for $44. This offer is only available at participating Ticketmaster locations inside Kroger stores and is not available at First Tennessee Park.

Tuesday, April 12 vs. Colorado Springs – 6:35 p.m.
• Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
• “Live from Nashville, it’s Tuesday Night” 50s Theme Night presented by The Tennessean

Wednesday, April 13 vs. Colorado Springs – 12:05 p.m.
• Gates open at 11:00 a.m.
• Noon Bash in Nash presented by ESPN 102.5 The Game – catch baseball at high noon at the inaugural Wednesday day game

Thursday, April 14 vs. Colorado Springs – 6:35 p.m.
• Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
• Throwback Thursday presented by iHeartMedia – the Sounds will wear throwback jerseys to commemorate the team’s original uniform style from 1978. Fans can purchase Coca-Cola fountain soda, domestic draft beers and 12oz. cans for $2 each. Bud and Bud Light 16oz. cans and import and craft draft beer can be purchased for $3 each.

The 2016 season is the Sounds’ 19th year in the Pacific Coast League and their second as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate. Season ticket memberships are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.

Joseph Sadler

It might be a small thing, but it was a first for local prep sports on Tuesday as the 2 middle schools in Manchester met on the tennis courts for the first ever meeting between the 2 teams in tennis. Westwood, in its 2nd season as a program, played host to Coffee County Middle School, in its 1st season as a program, on Tuesday at Fred Deadman Park. In a fitting tribute, the boys’ match was decided by a pair of tiebreakers in the doubles competition.

Luz Marie Basurto

The Coffee County doubles team of Joseph Sadler and Zach Leroux got a 7-5 tie-breaker win over Jaret Kemper and Caleb Simmons to clinch the match win for the Raiders. In girls’ play, the Lady Raiders swept all 6 matches to claim the first girls win in program history. The Westwood tennis teams plays at Lewisburg on Wednesday at 3:45 PM while the Coffee Middle teams will travel to St. Andrews-Sewanee on Friday for a 4 PM match. Complete Results are:

Anna Amado

Girls’ Singles
Alise Clark(CCMS) over Madison Cox(WMS) – 5-1
Jayda Wright(CCMS) over Liberty McAfee(WMS) – 4-2
Anna Amado(CCMS) over Luz Marie Basurto(WMS) – 5-1
Macy Brown(CCMS) over Antonia Ayala(WMS) – 6-0
Girls’ Doubles
Lindsey Cauble & Caitlin Calahan(CCMS) over Madison Cox & Antonia Ayala(WMS) – 5-1
Sydney Bell & Arianna Hansen(CCMS) over Liberty McAfee & Luz Marie Basurto(WMS) – 4-2

Xander Jones

Boys’ Singles
Joseph Sadler(CCMS) over Jaret Kemper(WMS) – 6-0
Luke Irwin(CCMS) over Caleb Simmons(WMS) – 5-1
Xander Jones(WMS) over Jaden Talley(CCMS) – 4-3(7-4 tiebreaker)
Braeden Masicotte(WMS) over Loren Hansen(CCMS) – 5-1
Ben Davis(CCMS) over Ricardo Ayala(WMS) – 4-2
Boys’ Doubles
Joseph Sadler & Zach Leroux (CCMS) over Jaret Kemper & Caleb Simmons (WMS) – 4-3(7-5 tiebreaker)
Xander Jones & Braeden Masicotte(WMS) over Jaden Talley & Loren Hansen(CCMS) – 4-3(8-6 tiebreaker)

Haley Hinshaw

Four plus three equals seven. It was just that easy on Tuesday night as Haley Hinshaw had a home run and a triple to lift the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team to a 7 and 0 district record with a 3 to 2 win at Shelbyville. Hinshaw hit a 2 run homer in the top of the first to drive home Claire Spellings, who was in as a courtesy runner for Tori Bell, to give the Raiders a 2 to 0 lead until the 4th inning. With 1 out in the 4th, Hinshaw laced a 1 out triple into the right field corner and scored on Lauren Tomberlin’s sacrifice bunt to give Kaylee Skipper all the offensive support she would need. Skipper pitched a complete game 5 hitter as she fanned 4 Eaglettes. The Lady Raiders are off until Friday when they travel to McMinnville for a non-district game with Warren County. That game is set to be played in front of the Warren County student body and will get underway at 1:45 PM. Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the live broadcast as Lucky Knott will be on the call.

Gavin Husted

Davis Green pitched 6 strong innings as the Coffee County Red Raider baseball team completed the season sweep over district rival Franklin County with an 11 to 2 win on Tuesday night in Winchester. Davis got the win after scattering 8 hits and walking 3 while fanning 5 Rebel batters. Coffee County tallied an 8 run 4th inning highlight by 6 walks and a 3 RBI Duncan double from Gavin Husted. Jacob Langham continued his hot hitting streak as he was 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and an RBI. Alan Rob, Wyatt Day, Deandre Wakefield and Cade Giles each had doubles for Coffee County. The win evens the Raiders record at 4 and 4 on the year in District 8AAA and lifts them to 3rd place in the standings. The Raiders return to the diamond on Saturday morning at 10 AM when they will take on White County at Powers Field as part of the Rebel Classic. The Raiders will follow that up with a 2:30 PM game against McMinn County.

Paco Barrera(file photo)

Paco Barerra had a goal and an assist and John Parigger was perfect in net as the Red Raider soccer team got a 3 to 0 win over Franklin County on Tuesday night at the Raider’s home pitch. Breyer Taylor started the scoring in the 11th minute as he redirected his own rebound, off a feed from Barrera to make the score 1 nil. Barrera got his goal in the 17th minute when he put his own rebound into the back of the net to give Coffee County the 2 goal lead at the half. In the second half, Coffee County was able to substitute freely as they dominated the possession. David Fernandez closed out the scoring off of a penalty kick in the 42nd minute as the Raiders improved to 2 and 0 in district play. Coffee County will welcome reigning district champion Columbia to Manchester on Thursday night for a HUGE district matchup and a rematch of last season’s district finals. That match will kick off at 7 PM.

Westwood golfer Christopher Robinson (file photo)

An opening match round of 52 by Christopher Robinson was good enough to lift the Westwood Rocket golf team to a win in their first match of the season. The Rockets and Lady Rockets traveled to Fayetteville on Tuesday for each team’s first middle school match of the season. The Rockets, behind the low round of the day by Robinson, edged Fayetteville by a score of 183 to 210. Nicholas Johnson shot a 61 for Westwood while Andrew Green carded a 70 and Gavin Prater fired a 74 for the 9 hole match. The Lady Rockets were not as fortunate as they were edged by 8 strokes. Elizabeth Brown shot the low round for Westwood as she carded a 69. Macie Lawrence fired a 73 and Brayden Gray came home in 79. Westwood golf is off until Tuesday, April 12th when they travel to Shelbyville with the Coffee County golfers to compete against Liberty and Harris. Those 4 teams will tee off at 3:30 PM

Maddie Taylor

In a rematch of the girls’ district finals of 2015, the Shelbyville Central High School tennis team welcomed Coffee County to the Eagles home courts on Tuesday. Unlike last season, the Lady Raiders could not pull the upset of the talented Eagle teams on Tuesday. Both boys and girls teams fell by identical 5 -2 scores on the evening. In girls play, Maddie Taylor got a singles win(Score was 8-4) and teamed up with Ali Shelton to win in doubles(8-6) to score both Lady Raider victories. Kayla Wright dropped a heart-breaking tiebreaker(11-9) for the Lady Raiders. On the boys side, Jared Hu(8-2) and Grey Riddle(8-3) each won their singles matches for Coffee County. Shlip Patel fell in his singles match in the tiebreaker(8-4). The Red Raider tennis teams travel to Lawrenceburg on Friday for a makeup match with Lawrence County. First serves are scheduled for 4 PM.

Skylar Bratcher of Westwood baseball

A seventh inning rally came up 1 run short on Tuesday night as the Westwood baseball team dropped a 6 to 5 decision to Moore County in a Duck River Valley Conference game at Fred Deadman Park. Trailing 6 to 3 entering their last at-bat, the Rockets scored twice, and had the tying run on base but could not get the run they needed to force extra innings. Nick Smith was 2 for 2 with a double and 3 RBI. Skylar Bratcher was 2 for 3 with a pair of singles and a walk. The Rockets will play host to Liberty on Thursday night on 8th Grade Night. First pitch is scheduled for 5 PM.

Amber Smith

The Community Viqueens scored in every inning on Tuesday night as they dropped the Westwood Lady Rockets 18 to 3 in middle school softball action.  Hayden Campbell had a double and a single in 3 plate appearances and also had 9 strikeouts in the circle for Westwood.  Amber Smith had a single and scored 2 runs and Talia Dillard and Madison Wakefield had RBI for the Lady Rockets.  Westwood is back at home on Wednesday when they take on Moore County in a 4:30 PM conference game.

Braxton White

The Coffee County Middle School JV baseball team swept a doubleheader from Cannon County on Monday in a pair of games at CCMS. In the first game, the Raiders broke open a tie game in the 2nd inning as they dropped the visiting Lions 16 to 6. Coffee County scored in every inning including 4 runs in that pivotal 2nd inning to notch the victory. Braxton White led the Raider hitting attack as he banged out 3 hits, including a double, stole 4 bases and scored 3 times. Trey Rogers als had a pair of hits and scored 3 runs and Nick Watkins had a triple for the Raiders. In game #2, Coffee County substituted freely in a 6 to 3 win. The Raiders baseball team travels to White County on Thursday for a Varsity/JV doubleheader. The varsity game gets underway at 5 PM with the JV game to follow.