Category: Sports

Manchester Xtreme 14& under softball team played last weekend in Smyrna and won first 1st place. They played 3 games and outscored their opponents 60-5. Heather Bretz received the all-tournament award for the day with her outstanding catches in left field and her first home run of the season. They will play this weekend in Manchester at the SEAA State Tournament. Manchester Xtreme is sponsored by Thunder Radio.

Thunder Radio is proud to sponsor the Firecracker 5K and 10K race on July 4th (7am) at The Manchester Parks and Recreation Department. Sign up at the Manchester Parks and Recreation Department by June 25th to be guaranteed a shirt. We would love to have everyone out there having fun.

The Nashville Predators will open the season on the road against the team they knocked out of the playoffs when they play the Detroit Red Wings on Oct. 12. It will be the fourth time in five seasons the Predators have opened the season on the road under the schedule released Thursday by the NHL. The Predators will return immediately to Nashville for their home opener on Oct. 13 against Central Division rival St. Louis. Nashville will make its longest road trip in franchise history with a 7-game stretch away from home between Oct. 22 and Nov. 6 to make room for the CMA Awards on Nov. 9 at the Bridgestone Arena. The Predators also must clear out in March for the Southeastern Conference’s men’s basketball tournament.

In other Predator news: Nashville Predators forward Mike Fisher is the recipient of the 2011-12 NHL Foundation Player Award. The award recognizes an NHL player who applies the core values of hockey — commitment, perseverance and teamwork — to enrich the lives of people in his community. The NHL Foundation will present $25,000 to the Room In The Inn, a full-service homeless facility located a few blocks from Bridgestone Arena.

More than 70 area children recently spent three days on the Motlow College campus as part of head coach Jerry Nichols’ 2012 Elite/Skills Basketball Camp. Nichols was also joined by the majority of student-athletes that will make up the 2012-13 Bucks basketball team.

“This year’s camp was a huge success,” said Nichols following Wednesday’s final session. “This is by far the largest camp we have had here at Motlow in at least 10 years.”

One of the reasons for the explosion in Nichols’ camp is that parents know when they bring their children to Copperweld Arena for camp the kids won’t be wasting time. With almost 20 players helping instruct and teach, there is very little time spent watching and waiting.

Although the primary goal of the annual camp is to give area kids an opportunity to learn solid basketball skills, Nichols also embraces the other benefits of having over 70 potential fans, plus the parents and family members who bring them, inside the arena.

Motlow Lady Bucks head softball coach Tori Raby-Gentry has begun accepting registration for two softball camps that will be held July 16-18 at the Motlow softball complex on the Moore County campus.
The first session is for girls 12 years old and younger and will be held from 9 a.m. until noon. The second session will be from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. and is for girls 13 years old and older.
The cost of each session is $50 per camper, although discounts will be considered for families with more than one camper. Registration forms are available on the Motlow athletics web site at MotlowSports.com.
Raby-Gentry and her team will help campers develop fundamental skills in pitching, defense, hitting, bunting, and base running. All participants will receive a free camp T-shirt.
The registration form can be printed from the web site and returned to Raby-Gentry, along with payment, by mail. For additional information contact Raby-Gentry at 931-393-1617 or trabygentry@mscc.edu.

Former Motlow Bucks slugger Tyler Murphy has added the Rawlings Big Stick Award to his postseason hardware collection. The award is for having the highest batting average in the NJCAA East Central.

The Manchester Babe Ruth League wrapped up its regular season this week. The Yankees won the regular season championship with a 7-1 record. It the last game of the regular season the Yankees trailed the Braves 14-5 going into the last inning. The Yanks managed to score 10 runs to win the game 15-14. Andrew Henley was the winning pitcher. The Cardinals finished in 2^nd place at 6-2 followed by Reds at 4-4, Braves at 2-6 and Red Sox 0-8.
Tournament action is going on this week.

There will be a softball clinic at the Coffee County Lady Raider softball feild behind the high school.

June 25th and 26th 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.

The cost is $25.00 per player.

Instructors will be Coffee County High School Coach Terry Floyd and Former Maryville & Union College Coach Danny Fish. Others that will participate in the instruction will be past collegiate players from Lady Raider Softball.

Hitting — Throwing — Base running — Fielding will be taught.

For info and sign up call Terry Floyd at 931-409-0752

Here are potential regions the TSSAA presented to the Board of Control for a five-class football system for the 2013-16 seasons.
These are based on current enrollments. The 2013-16 regions would be based on enrollments 20 days into the fall semester.
In Class 5-A Region 3: Coffee Co., Bradley Central, Franklin Co., Lincoln Co., McMinn Co., Soddy-Daisy, Walker Valley and Warren Co.
In Class 4-A Region 6: Tullahoma, Columbia, David Lipscomb, Glencliff, Hillsboro, Hillwood, Lawrence Co., Shelbyville and Summit High School.
A decision on the proposal could happen at a meeting in July.

The Manchester Little League City Championship was decided on Friday night in the Major League division. Coffee County Bank had not lost a game all year as they took on Bush Insurance.
Jacob Langham was outstanding pitching for CCB allowing just one hit.

Jermiah Franklin from Bush was excellent giving up just 4 hits. CCB scored one in the first and added one more later in the game to win the championship 2-0. CCB finished 20-0 on the year.

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