Even with their top point producer sidelined by an injury, the Nashville Predators had plenty of offense. And they had in Pekka Rinne goal Sunday night. That combination helped them rout the Chicago Blackhawks 6-1 and move into fourth place in the Western Conference. The victory gave the Predators 96 points, one more than Detroit and four more than the sixth-place Blackhawks, who had their five-game winning streak snapped. It also gave Nashville a 4-0-1 record against Chicago this season. Nashville’s Martin Erat, who has tied a career high with 57 points, was scratched because of an upper-body injury...

The Coffee County soccer team played at Franklin County in its most recent match. The Raiders picked up a 2-0 win over the Rebels. Both goals were scored in the second half. Freshman Abilene Barrera scored his first career goal for the Raiders (assisted by Ricky Ramirez), and Ramirez scored his second goal of the 2012 season (assisted by Pedro Martinez). Josh Jones got his second shutout of the season in goal. Coffee County will play at Siegel on...

The Lady Bucks swept Jackson State 4-2, 2-1 today in Jackson. Motlow (9-10, 2-2) visits nationally-ranked Walters State Tuesday in Morristown for a softball doubleheader. In baseball on Friday Motlow fell 7-4 to Columbia St on Friday. Tyler Murphy hit his 10th homer of the year for the...

The annual Coffee Co. High School banquet was held at the Manchester/Coffee County Conference Center on Wednesday night. Junior Ginny Clayborne and Senior Kyle Kirby received the Gateway Tire and Thunder Radio players of the year. Manager Jeff Cox was on hand to present the...

Danielle Davis raced home from third on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning to score the winning run in the second game as the Motlow Lady Bucks swept the visiting Cleveland State Lady Cougars 7-2, 2-1 Wednesday afternoon at the softball complex in Moore County. Although both teams are members of the TCCAA conference, the games do not count in the conference standings. The Lady Bucks (7-8, 0-0) will open conference play this weekend when they travel to Columbia State on Friday and Jackson State on Saturday. Pitching dominated the warm, sunny afternoon where a...

The Motlow Bucks have an opportunity to make a significant move in the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) standings this weekend when they face conference leader Columbia State in a three-game series at the Driver Baseball Complex. Friday’s nine-inning opener is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. and Saturday’s doubleheader will start at noon. There is no admission charge for Motlow athletic events. Fans can follow Motlow athletic events in progress on Twitter by following @MoltowSports. The Bucks (18-11, 3-6) are coming off a 12-2, 20-10 sweep of Martin Methodist on Monday, raising their home record to 14-4...

Coffee Co. traveled to La Vergne on Wednesday for baseball action. The Wolverines won the game 4-3. Coffee Co. plays at Lincoln Co. tonight at...