Madison Carter of Lovelady Auto Parts smiles to her cheering section while batting on Tuesday in 6U division action of the Manchester Youth Baseball Association The Manchester Youth Baseball Association featured a full slate of games on Tuesday night at Fred Deadman Park.  Ten games filled the schedule as all 5 age divisions were in action.  In the 6U division, Star Physical Therapy knocked off Lovelady Auto Parts 18 to 16 and Manchester Tire and Brake thumped Cooper Sports 21 to 8.  In the opener, both teams were able to put up runs aplenty but Star was able to...

Team Perseverance of the 2020 Coffee Co Youth Golf League[Photo Provided] The Coffee County Junior Golf League got their season underway on Monday night.  The league, sponsored by the Coffee County Junior Golf Association, will play each Monday evening through July at Willowbrook Golf Club.  Four teams make up the league with 2 sets of head to head, 9 hole matchups each week using the Junior PGA flag scoring system.  On Monday, Team Sportsmanship downed Team Perseverance 9 to 3 in the first match.  Sportsmanship was led in scoring by Brayden Kesling, Jack Stowe and Landon Collins who each...

Story from our radio partner WGNS – Murfreesboro The TSSAA Board of Control will meet Wednesday to decide a way forward with high school football and other fall contact sports. This after the governor last week extended the state of emergency until August 29th.  While there are options on the table – one is to ask for an exemption from the governor’s order and start the season on time. If there is no exemption or the order isn’t lifted before August 29th, the season would be pushed back to mid-September. Several scenarios as to what the season and playoffs...

Sterling Hackett rounds 3rd base on his way to an inside the park home run on Monday in 8U division action of the Manchester Youth Baseball Association The Manchester Youth Baseball Association opened up their 5th week of competition on Monday night at Fred Deadman Park.  Seven games in 4 age divisions kicked off a busy week for the league as they enter the home stretch of the season.  In the 8U division, Dr. Jay raced past Lions Club 16 to 1 and Freedom Automotive bounced KK’s 16 to 4. In the opener, the Lions Club got a pair...

The 2019 postseason ended with the Nationals lifting the first World Series championship trophy in franchise history. On July 23, the 2020 regular season will begin with Washington starting its title defense. The 2020 schedule, which Major League Baseball unveiled live on MLB Network on Monday night, features a tantalizing two-game Opening Night slate on the 23rd, broadcast on ESPN. First, the Nats will host the Yankees at 7:08 p.m. ET, in a matchup that could showcase Gerrit Cole making his Bombers debut against three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer. That potential battle of aces will lead into the...

The National Hockey League today released the following statement on COVID-19 testing results: “As of Monday, July 6, the NHL has had 396 Players report to Club training/practice facilities for optional participation in Phase 2 activities. There have been in excess of 2,900 COVID-19 tests administered (including more than 1,400 this past week) to this group of Players. Those tests have resulted in a total of 23 returning confirmed positive test results for COVID-19. “In addition, since June 8 (the opening of Phase 2), the League is aware of 12 additional Players who have tested positive for COVID-19 outside...

Kasen Shetth of Manchester Tire and Brake crosses home after hitting 1 of his 3 home runs on Friday in 6U division action of the Manchester Youth Baseball Association The Manchester Youth Baseball Association closed out their 4th week of competition on Friday with 6 games in 4 age divisions at Fred Deadman Park.  A mixture of rain make-ups and regular season contests sprinkled the schedule on a hot night in Manchester.  In the 6U division, Manchester Tire and Brake rolled over Star Physical Therapy 23 to 2.  Manchester Tire and Brake scored the maximum number of runs in...

by Mark Bowman – MLB.com Félix Hernández posted a picture of himself wearing a mask when he arrived at Truist Park on Friday for the start of the Braves’ Summer Camp. By Saturday night, Hernández had decided he will not play this season because of COVID-19 concerns. “I haven’t talked to him directly yet,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “He worked out yesterday, threw a side [session], went home, and I found out actually this morning.” Hernández’s decision came after the Braves announced on Saturday that Freddie Freeman was one of the team’s four players who had tested positive...