Story by Jim Wyatt of TitansOnline.com The Titans have signed kicker Cody Parkey to the team’s roster, along with a pair of running backs – Rod Smith and Dalyn Dawkins.  The Titans have also waived offensive lineman Hroniss Grasu, a day after parting ways with offensive lineman David Quessenberry. Parkey will take over the kicking duties for the Titans, who also released Cairo Santos on Monday after his bad day on Sunday vs. the Bills.  The Titans travel to Denver to face the Broncos on Sunday. Smith, who has spent most of his NFL career with the Cowboys, brings...

For the third time this season at First Tennessee Park, Nashville SC produced a stoppage time match-winning goal to take a vital three points against Louisville City FC 2-1. The latest heart stopper came courtesy of defender Jimmy Ockford, whose leaping header at the top of the box in the second minute of stoppage time gave Nashville a massive win over defending champions Louisville City. From a free kick, Forrest Lasso sent a perfect ball to the box where it met the head of Ockford. The goal was made extra sweet after Louisville City had equalized just 10 minutes...

The Temple Baptist Christian School volleyball team traveled to Cleveland on Tuesday for a tri-match.  The Lady Eagles squared off against Shenandoah Baptist and Fairview Christian Academy of Athens.  The Lady Eagles ended up with a pair of wins on the day in a pair of best of 3 matches. Against the host Shenandoah Lady Lions, Temple dropped the first set 22 to 25 before rallying to grab the next 2 sets 25-11 and 15-9.   The Lady Eagles grabbed a 2 set win over the Lady Falcons of Fairview.  Temple won by set scores of 25-14 and 25-21. Temple’s...

Four members of the Westwood football team were honored as members of the Duck River Valley Conference All Conference team.  The announcement was made on Tuesday that Brayden Dixon, Cody Douglas, Izick Sierra and Jayden Carter were selected for the squad in a vote by the league coaches.   The quartet helped lead the Rockets to a record of 3 and 5 this season including wins over Cannon County and Community.  The Rockets are coached by Chad...

The goals just keep on coming. Roman Josi tallied twice and the Predators scored three in the third as Nashville defeated the San Jose Sharks by a 5-2 final on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. It’s Nashville’s second win in three tries on the young season and their 10th victory in their last 12 meetings with the Sharks on home ice. After a 5-3 loss to Detroit on Saturday, the Preds bounced back with another strong offensive effort to give them 13 goals through their first three games of the season. That’s just a taste of their capabilities in...

The freshman football team of Coffee County traveled to Sparta on Monday night for a battle with White County.  After losing to the JV/Freshman combined team last week, the Raiders were looking for some revenge.  The Red Raiders ended up falling to the Warriors 38 to 37 in a game that saw 8 lead changes. Trailing 38 to 31, Coffee County scored with 95 seconds remaining in the game.  The Red Raiders came up short on the 2 point conversion as they went for the win.  Tristan Galey finished the night with 3 rushing touchdowns including one from 70...

The Temple Baptist Christian School volleyball team spent Friday and Saturday in Alabama competing in the Madison Baptist Academy tournament.  The Lady Eagles fought their way to the championship game against Clays Mill out of Kentucky.  But playing their 5th match of the day, Temple fell to Clays Mill to come home with the runner up trophy. The Lady Eagles opened up tournament play on Friday with 3 pool play games.  The Lady Eagles got wins over Cornerstone Baptist and Anchored Christian and lost their match to Victory Baptist of Shelbyville.  On Saturday in tournament play, Temple got a...

The Nashville Sounds Foundation, in conjunction with the Nashville Sounds’ community relations team and grounds crew, will renovate the baseball field at Hillsboro High School on Tuesday, October 8 and the softball field at John Overton High School on Wednesday, October 16. WHO: The Nashville Sounds Foundation with assistance from the grounds crew and other Sounds front office members. WHAT: The Nashville Sounds Foundation will renovate two local high school fields. Planned work includes sod cutting edges, new bases and pitching rubber installation, mound patching, patch and reshaping home plate, grass seeding, fertilizing, nail dragging, etc. WHEN: Hillsboro High...