The Nashville Sounds scored five runs in the first inning and never looked back in a road trip-opening 11-5 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers Monday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Matt Davidson started the offensive barrage with a three-run homer off Oklahoma City starter J.D. Martin in the first inning. Andy Ibanez joined the home run derby with a solo blast in the second inning and Patrick Wisdom launched a two-run shot in the eighth. For Davidson, it was his team-leading 28th of the season. Wisdom is one shy of Davidson with 27. The Sounds led the game...

Monday Prep Schedule 4:00 PM – CHS Golf HOSTS Tullahoma/Cannon Co/Van Buren at Willowbrook 4:30 PM – CCMS Girls’ Soccer HOSTS North Franklin 5:00 PM – CCMS Volleyball HOSTS Harris 6:00 PM – CHS Volleyball HOSTS Tullahoma – 1st National Bank Hometown Sports Series broadcast on Thunder Radio 6:30 PM – WMS Football HOSTS Cannon...

The Coffee County CHS and Coffee County Middle School cross country teams hit the ground running on Saturday night as they opened the cross country season at Siegel.  Competing in the annual Siegel “Under the Stars” race series, both boys’ and girls’ teams posted strong performances. The CCMS runners competed in the 1.5 mile heats.  Sophie McInturff turned in the best performance of the night capturing the race win with a time of 10:08.43.  Greenlee Woods finished 3rd in that heat and 4th overall with a time of 10:27.18 out of a field of 117 runners.  Ella Arnold posted...

The Coffee County Middle School soccer team hosted their 15th Annual Kickin Cancer Playday at CCMS on Saturday.  12 teams did battle on the hot day before a huge crowd.  At the end of the day, a portion of the gate proceeds will benefit a local cancer charity. The Lady Raider varsity team struggled in their 2 games as they were shut out twice.  The varsity team was shut out by North Franklin 2 to 0 in the opening game of the tournament.  They dropped their final match 4 to 0 to Rockvale.  For the JV team, they opened...

written by Lawrence Phillips Opening day for the 2019 SMTYFA season had the Manchester Red Raiders hosting the Franklin County Rebels at Carden Jarrell Field. In Division 1 action Avery Hodges and Karson Wimley had two touchdowns each and Davion Dycus added a score. All five extra points failed but the Division 1 Raiders cruised to a 30-0 victory. In the Division 2 game Levi Scott ran for three scores and threw a touchdown pass to Treyvion Mathis and Michael Palmer added an extra point as the Division 2 Raiders bested the Rebels 26-0. In the final game of...

The Sounds were unable to complete a four-game sweep against Omaha Sunday night, losing 7-4. Nashville scored runs in the eighth and ninth inning but were unable to stage a comeback. Nick Solak led off the bottom of the first inning with the second inning. Scott Heineman scored Solak with his eighth home run of the season. That put Nashville up 2-0 early. Taylor Featherston scored the first run of the game for Omaha with a solo home run in the top of the third inning. It was his first hit this season for the Storm Chasers. That cut...

Quarterback Marcus Mariota and running back Jeremy McNichols both somersaulted into the end zone for scores in the team’s 22-17 preseason loss to the New England Patriots on Saturday night at Nissan Stadium. The flips provided a pair of highlight-reel plays on a night when the Titans showed some encouraging signs in preseason game No.2, despite losing the lead late when back-ups entered the contest. “Hat’s off to those guys for leaping and stuff,” a smiling A.J. Brown said of the flips. “That was pretty crazy. But I’m going to stay on the ground.” With a pair of preseason...

The game was tied 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning and Tim Federowicz picked the perfect time to hit his first home run of the season for the Sounds. The solo blast gave the Sounds a 4-3 lead and the win on Saturday night. The first run of the game was scored by the Sounds in the bottom of the first inning. Nick Solak led off with a single to extend his hitting streak to 17 games. After a Ronald Guzman walk, Solak scored on an RBI single by Matt Davidson for the Sounds’ early 1-0 lead....