A frustrating first half turned quickly into a celebratory evening as Nashville SC picked up its first-ever three match winning streak with a convincing 2-0 road win over Swope Park Rangers on Saturday night. A first half goal from Lebo Moloto and one in the second half from Daniel Ríos sealed the victory in Kansas City, Kan. The story of the first half looked to be missed chances by Nashville SC as big opportunities fell by the wayside throughout the opening frame. A missed open goal, a post and a missed chip, all from Ríos, made it appear Nashville...

A stellar performance by Kolby Allard went for naught when the Nashville Sounds’ bullpen allowed eight late runs in an 8-4 loss to the Albuquerque Isotopes in front of 9,803 fans at First Tennessee Park Saturday night. In his organizational debut, Allard started and tossed five shutout innings. The left-hander limited the Isotopes to four hits and two walks while recording eight strikeouts. He threw 101 pitches in the no-decision. A two-out Patrick Wisdom double in the bottom of the fourth inning sparked the first rally. Adam Moore followed and chopped a ball up the third base line for...

The Coffee County Middle School and Westwood Middle School volleyball teams will take part in a full day scrimmage tournament at CHS on Saturday. The scrimmage tournament, hosted by the CHS Lady Raider volleyball team, features teams from 12 schools and will begin at 9 a.m. with the final scheduled for 6:30 p.m.  Coffee County and Westwood each play three pool games before being seeded into a single-elimination championship bracket. The Lady Rockets of Westwood will open their season on August 8th at home against Tullahoma.  First serve is set for 4:30 PM at Joel Vinson Gymnasium.  The Lady Raiders...

The Coffee County Middle School football team welcome to Whitworth-Buchanan to the CCMS practice field on Thursday afternoon for a scrimmage. With each team alternating 10 play series, Coffee County won the scrimmage 21 to 12. The Red Raider first string offense scored on both of their possessions and the defense returned a fumble recovery for a touchdown and sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety.  Whitworth’s two touchdowns came against the Red Raiders second string. Coffee County scored on their first possession on the 10th play of the series. Ethan Hargrove threw a 10 yard...

The Westwood Middle School football team had their annual Blue/White Intersquad Game cancelled on Thursday night because of lightning and the threat of bad weather.  Westwood officials decided that waiting out the weather would make for a late start on a school night.  They are offering a Rain Check however.  Anyone who attended can get in free at the first home game at Dyer-Bouldin Field.   That will take place on Thursday, August 15th when the Rockets host Eagleville. On Friday, the Rockets will travel to Wartrace for the Cascade Jamboree.  The Rockets will take on Eagleville for a half...

The Sounds dropped their series finale to the El Paso Chihuahuas 8-5 on Thursday night after allowing 18 hits. Eli White led the way for the Sounds offense with three hits. A solo home run by Estaban Quiroz in the second inning was the first run of the game for El Paso. They scored two more runs in the third inning when Ty France hit a two-run single to make the score 3-0, Chihuahuas. Three runs in the bottom of the fourth by Nashville tied the game up. Andy Ibanez led the inning off with a home run, his...

The most successful prep sports team in Southern Middle Tennessee added another national title to their championship pedigree.  The Coffee County Claybusters earned a team title and a pair of Top 3 finishes on Tuesday in the American Trapshooting Association(ATA) AIM Grand American World Trapshooting Championships in Illinois.  All 3 teams and 3 individuals competed in the AIM Singles Championship shooting 100 targets a day on Monday and 100 more on Tuesday. The Claybusters Team #1 captured the Junior Division national title as they shattered 972 targets out of 1000.  Leading the Juniors was Hayden Jacobs who shot 197...