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Sounds Drop Opener in New Orleans
The Nashville Sounds stranded 11 runners on base and went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position on Friday night, falling 6-1 to the New Orleans Baby Cakes on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at the Shrine on Airline. Sounds starter Esmerling Vasquez tossed three perfect innings before departing in his first start since July 7, and New Orleans scored at least one run against each of the four relievers the Sounds used. Wei-Chieh Huang took the loss, yielding two runs in the fourth as New Orleans grabbed a lead it never gave back. The Sounds’...
Coffee County CHS Volleyball Team Goes 2 and 1 at Thursday Playday
The Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team played host to their annual scrimmage playday on Thursday at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. Dividing the 12 team field into 3 pools of 4 teams, Coffee County plopped itself in the strongest pool. The Lady Raiders rose to the challenge posting a 2 and 1 record in their 3 games. Coffee County opened the day against Oakland, a team they struggled with last week at Eagleville. The Lady Raiders grabbed a 2 set win by set scores of 25-21 and 25-19. After a short break, the Lady Raiders squared off...
Titans Reach Multi-Year Deal With Safety Kevin Byard
The Titans have agreed to terms on a multi-year deal with safety Kevin Byard. Byard, who has 12 interceptions in the past two seasons, was a third-round draft pick by the Titans in the 2016 NFL Draft out of Middle Tennessee State University. He’s considered one of the NFL’s best safeties. Byard was named to the Pro Bowl in 2017, when he racked up eight interceptions. Byard tied for the league high lead in interceptions in ’17 and he led the NFL in takeaways. In addition to making it to the Pro Bowl, Byard was also named All-Pro that...
Nashville Defeats Dodgers in Front of Sellout
In front of a sellout crowd of 10,734 fans, the Nashville Sounds beat the Oklahoma City Dodgers 7-5 and avoided a three-game sweep. Nick Solak hit his fourth home run of the season and his 21st in Triple-A this season. It was an early deficit for Nashville in the first inning when Oklahoma City put up three runs in the top half. Connor Joe doubled down the left field line to score Gavin Lux from first base. Keibert Ruiz hit a single to score Joe. DJ Peters scored on a Kyle Garlick sacrifice fly to score the third run...
Dodgers Slug Past Sounds Again
The Nashville Sounds couldn’t keep up with the powerful Oklahoma City Dodgers offense and suffered a 10-6 setback in front of 8,211 fans at First Tennessee Park Wednesday night. One night after scoring 16 runs on 19 hits, Oklahoma City put up 10 runs on 12 hits. They scored two in the first, three in the sixth and notched a five-spot in the seventh. Edwin Rios started the scoring for the Dodgers with a two-run blast off Nashville starter Wes Benjamin in the first inning. Benjamin settled in and didn’t allow any more runs until the sixth. Nashville’s offense picked up the...
Mako Swim Team Ends Summer Season at Southeast Championship
The Manchester Makos ended their Long Course season this weekend with 10 swimmers participating in the Southeastern Long Course meet in Huntsville, Alabama. A total of 1,178 swimmers from 53 teams had to achieve qualifying times to participate in the meet. Swimmers traveled from Tennessee, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle to participate in the three day competition. The Makos team had a strong showing in the 13 and up age group with 8 swimmers, and 2 swimmers represented the 9-10 year age group. Representing the Makos were Nicholas Bogle, Ryan Brown, Madeline DeWolfe, Paizley Hodges, Logan Holt, Isaac Lee,...
Coffee County Golf Team Readies For Season Opener
The Coffee County CHS golf team’s preseason scrimmage tournament in Tullahoma scheduled for Thursday has been cancelled. After graduating 4 seasoned players last year, the 2019 Red Raider golf team will feature new faces. After not having a girls’ team the last 2 seasons, Coffee County will once again have a Lady Raider team. “Both teams are very inexperienced ” said head coach Mike Ray. The Raider golfers will open the season at Fayetteville on Tuesday as they take on Lincoln County. Coach Ray will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to preview his squad. The Coffee...
Park Partners to Host Golf Tournament to Benefit All-Inclusive Playground
The Manchester Recreation Department, in conjunction with the Park Partners, is hosting a Fundraising Golf Scramble on Friday, July 26th. The 2nd annual Park Partners Playground Golf Scramble will be played at Willowbrook with 4 person teams competing for awards and prizes. Proceeds from the tournament will go toward the construction of a playground benefiting children with special needs. The inclusive playground is designed to be built at Fred Deadman Park and will benefit all children. Currently, ground-breaking is scheduled for later this summer. Funds raised from the tournament will be matched dollar for dollar through a grant received...
