The Nashville Sounds squandered numerous opportunities on offense as they were edged by the Round Rock Express 3-2 Thursday night at First Tennessee Park. The Sounds went 1-for-19 with runners in scoring position on the night. Daniel Mengden was once again outstanding for the Sounds. The right-hander twirled his fifth quality start in his last six with six shutout innings of four-hit baseball. He walked one and fanned six on the night. Offensively the Sounds scattered eight hits but were unable to cross the plate against Round Rock starter Adrian Sampson in his 5 2/3 innings of work. Round...

The Westwood volleyball team hit the road on Wednesday for a match at North Franklin.  The Lady Rockets captured the first victory for the newly revived Westwood program.  The Lady Rockets captured the win in straight sets 27-25 and 25-16.  The JV team dropped their contest in straight sets 18-25 and 20-25. For the varsity Lady Rockets, Anna Johnson led the team with 5 kills and 3 service aces.  Emma Kidder had 3 kills and 8 digs and Brooklyn Blake added 5 digs.  The JV team was led by Ivet Ontiveros with 4 kills.  Lilee Scott had 15 aces...

The Coffee County CHS volleyball team traveled to Murfreesboro on Wednesday for a match against region rival Riverdale.  The Lady Raiders had 12 service errors and 15 hitting errors on the night as they were swept by the Lady Warriors.  Coffee County fell in straight sets 15-25, 20-25 and 18-25. Keri Munn and Kiya Ferrell led Coffee County in kills with 4 each.  Kexi Bryan added 3 kills and a block.  Abigail Parker, Keelie Hillis and Munn all recorded blocks.  Abigail Layne led the team in assists with 4 while Sarah West led the Lady Raiders in digs with...

Tickets for next week’s the Coffee Pot Game are on sale through Friday at the Coffee County Central High School main office.  The 93rd meeting between Coffee County and Tullahoma will take place on Friday, August 24th at Tullahoma High School.  As always, a huge crowd is expected to be on hand and purchasing your ticket early is highly recommended.  Tickets are $7 each and will be on sale until 1:00 on Friday, August 24th. The Red Raiders open the season on Friday night at home against Franklin County.  The Coffee County Quarterback Club is hosting a “Roast the...

The Nashville Sounds’ winning streak came to a halt at 15 games as the Round Rock Express snapped it with a 3-1 win in front of 8,453 fans and 702 dogs at First Tennessee Park Wednesday night. The 2018 Sounds team will share the longest winning streak in franchise history with the 1999 Sounds team that won 15 straight games June 2-20. Round Rock made several stellar defensive plays throughout the night and limited Nashville’s recently red-hot offense to one run on nine hits. Among Round Rock’s defensive gems was a diving catch by left fielder Scott Heineman to take away...

The Coffee County CHS soccer team opened their district slate on Tuesday when they traveled to Fayetteville to take on Lincoln County.  Coming off a 7 goal performance on Monday, the Lady Raiders were slow getting their offense on track against the talented Lady Falcons.  Coffee County had to rally with 2 goals in the 2nd half to draw with Lincoln County at 2 Lincoln County scored goals in the 10th and 20th minutes to build a 2 nil lead at intermission.  Not to be deterred, the Lady Raiders got their first mark in the 60th minute when Allie...

The Red Raider football team of Coffee County Middle School welcomed Lake Forest Middle out of Cleveland to Manchester on Tuesday night.  The Raider defense did a magnificent job holding the vaunted Bruins offense to 76 yards of total offense.  Unfortunately, 3 Raider turnovers spelled doom for Coffee Middle as they fell 20 to 12. Trailing 14 to 12 at the half, it appeared the Raiders were driving for the possible winning score as the 2 teams went into the 4th quarter.  But the Bruins intercepted a Caleb Boothe pass and returned it 85 yards for a touchdown to...

Opening the 2018 season in Fayetteville, the Westwood volleyball team visited South Lincoln on Tuesday.  The Lady Rockets fought hard but came up short in straight sets to the Lady Eagles from Fayetteville.  The varsity lost in straight sets 10-25 and 14-25.  The junior varsity came up short by set scores of 7-25 and 9-25. The varsity Lady Rockets were led in aces by Emma Kidder who had 4.  Kidder also added 2 digs.  Abby Clark led the team in digs with 5 and recorded a pair of aces.  Anna Johnson led the team in kills with 4 while...