Anthony Garcia’s walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Nashville Sounds to a dramatic, come-from-behind, 6-5 win over the Round Rock Express in front of 6,215 fans at First Tennessee Park Monday night. The win extended Nashville’s winning streak to 14 games, one shy of matching a franchise record 15 games set in 1999. The Sounds erased a 5-1 deficit with three runs in the eighth and two in the ninth to score their eighth walk-off win of the season. Trailing 5-1 in the bottom of the eighth, Dustin Fowler sparked a rally with his...

The Coffee County CHS volleyball team concluded their preseason with a trip to McMinnville on Saturday for a 3 team, varsity/junior varsity scrimmage.  Taking on Cumberland County and Warren County, the Lady Raider varsity got a pair of wins while the JV team was 1 and 1 on the day. The varsity team opened the day with a 3 set win over Warren County.  After dropping the first set 25 to 10, the Lady Raiders roared back to capture wins of 25-17 and 15-7 to get the victory.  Lexi Bryan led the Lady Raiders in kills with 7 and...

The 14th Annual Kicking Cancer Playday proved to be another success for the Coffee County Middle School soccer team on Saturday.  6 varsity teams and 7 JV teams did battle in a series of scrimmage halves.  At the end of the day, the Lady Raider varsity and JV teams each finished with a record of 1 and 1. The varsity team opened the day with a 5 to 1 loss to conference foe Warren County.  The lone goal for the Lady Raiders was scored by Emma Rhoton off an assist from Katie Cotton.  In the afternoon’s game, Coffee County...

The fall prep sports season kicks into high gear this week as the majority of middle school and high school team sports open the season. After the middle school football teams opened their season last week, the middle school and high school soccer and volleyball teams open their season this week. The high school football team will kick off their season on Friday night at home while the CHS and CCMS cross country teams compete in their first meet on Saturday. Westwood’s cross country team opens their season on August 21st while the CHS golf team completes their 3rd...

The Nashville Sounds’ win streak reached 12 on Saturday night, as they held on and beat the Colorado Springs Sky Sox 3-2 at Security Service Field. Daniel Mengden tossed 6 1/3 innings, Anthony Garcia drove in all three runs, and Liam Hendriks logged another save. The Sounds have not trailed at any point in their last six games. For the third time in the series, the Sounds took a quick lead. In the top of the first, Steve Lombardozzi and Dustin Fowler singled, and Garcia brought them home with a single for a 2-0 game. After Mengden yielded a...

In the club’s first match at First Tennessee Park in August, Nashville SC dazzled the hometown crowd and earned a 2-0 victory over Ottawa Fury FC on Friday night. Matt LaGrassa earned his first USL goal of the season and Brandon Allen netted a penalty kick to give Nashville its second-straight home victory. Matt Pickens earned his 10th clean sheet of the season, good for a tie for second place in the USL. 90 in a Nutshell After the American and Canadian sides traded national anthems to start the match, the two teams traded chances in the opening minutes....

Chris Bassitt logged seven strong innings, and Franklin Barreto homered for the second consecutive game and went 3-for-4 to lead the Nashville Sounds to their 11th consecutive victory and a 3-1 triumph over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox on Friday night at Security Service Field. The Sounds have not trailed at any point in their last five games, and they’re outscoring their opponents 64-30 during the 11-game win streak. Bassitt twirled his second straight dominant outing. After tossing eight innings of one-run ball in his last start, he gave the Sounds seven innings of one-run ball Friday. He yielded...

A fast start and a stifling defense lifted the Westwood Rockets to a season opening win over Cannon County on Thursday night.  The Rockets rolled up 266 yards of offense in the first half against the overmatched Lions on their way to a 45 to 0 win. The Rockets scored 6 touchdowns on their 6 offensive possessions in the first half.  Defensively, Westwood held Cannon County to 8 yards of offense in the first half and recovered 3 Lion fumbles.  With a running clock in the second half, the Westwood reserves held onto the ball for all 8 minutes...