Tennessee football head coach Jeremy Pruitt and the Vols officially kicked off a new era with their first practice of the season on Friday afternoon at Haslam Field. Pruitt was impressed with what he saw on Day 1 and noted the addition of a third full length outdoor practice field at Anderson Training Center. With the addition of the third field, the Vols have the ability to practice side-by-side, giving coaches a better opportunity to evaluate. “It was good to get out there on the grass today,” Pruitt said. “One of the big things I was excited about was...

The Westwood Rockets football team squared off in the 22nd annual Blue/White Game on Thursday.  Before a good sized crowd at Dyer-Bouldin Field, the fund-raising inter-squad scrimmage featured the first action under the lights for Coach Chad Dyer’s team.  At the end of the night, the White Team edged the Blue Team 5 TD’s to 4 in the 50 play controlled scrimmage. Konor Heaton scored 4 of the 5 TD’s for the White team as he had touchdown runs of 40, 45, 10 and 15 yards.  Ian Weldon scored the other White TD on a 15 yard run.  For...

The Coffee County CHS volleyball team will be hosting their annual Lady Raider Middle School PLayday on Saturday.  Originally scheduled to be played at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym, a plumbing problem has forced the movement of the event to 3 sites.  The tournament, featuring Westwood Middle and Coffee County Middle, will take place at the Coffee County Raider Academy, the Coffee County Middle School and Westwood Elementary. A pair of Lady Rocket squads and the Lady Raiders of Coffee Middle will each play 3 games.  The games will get underway at 9 AM at all 3 venues...

The Coffee County CHS Lady Raider soccer team is hosting their annual Lady Raider Soccer Play Day on Saturday at the Coffee County Raider Academy.  Featuring 6 varsity and 6 JV teams, the play day will take place on Carden-Jarrell Field and the Raider Soccer Field behind the Coffee County Raider Academy.  Games are set to get underway at 9 AM and conclude with the last game starting at 4:20 PM. The Lady Raider varsity will play games at 9 AM, 11:40 AM and 2:20 PM.  The JV Lady Raiders will play at 10:20 AM, 1 PM and 3:40...

The Nashville Sounds used a walk-off suicide squeeze bunt from Boog Powell to defeat the Fresno Grizzlies 2-1 Thursday night in front of 8,551 fans at First Tennessee Park. The win clinched the Sounds’ three-game series against the Grizzlies. The Sounds loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth inning and the game tied at one run apiece. Beau Taylor struck out and Anthony Garcia grounded into a fielder’s choice at the plate to leave it up to Powell to be the hero for the Sounds. Powell came through in an unconventional way. The speedy right-fielder bunted down...

The Westwood Rockets football team will host their annual Blue/White game on Thursday night at Dyer-Bouldin Field.  The Rockets football team will be broken up into 2 teams for an intersquad scrimmage and the public is encouraged to attend.   The 22nd annual Blue/White Game is not only a chance to see the Rockets in person, but serves as a major fundraiser for the team.  Kickoff is set for 7 PM.  Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for students.  Concessions will also be available. The Rockets travel to Wartrace on Friday night to take part in the Cascade Jamboree. ...

The Coffee County Soccer League is holding sign-ups from now through August 11th for the upcoming fall season.  Folks will need to register online at the Coffee County Soccer League website: http://www.coffeecosoccer.com/ . Late signups will be from held from August 12th through August 18th. Established in 2000, Coffee County Soccer League, also known as CCSL, is a recreational soccer organization for boys and girls ages 4 to 18 years.   Members of the board will be at the Manchester Recreation Center on Saturday, August 4th and Saturday, August 11th for 9 AM to 1 PM to provide assistance with...

The Nashville Sounds used a balanced attack at the plate and a strong pitching performance by starter Eric Jokisch to top the Fresno Grizzlies, 5-2, in front of 7,451 fans at First Tennessee Park Wednesday night. Eight different hitters collected at least one hit for the Sounds, including multi-hit games from Steve Lombardozzi and Jorge Mateo. On the bump, Jokisch turned in his seventh quality start of the season as he allowed two runs over six innings. Nashville jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Lombardozzi sparked a rally with a bunt single in the first inning. He moved to second on a...