Nashville Sounds infielder Nick Martini and right-handed pitchers James Naile and Bobby Wahl have been named to the Pacific Coast League All-Star Team as announced by the league today. All three were selected as reserves by the PCL office. The 2018 Triple-A All-Star Game is scheduled for Wednesday, July 11 at 8:00 p.m. CST at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio. The game will be carried live with Sounds broadcaster Jeff Hem on the call and televised on MLB Network. Martini, 28, is hitting .306 (72-for-235) with 40 runs, 36 RBI, 11 doubles, 5 home runs and 2 triples. The...

The mandatory summer dead period for all TSSAA sports, which began on Sunday, June 24, ended at midnight on Saturday. Beginning on Sunday, coaches and players could hold workouts and teams could open up school facilities for summer workouts and conditioning as outlined in the TSSAA handbook for each individual sport. Local middle school and high school football, volleyball, cross country and soccer teams can begin preseason conditioning prior to their first official practice day on July 23rd. The Coffee County Central High school golf will begin organized practice sessions on Monday, July 16th. The Coffee County Central High...

The Nashville Sounds powered their way to a 5-3 win over the Iowa Cubs Saturday night in front of a sellout crowd of 10,904 at First Tennessee Park. The Sounds jumped on Iowa’s Jen-Ho Tseng early as Ramón Laureano launched a solo home run to lead off the game. Steve Lombardozzi then ripped a ground rule double to the deepest part of the ballpark, right-center field. Three batters later Franklin Barreto flexed his muscles by powering a two-run home run the opposite way and push Nashville’s lead to 4-0. Tseng then settled down for Iowa and tossed four straight...

The scoreboard read 0-0 at the end of 90 minutes, but the action on the field was anything but insignificant. In front of 18,228 fans at Nissan Stadium, Nashville SC drew first-place FC Cincinnati 0-0, despite firing 20 shots, 13 of which came in the first half. Matt Pickens made a pair of key saves and the Nashville defense limited Cincinnati’s high-powered offense to just 12 shots. Both teams had big chances throughout the match but were unable to convert. 90 in a Nutshell Nashville SC started the match with some tremendous pressure going forward. The players were able...

Four Nashville Sounds’ pitchers shut down the Iowa Cubs in a 4-1 win in front of 8,879 fans at First Tennessee Park Friday night. Raul Alcantara started for the Sounds and one-hit the Cubs over three scoreless innings before giving way for Oakland Athletics right-hander Daniel Mengden. Pitching on a Major League rehab assignment, Mengden went 3 2/3 innings and limited Iowa to one unearned run. The Sounds built an early lead behind Alcantara with a pair of runs in the first inning. Ramon Laureano started the bottom of the first with a triple to the gap in right-center....

Coffee County Central High School Red Raider basketball coach Micah Williams announces the 2018 Kid’s Skills Camp.  The camp will be held on July 16th through the 19th at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The camp will run from 9 AM to noon each day and cost for the camp is $50 per camper.  The camp is open to boys and girls who will be in the 2nd through the 8th grade in the upcoming school year. If you need more information, contact Coach Williams at :...

The Nashville Sounds dropped game two of their five-game series with the Iowa Cubs 7-1 Thursday night after a six-run sixth inning from Iowa. Nashville starter James Naile brought his A-game through 5 1/3 innings, allowing just one hit and fanning six batters. The wheels fell off after that as the next six I-Cubs hitters collected a hit off Naile before he was pulled. He yielded three singles and three doubles. Ryan Dull then entered the game for Nashville and allowed his inherited runner to score on an RBI-double from Bijan Rademacher. For the second night in a row...

The pinnacle of the Summer of Soccer is here. This Saturday, Nashville SC takes on first-place FC Cincinnati at Nissan Stadium at 7:30 PM. It’s expected to be a barn-burner in front of some of the loudest fans in the USL. If you haven’t been out to a Nashville SC game yet this year, or are looking for a reason to hop on the bandwagon, here are 10 reasons why you should join the biggest sports party of the summer in the Music City. 1. Marquee Matchup In terms of the quality of soccer, the intensity on the field...