The Omaha Storm Chasers swept the Nashville Sounds in a doubleheader at Werner Park Monday night. The bats went quiet as Nashville was shut out in game one, 7-0, before dropping game two, 6-3. Omaha starter Jake Kalish was the story of game one as the left-hander blanked the Sounds in a complete-game shutout. The southpaw scattered seven hits and induced three ground ball double plays to help his cause. The lone bright spot for Nashville came immediately when Nick Martini singled on the first pitch of the game to extend his on-base streak to 61 games. Anthony Garcia...

The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club returns to First Tennessee Park for a five-game homestand on Wednesday, July 4. The Sounds welcome the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, the Iowa Cubs, for a five-game series from July 4-8. Below is a preview for each game of the homestand: Wednesday, July 4 vs. Iowa – 7:05 p.m. Gates open at 6:00 p.m. Wear It Wednesday Bobby Wahl T-Shirt Giveaway to the first 2,000 fans – presented by Middle Tennessee Hyundai Dealers. Pre-game skydivers will land on the field at First Tennessee Park prior to the national anthem performed by Nashville...

Rising Coffee County Central High School sophomore tennis player Jaden Talley captured a flight championship on Sunday in the 2018 Ensworth Summer UTR Invitational.  Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) is a global tennis player rating system whose goal is to produce an objective, consistent, and accurate index of players’ skill in the game of tennis. UTR rates all players without regard to age, gender, nationality, or locale of a given match. Playing in a bracket of 14 competitors, Jaden won 4 matches over the course of the 3 day weekend to earn the title. Talley opened play on Friday with...

The Nashville Sounds took care of the Omaha Storm Chasers 7-1 in Sunday’s matinee to even up the five-game series. Raul Alcantara took on his biggest workload of the season as he logged a six innings in his third start of the campaign. In those six frames he allowed just one run, which came on a solo home run in the second inning from Omaha’s Frank Schwindel. The 70 pitches thrown by Alcantara were a season-high. The Sounds were all over the base paths all afternoon as they tallied 14 hits and put a runner on base in each...

Back at home and back in the win column for Nashville SC. The club from the Music City routed Atlanta United 2, 3-0, in front of almost 9,000 fans at First Tennessee Park on Saturday night. Goals from Brandon Allen, Alan Winn and Lebo Moloto and another shutout from Matt Pickens all contributed to the victory over the Atlanta United’s second team. Nashville SC picked up a much needed three points vaulting back into the 4th spot in the Eastern Conference. 90’ in a Nutshell Nashville SC got on the scoresheet early in the 19’ minute when a Winn...

The Nashville Sounds and Omaha Storm Chasers were postponed due to rain at Werner Park on Saturday night. The contest will be made up Monday at 5:05 p.m. CT as part of a doubleheader consisting of two seven-inning games. Sunday afternoon’s 2:05 p.m. nine-inning game will continue as originally scheduled, and the five-game series concludes Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. before the Sounds return to First Tennessee Park on Wednesday to host the Iowa Cubs in a five-game series. The 2018 season is the Sounds’ 41st in franchise history and fourth as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate. Single-game tickets...

The Nashville Sounds’ winning streak ended at four on Friday night with a 10-1 loss to the Omaha Storm Chasers at Werner Park in the opener of a five-game series. With the wind blowing out to left field all night, Anthony Garcia belted a home run, his team-high 13th of the year, but Omaha swatted five homers. James Naile gave up two runs in the bottom of the first inning and needed 39 pitches to complete the frame. He lasted four innings on 91 pitches and took the loss. Garcia went deep off Trevor Oaks in the top of...

The Coffee County Middle School cheerleaders capped off a spectacular week of camp on Wednesday returning home with an impressive haul of hardware.  The Raider cheer squad cleaned up at the UCA camp at MTSU garnering three 1st place team awards and a top 4 individual finish.  Additionally, a pair of Raider cheerleaders were selected to the All-American team and the squad was invited to perform at the 2019 Citrus Bowl. Coaches Tami Weaver and Laina Meeker took their 14 member cheer team to MTSU to compete in their first ever “away camp.”  Coach Weaver was ecstatic with her...