The schedule for the 14th annual Crethan Hansert Memorial Baseball Tournament has been released.  First played in 2005, this year’s tournament opens play on Thursday at Central High School’s Powers Field for 17U high school teams.  The tournament honors former Red Raider Crethan Hansert who passed away in 2003 as the result of an automobile accident. Proceeds from previous tournaments have gone to build and maintain the Crethan Hansert Hitting Facility at CHS and support the Coffee County Red Raider baseball team. Nine teams make up the field for the tournament that runs from Thursday afternoon through Saturday. All...

The offense faltered for the Nashville Sounds Thursday night as they suffered a 7-1 setback to the Reno Aces their series finale. The Sounds found themselves in an early hole before stepping up to the plate and never provided any resistance. A sacrifice fly from Socrates Brito followed by a two-run blast from Kevin Cron off starter Ben Bracewell put Nashville behind the eight-ball 3-0 in the first inning. Cron found his home run swing again in the seventh inning of reliever Carlos Ramirez. The Aces’ first baseman turned on a 1-2 fastball and deposited it into the berm...

Ten for ten!  Not only did the Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team win their 10th straight summer contest on Wednesday, they captured the championship trophy in the Ravenwood Summer Classic.  The Lady Raiders roared thru the tournament finals bracket on Wednesday as they dropped Centennial 47 to 34 in the finals. In the finals, Coffee County rolled out to a 28 to 15 lead at the half to coast home to the title.  Abby Morgan and Bella Vinson each poured in 15 points to lead Coffee County in scoring.  Jacey Vaughn added 8 points and Jenna Garretson scored...

It was another U.S. Open Cup upset as United Soccer League side Nashville SC downed the Colorado Rapids 2-0 at Vanderbilt Stadium Wednesday night. A first-half own goal from Rapids midfielder Micheal Azira and a second-half header from Nashville forward Ropapa Mensah. Little separated Nashville and Colorado in the first half, as the sides spent time exchanging possession with few runs of threatening play. But Nashville looked up to the task early, playing a high press and looking forward in attack. Colorado’s best opportunity to go in front came in the 25th minute when Dillon Serna whipped in a...

Starter James Naile fired seven innings of one-run ball to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 5-1 win over the Reno Aces in front of 6,973 fans at First Tennessee Park Wednesday night. Naile picked up his team-high fifth win of the season and dropped his ERA to 3.57 as he scattered five hits over his seven frames. He did not walk a batter and struck out five. The right-hander’s strong effort was backed by big offensive nights from Jake Smolinski and Sheldon Neuse. Smolinski drilled his seventh home run of the season and finished 3-for-4 while Neuse added...

The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team put their unbeaten record on the line on Tuesday in the Ravenwood playday.  Coffee County captured wins over Antioch and Independence to run their summer record to 7 and 0.  The Lady Raiders will open bracket play Wednesday morning at Ravenwood at 11 AM in the final day of the 3 day team camp. Coffee County will travel to Eagleville on Thursday for a pair of scrimmage games with Clay County and Nolensville.  The Lady Raiders return home on Monday and Tuesday as they will host a team camp at CHS.  The...

The Coffee County Red Raiders finished up play in the White County team camp on Tuesday. The varsity squad was 2 and 1 in a trio of games.  The JV team dropped both of their contests. The Coffee County varsity edged Van Burean County by 1 point in the opener.  In the 2nd game, a Darius Rozier 3 pointer just ahead of the final horn gave the Red Raiders their second straight dramatic win this time over Kingston.  The Red Raiders closed out the day with a loss to Clarkrange.  The JV team dropped decisions to Warren County and...