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CHS Anglers Close Out State Tournament Strong

CHS Anglers Close Out State Tournament Strong

Four boats from the Coffee County Youth Bass Club competed on Friday and Saturday in the Academy Sports and Outdoors TN HS BASS Nation State Championship at Old Hickory Lake.  After a red hot start on Friday which saw a pair of Raider teams in the Top 10 after the first day, weather conditions hampered the Coffee County anglers on the 2nd day.  At the end of the tournament, Coffee County placed 2 boats in the Top 26 out of 161 boats. The team of Isaiah Owens and Garrett Davis finished in 17th place with a total catch of...

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CHS Soccer Season Closes in Saturday Loss in District Tournament

CHS Soccer Season Closes in Saturday Loss in District Tournament

The season came to a close on Saturday night for the Coffee County Central High School soccer team.  The Red Raiders fell 2 to 0 to Lincoln County in the first round of the District 8 AAA tournament.  The Falcons got a goal in each half as they ended the Red Raiders season. Opening the district tournament in Fayetteville at Lincoln County, Coffee County needed a win to advance to Tuesday night’s district tournament semifinals for the 4th consecutive season.  Lincoln County got on the board in the 22nd minute when they converted a corner kick to take a...

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Barreto’s Big Day Leads Sounds over Redbirds

Barreto’s Big Day Leads Sounds over Redbirds

Franklin Barreto hit a pair of home runs and Kendall Graveman put together a solid outing in the Nashville Sounds’ 8-2 win over the Memphis Redbirds in front of a sellout crowd of 10,712 Sunday afternoon at First Tennessee Park. Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the third, Barreto lined a two-out, two-run single to left field to give the Sounds a 2-1 lead. Anthony Garcia pitched in and followed with a run-scoring base hit to extend the lead to 3-1. The Sounds never trailed again as the offense kept churning while Graveman held down Memphis. The right-hander allowed...

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Preds Fall to Jets in Game 5, Trail Series 3-2

Preds Fall to Jets in Game 5, Trail Series 3-2

A four-goal second period from the Winnipeg Jets helped lead them to a 6-2 victory over the Nashville Predators in Game 5 on Saturday night. The result gives the Jets a 3-2 series lead and sees the Preds facing elimination for the first time in these playoffs. Nashville’s start was nearly perfect, but they weren’t able to get the game’s first goal, and four strikes from the Jets in the second preceded two more in the third to ultimately hand the Preds their third loss of the series. It’s plain and simple now – Nashville has to win two...

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Phegley, Gossett Propel Sounds Over Redbirds

Phegley, Gossett Propel Sounds Over Redbirds

Josh Phegley’s second three-hit night in his last three games and Daniel Gossett’s mastery on the mound lifted the Nashville Sounds past the Memphis Redbirds 4-2 Saturday night. Phegley drove in two of the Sounds’ four runs for his third multi-RBI game of the season. Gossett was superb in his piggy back role of Chris Bassitt for the Sounds. Bassitt started for the Sounds and allowed a run on five hits in his two innings of work. Gossett took over in the third inning and turned in seven solid innings for his second win of season. He fanned a...

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Saturday’s Prep Schedule

Saturday’s Prep Schedule

Saturday Prep Schedule 6:00 AM – CHS Bass Club at State Trail Championship on Old Hickory Lake 3:00 PM – CHS Baseball vs. Lincoln Co – District Tournament at Lawrence Co 7:00 PM – CHS Boys’ Soccer at Lincoln Co – District...

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Montas, Garcia Lead Sounds to Win over Redbirds

Montas, Garcia Lead Sounds to Win over Redbirds

Frankie Montas went six solid innings and Anthony Garcia knocked in a pair of runs to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 3-1 win over the Memphis Redbirds in front of 9,259 fans at First Tennessee Park Friday night. Montas earned his first win of the season and went six innings for the first time since 2015. The right-hander allowed a second inning home run to Adolis Garcia but settled in. He scattered six hits and finished his night by striking out Patrick Wisdom to end the sixth. Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the third, the Sounds got...

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