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Bitetto, Penalty Kill Help Preds to Beat Avalanche
Five different Predators found the back of the net as Nashville defeated the Colorado Avalanche by a 5-2 final on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives Nashville their eighth consecutive victory over the Avalanche and 11 wins on the season, six of them coming at home. After a frustrating loss on Thursday to Minnesota, a bounce-back effort from the Preds was on display on Saturday, with the penalty kill playing a starring role and contributions coming in throughout the lineup. “It was a good night,” Predators defenseman Anthony Bitetto said. “We can’t win games [taking too many...
Alontae Taylor Selected for Under Armour All-American Football Game
Thanking “my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”, Alontae Taylor accepted his honorary game jersey at the American Family Insurance Selection Tour for the 2018 Under Armour All-America High School Football Game. The ceremony was held in front of the student body on Thursday at Central High School. The 2018 Under Armour All-America Game will be played Jan. 4, 2018 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game will be broadcast on ESPN and practices will be aired on ESPNU. The event was part of the three-month American Family Insurance Selection Tour for the Under Armour All-America Game. Alontae...
Westwood Sweeps Eagleville on Thursday Night
The Westwood basketball teams welcomed Eagleville to the Joel Vinson Gym on Thursday night. In a pair of games brought to you on Thunder Radio as part of the First National Bank Hometown Sports Series, both Westwood teams had great defensive efforts to grab the doubleheader sweep. The Lady Rockets won 37 to 20 and the Rockets won 55 to 24. After being tied at 15 at the half, the Lady Rockets went on a 17 to 0 run in the 3rd quarter to grab the conference win. Westwood was led in scoring by Alex Nelson who had 11...
Coffee Middle Basketball Splits with South on Thursday Night
The Coffee County Middle School basketball teams traveled to Cowan on Thursday night for a conference doubleheader with South. The Lady Raiders dominated the Lady Trojans in a 53 to 24 win. The Raiders dropped a 51 to 26 decision. The Lady Raiders raced out to a 20 to 1 lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back. Eight different Lady Raiders scored in the win as Coffee Middle improved to 6 and 1 on the year. Marley Perry led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 18 points. Kiya Ferrell added 15 points and Alivia...
Temple Baptist Falls in JV/Varsity Doubleheader on Thursday
The Eagles of Temple Baptist welcomed Berean Academy to the E.C. Bailey Gym on Thursday night. The Temple basketball varsity and junior varsity teams were both in action. The JV Eagles fell 42 to 19 while the varsity team dropped a 62 to 33 decision. In the JV game, a slow start saw the Eagles held to 4 points in the first half. Alex Gloden led Temple in scoring as he had 14 points. Isaiah Baker added the other 5 for the Eagles. In the varsity game, a red hot start by the Eagles saw them snatch a 19...
Titans Fall to Steelers
The Titans didn’t deliver in the spotlight. Instead, their hopes of a statement win here at Heinz Field flickered out because of turnovers, mistakes and a defense that struggled to slow down Pittsburgh’s playmakers. The result was an ugly 40-17 loss to the Steelers. “It’s a disappointing loss obviously,’’ Titans coach Mike Mularkey said. “We made too many mistakes against a good football team. Obviously it caught up to us there in the second half. … The dam kind of broke in the second half because of all the mistakes.” The Titans saw their four-game winning streak snapped as...
Win Streak Ends as Preds Fall to Wild
The Minnesota Wild scored four unanswered goals and came back to defeat the Nashville Predators by a 6-4 final on Tuesday night at Xcel Energy center. The result ends Nashville’s win streak at five, only their second loss in the month of November. In a game that saw the Preds hold a 3-0 lead in the second period, Minnesota stormed back to win their fourth straight and leave Nashville searching for answers as to what went wrong. “We weren’t good,” Predators Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “We stopped playing after 20 minutes.” “You can’t sit back,” Captain Roman Josi...
Manchester U12 Team Captures State Title
The Manchester City U12 soccer team captured the championship of the Tennessee State Soccer Association “Cleveland Grimes Friendship Cup” on November 4th and 5th in Jackson, Tennessee. Manchester City was 3 and 0 in the Division 4 tournament outscoring their opponents 16 to 2 over the 2 day tournament. Manchester City is coached by Kevin Smith and Adolfo Rodriguez. City opened tournament play with a 9 to 1 win. The Manchester squad got a hat trick from Manuel Gonzalez along with 2 goals each from Eragon Stewart and Aiden Webster. Scoring single goals were Emanuel Rodriguez and Edwin Torres...
