A few hours after saying he and his teammates were playing for something greater than a .500 record, Freddie Freeman got the second half of the season started in auspicious fashion as he homered and delivered the decisive eighth-inning hit that enabled the Braves to claim a 4-3 win over the stubborn D-backs on Friday night at SunTrust Park. Freeman drilled his 17th homer of the season off Taijuan Walker in the sixth inning and then delivered an eighth-inning single off Archie Bradley that became a game-winner when left fielder Gregor Blanco made a lackadaisical throw back toward the...

The Sounds were clinging to a 3-2 lead entering the ninth inning but a pair of singles and a costly error lifted the Omaha Storm Chasers to the 4-3 victory. Logan Moon legged out an infield single to start the ninth inning rally for Omaha. Billy Burns followed that up with a base hit through the left side of the infield to bring Dean Anna to the plate. Anna laid down a bunt back to Sounds closer, Simon Castro who airmailed the throw into foul territory allowing the tying and winning runs to score. The Storm Chasers did not...

As the fall sports season gets ready to crank up, Thunder Radio sports continues our series of previews for the fall prep sports teams. Each day, we will spotlight a different team as we count down to the opening of practices and games of the upcoming season. Today, we look at the Westwood football team. The Rockets donned the pads this week as they opened their preseason workouts. Coach Chad Dyer has a squad of 25 “dedicated young men who are giving up a part of their summer for the game of football.” Dyer went on to say that...

The Coffee County Claybusters trap teams are making their final preparations for the AIM Grand Championships for later this month. The AIM Grand Championship is the national trap shooting championship and is held on July 27th through August 1st. AIM is the youth program of the Amateur Trapshooting Association and holds their national championship in Sparta, Illinois. The Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA) is the official governing body of the sport of Trapshooting and was founded in 1889. The purpose of AIM is to provide a safe and positive experience with firearms and registered trapshooting for youth, elementary school through...

Despite spending seven weeks without Freddie Freeman and bidding adieu to their most expensive free-agent acquisition — Bartolo Colon — after he essentially spent just two months in the rotation, the Braves should feel good about entering the All-Star break with the National League’s seventh-best record. There is certainly a sense of optimistic anticipation as the Braves enter the second half with reason to believe they could still make things interesting in the NL Wild Card race. They went 24-20 while Freeman was sidelined with a fractured left wrist and entered the break having won 13 of their past...

Joey Wendle became the Nashville Sounds franchise leaders in doubles in a 10-1 win over the Omaha Storm Chasers Thursday night at Werner Park. Wendle’s record-breaking 95th double in a Sounds uniform came in the sixth inning. In typical Wendle fashion, he turned a line-drive to right-center into a two-bagger when he hustled into second ahead of the throw. Wendle broke the record held by Skeeter Barners who notched 94 doubles in 514 games with Nashville. Wendle, who has played parts of three seasons with the Sounds, broke the record in game number 335. In the first game back...

As the fall sports season gets ready to crank up, Thunder Radio sports continues our series of previews for the fall prep sports teams. Each day, we will spotlight a different team as we count down to the opening of practices and games of the upcoming season. Today, we look at the Coffee County Central High School volleyball team. The Lady Raiders face a rebuilding task in 2017 as they return only 2 starters and a senior class with only 4 players. Middle hitter Alliyah Williams and libero Tyanna Fenton will provide leadership at 2 crucial positions this season...

The Voice of the Nashville Predators has been adding to his trophy case this summer. Preds Radio Play-by-Play Broadcaster Pete Weber was named the 2016 Tennessee Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association on June 27, and then followed that by being named as an inductee to the Buffalo Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame Class of 2017. Weber, who has been with the Preds franchise since Day One, collected his third consecutive Tennessee Sportscaster of the Year honor, and fifth overall, having received the accolade in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016. A native of Galesburg,...