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Garcia Leads Braves to Victory
Atlanta southpaw Jaime Garcia outdueled Giants right-hander Matt Cain in Friday’s 2-0 win by the Braves, a crisp matchup that featured a couple of veteran starters. Garcia tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks while striking out five, to pick up his first victory since April 29. He also broke up a scoreless tie in the seventh inning with a single to left field that led to two runs. “I expect that out of him with his stuff,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “He was really good last time out. Shoot, he was good in...
Sounds Drop Finale in Extras; Split Set with Omaha
The Omaha Storm Chasers used extra innings to beat the Nashville Sounds, 8-3, in front of a sellout crowd of 10,253 at First Tennessee Park Friday night. The 11th inning win overshadowed a stellar performance by Storm Chasers pitcher Jake Junis. The right-hander shutout the Sounds (23-22) over seven innings and limited Nashville to two hits while racking up a season-high 12 strikeouts in the no-decision. Junis’ outing went for naught when the Sounds rallied in the eighth and ninth innings. Trailing 3-0, Joey Wendle sparked the first rally with a leadoff double in the eighth. Two batters later,...
Lady Raider Softball Finishes 4th in State
The Coffee County Lady Raider softball team battled their way to a 4th place finish in the TSSAA state softball tournament on Thursday. The Lady Raiders scratched and clawed their way to a 5 to 3 win over Brentwood on Thursday morning. Injuries and exhaustion finally set in on Thursday night as Coffee County lost to Henry County 14 to 4 In the morning game, the Lady Raiders jumped out to an early 3 to 0 lead then rallied for a pair of runs late to grab a 5 to 3 win. The Coffee County defense was once again on...
CHS Lady Raider Track Closes Out Season at State Track Meet on Thursday
Karson Young captured a pair of medals on Thursday to highlight Coffee County’s final day of competition in the TSSAA State Track Meet in Murfreesboro. Young finished the day with a pair of medals in the 4 events in which she competed. Sarah Pearson finished up her busy week with a 10th place finish in the 300M hurdles. Young opened the day at 9 AM with the long jump. In the semifinals, Young had a top jump of 16’ 11 ½” in her 3rd attempt to punch her ticket to the finals. In the finals, Young tacked on a...
Coffee County Softball Coach Steve Wilder Resigns
“We had planned on being here forever.” Those were the words of Coffee County softball coach Steve Wilder on Thursday night shortly after informing his team of his impending resignation. Coach Wilder is resigning to accept a job as the new head softball coach at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Wilder told his team following Thursday’s elimination from the state tournament “to make sure they did not hear it from someone else” said Wilder. “It was one of the hardest decisions we have ever made”, said Wilder as he and his wife Jackie have been the Lady...
Colon Struggles as Braves Drop Finale to Bucs
After languishing through Gerrit Cole’s worst start of the season and the long rain delay that added to the frustration of Tuesday night’s loss, the Pirates righted themselves with a ninth-inning comeback on Wednesday and then capped their four-day stay in Atlanta with Thursday’s 9-4 win over the Braves at SunTrust Park. Ivan Nova’s bid for his third complete game of the season unraveled as he allowed two of the four runs charged to him in the ninth. After twisting his left knee during his last outing and skipping his between-starts bullpen session, the Pirates weren’t sure Nova would...
Streak Snapped in Sounds Loss to Storm Chasers
The Omaha Storm Chasers edged the Nashville Sounds, 8-4, in front of a sellout crowd of 10,442 at First Tennessee Park Thursday night. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for the Sounds. For the first time in 11 games, the Sounds failed to score first. Omaha’s Garin Cecchini started the scoring with a run-scoring fielder’s choice in the second. The lead didn’t last long as Joey Wendle started the home half of the inning with a solo homer to straightaway center field. It was Nashville’s professional baseball-leading 43rd home run in the month of May. It stayed 1-1...
Lady Raider Softball Stays Alive in State Tournament
On a day when wet field conditions limited the effectiveness of the short game, the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team got a home run from one of their slappers to capture a 1 to 0 win in the elimination bracket of the TSSAA State Tournament. Raven Rogers led off the bottom of the 3rd inning with a home run to centerfield to give Coffee County a 1 to 0 win over Dyer County. The win keeps the Lady Raiders season alive as they advanced in the Class 3A loser’s bracket. Rain on Wednesday morning delayed the start of...
