They’ve started off with a bang. Again. James Neal scored the game-winner in overtime and the Nashville Predators took a 1-0 series lead in the Western Conference Final with a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Friday night. The result marks the third consecutive series that Nashville has taken a 1-0 lead in this postseason, all on the road. After Anaheim tied the contest at 2-2 in the third, it was Nashville who had a push in the extra session, ended by Neal’s fourth of the postseason, and his biggest yet. “Game One is a...

Catching up to the fastball was not a problem for Tyler Flowers on Friday night, as the 31-year-old catcher crushed a two-run homer and added a two-run single off heaters in the Braves’ 8-4 victory over Miami at Marlins Park, which snapped a six-game losing streak for Atlanta. Flowers’ first homer of the season was a drive to left off Jose Urena’s 96.2-mph fastball, and in a six-run seventh inning, Atlanta’s catcher ripped Brian Ellington’s 97.6-mph fastball into right field for a two-run single. “I was just trying to be ready because that guy throws hard,” Flowers said of...

Early offense, silky smooth defense, and efficient pitching proved to be a winning formula for the Nashville Sounds Friday night as they edged the Albuquerque Isotopes 3-1. The Sounds offense did all its damage in the opening two innings and Daniel Gossett and the bullpen shut down the Isotopes to snap a four game slide. Gossett had his finest performance of the season en route to his first victory of the campaign. The 24-year-old notched his first quality start by scattering five hits across six innings while he rung up seven hitters. The six innings worked were a season-high...

Needing a pair of wins after a long week of travel to Lawrenceburg, the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team ran out of steam on Thursday night as they fell in the district championship to Lawrence County. Despite a 3 run top of the 1st for the Lady Raiders, Coffee County saw Lawrence County roar back to win by a final score of 10 to 4. Getting off to a good start was a key for the Lady Raiders and they did exactly that thanks to a 3 run home run off the bat of Haley Hinshaw. Lawrence County,...

Coffee County senior golfer Sophie Vinson has signed a national letter of intent to continue her education and golf career at Trevecca Nazarene University. Vinson becomes the 16th Coffee County golfer to sign a college scholarship in the past 9 years. Vinson chose the Nashville university in a signing ceremony at CHS on Thursday. Vinson joins 2016 CHS graduate Teagan Perry on the Lady Trojans squad. When asked why she chose Trevecca, the opportunity to play with her former teammate was a selling point to Vinson. “Teagan being thee was important and I know she will help me a...

The losing streak for the Nashville Sounds hit four games as the Albuquerque Isotopes took game one of the series, 7-5, in front of 7,860 fans at First Tennessee Park Thursday night. The Sounds (13-17) held a 4-2 lead into the seventh inning but the bullpen faltered down the stretch. Michael Brady allowed a run in the seventh, and Aaron Kurcz coughed up the lead in the eighth when Albuquerque plated a pair of runs to take a 5-4 lead. It’s the first time the Sounds have lost a game when leading after six innings. The loss wasted a...

The Coffee County Lady Raiders punched their ticket to next week’s Region 4AAA softball tournament with a 2 to 1 win over Shelbyville on Wednesday night in the District 8AAA semifinals.  Tori Bell hit a massive solo home run and Kaylee Skipper pitched a 5 hitter with 6 strikeouts.  The win advances Coffee County to Thursday’s district championship. After each team scored a 1st inning run, Bell hit a one out solo home run to straightaway center field to give Coffee County their only lead of the game.  Skipper worked out of a bases-loaded, one out jam in the...