A four run second inning by the Columbia Lions put the Red Raider baseball team in an early hole on Sunday as Coffee County saw their 3 game winning streak snapped in the 2nd round of the District 8AAA baseball tournament. Coffee County, who came in as the #3 seed, had to travel to the 2nd seeded Lions after the Lions earned a first round bye. Columbia used that extra rest to claw their way to the 8 to 1 win. The Coffee County defense cleaned up their play with only 2 miscues on Sunday after committing 5 errors...

The honors and accolades continue to accumulate for the Coffee County tennis teams as 3 Raider netters were named to the District 8AAA All District team on Friday.  For the Lady Raiders, Kayla Wright was selected to the ladies’ all-district team.  For the Red Raiders, Grey Riddle and Joseph Sadler were named to the men’s all-district team.  Red Raider teammates Shlip Patel and Reid Lawrence were named honorable mention to the men’s...

Wyatt Nugent and Skylar Bratcher were named to the All-Conference Baseball Team for the Duck River Valley Confernece for 2017.  The pair of 8th graders helped lead the Rockets to the most wins in a season in more than 3 years this spring.  The honor was announced on Sunday afternoon at the Westwood baseball banquet and was voted on by the league coaches. The Rockets ended the season with a final record of 7 and 11. The Rockets made it to the round of 6 in the conference tournament.  The 7 wins this year represents the 2nd straight year of...

They’re halfway there. For the first time in franchise history, the Nashville Predators have advanced to the Western Conference Final, defeating the St. Louis Blues, 3-1, in Game Six to win the series by a 4-2 count. Two goals in the third period – including the game-winner from Ryan Johansen, then an empty-netter from Calle Jarnkrok – punched Nashville’s ticket to uncharted territory, a journey that will continue later this week. “It’s a big step for us – not only for us as players, but also as an organization,” goaltender Pekka Rinne said. “It’s something that we haven’t done...

Tommy Pham capped a memorable first weekend back at the big league level and added to the frustrations the Braves experienced during this homestand, drilling a deciding two-run homer off Josh Collmenter to give the Cardinals a 6-4, 14-inning win on Sunday afternoon at SunTrust Park. While completing a three-game series sweep and leaving the Braves with just one win during a six-game homestand, the Cardinals received a career-high four hits, including two homers, from Pham, who made his season debut on Friday. The Braves’ bullpen had allowed just one hit over seven scoreless innings before Pham drilled his...

A ninth inning rally fell short in the Nashville Sounds’ 3-2 loss to the El Paso Chihuahuas in front of 8,773 fans at First Tennessee Park Sunday afternoon. Trailing 3-1 entering the bottom of the ninth, Matt Olson sparked a rally with a sharp single to right-center. After Phil Maton struck out Renato Nuñez for the first out, Matt Chapman lined a double to the gap in left-center to score Olson and make it 3-2. A fly out to right field by Jaycob Brugman put Chapman on third, but Matt McBride struck out to end the game. Going into...

“It was ugly, but it is a win.” Those were the words of Coffee County Central High School baseball coach David Martin following Saturday’s 9 to 8 district tournament win over Lincoln County.  The win advances the Red Raiders to Sunday’s quarterfinal matchup with Columbia. Trailing 8 to 7 entering the bottom of the 6th inning, Coffee County loaded the bases and on 2 singles and a hit batter before scoring the tying run when Nathaniel Tate was hit by a pitch to drive in A. J. Rollman.  Grant Sadler worked a walk to drive in Noah Anderson with...

Even after losing their third outfielder to an injury within the past three days, the Cardinals still managed to extend Julio Teheran’s SunTrust Park struggles and provide sufficient support for Mike Leake during Saturday night’s 5-3 win over the Braves. Leake limited the Braves to one hit through the first six innings, then allowed a pair of extra-base hits, including Adonis Garcia’s three-run homer, in the seventh. But as the Braves lost for the fifth time in their past six games, they were unable to overcome the damage created by Matt Carpenter’s two-run homer in the third inning and...