The Nashville Sounds pulled back to the even mark with a 5-4 win over the Round Rock Express Thursday night at Dell Diamond. At 12-12, the Sounds have won six of their last seven games, including two of three in Round Rock with the #BattleForTheBoot series finale looming Friday night. Before starter Chris Smith delivered his first pitch of the night, the Sounds gave him a 3-0 lead to work with. Jaycob Brugman, who went 3-for-4, doubled with one out and stayed at second when Mark Canha drew a walk off Round Rock hurler Eddie Gamboa. Matt Olson made...

Triplets Hannah, Natalie and Tyler Feaster of Franklin County recently signed a National Letter of Intent to continue their soccer careers as student-athletes as Motlow State Community College. The Feasters have all been four-year starters with the Rebelettes during their high school careers. Tyler earned first team All-District 8-AAA her senior season and Natalie earned second team honors following her junior season. All three have played select soccer with Camp Forest FC. “We are very excited to have the Feasters join the Motlow State family,” said Andy Lyon, head coach of the Motlow soccer program. “Not only is it...

With the regular season district title within the grasp of the Coffee County CHS softball team on Wednesday night, the Lady Raiders battled a tenacious Eaglettes team to the final out to capture a 4 to 2 win.  The win also gave the Lady Raiders their 20th win on the season and the #1 seed and  a bye in the District 8AAA Tournament which begins Friday in Lawrenceburg. In a game heard here on Thunder Radio, Coffee County roared out to a 3 to 0 lead in the 2nd inning with Raven Rogers 2 RBI double being the highlight...

The Coffee County Middle School baseball team saw their season come to an end on Wednesday night in the opening round of the CTC tournament in McMinnville.  Errors proved to be the difference as Coffee County fell to White County 9 to 2. After giving up an unearned run in the 1st inning, Coffee County rallied to score 2 runs in the 2nd inning to grab their only lead of the game.  White County tied it in the 4th inning on an earned run and then the wheels came off for the Raiders in the 5th.  White County plated...

It was a busy weekend for members of the Coffee County Bass Club. On Saturday, a pair of boats competed in the 2017 Costa Bassmaster High School Southern Open presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods on Lake Chickamauga at Dayton. 357 teams competed from all over the southeast in the event. The Coffee County team of Isaac Turner and Cam Rutledge were the top finishers for the Raider anglers as they finished in 134th place. The duo landed 3 fish weighing in at 5 pounds and 10 ounces. Following the event, the Coffee County team of Braeden & Colby Thurmond...

Greg Rollins of Monteagle, Tennessee, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division tournament on Tims Ford Reservoir after weighing five bass Saturday, April 29th totaling 15 pounds, 15 ounces. Rollins pocketed $3,426 for his win. According to post-tournament reports, Rollins targeted postspawn smallmouth bass on both ends of the lake, keying on pea gravel with a Carolina rig. The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in: 1st: Greg Rollins, Monteagle, Tenn., five bass, 15-15, $3,426 2nd: Tony Eckler, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 15-14, $1,427 2nd: Hunter Bouldin, McMinnville, Tenn., five bass, 15-14, $1,427 4th:...

The Mets didn’t often see Bartolo Colon as hittable as he was Wednesday night at SunTrust Park, where the Braves veteran faced his former team and gave up three doubles and a walk before recording an out. Trailing 5-0 before the bottom of the third inning, the Braves made things slightly interesting before the Mets ended any suspense by tacking on a four-run fifth inning against reliever Josh Collmenter en route to a 16-5 win before a crowd of 22,656, most of whom were gone by the seventh inning. Things went from bad to blowout when the Mets scored...

The Nashville Sounds saw their five-game win streak halted Wednesday night by the Round Rock Express 7-3. A four-run third inning off Paul Blackburn was the difference in the game as the Express snapped a five game skid. The streak of innings pitched without surrendering an earned run by Sounds (11-12) starting pitchers came to an end Wednesday night when Ronald Guzman lined a single up the middle to score Josh Wilson in the third inning. The streak reached 27.2 frames. Jared Hoying followed that up with a run scoring double then Brett Nichols drove in a pair of...