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Sounds Rout Express 11-0 for 5th Straight Win
The Nashville Sounds extended their win streak to five games Tuesday night after clobbering the Round Rock Express 11-0. The Sounds offense launched five home runs on the night and has hit 13 over the last five games while the pitching staff recorded its first shutout of the season. ROUND ROCK – The Nashville Sounds extended their win streak to five games Tuesday night after clobbering the Round Rock Express 11-0. The Sounds offense launched five home runs on the night and has hit 13 over the last five games while the pitching staff recorded its first shutout of...
CHS Soccer Captures Win and Record on Monday
Coming off a week where the Red Raiders clinched a regular season district title, the Central High School soccer team began a week of tune up matches. On Monday night, Coffee County traveled to Fayetteville to take on the Tigers in a non-district friendly. The Red Raiders captured a 2 to 1 win and in the process saw a career scoring record fall. Coffee County got a goal in the first minute when Paco Barrera netted a pass from Breyer Taylor before fans could get settled into their seats. After Fayetteville tied the match, Taylor scored an unassisted goal...
Lady Raider Softball Falls in Lawrence County on Monday
The Coffee County CHS softball team kicked off a crucial week of district play on Monday night traveling to take on Lawrence County. The 2 teams met in the first week of the season with the Lady Raiders taking a thrilling 1 to 0 decision. On Monday night, Lawrence County jumped on the Lady Raiders in the first inning on their way to an 8 to 0 defeat of Coffee County. Lawrence County plated 3 runs with 2 outs, the big blast being a home run. Lawrence County hammered out 12 hits on the night. The Coffee County defense...
Westwood Tennis Sweeps St. Andrews
After taking off for 17 days, the Westwood tennis teams played their 2nd match in 4 days on Monday as they welcomed St Andrews-Sewanee to the Raider Academy Courts. The pair of Westwood teams each captured a victory on the windswept afternoon. The Rockets claimed a 6 to 3 win while the Lady Rockets won 7 to 1. For the Lady Rockets, Lauren Perry, Luz Maria Basurto, and Faith Duke won in singles play while Perry and Basurto won in doubles play. The Lady Rockets also claimed 3 wins via forfeit. For the Rockets, Braeden Massicotte, J.C...
Middle School Golf Teams Split in Monday Match
The middle school golf teams of Coffee County and Westwood welcomed Fayetteville and Tullahoma to Willowbrook on Monday afternoon. Under windy conditions, Coffee County squared off against Fayetteville and Westwood took on Tullahoma under the Junior PGA 2 team scramble format. Coffee County captured a 5 ½ to ½ win over Fayetteville. The team of Logan Hale and David O’Connor captured 2 ½ flags in their 9 hole match. The team of Chase Hancock and Keegan Grubbs captured all 3 of their flags. Westwood fell by a final score of 10 to 2 to Tullahoma. Christopher Robinson and Blake...
Conforto Hits HR, Drives in 3 to Power Mets Past Braves
Michael Conforto homered and drove in three runs, and the Mets scored five times in the fourth inning off Julio Teheran before holding out to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-5 on Monday night. On the day the Mets placed ace Noah Syndergaard on the 10-day DL with a partial tear of his right lat muscle, Robert Gsellman (1-2) almost blew an early 6-1 lead. Gsellman allowed five runs in five-plus innings. Five Mets relievers combined for four scoreless innings. Jeurys Familia pitched the ninth for his second save. Conforto led off the game with his seventh homer and added...
McBride’s Walk-Off Blast Gives Sounds Dramatic Win
Matt McBride hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Nashville Sounds a dramatic 6-4 win over the New Orleans Baby Cakes in front of 8,262 fans at First Tennessee Park Monday afternoon. With the score even at 4-4, Franklin Barreto laced a two-out triple into the right-center gap to set the stage for McBride. He hit the first pitch from lefty Kelvin Marte into the left field seats to give Nashville (10-11) the abbreviated four-game sweep. The Sounds’ offense was stuck in neutral for the better part of the afternoon. Baby...
CHS Tennis Claims District Doubles Title
The best season for Red Raider tennis thus far, added a doubles district title to their resume on Saturday. The doubles team of Grey Riddle and Reid Lawrence marched through the doubles bracket to claim a district title. Joseph Sadler finished as a runner up in singles play. Kara Roper and Shlip Patel fell in the semifinals. Riddle and Lawrence entered the tournament as the number 1 seed and lived up to that billing. The junior duo got wins in the semifinals to guarantee a region tournament berth before claiming the district title in the finals. Freshman Joseph Sadler...
