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Sounds Win Rain-Shortened Home Opener
The Nashville Sounds battled the Oklahoma City Dodgers and the weather in a rain-shortened 3-1 win in front of 8,871 fans Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. The two teams got six full innings in the books before play was halted and eventually called due to rain and unplayable field conditions. After a two-hour, three-minute rain delay to start the game, Sounds’ (3-3) starter Michael Brady took on Trevor Oaks for the Dodgers (2-4). The two hurlers blanked the opposition in the opening inning. Oklahoma City got the scoring started when third baseman Rob Segedin launched a solo homer...
Lady Raider Softball Clips Lincoln County on Monday
Rarely has a matchup between Coffee County and Lincoln County on the softball diamond been boring and Monday night held true to form. The Lady Raiders needed to get 2 outs in the top of the 7th inning with the tying run at the plate to claim a hard fought 5 to 3 win. The win gives Coffee County a regular season sweep over Lincoln County and keeps them tied atop the district standings with a record of 5 and 1 at the midway point. Trailing 1 to 0 entering the bottom of the 4th inning, the Lady Raiders...
CHS Tennis Splits with Shelbyville
The Coffee County Central High School tennis teams hosted their first matches of the year on their new home courts at the Raider Academy. After a wet spring and wind damage forced postponement of several matches, the Raider netters welcomed Shelbyville to their home court. The Lady Raiders fell to the Eaglettes 5 to 2 while the Red Raiders won 5 to 2 For the Red Raiders, Reid Lawrence(by a score of 9 to 7), Shlip Patel(8 to 2) and Jonah Rollman(8 to 6) got wins in singles’ play. Both Red Raider doubles teams won as the team of...
CCMS Baseball Blanks Westwood
For the first time in 4 years, the Coffee County Middle School and Westwood baseball teams met on the diamond at CCMS on Monday. The two teams entered the 5th inning in a 1 run game before Coffee County notched a single run in the 5th. The Red Raiders managed to push 6 runs across in the 6th inning to take an 8 to 0 non-conference win. Westwood was held to a pair of hits on the game as Blake Hale and Wyatt Nugent had singles for the Rockets. Trenton Thompson got the start for the Rockets and was saddled...
Westwood Softball Falls to Cannon County
The Westwood softball team welcomed Cannon County to Lady Rocket Field on Monday hoping to avenge one of their 2 losses on the year. Cannon County proved to have the pitching to capture the season sweep as they got a 12 to 2 win over Westwood. As in the first game, the Lady Lions’ pitchers kept the Westwood batters at bay limiting Westwood to 2 hits on the game. Kara Beth Patton had both hits for Westwood as she stroked a pair of singles and scored one of Westwood’s runs. Haidyn Campbell walked twice and got an RBI and...
Coffee Middle and Westwood Middle Golf Drop Monday Matches
The Coffee County and Westwood Middle School golf teams welcomed Harris and Liberty to Willowbrook on Monday for a pair of matches. The Raiders squared off against Harris and Westwood tangled with Liberty in the 2 person scramble format. The Coffee County team fell 7 ½ to 4 ½ gaining 3 points by virtue of a forfeited match. On the course, the Raider golfers tied Harris in each scramble with each team claiming 4 ½ flags. The Raider teams of Logan Hale & Chase Hancock; Keegan Grubbs & Bennett Williams; and Caleb Jarrell and David O’Connor each split the...
Westwood Tennis Falls in Shelbyville on Monday Night
The Westwood tennis teams traveled to Shelbyville on Monday for a match with the Shelbyville area middle schoolers. Facing a more experienced Shelbyville squad, the Rockets and Lady Rockets fell by identical 6 to 1 scores. The Rockets got their lone win in doubles play as Caelan Ducker and Kyle Mueller won their doubles match. In singles play, Lauren Perry scored a win for the Lady Rockets. Westwood hits the court again on Tuesday when they travel to Tullahoma for a match. Weather permitting, first serve is set for 4...
Sounds Drop Opening Series Rubber Match
The Nashville Sounds dropped the season-opening series to the Round Rock Express after falling 5-4 Monday night in the Lone Star state. In a back-and-forth game it was the Express who had the last laugh thanks to a bases loaded walk from Simon Castro to Preston Beck in the home half of the seventh inning. Nashville plated the first runs of the game in the fourth inning when Renato Nunez belted a pitch from Eddie Gamboa over the fence in left center field. The lead was short-lived for the Sounds as the Express responded with three runs in the...
