The Motlow State Lady Bucks completed one of the best regular seasons in school history and will take a five-game winning streak into next week’s TCCAA/Region VII Tournament following a 71-44 win over Jackson State Saturday afternoon in Jackson. The Lady Bucks (25-4, 16-2), ranked No. 21 in the latest NJCAA poll, will open tournament play on Tuesday, March 7 at 6 p.m., when they face the winner of Monday’s game between No. 7 seed Cleveland State and No. 10 Columbia State. The tournament is being held at Walters State Community College in Morristown, and the host team is...

Prior to Wednesday’s NHL Trade Deadline, Predators General Manager David Poile said he would be content with his club’s roster even if he didn’t make any further moves. He’s even happier with it now. The Preds acquired forward P.A. Parenteau from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, an acquisition that should help the team down the stretch. A veteran forward with 13 goals and 27 points this season with the Devils, the 33-year-old Parenteau has the capability to put the puck in the net, and Poile believes he could fit...

Weather played havoc on the 2nd day of the prep spring sports schedule on Tuesday as 4 events were postponed and a scrimmage game was canceled. The Coffee County Middle School Baseball and softball teams were set to host their home opener on Tuesday night out at CCMS against White County.  Both teams were coming off of wins on Monday in Sparta.  The conference games were postponed and each will be made up on Saturday, March 4th, beginning at 11 AM. The Coffee County Middle School soccer team had their season opening game rained out at Sparta on Tuesday. ...

Filip Forsberg is amazing his Nashville teammates with his recent scoring surge. ”He’s the best player in the league right now, the way he’s playing,” Predators defenseman P.K. Subban said. ”Whatever he’s doing, I don’t know what it is. Just continue doing it.” Forsberg scored 2:45 into overtime and the Predators came back to beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win. Forsberg had a goal and an assist in the final nine minutes of the third period to lead the Predators back from a 4-2 deficit. Forsberg has 10 goals and four assists...

The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club announced its full promotional schedule for the 2017 season today. The 71-game home schedule at First Tennessee Park features bobblehead and t-shirt giveaways, theme nights, special guest appearances and 14 musically-themed fireworks shows. Dueling pianos presented by First Tennessee take center stage on Opening Day when the Sounds welcome the Oklahoma City Dodgers on Tuesday, April 11. The Opening Day festivities include the first post-game fireworks show of the season. Opening weekend continues with a magnet schedule giveaway on Friday and Saturday presented by RE/MAX. The first Friday of the season showcases the brand-new...

The Coffee County Middle School baseball team opened the 2017 season and the Brock Freeze era with a win on Monday night in Sparta.  The Red Raiders banged out 9 hits to capture a hard fought 5 to 1 win over White County. Leading 2 to 1 entering the 7th inning,  Coffee County plated 3 runs on 3 hits, 2 walks and a pair of Warrior errors.   The Red Raiders were led in hitting by Kyle Farless, Nick Watkins and Trey Rogers who all had 2 hits.  Farless had 3 RBI and Conner Shemwell walked twice and scored a pair...

The Coffee County Middle School softball team got a strong pitching performance as they opened the regular season on Monday with a win at White County.  The Lady Raiders plated 3 runs in the top of the 5th inning to capture a 6 to 1 win.  Keri Munn went the distance in the circle throwing a 3 hitter to get the victory. The Lady Raiders used 5 walks, including 3 in the 5th inning, to claw out the opening day win.  The Lady Raiders were held to 2 hits on the night.  Munn struck out 8 batters in the...

Battling blustery conditions on Saturday, the Coffee County Youth Bass Club got their spring season underway fishing a club tournament at Normandy Lake.  Pushing off from Normandy Dam, the prep anglers had a strong performance on the water. Hunter Haley and Garrett Fellers captured 1st place with a stringer totaling 10.46 lbs.  Blythe Petty and Maddie Harryman came in 2nd with a total catch of 7.70 lbs.   Hunter Sanders and Brayden Majors were 3rd weighing in at 5.78 lbs.  Taylor Fletcher and Blake Mangrum placed 4th at 4.90 lbs. and Shannah Frame was 5th with a catch of 4.58...