The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club has announced its weekly promotions for the 2017 season. The 71-game home schedule at First Tennessee Park includes giveaways, fireworks shows, ticket discounts, musical guests, theme nights, special jerseys, military appreciation and family days. The Sounds’ home opener is scheduled for Tuesday, April 11 when they host the Oklahoma City Dodgers at 6:35 p.m. at First Tennessee Park. Music City Mondays and Kroger Plus Mondays (11 Occurrences): Every Monday, the Sounds wear their black ‘Music City’ jerseys and celebrate 40 years as Nashville’s first professional sports team with special giveaways featuring current and past...

Looking for a pair of milestone wins, Coffee County welcomed Grundy County to the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym on Tuesday night for a non-district basketball doubleheader.  The Lady Raiders captured their 4th straight win with a 68 to 36 decision over the Lady Jackets.  The Red Raiders snapped a 3 game losing streak as they grabbed their 20th win of the year 82 to 57 over Grundy County. The Lady Raiders held the Lady Jackets without a field goal in the first period as they used 7 turnovers to build a 13 point lead.  Grundy County could not...

It took a call to video review, but Filip Forsberg got the game winner and the Nashville Predators topped the Vancouver Canucks by a 4-2 final on Tuesday night at Bridgestone Arena. The victory gives the Preds 60 points overall with at least a point in 10 of their last 13 outings. “We know how important all of these games are and this one is no exception,” Captain Mike Fisher said. “We definitely had a good first and fell back a bit there in the second, but we found a way to gut it out. Pekka [Rinne] made some...

Three Motlow State pitchers combined to allow only one hit and one run as the Bucks opened the 2017 baseball season with a 2-1 win over Wallace State-Hanceville Friday afternoon in Hanceville, Alabama. The Bucks (1-3, 0-0) couldn’t match that performance the rest of the weekend, dropping the second game of the doubleheader with Wallace 10-0, then dropping a pair of games to Lawson State 8-3, 6-5 Saturday afternoon in Birmingham. Motlow will open the home baseball schedule on Friday when Marshalltown, Iowa visits for a noon doubleheader. The same two teams are scheduled to play another twin bill...

The Motlow State Lady Bucks reached the 20-win mark for the first time in over a decade with a pair of weekend wins over visiting Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) teams at Copperweld Arena. The Lady Bucks (20-3, 11-1) remain tied with Walters State at the top of the TCCAA standings. The two teams will play this Friday in Morristown, with the winner holding the inside track on the No. 1 seed in the upcoming TCCAA/Region VII Tournament, to be held March 6-10 in Morristown. Motlow’s last 20-win season came in 2005-06, when the Lady Bucks finished the...

Javion Hamlet and Rashawn Fredericks had double-doubles both Friday night and Saturday afternoon to lead the Motlow State Bucks to a sweep of visiting Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) opponents over the weekend at Copperweld Arena. The Bucks (21-3, 10-2) have now won 15 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in school history and just one behind the all-time record of 16 set in 1987-88. Motlow travels to Morristown Friday to play Walters State, then visits Roane State in Harriman on Saturday. The Bucks enjoy a three game lead over four other teams tied for second place in the...

The Nashville Sounds Baseball Club will host a job fair on Saturday, February 11 at First Tennessee Park in preparation for the 2017 season. The team is seeking outgoing, energetic and fan-friendly individuals to become part of the game-day staff. The Sounds and Centerplate, the team’s food and beverage provider, will combine to hire between 250-300 part-time employees to operate First Tennessee Park in the Sounds’ 40th anniversary season. Positions to be hired include fan hosts, ticket scanners, bag check, team store attendants, parking attendants, grounds crew, bat boys (ages 16-19) and cleaning staff. In addition, Centerplate positions include...