Renato Nunez knocked in five runs for the Nashville Sounds in a thrilling 10-7 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers in game one of the American Conference Finals Wednesday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Nashville raced out to a 6-0 lead thanks in part to a three-run homer from Nunez in the opening frame. They chased rehabbing Scott Kazmir from the game after the southpaw hit two batters, walked a pair and allowed the home run. Colin Walsh’s two-run single made it a 5-0 lead in the second, and a Dodgers’ error extended the Sounds’ lead to 6-0 going...

A hat trick and 2 assists from Caitlyn Moore lifted the Central High School soccer team to a 6 to 1 win over Cascade on Tuesday night. The Lady Raiders jumped out to an early lead thanks to 3 goals in the first 11 minutes. Cascade got their lone goal in the 9th minute. Eliza Masters opened the scoring for the Lady Raiders off an assist from Allie Amado in the 2nd minute. Masters then found a wide open Moore in the 8th minute to make it 2 to 0. After the Cascade score, Moore scored on a breakaway...

The red hot CHS Golf teams once again had a dominant performance on Tuesday at the Keith Maxwell Invitational held at the McMinnnville Country Club. The Lady Raiders shot a 147 to win their 4th straight tournament. The Red Raiders finished in 3rd place after shooting a team total on 323. The Lady Raiders finished 1st out of a field of 6 teams. The sister duo of Savannah Quick and Ashley Gilliam finished 1st and 2nd respectively in the individual competition. Quick fired a 71 while Gilliam carded a 76 to lead the Lady Raiders to a 23 stroke...

Facing old rival Tullahoma on Tuesday night, the Coffee County Middle School soccer team saw the revenge-minded Lady Cats get three 2nd half goals to beat the short-handed Lady Raiders 4 to 3. Coffee County got a pair of goals from Maddy Jones but it was not enough to overcome the loss of a pair of talented defenders who were not available on Tuesday for Coffee County. Tullahoma outshot Coffee County 10 to 6 on the night as Coffee County could not get their offense untracked. The Lady Cats got on the board first as Kaylee Smith drilled a free...

The Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team took on district leading Lawrence County on Tuesday in Lawrenceburg. After dropping the first 2 sets 25-16 and 25-23, the Lady Raiders routed the Lady Cats 25 to 8 in set #3. But Lawrence County gained their composure and closed out the match by capturing the 4th set 25 to 21. The Lady Raiders continued their aggressive service game attempting to get Lawrence County out of system. Coffee County had 9 aces on the match as Tyana Fenton and Kaylee Skipper led the Lady Raiders with 3 aces apiece. Alliyah Williams led...

The Coffee County Middle School football team traveled to Winchester to take on South Franklin on Tuesday night. In a first half that saw 50 points scored, the South Trojans built a 30 to 20 halftime lead and held the Raiders scoreless in the second half to capture the 36 to 20 win. South got on the board in their first 2 drives to build a 16 to 0 lead before Marshall Haney rumbled in with 2:14 left in the 1st quarter to make it 16 to 6. Each team scored twice in the 2nd quarter as Coffee County...

Pinch-runner Michael A. Taylor scored the go-ahead run on catcher Tyler Flowers’ throwing error as part of a three-run eighth inning and the Washington Nationals defeated the Atlanta Braves 9-7 on Tuesday night. Taylor pinch-ran after Braves reliever Jose Ramirez (2-2) walked Ryan Zimmerman. Taylor stole second and, after Danny Espinosa’s walk, scored when an off-balance Flowers threw pinch-hitter Ben Revere’s bunt attempt well to the left of third baseman Adonis Garcia. Trea Turner then hit a two-run single for Washington, which beat Atlanta for the 13th time in 15 meetings this season. Koda Glover (2-0) retired the only...

For two innings Monday, Max Scherzer looked alarmingly hittable. The Nationals’ righty and National League Cy Young Award contender recorded only one swing-and-miss over the first seven batters he faced, and the Braves took an early lead. Then Scherzer settled down, rediscovered his command and lifted the Nationals to a 6-4 win over the Braves, finishing with two runs allowed over seven innings. Nationals manager Dusty Baker said he wanted to remove Scherzer after 99 pitches, but the ace talked his way into an extra inning. “Scherz is full of determination,” Baker said. “We were going to take him...