Creating offense in the first inning has been a particularly difficult task for the Giants this year. That changed Friday, as Brandon Belt and Joe Panik tallied a pair of run-scoring base hits in the bottom of the first that set the stage for a 7-0 win over the Atlanta Braves at AT&T Park. San Francisco entered the series opener with the fewest runs (44) in the first inning in the Majors this season. But after Buster Posey and Brandon Crawford hit consecutive infield singles with two outs, the Giants finally came through. Belt launched a base hit to...

The Nashville Sounds were crowned American Southern Division champions when they defeated the Memphis Redbirds, 5-3, Friday night at AutoZone Park. For the first time since 2007, the Sounds are heading to the Pacific Coast League Playoffs. With the best record in the PCL (78-56), Nashville will look for its first league championship since the 2005 season. It’s the fifth division title for the Sounds since joining the PCL in 1998. The franchise won the American East Division in 2003 and the American North Division in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The club has been in first place for 94...

After spotting the Harris Middle School soccer team a goal in the 4th minute of Thursday night’s contest, the CCMS soccer team dominated the time of possession the rest of the match to capture the 3 to 1 conference win. Harris netted a goal on a breakaway early but the Lady Raiders tied it before the half. A pair of 2nd half goals made the difference for Coffee County. Coffee County outshot Harris 13 to 6 on the match with a 7 to 2 advantage in the second half. Pamela Solis of Harris started the scoring as she drilled...

A pair of big plays in the first quarter lifted the Westwood football team to a 12 to 0 win over their arch rival Liberty on Thursday night at Dyer-Bouldin Field. The Rockets scored on a 69 yard touchdown run from Trenton Thompson and a 39 yard touchdown run from Reynaldo Ramirez to salt away the win. Ramirez’ touchdown was set up by an interception from the Rocket’s Caiden Mullican. Coach Chad Dyer used his running game to pound the football against Liberty as the Rockets racked up 220 total yards in the first half. The win improves Westwood’s...

Trailing 13 to 12 in the final set, the Coffee County Lady Raider volleyball team got a side out and a pair of excellent serves from Amalia Prater to capture a thrilling come from behind win over Harris on Thursday night. After dropping 3 heartbreaking matches to open the season, the Lady Raiders saw Harris roar back from a 12 to 9 deficit in the 3rd and final set that ends at 15. Not to be denied, the Lady Raiders scraped together the courage to capture their first win on the year in their home opener. Harris captured the...

Service and hitting errors were once again the story on Thursday for the Coffee County Central High School volleyball team as they lost their first district match of the year 3 sets to 1 to Lincoln County. The Lady Flacons grabbed the 1st two sets 25-22 and 25-21 before Coffee County rallied to capture set #3 25-16. Lincoln County put the Lady Raiders away 25 to 22 in the 4th set to capture the win. Ten service errors and 26 hitting errors put Coffee County at a disadvantage to the talented Lincoln County squad. Coffee County did get 12...

After capturing a pair of non-district wins last week, the CHS soccer team made the trek up to Cookeville on Thursday night knowing they would have their hands full against the talented Lady Cavaliers.  Coffee County was outshot on the night 24 to 7 as Cookeville dropped the Lady Raiders 6 to 1.  Adjustments at the half proved to be effective for Coffee County but all the damage was done in the 1st half as Cookeville built a 6 to 1 halftime lead. Freshman Jenna Garretson once again had a great night for Coffee County as she drilled home...