The Westwood soccer team was blanked at Huntland on Thursday night 4 to 0. The Lady Hornets scored twice in each half to grab the conference win. Alana Coker had 8 stops in goal for the Lady Rockets. The loss drops Westwood to 1 and 1 on the year. Westwood travels to Franklin on Tuesday to take on Franklin Middle School. Start time for that match has not been...

Matt Kemp might never again be the MVP-caliber player he was just a few years ago with the Dodgers, but as he continues to acquaint himself to a new environment, the veteran outfielder has allowed the Braves to remain confident they were wise to gamble on his remaining capabilities. After the Braves stranded runners at a frustratingly alarming pace through the first seven innings at Chase Field on Tuesday night, Kemp delivered the decisive bases-clearing double with two outs in the eighth in a 7-4 win over the D-backs. “Those are the situations you want to be in,” Kemp...

The Memphis Redbirds scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to send the Nashville Sounds to a heart-breaking 7-6 loss Thursday night at AutoZone Park. Armed with a 6-5 lead going into the bottom of the ninth, the Sounds were three outs away from clinching the American Southern Division title after Round Rock defeated New Orleans. The celebration was put on hold when Memphis center fielder Harrison Bader drilled a game-tying solo home run off Sounds reliever Aaron Kurcz to level the score at 6-6. Kurcz retired Matt Williams on a fly out before allowing a...

The Westwood Cross Country teams traveled to Unionville on Monday afternoon for their season opener with Community, Fayetteville and Harris. The Rocket and Lady Rocket thinclads opened the 2016 season in the same dominating fashion they finished the 2015 season as both the boys’ and girls’ teams came out on top in the meet. Both the Rockets and Lady Rockets had the top overall finisher for each race as Brady Nugent crossed the line first in the boys’ race and Patricia Barrera broke the tape first for the girls. In the boys’ race, Westwood had the top 6 finishers...

The Coffee County Central High School volleyball team took their first loss of the year on Wednesday when they were swept in straight sets at Eagleville. Playing before the Eagleville student body, Coffee County saw 25 hitting errors and 13 service errors doom any chance they had to getting a win against the traditionally tough Lady Eagles. After dropping the first set 25 to 23, Coffee County saw the Lady Eagles close out the match with scores of 25-12 and 25-14 in the final 2 sets. Rachel Henley led the Lady Raiders in aces with 4 and assists with...

After blowing a four-run lead in the ninth inning, the D-backs came back to beat the Braves in the 11th, as Brandon Drury drove in the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly in a 10-9 win on Wednesday night at Chase Field. Jake Lamb hit a one-out double to center, advanced to third on a wild pitch, then came home to score the winning run on Drury’s bases-loaded sac fly off Braves reliever Jose Ramirez (1-1). “We had it all the way,” D-backs manager Chip Hale joked. “Very proud of the guys for battling.” Trailing 9-5, Adonis Garcia started...

The Nashville Sounds recorded their 10th shutout victory of the season in a 3-0 win Wednesday night over the Memphis Redbirds at AutoZone Park. With the Sounds win and the New Orleans win over Round Rock Wednesday night, the Sounds magic number for clinching the American Southern Division now sits at two games. The Sounds can clinch their fifth division championship since joining the Pacific Coast League in 2003 with a win Thursday night and a New Orleans loss. Four Sounds pitchers combined for a six hit shutout of the Memphis Redbirds in the 3-0 win. Raul Alcantara, Eduard...

The Coffee County Central High School golf teams captured a pair of convincing wins on Tuesday over Grundy County at the historic Sewanee Golf Course. The 9 hole match between the 2 teams saw Coffee County score handily in the win. The Red Raiders raced past Grundy County 161 to 178. Senior John Parigger led Coffee County with a 2 over par 38. Reid Lawrence was right on his heels at 39. Samuel Prater carded a 41 and Austin Farris got around in 43. The win improves the Red Raiders record to 31 and 6 on the season. The...