A pair of shutouts by the CCMS varsity and junior varsity soccer teams highlighted a strong performance for the home teams in Saturday’s Kickin’ Cancer Play Day. The varsity team had a win and a scoreless draw on the day while the JV team won a pair of shutouts. The Lady Raiders strong play, coupled with a huge turnout, gave Coach Travis O’Kelley a lot to be pleased about with Saturday’s scrimmage event. The varsity team opened the day against Rockvale with a draw in a match where they dominated the time of possession. The Lady Raiders managed 9 shots on...

Known for her dominant pitching, former Coffee County Lady Raider Brianna Jones wowed the crowd with a win in the home run derby at Saturday’s Lady Raider Alumni Game. With a small turnout of former players, former head coach Jeff Breeden agreed to throw batting practice for an impromptu home run hitting contest. Brianna Jones, now a pitcher at Southern Illinois University, barely edged out former Lady Raider Cheyenne Willis to win the prize. Former Lady Raider, and event organizer, Ashley Harrell Jernigan said the event raised over $3,500 to benefit the Coffee County Central High School softball team....

Anthony Rendon continued his hot hitting on Sunday with a home run and four RBIs to back seven strong innings from Tanner Roark in the Nationals’ 9-1 win over the Braves at Nationals Park. With the victory, the Nationals still have a comfortable 8 1/2-game lead over the Marlins in the National League East. The Marlins edged the White Sox, 5-4, on Sunday. To show how hot Rendon has been, since July 16, he is 27-for-84 (.318) with six homers and 21 RBIs. Rendon had a hand in Washington’s three-run first against right-hander Tyrell Jenkins. Rendon drove in one...

Reno starter Matt Koch quieted the Nashville Sounds offense in the Aces’ 6-3 win in front of 7,153 fans Sunday night at First Tennessee Park. The right-hander worked seven strong innings to give the Aces (64-58) their first win of the four-game series. He allowed three runs on nine hits, did not walk a batter, and struck out five. Todd Glaesmann started the scoring in the top of the second when he belted a solo homer off Nashville’s Chris Jensen to give Reno a 1-0 lead. Nashville (70-52) answered back with a solo blast of their own as Matt...

Call it Thunder and Thunder. Call it “exotic smashmouth.” Whatever you want to call the Titans’ improved running game, the team’s performance in Saturday night’s 27-10 preseason win against the Chargers has to be called a success. Running backs DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry were equally impressive for the Titans right out of the gate on a night when the offense rolled early against the Chargers. Later in the game, third-year running back Bishop Sankey stepped in and added an impressive run of his own. The Titans ran for a whopping 288 yards on the night. Murray led the...

The fifth spot in the Nationals’ rotation has been a bit of a revolving door during the past month, bouncing back and forth between two of the club’s top prospects while Joe Ross has been on the DL. But right-hander Reynaldo Lopez may have provided some stability in the rotation for the time being, after he tossed seven innings of one-run ball to help guide the Nationals to a 7-6 victory Saturday night against the Braves at Nationals Park. Daniel Murphy drove in four runs, including his 22nd homer in the first, and Trea Turner homered as part of...

Freddie Freeman showed why he is a nemesis to the Nationals on Friday night. He homered and drove in four runs to lead the Braves to an 8-5 win at Nationals Park. Right-hander Stephen Strasburg started for Washington and had his worst outing of the year, allowing a season-high six runs in 5 1/3 innings, and he was denied his 16th victory of the season. “We’ve faced some pretty good pitching over the course of the summer,” Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said after his team won for the 11th time in the past 16 games. “But the guys...