Bryan Anderson clubbed a grand slam and Daniel Mengden tossed five scoreless innings to lead the Nashville Sounds to a convincing 10-0 win over the Reno Aces in front of a sellout crowd of 10,073 Friday night at First Tennessee Park. The seventh inning slam for Anderson was his second home run of the season and the first grand slam by a Sounds (69-51) player at First Tennessee Park. It came after singles by Matt Olson, Renato Nunez and Matt McBride. In his 10th start with Nashville, Mengden continued to dazzle. After a first inning jam he worked out...

After battling Forrest to a halftime tie, the Westwood Rockets saw 2 crucial 4th quarter fumbles and the size and strength of the visitors take over in the second half as Westwood fell 35 to 12 on Thursday night in Duck River Valley Conference football action. Westwood ran 19 plays in the 1st half to Forrest’s 7 plays and outgained the Chapel Hill Rockets in yardage 100 to 49 at the intermission.  In the second half, Forrest scored on all 3 of their offensive possessions and returned a fumble 50 yards for a score to dominate after halftime. Coach...

The Westwood Lady Rockets wrapped up their preseason preparations as they traveled to Sewanee to take on St Andrew’s-Sewanee on Thursday.  The Lady Rockets managed an early goal and a late goal to capture a 3 to 2 win.  The game was the final scrimmage game of the fall for Westwood. Faith Willoughby scored a pair of goals and Britney Hernandez had a goal and an assist in the win.  Abygail Hernandez and Alanna Coker combined in goal to get the win.  Westwood opens the regular season on Thursday, August 18th when they travel to Wartrace to take on...

Perfect games are an incredibly rare feat in baseball, but a team scoring in every inning is an even more infrequent occasion. On Thursday afternoon, the Brewers didn’t come close to a perfect game, but, instead, became the 19th team since 1900 to score in every inning that they came to bat of an 11-3 rout of the Braves at Miller Park. Chris Carter got things rolling for Milwaukee with a two-run homer in the first, and Scooter Gennett and Hernan Perez followed suit with solo shots of their own. The Crew capped off the day with an RBI...

The Coffee County Middle School soccer team will hold their 12th annual soccer playday on Saturday on their home pitch at CCMS. Since 2011, Coach Travis O’Kelley and the booster club have added a service element to the event as it is known as the “Kickin’ Cancer Play Day.” The event begins at 9 AM and will conclude just before 6 PM. Eight different schools, from 6 different counties will be in attendance as the teams will play varsity and JV “halves” throughout the day. In 2011, a portion of the proceeds went to the Susan G. Komen Foundation....

The Coffee County Lady Raider softball team would like to invite all former players and coaches to sign up to attend the 1st Annual Coffee County Lady Raider Softball Alumni Game to be held on Saturday, August 13th at 1 PM at Terry Floyd Field. There is a $10 fee to register and all alumni will receive a t-shirt. The will be a lot of activiites for the whole family.  There will be concessions, a silent auction, a dunking booth and even a bounce house for the kids. If you need more information, contact Ashley Harrell Jernigan at 931-273-1597 or...

Coffee County Central High School will be hosting the Central Tennessee Fall League at Manchester’s Powers Field. The league is set to begin around the end of August and will be determined once area player participation is clarified. League Info can be found at www.HSFBL.com. Players from 450+ High Schools played in our leagues in 2015. • Players can access the HSFBL Flyer at: http://www.hsfbl.com/2016%20hsfbl%20flyer.pdf • 2016 League Registration is now open. Players register online at www.HSFBL.com. • Players register individually and can request teammates on their registration. • Players save $20 on registration if registered by the August 1st early...

Aside from Saturday’s 15-run deluge in the desert, the Brewers have had a hard time scoring runs since sending cleanup hitter Jonathan Lucroy to Texas. Chris Carter helped out Wednesday night with one big swing. Carter’s go-ahead, three-run home run capped a four-run third inning before Chase Anderson and four Brewers relievers made the lead hold for a 4-3 win over the Braves at Miller Park. Freddie Freeman hit a pair of solo homers for the Braves, who lost starter Joel De La Cruz to a knee injury after four innings, and lost a ballgame for the first time...