Teeing off in her first high school varsity golf match on Monday, CHS sophomore Ashley Gilliam fired a school record 66 to help lead the Lady Raiders to a first place finish in the Early Bird Invitational. The Red Raiders had a school record 4 players shoot sub-80 rounds as the Red Raiders finished in 3rd place in the boys division. For the Lady Raiders, Gilliam tied a school record 4 under par with her round of 66 to lead the Lady Raiders to the tournament title. Savannah Quick finished in 2nd place individually as she fired a 72....

Following the conclusion of the Coffee County Fastpitch Association season, an All-star team in the 10 and under division was selected. That team of all-stars attended the United Sports Governing Foundation(USGF) Recreational World Series on July 22nd thru the 24th and captured the World Series title as they finished the tournament with a perfect 6 and 0 record. Members of the allstar team are: Kaitlyn Davis, Callie Garrett, Madison Pruitt, Willow Carden, Cheyenne Vickers, Alyssa Mosley, Kurry Neel, Cadience Medley, Remi Benjamin, Lily Scott and Shelby Bryce. The coaches are Rick Davis, Curtis Vickers, Chuck Neel and Jada Neel....

Nick Markakis provided a pair of timely extra-base hits and the Braves preserved a strong bullpen effort while extending their winning ways with Monday night’s 4-3, 12-inning win over the Brewers at Miller Park. Markakis’ ground-rule double off Carlos Torres got the Braves going in the 12th, putting runners at second and third. After Adonis Garcia was intentionally walked, Gordon Beckham delivered a game-winning sacrifice fly for the Braves, who have won nine of their last 13 games. The Brewers turned four double plays, including one to limit the damage in the 12th after Beckham’s sac fly, and limited...

Hanser Alberto drove in five runs to lead the Round Rock Express to convincing 13-2 win over the Nashville Sounds Monday night at The Dell Diamond. The 11-run loss is the most lopsided defeat suffered by the Sounds since Sacramento clubbed Nashville, 20-1, on August 25, 2014. After the Sounds (67-50) jumped out to a 2-0 lead after their third time up, Round Rock’s (56-61) offense erupted for three in the third, four in the fourth, three in the fifth and another three runs in the sixth. The night started in a positive manner for Nashville as the second...

A pair of critical mistakes spoiled an otherwise strong performance for the Westwood Rockets football team in the 5th Annual Duck River Valley Football Jamboree at Cascade. The Rockets went toe to toe with the Cougars of Middle Tennessee Christian before falling 8 to 0 in the 30 minute jamboree contest. The Rockets forced a turnover on MTCS’ first drive of the game but could not convert it into points. A long pass that would have given Westwood a first down was called back on a penalty stalling the drive and the opportunity to capture an early lead. Later in...

With their final tune up before opening the regular season on August 16th, the Central High School Lady Raider soccer team had a strong showing at their scrimmage play day on Saturday. Both the varsity and junior varsity teams played 4 games on the day and each were undefeated. Defensively, each team looked strong as they each surrendered only one goal on the day and finished with identical 3-0-1 records. The varsity team got wins over Franklin County (2 to 0), Smith County(4 to 1) and Wilson Central(1 to 0) and fought to a scoreless draw with Warren County(0...

Wrapping up their preseason with a 3 and 1 record in a scrimmage play day on Saturday, the Coffee County Middle School Volleyball is ready to begin the season on Tuesday. The Lady Raiders captured wins over North Franklin, Harris Middle and the Harris Middle JV team before losing in the final game to Warren County. Coach Malaysha Pack was pleased with her team’s service game. She also appreciated her young team’s understanding of the game after graduating the majority of experienced players from last year’s squad. She noted that the Lady Raiders will need to improve in the...

Last in the Majors in runs scored, the Braves did not look offensively challenged at Busch Stadium this weekend. After scoring 13 runs to even the series a day earlier, Atlanta knocked around Adam Wainwright for six quick runs on Sunday that held up for a 6-3 victory over the Cardinals. “Coming off last night, you never know what will happen with a quick turnaround,” Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said. “They just kind of picked up right where they left off. To come in here and take two of three from the Cardinals at any point in time,...