Renato Nunez clubbed his 16th home run of the season and the Nashville Sounds (59-47) defeated the Colorado Springs Sky Sox (49-53) 2-1 before 8,134 at First Tennessee Park Thursday night. Nunez led off the fourth inning with a monster home run to left field to up the Sounds lead to 2-0. Sounds starter Chris Smith picked up his sixth win of the season in the Sounds 2-1 win. The veteran right-hander pitched six innings allowing just three hits and struck out three. Smith, who did not allow a run until the sixth inning, retired 11 straight batters from...

The much anticipated public/private split in Tennessee for high school athletics never materialized on Wednesday in a special called Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Board of Control meeting. Members of the board of control met at the Hermitage offices of the TSSAA to consider classification for all sports. The Board of Control voted for several new guidelines for the classification period that will begin with the 2017-2018 school year and run through 2020-2 Division I schools (public schools and no financial aid allowed private schools) and Division II schools (schools that offer financial aid) will remain unchanged for...

The Twins wanted to commemorate the 25-year anniversary of their dramatic victory over Atlanta in the 1991 World Series, but Freddie Freeman and the Braves decided to crash the party with a 9-7 victory. Freeman tied career highs with four hits and five RBI as the Braves chased Twins starter Tyler Duffey in the second inning. Atlanta took an early 7-0 lead before holding off a furious Minnesota comeback for a 9-7 victory at Target Field on Wednesday night, winning both games in a short Interleague series. “That’s why I like scoring all of those runs later in the...

Raul Alcantara tossed seven shutout innings to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 2-0 win over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox Wednesday afternoon at First Tennessee Park. Recently promoted from Double-A Midland, Alcantara has started two games with the Sounds and has dazzled in both. He went seven innings against Omaha on July 21 and allowed one unearned run in a no decision. In his seven shutout frames today, he scattered seven hits, didn’t walk anybody, and struck out five. Alcantara settled in early by retiring the side in order in the first. His counterpart, Aaron Wilkerson, was just...

A late cancellation from Warren County forced the Lady Raider volleyball team to split into 3 teams to compete in Tuesday’s high school volleyball play day tournament at Central High School. The varsity Lady Raiders finished the day with a record of 2 and 1 as all 3 teams played at least 3 matches in the tournament. Coffee County got wins over Shelbyville and Fayetteville after losing the opening match in straight sets to White County. In the opener, the Lady Raiders had leads in both games before dropping decisions of 24-26 and 23-25 to the Warriorettes. Hitting errors...

It was the kind of outing by Ervin Santana that showcased why the Twins have been hesitant to trade the 12-year veteran, as he recorded his second complete game of the year. But the Braves pitched out of several jams and did just enough offensively, led by a solo homer from Adonis Garcia, in a 2-0 win over Minnesota on Tuesday night at Target Field. Braves right-hander Lucas Harrell, who like Santana has also found himself subject to trade rumors, limited the Twins to four hits and three walks over six scoreless frames to get his second win. Relievers...

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox used a four-run second inning to help them to a series-opening 5-2 win over the Nashville Sounds in front of 6,177 fans Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. Former Sounds pitcher Wily Peralta went five strong innings against his former team and earned the win. He allowed one run on five hits to go along with four strikeouts. Nashville starter Chris Jensen wasn’t as sharp as his counterpart. After a 1-2-3 first, Jensen allowed back-to-back singles to Manny Pina and Garrett Cooper to start the second inning. Jensen came back to retire the next...

A pair of disappointing losses by the Lady Raider volleyball team of Coffee County Central High School ended the Eagleville playday on Friday. Coach Andrew Taylor’s squad came out flat in their 9 AM game as they were dispatched in straight sets by Lincoln County. The Lady Falcons dumped Coffee County 21 to 25 and 18 to 25 as the Lady Raiders could not get any aspect of their game on track. In the second match of the day, the Lady Raiders were eliminated by Central Magnet 22 to 25 and 21 to 25. A lot of the problems...