The Middle Tennessee Longshots baseball team claimed a 7 to 4 win in Sunday’s Baseball Players Association(BPA) World Series championship in Chattanooga. With the win, the Longshots were crowned as the 10 and under Gold Major champions as they finished the World Series with a record of 5 and 1. The Longshots, featuring a majority of players from the Manchester area, defeated the Murfreesboro Black Sox in the finals to claim the title. The Black Sox came out of the loser’s bracket to steal a win in the early game on Sunday by a final score of 9 to...

Having won the first two games of the series, the Rockies entered the finale at Turner Field looking for their first series sweep of at least three games against the Braves in Atlanta since September 1997. But in a scoreless tie after eight innings, Atlanta spoiled the opportunity on Chase d’Arnaud’s walk-off single to hand Colorado a 1-0 loss. Atlanta recorded five hits in the first four innings, but Jon Gray didn’t allow a runner to second, stranding seven on the basepaths. Meanwhile, the Rockies couldn’t find an answer for Julio Teheran, who exited the scoreless tie after scattering...

The Nashville Sounds fell just shy of a series sweep in a 5-2 loss to the El Paso Chihuahuas Sunday night at Southwest University Park. Bidding for their fourth series sweep of the season after dominating the first three games of the set, the Sounds (52-43) went just 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left the bases loaded in the ninth. It was the theme of the night for Nashville as they left 11 runners on base in the setback. It looked promising early as Colin Walsh gave the Sounds a 1-0 lead in the second inning when...

Mike Foltynewicz surrendered two hits through the first seven innings and the Rockies had lost each of the previous 43 games in which they trailed after seven innings. Down 3-0 entering the eighth, things didn’t look promising until Colorado took advantage of multiple defensive miscues and a trio of wild pitches in claiming a 4-3 win over the Braves on Saturday night at Turner Field. Trevor Story opened the ninth inning with a single off Jim Johnson and advanced to third base courtesy of two wild pitches that eluded A.J. Pierzynski, who was behind the plate for each of...

The Nashville Sounds used a season-high 19 runs and 20 hits to bury the El Paso Chihuahuas, 19-5, Saturday night at Southwest University Park. Bruce Maxwell had a huge night as he matched a franchise record with a five-hit game. He went 5-for-5 with two home runs, a career-high six RBI, and he scored four runs. The 19 runs was just one shy of matching the franchise record of 20 runs done twice. In the three games the two teams have played, the Sounds (52-42) have scored 43 runs on a staggering 56 hits. Along with Maxwell’s multi-homer game,...

Recognizing their play over the next couple of weeks could determine whether they are buyers or sellers at the Trade Deadline, the Rockies provided an efficient Jorge De La Rosa with sufficient support and opened the season’s second half with Friday night’s 11-2 win over the Braves at Turner Field. Though the Rockies have won just eight of their past 20 games and sit seven games below .500 (41-48), team management has contended it may opt not to sell veterans like Carlos Gonzalez, who backed De La Rosa with three hits, including a first-inning RBI single off Braves starter...

Matt Olson drilled a three-run homer in the eighth and the Sounds scored seven runs over the final two innings to run away with an 11-4 win over the El Paso Chihuahuas Friday night at Southwest University Park. The two teams had gone back-and-forth before Olson launched his tie-breaking three-run blast off Daniel Moskos to give the Sounds a 7-4 lead in the eighth. The long ball was the 10th of the season for Olson and second in as many games. Although Moskos’ night was finished after the homer, the Sounds weren’t done scoring in the inning. Michael Dimock...

The Coffee County Central High School football team winds down its first week of fall camp as they prepare to begin full contact work later in July. Coach Ryan Sulkowski, and his coaching staff, are seeing the benefits of continuity as the Red Raider staff begins their 3rd season together. “I have a great staff who has really gone above and beyond this summer helping us get to this point” said Sulkowski. “I can tell that our system is in place; our football IQ is definitely up” added Sulkowski This week has been spend on conditioning, while the Raiders...