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Sounds Begin Road Trip with Rout over El Paso
A season-high five home runs helped the Nashville Sounds to a series-opening 13-3 win over the El Paso Chihuahuas Thursday night at Southwest University Park. Renato Nunez, Matt Olson, Joey Wendle, Jaycob Brugman and Bruce Maxwell all clubbed homers as the Sounds pounded out 19 hits in the lopsided win to begin the unofficial start of the second half. Already with a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, Renato Nunez belted the first homer of the game to extend the lead to 3-0. His two-run shot to left scored Max Muncy who knocked in the first run...
Pinder and the Pacific Coast League Fall to the International League
The International League All-Stars topped the Pacific Coast League All-Stars, 4-2, in the Triple-A All-Star Game Wednesday night at BB&T Ballpark. Sounds shortstop Chad Pinder started for the PCL and went 0-for-2 in the showcase. He played five innings before being lifted amongst a number of substitutions. The Sounds begin play in the unofficial second half of the season in El Paso, Texas Thursday night when they open a four-game series against the Pacific Southern-leading Chihuahuas. Right-hander Nick Tepesch (7-3, 4.07) starts for Nashville against right-hander Edwin Jackson (0-1, 7.11) for El Paso. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05...
Westwood Football Hits the Gridiron
Westwood football is close to completing their first week in pads as Coach Chad Dyer tries to ready his team for another grueling Duck River Valley Conference schedule. The Rockets, who return only 1 starter, have had some spirited competition in battles for the starting fullback and interior lineman positions in fall camp thus far. Coach Dyer went on to say that he was “pleased with the kids who are committed and haven’t missed a workout or practice.” The young Rocket squad has close to 30 kids out for football this year and Coach Dyer is pleased with some...
Prep Volleyball Teams Begin Preseason Workouts
The Coffee County Central High and the Coffee County Middle School volleyball teams just completed their first 3 days of preseason workouts with a skills camp at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. Both teams underwent 6 hours of instruction each day from Monday through Wednesday from former MTSU assistant and current Legacy volleyball club director Paul McCormack. The middle school Lady Raiders will take the weekend off before resuming practice next week at CCMS. Coach Malaysha Pack will have 3 days of workouts next week as they prepare for a preseason playday on August 6th. The Lady Raiders...
Prep Soccer Teams Begin Preseason Practice
The fall season means girls prep soccer at Coffee County Central High School and Coffee County and Westwood middle schools. Here at Thunder Radio will keep you up to date on their successes all season long. On Tuesday all three local teams hit the pitch in preparation for the upcoming season. At the Raider soccer field behind the Raider Academy, the CHS Lady Raider soccer team went through a series of workouts in the morning from 8 to 10. The Lady Raiders travel to a team camp at Lee University on Wednesday through Saturday. Coach David Amado’s team will...
CCMS Begins Preseason Football Practice
The Bryan Morgan reign as head football coach at Coffee County Middle School began on Monday evening with the Red Raiders first practice. Wearing shorts and helmets, the young Raider squad worked on basic offensive and defensive fundamentals along with tackling and blocking techniques. Coach Morgan also addressed the parents following the practice in a parents’ meeting stressing his expectations for the season. Missing a few players due to injury and vacation, Coach Morgan is looking to replace a large majority of the starting lineup from last season’s CTC conference co-championship team. Coffee County is looking to finalize their schedule...
Local Prep Teams Get to Work After 2 Week Dead Period
Monday ends the 2 week dead period for prep sports in local area schools. The local fall sports teams will resume conditioning and begin practices in some cases. The CHS golf team will once again tee off the fall season as they open with their first official practice at 11 AM at Willowbrook. The Raider linksters, who return 3 golfers that participated in last season’s state tournament, will open their season on August 2nd in Cookeville after a preseason tournament in Tullahoma on July 21st. The CHS Red Raider football team will resume summer conditioning on Monday at 9...
Foltynewicz overpowers White Sox
Mike Foltynewicz became the local-kid-done-good story Sunday afternoon, as he shut out the White Sox over seven innings during the Braves’ 2-0 victory at U.S. Cellular Field. The victory for Atlanta ended the White Sox stretch of series victories at five straight. Foltynewicz, who hails from Minooka, Ill., a southwest suburb of Chicago, struck out a career-high 10 and yielded five hits among his 106 pitches. Atlanta catcher and former White Sox backstop Tyler Flowers spoke Friday about the excellence of Foltynewicz’s raw stuff, and he proved that point true when he concluded his outing with three strikeouts during...
