Kolton Wong hit two home runs including a tenth inning solo blast to lead the Memphis Redbirds to a 7-4 win over the Nashville Sounds in front of 5,475 fans Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. The center fielder hit the second pitch he saw from J.B. Wendelken into The Band Box to break a 4-4 tie in extra innings. The solo blast came just moments after the Sounds squandered a golden opportunity in the bottom of the ninth inning. With the game even at 4-4, Arismendy Alcantara sent a one-out triple into the left field corner to put...

Monday was a great day for the basketball teams of Coffee County Central as the varsity teams combined for a 7 and 1 record on the day. The Red Raiders are in a team camp at MTSU until Wednesday. The Lady Raiders are in a team camp at Lincoln Memorial in Harrogate. The Red Raiders had a perfect 3 and 0 day with wins over Huntland, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee and Tallulah Falls, GA. Coffee County beat Huntland by 20 points as Garrett Eldridge and A.J. Rollman had strong games for the Raiders. In Game #2, Coffee County held St. Andrew’s...

A wacky, eventful game played between two last-place teams was decided when Arodys Vizcaino issued a two-out bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning to give the Reds a lead they wouldn’t relinquish in Monday night’s 9-8 win over the Braves at Turner Field. After allowing six runs through the first six innings, the Braves received scoreless innings from Casey Kelly and Jim Johnson. But after Adonis Garcia provided a game-tying homer in the eighth, Vizcaino surrendered a leadoff double to Joey Votto in the ninth and then issued a one-out intentional walk to Jay Bruce. The Braves’ closer proceeded...

The Memphis Redbirds used a nine-strikeout performance from starter Alex Reyes on their way to a 4-3 win over the Nashville Sounds in front of 5,369 fans at First Tennessee Park Monday night. Reyes’ solid outing started early as he struck out the side in the first inning. The top prospect in the Cardinals organization, according to Baseball America, allowed one run on two hits in his second win of the season. While Reyes was keeping the Sounds off the bases, Jesse Hahn was struggling to find the strike zone for Nashville. The right-hander walked a pair in the...

Entering the final hole of match play, Coffee County rising sophomore Ashley Gilliam got an eagle on the 18th hole to win the Tennessean/Metro Parks School Days Golf Tournament on Thursday. The win by Gilliam, a Mississippi State commitment, came after Gilliam erased a 2 hole deficit on the front nine in the 92nd annual tournament. The School Days is the state’s longest continuous golf tournament and the most prestigious junior amateur tournament in Tennessee. Gilliam shot a 6 under par 66 in Tuesday’s qualifying round to advance to Wednesday’s quarterfinals and guarantee herself a medal. In Thursday’s match...

The Coffee County Central High School Red Raider basketball team spilt a pair of games on Friday to conclude play in the Ravenwood team camp. In the first game of the day, the Raiders dropped a decision to Antioch. Garrett Eldridge led Coffee County in scoring with 15 points and 5 rebounds. Tyreese McGee had 8 points and 4 rebounds. In the nightcap, the Raiders got a 5 point win over LEAD Academy. Eldridge, Grant Sadler and Garrett Booth had great games in the win. The Raiders will travel to MTSU for a team camp this week. The Raiders...

Jon Lester stymied the Braves and drove in a run, Anthony Rizzo collected three RBIs and Javier Baez belted a three-run homer to lead the Cubs to a sloppy, 13-2 victory on Sunday in Chicago’s final game at Turner Field. The Cubs are 43-18, 25 games over .500 before they have lost 25 games. This is their best 61-game start since the 1907 Cubs began 47-14. “I have goals — that was 25 over today,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “If I have any short-term goals, it’s to increase increments of five, and that’s what I focus on more...

The Nashville Sounds rallied for three runs in the ninth to win their seventh consecutive series with a 7-4 win against the Oklahoma City Dodgers Sunday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Colin Walsh walked to lead off the ninth for the Sounds and was followed by a double by Joey Wendle. After a Bruce Maxwell fly out, Jaycob Brugman came to bat with one out in the inning and the go ahead run just 90 feet away. Brugman then showed his heroics once again as he delivered a one-out two-run single to left field scoring Walsh and Wendle to...