The Red Raider baseball team swept a pair of games from Lincoln County on Tuesday night at Powers Field in high school summer baseball action. Coffee County came out on top in the pair of 5 inning games. Using a mix of freshmen and upperclassmen, Coach David Martin saw his squad improve to 3 and 1 in the month of June. In the first game, Coffee County banged out 10 hits as they drubbed the visiting Falcons 11 to 1. Freshman Hayden Skipper got the win as he allowed 1 earned run while striking out 2 and walking 5....

Derek Norris’ home run in the bottom of the ninth kept the Padres alive, and paved the way for a Wil Myers walk-off single to left, giving San Diego a 4-3 win and extending the Braves losing streak at Petco Park to 12 games. “That’s a huge swing for us to tie that game up,” said Padres manager Andy Green about Norris’ seventh homer of the season. “So that’s a fun way to end a baseball game.” Atlanta looked poised to snap its losing streak before closer Arodys Vizcaino gave up just his second home run of the season...

The Nashville Sounds rolled to another big win Tuesday afternoon by crushing three home runs in a 13-4 rout of the Omaha Storm Chasers at Werner Park. Nashville took three of four against Omaha and have won six consecutive series dating back to May 14. During the six-series stretch, the Sounds have a record of 20-3. Overall, they’re 36-22, the best record in all of Triple-A baseball. Four big innings and a solid performance from starter Chris Smith contributed to the series-clinching win. The Sounds plated five runs in the third, three runs in the sixth and eighth innings,...

The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team got their summer camp schedule underway on Monday as they traveled to Trenton, Georgia to take part in the Dade County team camp. The varsity team got wins over Pickens County and Northwest Whitfield, Georgia. The JV team got wins over Pickens County, Georgia and North Sand Mountain, Alabama. Coach Herb Horton was happy with his team’s performance on the day. “Our kids played hard and showed great effort all day” said Horton. Horton was pleased with his team’s ball movement on offense and their strong work on defense in both full...

Yangervis Solarte launched a three-run moonshot to the right-field seats in the third inning, while Padres starting pitcher Christian Friedrich made sure Petco Park remained a house of horrors for the Braves. “He’s got life. He’s just got a lot of energy in the lineup,” said Padres manager Andy Green of Solarte. “You see the passion out on the baseball field, he loves playing baseball. I think it’s infectious in that way, and he’s swinging the bat really well. The home run was big.” Friedrich tossed 6 2/3 sharp innings, allowing just two runs on six hits, while striking...

Eric Surkamp tossed 6 1/3 shutout innings to lead the Nashville Sounds to a 3-1 win over the Omaha Storm Chasers Monday night at Werner Park. With the win, the Sounds avoided back-to-back losses for the first time since May 5 and 6 and have the best record in the Pacific Coast League at 35-22. Surkamp has been back-and-forth between Nashville and Oakland for the better part of the 2016 season. The 6 1/3 innings signaled the longest outing against any opponent since he tossed seven frames on April 29 against Round Rock. The left-hander was staked to a...

Summer high school baseball got underway on Friday as the Red Raider baseball team split a pair of games in the Tullahoma tournament. In the opener, the varsity Raiders pounded out 10 hits in 5 innings to claim a 9 to 1 win over Warren County. In the nightcap, a team of freshmen and sophomore Raiders saw Tullahoma get a walk-off single to steal a 3 to 2 win from Coffee County. Against Warren County, Jacob Duncan and Garrett Eldridge combined on a 2 hitter as each stayed under 40 pitches in the 5 inning win. Warren County got...

The Coffee County Lady Raider softball team will be conducting 3 days of camps June 6-7-8. The cost for the camp is $20.00 per day or $50.00 for all 3 days. Groups will split by grade level. The younger group will be going into grades 3-5. The older group will be going into grades 6-8. Emphasis will be on hitting/slapping, defense, pitching, and most of all, what it takes to be a Lady Raider on and off the field. Water will be provided, but each girl must have their own glove, helmet, and shoes. Some bats will be available,...