The Coffee County Middle School and Westwood Middle School golf teams ended their season on Thursday in the conference match at Riverbend. A pair of undermanned Westwood teams were not able to compete for team crowns but the Rocket and Lady Rocket golfers had several strong showings. For the Lady Rockets, Macie Lawrence shot a 68 on the day for the 7th lowest round of the match. For the Rockets, Christopher Robinson carded a 53 while Nick Johnson was one stroke back at 54. Gavin Prater finished his round in 67 strokes.     The young Raider and Lady...

The ninth inning of Sunday’s loss to the Royals was a microcosm of the Braves’ season. They were scrappy and kept fighting. But in the end, they didn’t get the sweet reward of a victory as the Royals pulled out a 4-2 walk-off win on Kendrys Morales’ two-run homer in the 13th. Down 2-0 against All-Star closer Wade Davis, Atlanta managed to overcome long odds by handing Davis his first blown save of the season with a two-run ninth. A team that came in 0-21 when trailing after eight innings saw the first four men reach base. Ender Inciarte...

A balanced offense led the Nashville Sounds to a 6-3 win over the Fresno Grizzlies in front of 7,423 fans Sunday afternoon at First Tennessee Park. Coupled with last night’s win over Fresno (15-21), it marks just the second time this year the Sounds (18-19) have won two home games in as many days. All but one player in Nashville’s starting lineup had at least one hit, RBI or run scored. Fresno’s Jon Singleton gave the Grizzlies a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when he knocked in Tony Kemp who started the game with a single....

Coaches Jonathan Graf and Brian McLean presided over the Westwood Middle School soccer banquet on Thursday night at the Coffee Café. The team celebrated their 2nd straight Central Tennessee Soccer Conference title and the 5th straight run to the finals for the Rockets. Coach Graf also celebrated a season that was free of serious injury as he looked ahead to the future. “My tradition has always been to treat the banquet as a graduation” said Graf. “I want to look ahead to what we are going do next” Graf told his team. He did take time to recognize the...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report   http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Preds-Report-5-13-16.mp3 The Nashville Predators saw their postseason run come to an end on Thursday night, as they fell 5-0 to the San Jose Sharks in Game Seven of their Second Round series. After winning three elimination games in these playoffs, the Preds weren’t able to overcome their second Game Seven of the postseason, leading to the end of their journey. “You have to give [the Sharks] credit for the way they played,” Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “It’s disappointing for us, coming off a game like we did in Game Six. We know we’re...

Cameron Rupp’s three-run double proved to be the decisive blow the Phillies needed to fight off a Braves comeback attempt and claim a 7-4, 10-inning win on Thursday night at Turner Field. “They’re better than their record, and I’m glad we kind of got them while they’re down right now, because they’re going to be better than their record right now,” Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said of the 8-25 Braves. Odubel Herrera capped his four-hit night by leading off the 10th inning with a triple against Braves reliever Jason Grilli, who exited with runners at the corners and one...

An inside-the-park grand slam by Renato Nunez in the top of the sixth pushed the Nashville Sounds past the Iowa Cubs 7-2 at Principal Park Thursday afternoon. Matt Olson, Joey Wendle and Max Muncy drew walks in the sixth to set up Nunez with the bases loaded and two outs. On a 2-0 pitch from Jean Machi, Nunez hit a fly ball that ricocheted off the left field fence and was lodged under the wall. Cubs left fielder John Andreoli put his hands up to signal a dead ball, but the umpire ruled the ball was not stuck. Nunez...

The Motlow Bucks made a strong showing at the TCCAA/Region VII baseball tournament this week, advancing from the play-in game to the third round before falling to Jackson State 9-1 Wednesday morning at Columbia State Community College in Columbia. The Bucks finished the season with a 20-37 record, the seventh time they have won 20 or more games in the previous eight seasons. Despite the loss to Jackson State, which leads the nation in runs scored this season, the Bucks played their best baseball of the year at the tournament. After entering the tournament as the No. 10 seed...