A six-run second inning paved the way for the Memphis Redbirds in a 7-6 win over the Nashville Sounds in front of 8,123 fans Friday night at First Tennessee Park. The Sounds plated runs in four separate innings after the Redbirds took a commanding 6-0 lead, but the rally fell short in yet another one-run loss. The scoring in the six-run inning started right away when Anthony Garcia doubled and Jonathan Rodriguez singled to make it 1-0. Three of the next four batters reached safely to load the bases for Jacob Wilson. The third baseman launched a 2-2 pitch...

Three unearned runs in the first 2 innings spelled doom for the Red Raiders as Coffee County’s baseball team opened district tournament play on Thursday in Columbia falling 3 to 1 to the Lions. Columbia scored twice in the 1st inning and once more in the 2nd inning against Red Raider starting pitcher Kohl Young who only gave up 5 hits through 4 innings of play. Wyatt Day came on in relief in the 5th inning with the bases loaded and no outs. Day got a pair of strikeouts and a beautiful diving catch by Deandre Wakefield to get...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Preds-Report-5-6-16.mp3 The longest game in Nashville Predators history turned out just fine. Mike Fisher scored at 11:12 of the third overtime in Game Four against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena to even the Second Round series at 2-2. It’s the first time the Preds have won a postseason game in overtime at home, a game that has already made its mark on the franchise. “We were just trying to do all we could do to just find a way, and everyone did a great job,” Fisher said. “Everyone in the...

The Iowa Cubs scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning on their way to a 4-1 win over the Nashville Sounds in front of 5,857 fans at First Tennessee Park Thursday night. In a 1-1 game, Kristopher Negron led off the eighth with a triple to the right-center gap off of Nashville reliever J.B. Wendelken. Moments later, Munenori Kawasaki singled to right to score Negron and give the Cubs a 2-1 lead. Wendelken came back to strike out John Andreoli for the second out, but then allowed a run-scoring triple to Albert Almora Jr. On the...

Motlow State Community College has scheduled four separate summer basketball camps, all open to both boys and girls ages 6-15, according to Bucks’ head coach JT Burton. Registration flyers are available on the Motlow athletics web site at MotlowSports.com. All camps will be held at Motlow’s Copperweld Arena inside Nisbett Center on the Moore County campus. The first camp is a Fundamental Skills Camp scheduled for June 13-16. Each days’ session will run from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. The cost per camper is $175. Fundamental Skills Camp will focus on teaching the basic fundamental skills of basketball. Campers...

The Lady Raider track team of Coffee County Middle School won their 4th straight CTC Conference Track Meet on Wednesday as they finished first out of a field of 6 teams.  The Lady Raiders dominated the relay races and scored well in each of the field events to finish comfortably ahead of West Tullahoma for the crown.  The final scores in girls’ competition was Coffee County 121, West Tullahoma 69, South Franklin 64, Warren County 45, North Franklin 42 and East Tullahoma 11 The Red Raiders had several strong performances in the field events, and a 1st place finish in the 4x200M relay, but came...

Because the Mets’ offense is built around home runs, it tends to come and go in spurts. But when it goes, it doesn’t tend to stray for long. Less than a day after the Mets mustered one hit in a loss to the Braves, they bludgeoned four home runs to back Steven Matz in an 8-0 victory at Citi Field, winning their sixth consecutive series. It had been a full decade since the Mets last scored six series wins in a row. Lucas Duda’s pair of homers highlighted the scoring off Braves starter Jhoulys Chacin, who also served up...