The Coffee County Middle School tennis team continued to show improvement with a strong showing on Friday night in Lewisburg. The Raider netters, who opened the season at Lewisburg without a win 4 weeks ago, got 3 wins each from their girls and boys squads. The Red Raiders got singles wins from Joseph Sadler and Luke Irwin before the pair teamed up for a 6-3 doubles win. For the Lady Raiders, Alise Clark, Anna Amado and Sydney Bell. The Raider netters hit the road again on Monday when they take on Tullahoma at 4 PM at Tullahoma High School....

After avoiding matching the worst start in franchise history on Friday, the Braves are now thinking sweep. Nick Markakis had three hits and drove in three runs on Saturday to spark a 6-4 win over Miami at Marlins Park, giving Atlanta its first series victory of the season. The Marlins stayed within striking distance against Atlanta right-hander Bud Norris, who allowed a two-run homer to Adeiny Hechavarria and a solo shot to Justin Bour. But the two blasts weren’t enough to prevent Miami from dropping three straight and remaining winless (0-4) at Marlins Park. “It’s another big win for...

Led by Sean Manaea’s 11 strikeouts, the Nashville Sounds edged the Oklahoma City Dodgers, 5-1, Saturday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The left-hander was two strikeouts shy of tying his career-best 13 he set last season with Double-A Midland. The lone run he allowed was a solo homer hit by James Ramsey in the second inning. Nashville built a lead before Manaea even took the mound. For the second straight night, Tyler Ladendorf started the game with a base hit and came around to score. This time it was Renato Nunez who drove in Ladendorf with a single up...

James Neal got things started and Filip Forsberg received a bounce in the third as the Nashville Predators defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 in Game One of their Western Conference Round One series at the Honda Center on Friday night. Nashville will carry a 1-0 series lead into Game Two for the first time since 2012, exactly the start the club wanted in a hostile environment away from home. “You have to start somewhere,” Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “We knew it wasn’t going to be easy here tonight. I thought it was a pretty evenly matched game… The...

On the ropes early, and in danger of extending their season-opening losing streak even further, the Braves showed resolve and rallied behind three RBIs from Adonis Garcia, including a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning, to defeat the Marlins, 6-3, on Friday at Marlins Park.  Garcia, who committed two errors in the third inning, became the Braves’ offensive hero late with his key hits, which enabled Atlanta to avoid dropping to 0-10 for the first time since 1988. The Marlins, meanwhile, let a three-run lead slip away. They had the chance to break the game open early but...

Renato Nunez and Matt Olson hit back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning to lead the Nashville Sounds to a come-from-behind 5-3 win over the Oklahoma City Dodgers Friday night at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Nashville trailed, 3-2, when Nunez launched a solo shot off Dodgers reliever Red Patterson to tie the game. Just moments later, Olson drilled his own solo shot over the right field wall to give the Sounds a 4-3 lead. They never trailed again as they added an insurance run on Nunez’s sacrifice fly in the eighth. Nashville led early when Tyler Ladendorf started the game...

Giving up 6 unearned runs and collecting only 4 hits is not the recipe to success in high school softball as Coffee County dropped a 9 to 2 decision to Macon East Academy of Montgomery, Alabama on Thursday night as the Lady Raiders celebrated Special Needs Kids Night at Terry Floyd Field. In spite of the outcome, the night did have a special flavor to it as Coffee County Central High School special needs student Victoria Flores sang the national anthem. Then the special needs kids accompanied their favorite player to their defensive position during player introductions. The swell...

A 7th inning rally came up short on Thursday night as the Red Raider baseball team opened play in the Mountain Valley Tournament with a 5 to 4 loss to the host Yellow Jackets of Grundy County. Three Red Raider errors in the 4th inning helped Grundy County plate 4 runs on 3 hits against Coffee County starter Bradley King. Coffee County answered the 3rd inning rally by the Yellow Jackets when Alan Rob scored on a Cade Giles single in the 4th. Rob came back with an RBI double in the 5th to score Wyatt Day as the...