Motlow State Community College has named Bart Walker the new head coach of the women’s basketball program effective Apr. 13, according to C. Scott Shasteen, Motlow athletic director. He is the 12th head coach of the program, which began competition in 1974. Walker comes to Motlow after serving the previous four years as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville. He served under Head Coach Jim Davis, who recently announced his retirement from coaching. “We are thrilled to have a coach with the credentials that Bart Walker possesses joining our coaching staff at Motlow State,”...

Coffee County battled back from a 2 run deficit to earn a sweet 5 to 3 come from behind win over Columbia on Wednesday night on the road. In the process, the Red Raiders earned some sweet revenge for a disappointing Tuesday night loss to the Lions and they earned a split of their 3rd district series this year. The win also helped Coffee County even their record at 5 and 5 in district play and place the Raiders in the heat of a logjam for 2nd place in the district standings. Davis Green continued his strong pitching string...

The Coffee County Middle School baseball team scored 8 unanswered runs against Tullahoma on Wednesday night to earn a split in their season series with the Wildcats by a score of 10 to 5. Trailing 3 to 2 entering the 3rd inning, Hayden Skipper laced a 2 out, 2 strike pitch over the right field fence to score Garret Davis and give Coffee County a lead they would never relinquish. Skipper finished the night going 3 for 3 with a walk and 4 runs scored. Coach Rodney Meeker, who was worried about having enough healthy pitching to keep Tullahoma...

The Coffee County tennis teams earned a split with Tullahoma on Wednesday night in a pair of battles held on the Cats home court. The Lady Raiders won 6 of their 7 matches as they dispatched the kittens 6 to 1. Maddie Taylor, Ali Shelton, Kayla Wright and Makayla Morgan all captured singles wins while Taylor teamed with Shelton and Wright and Morgan paired up in doubles play for wins. The win raises the Lady Raiders district record to 4 and 2 on the season. The Red Raiders battled to the wire in each of their 5 singles matches,...

The Westwood Lady Rockets dropped their opening round game in the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament on Wednesday night to Liberty 5 to 1. The Lady Rockets banged out 6 hits on the night, but could not string together a rally to support the strong pitching performance of Haidyn Campbell. Amber Smith has a single and 3 stolen bases to tally Westwood’s only run. Alex Nelson had a double for Westwood. Campbell, a 6th grader had 9 strikeouts on the game as she surrendered only 3 earned...

Jaret Kemper earned a win in singles play and the girls team of Luz Maria Basurto and Antonia Ayala captured their doubles match as both Westwood tennis teams fell in matches at Lewisburg on Wednesday. Westwood returns to the court on Tuesday when they travel across town to take on the Coffee County Middle School tennis teams. That match is set to get underway at 4 PM at the Coffee County Raider...

Right-hander Tanner Roark was scheduled to pitch on Thursday afternoon against the Braves, but there was a change of plans. With Stephen Strasburg out with the flu, the Nationals needed Roark to make the start a day earlier. The change of plans didn’t hurt Roark on Wednesday night, as he pitched seven shutout innings in the Nationals’ 3-0 win over the winless Braves at Nationals Park. “We gave him 24 hours to prepare, and he came through big time,” Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. “He gave us seven innings, got our bullpen kind of back in order, and we’re...

Matt McBride blasted a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Nashville Sounds to a 3-1 win over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in front of 4,911 fans Wednesday afternoon at First Tennessee Park. Nashville held a 1-0 lead for the better part of the afternoon. In the second, Rangel Ravelo doubled to the gap in left-center to score Matt Olson from first base. From there, the starting pitchers went on cruise control. Jesse Hahn turned in his second dominant outing in a row. The right-hander tossed six shutout innings and limited the...