The Motlow Bucks completed a sweep of their final three regular season games when they beat Volunteer State 96-80 Monday evening at Copperweld Arena. The win came two days after the Bucks hammered visiting Jackson State 99-64. Motlow (23-6, 14-4) will enter next week’s Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA)/Region VII Tournament as the No. 2 seed. The Bucks will play the winner of the No. 7/10 contest on Tuesday, Mar. 1 at 6 p.m. If the Bucks win they will play again Thursday at 4 p.m. and the championship game is Friday at 2 p.m. This year’s tournament...

A busy sports weekend kicks off on Thursday as spring sports teams continue to fight through the weather issues to get prepared for their 2016 seasons. The lone regular season game of the weekend finds the Westwood Rockets soccer team on the road on Thursday as they travel to Fayetteville to take on Lincoln County. That match is set to get underway at 5:00 PM. The Coffee County Middle School softball team will be taking part in a 3 day scrimmage tournament in Lynchburg beginning on Thursday afternoon. The Lady Raiders will take on Tullahoma on Thursday at 5:30...

A four goal performance by Felix Salinas helped the Westwood Rockets soccer team build a 7 to 1 halftime lead on their way to a 9 to 3 season opening win over Cascade on Tuesday night. Salinas notched all 4 of his tallies in the first half on the muddy and sloppy pitch in Wartrace. Leo Basurto scored 2 assists as the Rockets got the big conference win. Keeper Cailan McLean had 5 saves on the match as Coach Jonathan Graf was complimentary of his defensive and midfield play in the wet conditions. Samuel Workman, Renato Ayala, Jalen Shelton,...

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Preds-Report-2-24-16.mp3 Filip Forsberg notched a natural hat trick as the Nashville Predators defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 3-2 final on Tuesday night at the Air Canada Centre. The victory gives Nashville 29 wins and 69 points on the season; the club has points in seven consecutive contests. “We talked about [playing consistently] a lot, and the last couple games, we have played a lot of good games,” defenseman Roman Josi said. “Even the games we lost, we played pretty well, and that’s what we need. In this League, you just have to collect...

The spring sports season gets under way on Tuesday as the Westwood soccer team travels to Wartrace for the regular season opener at Cascade. That matchup with the Champions is set to kickoff at 4:30 PM. The Rockets are coming off a conference title last year as Coach Jonathan Graf attempts to make his 3rd straight appearance in the conference tournament finals. The Rockets will also be on the road on Thursday as they travel to Fayetteville to take on Lincoln County. The Rockets host their first home game on Tuesday, March 1st when St. Andrews visits Dyer-Bouldin Field...

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Pete Weber’s Postgame Report http://www.thunder1320.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Preds-Report-2-23-16.mp3 Craig Smith missed what looked like a certain goal in overtime. He atoned for the botched opportunity in the shootout. Smith beat Mike Condon for the only goal of the tiebreaker, lifting the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory over the struggling Montreal Canadiens on Monday night. Smith’s shootout goal came after he blew a big chance in the final minute of overtime. He was all alone at the edge of the crease, but couldn’t punch it in. ”At the moment I couldn’t believe it,” Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne said. ”But it’s hockey. ”It’s...