Julio Teheran (6-5) struck out seven of the first 10 batters and had the Dodgers off balance through the fourth before struggling with his command in the fifth.  The Dodgers Mike Bolsinger pitched seven strong innings and Los Angeles scored three runs in the fifth inning to beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Wednesday. Alberto Callaspo, Jimmy Rollins and Joc Pederson each drove in a run for Los Angeles, which avoided its first three-game losing streak since June 15-17 against Texas. Bolsinger (5-3) commanded his curveball well enough to retire 14 straight batters before a two-out walk of A.J....

The Sounds and Sky Sox went back-and-forth on Wednesday afternoon, but Colorado Springs collected a walk-off win and downed Nashville at Security Service Field with a 4-3 victory. The Sounds got on the board first in the two games to begin the series and continued the trend with a tally in the opening frame. The strike came off the bat of Jason Pridie, whose solo home run gave Nashville the 1-0 lead. The outfielder has homered in all three games this series against his former team. Colorado Springs eventually responded, finally putting a few runs up in the fourth....

Jason Pridie and the Nashville Sounds offense stayed hot, as they narrowly edged the Colorado Springs Sky Sox 7-6 at Security Service Field on Tuesday night. After three innings the game was locked up at three. The Sounds exploded for three runs in the third inning, with Max Muncy doing most of the damage on a two-run single. Pridie would score the Sounds third run later that inning on a Nate Freiman RBI single. The Sky Sox tallied a run in each of the first three innings. Matt Clark reached with two outs after the normally sure-handed Joey Wendle...

Chris Johnson recorded three hits and the Braves benefited from a couple of costly errors while preserving Alex Wood’s determined effort in Tuesday night’s 4-3 win over the Dodgers at Turner Field. Nick Markakis opened the decisive fifth inning with a single and advanced to second when center fielder Joc Pederson fumbled the ball. Johnson followed with a single to set the stage for former Dodger Juan Uribe to deliver the go-ahead RBI single off Pedro Baez, who was the second of four relievers used after Los Angeles’ starter Brett Anderson suffered a left Achilles tendon injury in the...

The hot days of July can only mean one thing……fall prep sports are just around the corner!  As each fall sport nears the midpoint of their preseason work, the fall regular season for local high school and middle school teams begin next week in Coffee County. The Coffee County Central High School Golf team will open the regular season on Tuesday, July 28th with a 9 AM match in Fayetteville against Lincoln County as they once again lead all prep programs into the fall season.  The Raider golfers will look to be stronger as they return several contributors from...

Jace Peterson drove in three runs and Nick Markakis hit his first home run of the season as the Braves overcame Matt Wisler’s rough fifth inning for a 7-5 win Monday night over the Dodgers at Turner Field. After the Dodgers tied the game with four two-out runs in the fifth, they saw their former third baseman Juan Uribe put the Braves back on top for good with an RBI single off left-hander Adam Liberatore in the bottom half of the inning. Liberatore entered in relief of former Atlanta pitcher Brandon Beachy, who completed four innings while making his...

County Central High School head football coach Ryan Sulkowski has announced some changes and additions to his football coaching staff for the 2016 season. Matt Mueller will continue as Sulkowski’s top assistant as Senior Associate Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator. Brandon McWhorter has been promoted to assistant head coach for the Offense and also will take over as Offensive Coordinator. Randy Horn will be the assistant head coach for the Defense. Richard Crabtree will take over the responsibilities of being the head coach for the Freshman/JV teams. George Pearson will return as offensive line coach and Roger Barlow returns...

The 2nd Annual Youth Volleyball League, hosted by the CHS volleyball team, will hold signups this Saturday morning, July 25th from 9:00 AM to Noon at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The league is open to girls from the 4th grade thru the 6th grade and will stress fundamentals and fun. Members of the Lady Raider volleyball team will be the coaches and the games will be played on Saturdays this fall. Extra sign-up dates will be on July 31st during the Alumni Volleyball game at 6:00 PM and on Saturday, August 1st from 9 to...