The Nashville offense provided the fireworks on Independence Day, launching four solo home runs in their 7-4 (in 10 innings) victory over Round Rock at Dell Diamond. For the second straight night, Jake Smolinski gave the Sounds a 1-0 lead. The solo blast came in his first at bat against his former team. The outfielder joined the Sounds after Oakland claimed him off waivers from Texas on June 21. The Sounds came into the night’s action owners of the league’s lowest home run total, a stat that is hard to believe after what happened in the sixth. In a...

Coffee County senior pitcher Brianna Jones was named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association All-State team for Class AAA. Jones, who just completed her sterling career at CHS, was the only member of District 8AAA to be included on the All-State team and one of 3 team members from Region 4-AAA. The Class AAA team is as follows: Briana Jones, Coffee Co., senior P Morgan Powell, Wilson Central, senior P Katie Eakes, Wilson Central, junior 1B Savannah Sanders, Mt. Juliet, senior P Morgan Marshall, Volunteer, junior P Sarah Higgins, Riverdale, senior 3B Ashley Scott, Dickson Co., junior, IF Brooklin...

Rain forced the cancellation of games for the second night in a row for the Coffee County Fastpitch League on Thursday night.  The league will try to get back to action on Friday night with a pair of 8U games that are scheduled for Fred Deadman Park.  Friday’s Schedule looks like this: 5:00 – K&D Rebar vs. ReMax (8U) 6:20 – Mid-Town Medical vs. David Clark Homes...

Center fielder Cameron Maybin chopped a single over the third base bag with one out in the ninth inning to drive in the winning run and give the Atlanta Braves a 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night at Turner Field. The Braves started the rally when pinch-hitter Pedro Ciriaco beat out an infield grounder to shortstop, only the fourth hit against Washington starter Max Scherzer.  Ciriaco went to second on a sacrifice and scored on Maybin’s single. Scherzer (9-6) had his three-game winning streak snapped. He allowed five hits and struck out nine in 8 1/3...

The scheduled doubleheader for the Coffee County Fastpitch League was cancelled on Wednesday due to the storms in the area and wet field conditions.  The games will be rescheduled, Thunder Radio and the Coffee Coaches Show will keep you updated on the times and location.  On Thursday night, the CCFL returns to action at Terry Floyd Field at Central High School.  The schedule for Thursday: 5:00 – K&D Rebar vs. Piggy Back (6U) 5:55 – A Winning Attitude vs. Mid-Town Medical (8U) 7:15 – David Clark Homes vs. People’s Bank...

Matt Wisler validated his status as a highly regarded pitching prospect and recorded his first career hit and RBI during a four-run fourth inning that propelled the Braves to Wednesday night’s 4-1 win over the Nationals at Turner Field. Wisler’s two-out RBI single capped the fourth inning, which was highlighted by the back-to-back homers A.J. Pierzynski and Juan Uribe hit off Doug Fister. But most of the 22-year-old right-hander’s most valuable contributions came in the process of limiting the Nationals to one hit, while recording six strikeouts and issuing five walks over 5 1/3 innings. “It was just nice...

Making just his second start of the season for the Sounds, Nathan Long delivered seven shutout innings and guided Nashville to a 2-0 victory over Colorado Springs at First Tennessee Park on Wednesday night. The shutout was the seventh the Sounds have posted this season. Nashville improved to 5-3 in the second half and has taken seven of the first 10 from the Sky Sox this season. Long set the tone of the game for the Sounds. After Colorado Springs hung nine runs on Nashville pitching last night, the right-hander silenced the Sky Sox and limited them to just...

Motlow College women’s basketball head coach Dominic Tharpe recently held a pair of basketball skills clinics at Copperweld Arena on the Moore County campus. Participants were taught multiple aspects of the game; including ball handling, shooting, rebounding, teamwork and defense. Tharpe will assemble his second Lady Bucks squad when fall 2015 classes begin at Motlow in late...