The Coffee County Central High School baseball team swept a pair of games on Thursday night in the opening night of the Crethan Hansert Memorial Tournament. In the opener, the Raiders got the benefit of 4 unearned runs to drop Marshall County 6 to 3. Deandre Wakefield had an RBI double for Coffee County while Bradley King and Wyatt Day had RBI singles. In the nightcap, Coffee County exploded for 7 runs in the first inning as they tamed the Diamond Dogs of Franklin County by a final score of 12 to 0. Davis Green had a double and...

The Manchester Youth Baseball League held their semifinals of their post season tournament on Thursday night in their 2 youngest age divisions setting up Friday’s championship games.  In the 6 and under(or T-Ball) division, Hullett’s Service and Dr. Jay’s got wins.  3rd seeded Dr. Jay’s broke open a tight game with a 5 run 3rd inning to claim a 25 to 17 win over 1st Vision Bank.  Dr. Jay’s got 12 runs from the top 4 batters in their lineup to key the win.  Riley of 1st Vision Bank scored 3 runs to lead the bankers.  In the other...

The Red Raider basketball team finished their final camp before the dead period on Thursday at Ravenwood. The Raiders fell behind Smith County by 20 points at the half, only to battle back and get the deficit to 2 points late in the contest. The Raiders, who were missing 4 key contributors, could not overtake the Owls falling by a final score of 56 to 48. The Raiders dropped a pair of games to Mt. Juliet and Portland on Wednesday night. Wyatt Day and Grant Sadler put in strong performances for Coffee County. The Lady Raiders opened a 2...

Brock Holt led the Red Sox to a win over the Braves for the second time in three games, going 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk and three runs to help Boston split a two-game set at Turner Field with a 5-2 win.  Holt’s offensive contributions backed up a strong start from Clay Buchholz, who threw seven innings, and was one glove-flip away from shutting out the Braves. After knocking down a line drive from A.J. Pierzynski in the sixth, Buchholz scrambled off the mound and flipped the ball over the head of David Ortiz at first base, allowing...

The Omaha Storm Chasers narrowly edged the Nashville Sounds 4-3 at First Tennessee Park in game one of their four-game series at First Tennessee Park. The game marked the first time Nashville and Omaha have played one another in 392 days. Thursday night’s game featured four lead changes and a tie, proving it to be well worth the wait. Much to the delight of the 10,366 fans packed into the Sounds new park, the latest episode of the Jason Pridie show aired. The bearded outfielder doubled in his first at bat, and then drove his team-leading eighth homer off...

The Braves came up with the timely hits on Wednesday night, leading to a 5-2 victory over the reeling Red Sox. With the game locked in a 2-2 tie in the seventh inning, Nick Markakis drilled an RBI single through the hole and into left field to give the Braves their first lead of the night. A.J. Pierzynski walked with the bases loaded for an insurance run. “I tell you what, we battled offensively,” said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. “We scratch and claw for every single run.” Mike Napoli’s homer to left-center in the sixth inning had given the...

The Sounds faltered in the series finale against the Redbirds on Wednesday night at First Tennessee Park, pulling the game to within a run before seeing Memphis walk away with a 7-5 victory. The Sounds trailed out of the gate when the Redbirds tacked on one in the first and added a trio in the third. The three-run frame was capped by a pair of home runs from Stephen Piscotty and Xavier Scruggs and gave Memphis an early 4-0 advantage. On the other side, the home team started the series finale by going nine up and nine down at...