Older is better…..especially if you use Friday night’s Lady Raider basketball game as as example as the Lady Raider alumni beat the Lady Raider varsity 55 to 34 at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  The alumni ladies outscored the varsity squad 20 to 3 in the second quarter to take a 36 to 16 lead into the half and the varsity could never get closer than 15 points in the second half.  While the game featured alumni such as Katie Reid and Cameron Davis who had played with some of this year’s team in the recent past; it...

The Sounds saw Salt Lake strike for a pair of late runs and dropped Thursday night’s contest in front of a record-setting 10,610 fans at First Tennessee Park, 4-2. Nashville ended the night 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and failed to capitalize on three Salt Lake errors. The bullpen’s streak of 19.2 innings without allowing a run came to an end, as the Bees added two runs late in the game to steal the third game of the series. Salt Lake jumped on top and claimed a 2-0 lead with a run in both the second and third...

The Red Raider basketball team hit the road on Thursday with a triple-header in Murfreesboro.  The Red Raiders got solid play from Steven Sullivan at the point guard position and good defense and rebounding from Boone Riddle, but could not get a win on the day.  In the opening game against Oakland, the Raiders got 12 points and 4 rebounds from Grant Sadler but fell by a final score of 54 to 36.  In the afternoon games, the Raiders dropped a 54 to 40 decision to Overton before losing to Middle Tennessee Christian 41 to 26.  Wyatt Day led...

Former St. Catharine College head coach and University of Tennessee assistant coach James Tyler “J.T.” Burton has been named the new men’s basketball head coach at Motlow College, according to Athletic Director Tori Raby-Gentry. Burton will begin his duties immediately. Burton spent the past season as the Director of Player Development at Tennessee under former Volunteer head coach Donnie Tyndall. His season in Knoxville followed a highly successful six-year stint as head coach at St. Catharine in his hometown of Springfield, Ky., where he compiled a 95-80 record. During his coaching tenure the school transitioned from a two-year to...

Nashville received a magnificent start from Chris Bassitt and the offense came alive late to help the Sounds scratch out a 5-1 victory over the Salt Lake Bees on Wednesday night at First Tennessee Park. The Nashville pitching staff was marvelous yet again, fanning a season-best 15 hitters. Bassitt tossed the club’s 17th quality start and the bullpen failed to allow a run to extend their streak to the last 19.2 innings. The Sounds improved to a league-best 9-1 in their last 10 games. It was the Bassitt show during Wednesday night’s contest. The right-hander fanned a season-high 11...

The Coffee County CHS Lady Raider basketball team completed a 2 day team camp at Shelbyville on Wednesday with a 2 and 2 record. The Lady Raiders, looking to replace at least 7 players that contributed last season, are getting balanced scoring throughout the lineup while junior Holli Smithson provides leadership to the young Lady Raiders. “The young guns are starting to come along” said coach Herb Horton and “Holli is really stepping up.” The Lady Raiders got victories this week over Smyrna and Cascade while dropping games to DeKalb County and Spring Hill. The Lady Raiders will conclude...

The Coffee County Central High School baseball team will hold tryouts for the 2015-2016 baseball team on Saturday, June 6th from Noon to 3 PM at Powers Field. Any student who will be in the 9th through 12th grades next school year is invited to tryout. Those wishing to tryout need to pre-register at the link provided: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CINab384io1ZJedMv_OGRSGW5oHTqopC60DigMELnx8/edit?usp=sharing Those wishing to tryout need to bring their own baseball equipment along with a completed TSSAA Physical form. For more information, Contact David Martin at martind15@k12tn.net or Jon Spears at spearsjon@k12coffee.net...

After winning eight straight games, the Nashville Sounds finally lost, falling to the Salt Lake Bees, 2-1 on Tuesday night at First Tennessee Park. After not trailing since the fourth inning of Saturday’s 6-1 win over Las Vegas, the Sounds fell behind in the fourth inning as Jett Bandy’s solo shot gave the Bees a 1-0 lead. Salt Lake built on that lead in the 5th inning, chasing Sounds starter Brad Mills from the game. C.J. Cron hit his second double off the veteran southpaw, plating Kyle Kubitza who battled back from down 0-2 to draw a two-out walk...