Working as a mentor and tutor with City Year is a great (and meaningful) way to spend your gap year between high school and college. Don’t forget to apply! Applications for this year’s program are due June 1. You can apply now at cityyear.org. _ This time of year, it seems like everyone wants to know
ZACH WOMBLE zwomble@mainstreetmediatn.com Portland Sun 5/15/18 MT. JULIET – With a 3-12 regular-season record in District 9-AAA, the No. 8-seeded Portland Panther baseball team traveled to top-seeded Mt. Juliet to take on the Bears. Mt. Juliet showed why it was the league’s best team, topping the Panthers 13-3 in five innings. Grayson Cole earned the
Portland Sun Staff Reporters 5/15/18 The Cinderella run for MTSU’s softball team in its first-ever Conference USA Championship ended Saturday afternoon with a 7-6 win over FAU and the raising of the tournament trophy and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The No. 6 seed was predicted to finish 11th in the league. The
ZACH WOMBLE zwomble@mainstreetmediatn.com Portland Sun 5/15/18 HENDERSONVILLE – The Portland Lady Panthers softball season came to a close on Wednesday afternoon in Hendersonville. After beating Wilson Central to move on in the loser’s bracket semifinals, PHS dropped its final game of the year 10-0 in five innings as the Beech Lady Bucs moved on into
ZACH WOMBLE zwomble@mainstreetmediatn.com 5/15/18 PORTLAND – The Lady Panther softball team closed out the regular season with fireworks Friday night, downing district foe Wilson Central 10-5. Up 6-5 in the sixth inning and facing an 0-1 count, Abbie Tomlinson blasted a grand slam to right field, scoring Lexe Conyer, Rachel Jennings and Mackenzie Hodges and
MATT GRAY Portland Sun 5/15/18 The Gallatin Green Wave and Portland Panthers did their best to prolong their regular season Tuesday night, but the Panthers topped the Wave 4-3 in 11 innings. The Green Wave received two great pitching performances from starter Chase Terry, who gave up three runs in six innings and Johnny Hernandez,
ZACH WOMBLE zwomble@mainstreetmediatn.com Portland Sun 5/15/18 PORTLAND – It’s never easy watching your season come to an end. That was the case Saturday afternoon in rainy Hendersonville, as the Panthers soccer team fell to host Beech 6-0 in the opening round of the District 9-AA tournament. The defeat drops Portland’s final record to 1-13 this
ZACHWOMBLE zwomble@mainstreetmediatn.com Portland Sun 5/14/18 Portland coach Greg Cavanah and the Panther football team closed spring practice Friday night at Edgar Johnson Stadium with a matchup against Clarksville High School. Portland managed eight practice days and two scrimmages, giving Cavanah and the rest of his staff plenty of tape to evaluate this summer. “I thought
ZACH WOMBLE zwomble@mainstreetmediatn.com Portland Sun May 14, 2018 GALLATIN – Ella Rhodes was all over the Portland pitching Monday night, driving in five RBIs on three hits to lead the Station Camp Lady Bison past the Lady Panthers 9-1. Rhodes drove in runs on a single in the fourth, a double in the fifth and
Baleigh Bennett set the new school record for home runs hit in a single season for softball at Portland High school. She finished the season with 8 home runs.
