Friday, January 1, 1904
DAYTON, Tenn. -- Germeil Daniels had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Brolin Floyd had 11 points and nine rebounds as the Tennessee Temple University men's basketball team defeated Bryan 66-56 after the Bryan Lady Lions began the Monday evening doubleheader with a 68-53 victory. Khristian Roberts added 10 points for Temple (2-1), which shot 52.9 percent from the field compared to 33.3 percent for the Lions (0-1), who got 13 points apiece from Dion Fair and Rob Riley and 10 from Anthony Moore. Bethany McArthur scored 15 points, Anna Thomas added 14 and Morgan Burnette had 15 rebounds with 13 points for the Lady Lions (2-0), while freshman point guard Mariah Britton had 12 points, four assists and three steals and Sarah Newton grabbed 10 rebounds. Jessica Salera had 14 points and nine rebounds for the Lady Crusaders (0-1).
Maryville College improved to 12-4-2 in men's soccer, 4-0 in the Great South Atlantic Conference, with a 1-0 win Monday at Covenant. Ridge Carter scored unassisted at 106:11 for the visitors, who outshot Covenant (7-8-2, 3-1) 22-15.
GAFFNEY, S.C. -- Morgan Shelton from Ooltewah High School ended her King College soccer career with her 14th goal of the season Monday, but Limestone College already had three goals and defeated the Lady Tornado 3-1 in the Conference Carolinas tournament opener. King ended its first season in the league 8-8-1 overall but went 7-3-1 with a 26-9 scoring margin in its last 11 games.
Edwin Wills of Dogtown, Ala., won the $1,000 first-place prize in the Foot Brake class Saturday night at the Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip. There were 49 cars in the class, and Wills won after six rounds of competition in his 1972 Chevrolet Nova. J.J. Foster of Dalton was second in a 1997 S-10, and Jeff Bryant of Collinsville, Ala., was third in a '68 Nova with Ronnie Birmingham of Fort Payne fourth in a '95 Ford Mustang. Kent Massey of Flintstone won for best estimated time with a 10.600-second run on a 10.60 dial in his 2008 Dodge Charger; he made it to the fourth round.
Maryville's Jason Welshan finished second to Crossville's Randy Weaver and then won the second race with Weaver second in Crate Late Model competition Saturday night at Crossville Raceway. It was the 28th victory at regional tracks this year for Welshan.