University of Tennessee at Chattanooga golfer Wes Gosselin stretched his lead from two strokes to 10 on the second day of the Tennessee Amateur Championship at Blackthorn Club in Jonesborough. Gosselin, who's from Knoxville and entering his senior season with the Mocs, set a blistering pace with his 8-under-par 64 in Wednesday's 18 holes on the 7,068-yard layout. That pushed him to 13-under 131 for the tournament, ahead of Lee University golfer Taylor Davis from Franklin and Germantown's Tim Jackson, who are tied for second. Jackson (a six-time tournament champion) shot a 66 in the second round, when Davis had a 71. Gosselin started Wednesday's round on No. 10, and after pars on his first two holes, he birdied seven of his next eight, with a double bogey on the par-4 17th breaking the string. He also had birdies on Nos. 4, 7 and 8. Chattanooga's Lake Johnson, Manchester's Matt Johnson and Lee golfer Peyton Sliger of Knoxville - the 2015 tourney champ - are tied with five others for 18th at 3-over 147, while Signal Mountain's Mikey Feher, Knoxville's Stuart Thomas and Chattanooga's Andrew Weathers - the latter two both play for the Mocs - are part of a 10-man jam in 26th at 4-over 148. Feher, preparing for his senior season at Lipscomb University, is coming off a strong victory this past weekend in the Brainerd Invitational. Another UTC golfer, Chattanooga's Brooks Thomas, is tied for 49th at 7-over 151 and was part of the last group to make the cut. Missing the cut were Sewanee's Tommy Oliver and Athens' Mike Poe. The 72-hole Tennessee Golf Association tournament, which is in its 101st edition, is scheduled to continue today and finish Friday.
* Chattanooga's Scott Stevens shot a 5-over-par 75 Wednesday on the Royal Ottawa course in the third round of the Canadian Men's Amateur Championship in Gatineau, Quebec. The University of South Carolina golfer dropped into a tie for 34th at 5-over 217, 14 shots behind leader Blair Bursey.
Basketball
* Georgia Northwestern Technical College begins its first men's basketball season as a United States Collegiate Athletic Association member by hosting Toccoa Falls at 7 p.m. on Nov. 4 at the Rossville Athletic Center. That's also the annual Food Drive Game, with fans getting in free by bringing a nonperishable food item. Coach David Stephenson's Bobcats will play the next three games after that on the road, visiting the Bryan College junior varsity on Nov. 10 and then Welch College in Nashville and The Crown in Powell, Tenn. GNTC will be home for all of its December games - against the Bryan and Tennessee Wesleyan JV teams on Dec. 1 and 6, against Barber-Scotia and Hines Prep in the Dec. 9-10 Tim Walthour Memorial Tournament (and Toy Drive Games) and against Southern Crescent Tech in the 2016 finale on Dec. 12. Tournament games Jan. 6-7 in Temple Terrace, Fla., and Jan. 13-14 in Covington, Ga., begin the 14-game 2017 portion of the schedule, which includes home games on Jan. 28 and 31 and Feb. 4, 9, 16 and 18.
Soccer
* The first Dalton State College women's soccer team was picked Wednesday to finish eighth out of nine teams in the Southern States Athletic Conference this year. The Roadrunners received 14 points in the coaches' balloting, compared to 13 for Brewton-Parker. William Carey received five first-place votes and 77 points, and Mobile and Martin Methodist were second and third with two first-place votes each and 71 and 68 points. Middle Georgia State, Bethel, Brenau and Faulkner were fourth through seventh. Dalton State's first official home game is at 3 p.m. on Sept. 28 against Oakwood at Lakeshore Park in Dalton.