Sophomore Maddison Melchionna broke the UTC women's 800-meter record Friday at the Samford Invitational indoor track and field meet in Birmingham. She finished second in 2:11.06, beating Anneli Morrison's 2:13:21 indoor record set in 2010. UTC's Teghan Henderson was third in the 3000 at 9:44.90.
Baseball
* The Covenant College defeated Emory & Henry twice Friday on Lookout Mountain, 6-3 and 6-5. Garrett Kriston struck out 12 in a seven-inning four-hitter in the opener, when Caleb Bloye hit a tiebreaking three-run home run in the fifth inning. The Scots won again with a two-run final at-bat, capped by Trenton Nobles' RBI single. Luke Harvey and Alex Kerr each was 2-for-3 and Devin Cerrato was 2-for-4 in the first game for Covenant (4-0), and Harvey and Kerr each was 3-for-4 in game two, when Kerr drove in three runs. Harvey scored twice in each game.
* Devin Gardner and Billy Brand each had three hits, two RBIs and two run scored as Cleveland State won 11-10 at Gordon State in junior college baseball Friday. Sean McDermott also batted in two runs, and Jordan Ransom and Blake Thomas each had two hits for the Cougars (3-1), who won with a nine-run ninth inning that included two RBI hits by Gardner.
* The Sewanee baseball team lost 12-6 and 2-0 Friday at Maryville, which will visit the Tigers on Sunday. Ryan Poole hit a two-run homer and Bryce Benedict had a two-run pinch-hit double in the first loss, when Tyler Minkkinen was 2-for-4 and scored twice.
Fishing
* Daniel Kennedy this week became the second Silverdale Baptist Academy student to receive a scholarship to fish in college. Kennedy, who won the FLW state high school tournament with teammate Braden Marshall last June, signed with Savannah College of Art and Design and coach Isaac Payne over Bryan College and UT-Martin, among others. "SCAD has an awesome fine arts program, and I want to go to school for industrial design," said Kennedy, who admitted that he didn't really think about an angling scholarship until former SBA teammate Cody Thomas got one from Bryan. "After the state last year was when doors really opened and coaches from different colleges started calling." Kennedy and Marshall, who's being recruited, began as freshmen with two other current Seahawks seniors who will be playing college football, Josh Brady and Hunter Arnold, as foundation pieces in Brent Brady's first year as fishing coach. "All four grew up fishing and they're real good outdoorsmen," said Coach Brady, who's had 30 years of professional tour experience. "They were ready for advanced teaching, and they've been mentors to the other members of the team." Specifically about Kennedy, the coach praised his "tremendous patience," passion for fishing and "very strong mental as well as physical aspect of the sport."
Basketball
* LaGrange beat visiting Covenant in USA South basketball Friday, 62-44 in the women's game and 76-65 in the men's. Berto Dryden with 17 points and Joanna Smith with 10 led the Covenant teams.
* The Sewanee men won 66-57 but the women lost 71-47 in SAA basketball Friday at Hendrix. Jacob McCullough had 17 points and six assists and Keshonn Carter and Cody Jones added 15 and 14 points for the winning Tigers, Carter with nine rebounds.
* Jalen Robinson's 15 points led Dalton State to a 67-60 SSAC basketball victory Thursday night at Coastal Georgia. Reed Dungan had 14 points and seven rebounds and Marcel Hawkins had 14 points and four steals for Dalton State (15-10, 7-7), which trailed 23-7 but gained the lead by halftime. Dominic Early and Jamaal Rhodes had 17 points each and 10 and eight rebounds for the Mariners (8-18, 4-10).
* Despite 16 points, 10 rebounds and four steals for Darrius Fugh and 14 points and six assists by Tyler Shropshire, Georgia Northwestern lost 81-73 to Emory-Oxford in a region game Thursday night in Rossville. Dominic Powell added 10 points for the Bobcats, who fell to 11-14 with a 102-70 loss Friday at Southern Crescent Tech in Griffin, Ga. Shropshire scored 16 points, Fugh had 14 points and nine rebounds and Andrew Johnson tallied 11 points in that one.