Covenant College has hired Arte Culver to succeed Kyle Taylor as men's basketball coach. Culver, who played on Rice University teams that set a four-year program record of 73 wins and played in two National Invitation Tournaments, was an assistant coach the last two years at Wheaton College in Illinois, after serving one year as the basketball scholastic coordinator and video coordinator at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Culver was a four-time scholar athlete at Rice, where he got bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics and was a two-time Arthur Ashe Scholar. "I am grateful for my experience as a college basketball player and having had the privilege to serve, learn and grow under many great coaching mentors," Culver said in the release. " I look forward to building on last season's success and fostering a culture that sustains that level of excellence." The 2015-16 Scots went 18-10 and made the program's first NCAA tournament appearance, and Peter Wilkerson is remaining as assistant coach. Culver and his wife, Julia, have two sons and a daughter.
Auto Racing
* Amy Farrow of Chattanooga won the $1,500 Super Pro top prize Saturday night at the Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip. The only woman in the class, she won with a 5.18-second run on a 5.17 dial in a 632-cubic-inch Chevy-powered dragster built by her husband, Steven Farrow. Jake Clayton, 15, of Ooltewah was second with a 6.28-second run on a 6.30 dial in a Chevy-powered 1989 Mazda Rx7. Darryl Goodner won the Foot Brake class in his 1997 Ford Thunderbird, with Marty Goldsmith second in a 1972 Plymouth Duster 360. Jordan Holley of Thomaston, Ga., won the 15-car Junior Dragster competition with a 7.92 run on a 7.90 dial with Mattie Keener of Whitwell second with a 7.93 on a 7.90. Ringgold's Austin Patrick had the meet's low elapsed time (4.73 seconds) and top speed (145.20 mph) in his 593-ci Chevy dragster.
Tennis
* The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team joined the men's team, already reported, in receiving another ITA team academic award for having an aggregate grade point average of at least 3.20. It is the sixth year in a row and the 10th time overall for the women. And this is the second consecutive year with five female Mocs honored as ITA Scholar-Athletes for GPAs of at least 3.5: Alison Storie for the fourth time, Katie Polk for the second and Mckenzie Barco, Samantha Caswell and Sydney Patton.