Lynn Trent, who spent 50 years as the official scorekeeper for University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball and football games, died Saturday at the age of 68. The Chattanooga High School graduate and Hall of Fame member, who earned nine varsity letters while at the school, started working at UTC as a student assistant sports information director in 1966. He graduated in 1970 with a degree in secondary education and mathematics and decided to remain on staff as the head scorekeeper in addition to teaching math for 23 years. He was on hand for 265 consecutive UTC football games, finally having to miss one in 2015 due to a sickness in the family. He had become a tax preparer. His death hit a number of former Mocs hard, including one of the school's most famous alums, Dennis Haskins. "To all who knew Lynn this is truly sad news," the Notre Dame High graduate, most famously known as principal "Mr. Belding" in the 1990s hit sitcom "Saved by the Bell" said in an email. "I was always the better for having seen Lynn on any trip home and know no one more dedicated to or who loved the Mocs any more than Lynn." Trent is survived by his wife, Katherine Houck Trent, son Leighton Richard Trent grandson Will Trent and siblings Laura Trent and Bill Trent. Arrangements will be announced by Wann Funeral Home and Cremation Center.
* UTC received the Academic Progress Rate Award, sponsored by Forward Progress, for leading the Southern Conference football programs in APR improvement from the 2013-14 to the 2014-15 measuring period. Each of the NCAA's 13 Football Championship Subdivision conferences has one winner of the APR honor, and they were presented the awards at the FCS Athletics Directors Association banquet last week in Dallas. The Mocs' single-year score was 992, their highest on record, and that raised their four-year APR average to 973.
Auto Racing
* Ron Lane, owner of Ron's Classic Cars in Soddy-Daisy, had a productive weekend of drag racing in Kentucky and Alabama. He won $5,500 on Friday at Clay City, Ky., and then won at Huntsville Dragway on Saturday by defeating Todd "Bones" Ewing, owner of Huntsville Engines, in the final run in his Miller rear-engine dragster. Lane won $2,500 with a 4.78-second burst on a 4.77 dial with a .002-section reaction time.
* Fifteen-year-old Jake Clayton of Ooltewah won the Super Pro class and $1,500 Saturday night at the Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip with a 6.28-second run on a 6.26 dial in a 1987 Mazda Rx7. His father, Mike Clayton, was second with a 5.12 run on a 5.10 dial in a Farrow Motorsports dragster. Chase Rampy of Piedmont, Ala., won the 7.0 class with Daniel Stutz of Ooltewah second, and Shawn Bailey from Adairsville, Ga., won the 6.0 with Dewayne Teague of Kensington second. Zoomie Zumstein won the Foot Brake class with Ben Frederick second, and Rylam Hamby, 10, was the Junior Dragster winner. Mark Miles of Flintstone had the night's low elapsed time (4.67) and top speed (148.25).
Golf
* Dalton resident Carter Pendley is in a five-way tie for fourth place at 1-over-par 71 after Monday's first round of the Georgia Junior Championship golf tournament at Athens Country Club. Justin Kim of Rome has a two-shot lead after his 68. Dalton's Davis Kirk shares 28th place at 75, and Cohutta's Jake Allstun shot 76 and is tied for 36th. The tournament continues through Wednesday.
* Tori Owens of Chatsworth is tied for 12th at 6-over-par 78 after the first round Monday of the Georgia Girls' Championship golf tournament at The Plantation course at Reynolds Lake Oconee. Elisa Yang of Norcross leads with a 71, one shot ahead of a trio that include defending champion Lauren Lightfritz of Suwanee and 2016 Georgia Women's Match Play winner Louise Yu of Duluth. Dalton's Carson Roberts and Ringgold's Miranda Rich are tied for 27th at 81, one stroke better than Calhoun's Kate Mashburn and Blairsville's Ally Horinek. Calhoun's Molly Mashburn shot 84.