Michael Nagy of Knoxville started last but finished his round in first place Tuesday as the SunTrust Tennessee State Open golf tournament began at Foxland Harbor in Gallatin. Nagy shot a 7-under-par 65, one shot better than five others, and Council Fire pro Richard Rebne is tied for seventh at 67 with former UTC star Steven Fox at 68 and Lake Johnson of Chattanooga and Hunter Green of Evensville among those sharing 13th at 69.
* Fifth-ranked Dalton State College is tied for third with William Penn at 315 after the first round Tuesday of the NAIA women's national golf tournament at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Oklahoma City shot 306, Northwestern Ohio 311. DSC freshman Tia Teiniketo from Baylor School is tied for eighth individually at 75, and Caroline Griffin and Katie Dalton shot 78 and 79.
Tennis
* The Chattanooga USTA Adult League 4.0 55-over men's tennis team with David Snyder as captain pulled off a rare state-title three-peat last weekend in Knoxville and advances to the sectionals in Asheville, N.C., in September. Playing teams from Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis twice each, Chattanooga went into its last match Sunday evening against Knoxville with matching 4-1 records and won with doubles victories from Raymond Rich/Glen Wagner and Tom Cloud/Bob Taylor. Besides those four and Snyder, the title team included Tony Bartley, Terry Bartley, Dan Barry, Pat Farnsley, Turney Thompson, Glenn Wear and Ken Ellinger. They lost Saturday morning against Knoxville, which lost one of its matches against Memphis. "The teams were all tough, and we had close matches throughout," Snyder said. "It takes a lot of different things going your way to get three in a row, and it's always come down to the last match of the weekend deciding the champs."
Baseball
* Covenant College junior first baseman Caleb Bloye was voted to the 2017 D3baseball.com All-South region team, the website announced Tuesday. Bloye was a USA South first-team selection after batting .353 with four home runs, 25 RBIs, 26 runs scored, 21 walks and 11 stolen bases. He had a .989 fielding percentage with four errors in 349 chances.