Girls Preparatory School announced Monday that its new diving head coach is Dr. Leo Procise, a McCallie biology teacher and assistant coach for football and track and field. He has been a diving coach at multiple high schools in Indiana, most recently in 2015-16 at Floyd Central, and was an assistant coach at the Indiana International School of Diving, working with divers from beginners to NCAA Division I athletes. The GPS release said Procise would continue his McCallie duties but is delighted to end his two-year break from diving. "I feel incredibly energized knowing that I have another chance to coach a sport that, in my opinion, teaches sportsmanship, grace, failure and success and self-confidence," he said in the release. He ran track and played football in high school and played football at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne.
Golf
» Dalton State College sophomore golfer S.M. Lee received the NAIA Arnold Palmer National Champion Award for his eight-stroke individual victory and record-tying 272 in the national tournament last week in Silvis, Illinois, and then he was named to the NAIA PING All-American first team for the second consecutive year. The NAIA national event was Lee's fifth tournament triumph of 2018 and his third in a row. He was the NAIA's Jack Nicklaus Award winner last year and is a finalist for that honor again, and he has been selected for the United States team in the 2018 Palmer Cup competition.
Tennis
» The Chattanooga-based men's 55-over level 4.0 tennis team with David Snyder as player-captain won a USTA state championship this past weekend in Knoxville. Playing in memory of longtime teammate Raymond Rich, who died March 20, and two other friends in the sport - Del Ottinger and Jerry Wallace - Snyder, David Hilley, Tony Bartley, Alan Buttenhoff, Pat Farnsley, Ken Ellinger, Dan Barry, Mike Croxall, Ed Wright and Kirk Kelly went 3-1 in team matches with 6-0 success in tiebreakers (five set tiebreaks and a match tiebreak). That earned them a Southern Sectionals berth in Asheville, North Carolina, in September.
Auto Racing
» Ninety cars in eight classes competed Saturday at Brainerd Motorsports Park's one-eighth-mile drag strip, all with one-light pro tree starts, and Derrick Laney of Fort Payne was a $2,000 winner with a 5.67-second run in a 2004 Ford Mustang. Brian Farrar of Oak Ridge was second in that class with a 5.71 run in a 1972 Chevrolet Bel Air. The 4.80 by Decatur's Danny Davis in a 1966 Chevy II edged the 4.81 of Scott Kinkaid from Thorn Hill, Tennessee. Rick Wetherbee of Dunlap was the LDR winner with a 5.44 in his 1996 Chevy, and Jody Voyles was second in a 1987 Camaro. Ray Bayless and Johny Davis of North Point, Alabama, were first and second in the 5:30 class; Chris Miller of Niota was first with Adam Turner of Woodstock, Georgia, second in Easy Street; Jon Hall and Kevin Rodden were first and second in 6:00; and Clint Edwards and Jason Young were first and second in 7:00.
Baseball
» Senior Caleb Longley from Walker Valley High School and Cleveland State Community College was included among three East Tennessee State baseball players recognized Monday as first-team All-Southern Conference selections. Longley was listed at designated hitter by both the coaches and the SoCon media. He batted .315 in the regular season with 14 home runs, 19 doubles, 120 total bases and 50 RBIs.
Track & Field
» Sewanee senior Karagan Day received NCAA Division III All-South/Southeast Region honors Monday as a javelin thrower from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Day won the event in three meets during the indoor and outdoor seasons, and her best toss of 40.62 meters at the Southern Athletic Association Championships was the region's second best.