The Choo-Choo City 18 Black volleyball club team powered its way to the Peachtree 18-under Power Division tournament championship this past weekend in Atlanta. Choo-Choo went undefeated in two waves of pool play Saturday and won three matches Sunday, culminating with a 25-20, 25-22 victory over the Mobile (Ala.) Storm 18 in the Gold Division final. Other opponents were from Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. "Our players did a super job of communicating and working our game plans against some really good teams," coach Paul Brock said. The Choo-Choo Black players are Elizabeth Behrend, Daneille Moore, Nicole Sumida, Sarah Davis, Jessica Davenport, Kianna Delaney, Callie Hildebrand, Shelby Hayes, Katie Loftin and Lauren Bennett.
Baseball
- CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- The Cleveland State baseball team won 3-0 and 10-0 over the visiting Tennessee Wesleyan junior varsity Monday, as Ethan Davis (3-0) pitched a two-hitter and Jared Burton, Justin Sturgeon and Tyler Kilgore combined on a four-hitter. Colby Harmon was 2-for-3 in each game with five total RBIs, including four in the second game when he homered and tripled. Cade Seely was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Michael Hargrove was 2-for-4 with an RBI in game two for the Cougars (14-8). J.D. Cowart was 1-for-1 and scored twice in game one, when Wesleyan's Heath Malone was 2-for-3.
Softball
- CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Kenly Lambert pitched a two-hit shutout and Meghan Smith followed with another shutout as Cleveland State's softball team beat the visiting Truett-McConnell junior varsity team 10-0 and 6-0 on Monday. Maura Ditto tripled in a run in the first inning of game one, and Ashlen Mitchell doubled in a run in each of her first two at-bats. Sydney Howell and Casey Griffin each also had two RBI hits in the opener, and Griffin had two hits again and another RBI in game two, when Ditto had a two-run double for the Lady Cougars (6-6).
Lacrosse
- ATHENS, Tenn. -- Tennessee Wesleyan defeated Millsaps 17-8 in women's lacrosse Monday, as Tess Sasse and Rebecca Dow each scored three goals and Marina Tharin and Cassie Romeo added two apiece.
Bowling
- Donna Jones was the big winner in the Chattanooga Area Bowling Association's annual championship tournament the past two weekends at Holiday Bowl Brainerd. She was the women's all events handicap and scratch winner and won also in women's handicap and scratch singles and with scratch singles runner-up Darlene Williams in handicap and scratch doubles. Jones and Williams joined Wanda and Marlene Strickland on the winning scratch team. Christine Lockhart, Donna Perry, Michelle Phillips and Jordan Milsaps were the handicap team winners, and Michael Shipley, Jason Day, David McGowan and Chris Harmon won the men's handicap and scratch team championships. Nick Tomaszewski was the men's all events handicap winner; Chris Massengale was the all events scratch victor.