Tennessee Wesleyan swept Bluefield in an Appalachian Athletic Conference basketball doubleheader Wednesday in Athens, 68-38 in the women's game and 87-75 in the men's. Armeka Booker scored 17 points, Jenna Adams had 15 points and 13 rebounds, Jara Gasper also had 15 points and Shira Buley had 10 assists for the TWC women, ranked 10th in NAIA Division II. Stephen Kite Jr. had 22 points and five assists and Leland Robinson scored 18 points for the Bulldogs, who got 15 points and three steals from Dante Turnipseed and 13 rebounds from Devante Jenkins.
* Bryan's Lady Lions won 77-57 in AAC basketball Wednesday at Columbia, S.C. Bryan is 17-6 overall, 11-4 in the AAC.
* Maryville College won twice Wednesday night at Covenant in a USA South basketball matchup of Scots and Lady Scots. Maryville's women, ranked 19th in NCAA Division III, won 57-39 with no one scoring in double figures, while Aleigha Williams scored 11 points and Abbey Bailey had eight rebounds in defeat. The Maryville guys won 52-45 behind Spencer Shoffner's 14 points; Colton McGriff had 12 to lead Covenant.
Softball
* Two East Hamilton seniors recently signed letters of intent to continue their fastpitch softball careers at area community colleges. Outfielder Brie Levy is headed to Chattanooga State as a late addition to the 12 2015-16 signees the Lady Tigers already announced, while third baseman Maggie Woods is set for Motlow. Levy batted .451 with eight homers, nine other extra-base hits, 38 runs scored and 32 driven in last year for the Lady Hurricanes, while Woods hit .402 with 21 RBIs and 21 runs. "Maggie swings the bat well and does a good job at third base defensively," East Hamilton coach Norma Nelson said. "And she works really hard." Woods said she also considered Roane State but "really liked how open it was" at Motlow's campus, "and how nice the coach was." Levy, who has a 4.0 grade point average, also looked at Emory but "really liked the coaches -- the coaches are great -- and the fact it's close to my home" at Chattanooga State, "and they have a great program." Lady Tigers coach Blythe Golden, coming off a third-place national finish, said, "We're just excited to have Brie come on, especially being a local player. I think she'll help us offensively and get in and learn a lot and be able to contribute." Said Nelson: "She swings the bat really well and works really hard. She loves the game of softball."
Baseball
* The Cleveland State baseball team slipped to 2-1 for the season with a 7-1 loss Wednesday at Gordon State. Caleb Longley was 2-for-4 in defeat and Jake Wyrick allowed just one run in his five innings as the Cougars' starting pitcher, but Gordon scored two in the sixth and three in the seventh.