Around the Region: Chattanooga Men's Metro golf tournament postponed

Adam Campbell talks about putting at the Lookout Mountain Golf and Country Club, where he is head golf professional.
Adam Campbell talks about putting at the Lookout Mountain Golf and Country Club, where he is head golf professional.

The Chattanooga Men's Metro golf tournament originally scheduled to begin today at Black Creek Club has been postponed because of wet conditions. The competition has been rescheduled for July 28-30. Tournament director Mike Jenkins said 123 golfers, including 38 in the senior division and 10 in the new super senior division, had entered the tournament. He said it's the largest total in his 25 years involved with the event. There were also a record 20 teams of three, representing nine area golf courses, entered in the one-day low-ball competition for the Harold Lane Memorial trophy, which the course of the winning team gets to keep for a year. Jenkins said because of already wet grounds, a decision had been made to shorten the tournament to this Saturday and Sunday. But a round of showers hit the golf course shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday, forcing the postponement.

- The Women's Golf Coaches Association's All-American Scholars list for 2016-17 includes 10 golfers from Chattanooga-area schools. Among the criteria for recognition are an overall grade point average of at least 3.5 for the school year and "high moral character," according to the WGCA website. Recognized this year are Dalton State's Hannah Gasaway (Fr.), Caroline Griffin (Sr.) and Rachel Rebne (Sr.); Lee's Sam Burrus (Sr.), Annika Gino (Fr.), Haverly Harrold (Fr.) and Caroline Moore (Sr.); and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Holly Morgan (Fr.), Monica San Juan (So.) and Megan Woods (Jr.).

- P.J. Shields of LaFayette, Ga., who's preparing for his senior season at Dalton State College, shot a 59 Wednesday and set the course record at Cider Ridge Golf Club in Oxford, Ala. Shields had no bogeys, 12 birdies and made eagle on the course's par-5 ninth hole. He helped the Roadrunners to a fourth-place finish at the NAIA national tournament in May.

Shooting

- Hamilton County's Str8 Shooters Clay Team was among the best at the recent Tennessee Scholastic Clay Target Program state championships in Nashville, and team member Blythe Booker was one of the top individual achievers. The co-ed competition included more than 1,300 shooters ranging from middle school to college and featured three disciplines: skeet, sporting clays and trap. With several categories within those disciplines, nearly 70 titles were awarded. In skeet, the Str8 Shooters were first in intermediate advanced team and third in junior varsity; in sporting clays, they were first in intermediate advanced, first in junior varsity and second in varsity. Individually, Booker was the rookie/intermediate grand champion with the single-highest score in sporting clays, and he was also first in the intermediate division for combined highest overall total. Also, in trap, the Coffee County Middle Claybusters were first in intermediate entry.

Soccer

- Scott Bosgraf has replaced Nathan Pifer as men's soccer coach at Covenant College, with the longtime assistant taking over after Pifer resigned to pursue other career opportunities, according to a release from the school. Pifer was 81-66-16 in eight seasons. Bosgraf, who has worked as head coach of Chattanooga Football Club and been an assistant at Baylor School and Chattanooga Christian School, was a full-time assistant for the Scots the past three years and a part-time assistant for five years before that. He played at Covenant and was a team captain his senior season in 1988. "To be given this opportunity at Covenant College is truly special for me and my family," Bosgraf said in the release. "Covenant, and specifically Covenant men's soccer, has had a huge impact on my life both as a player and coach, and I look forward as the head coach to continuing the process of shaping young men's lives for Christ and his kingdom. I am truly excited about the program and look forward to getting started."

Softball

- UTC coach Frank Reed is serving as an assistant for Mexico's national women's team this week at the World Cup of Softball XII in Oklahoma City. The tournament started Wednesday and continues through Sunday, with the 1 p.m. championship game airing on ESPN. Reed has previously worked with the Dominican Republic's national team, doing so for five years. "This is a great chance to coach some of the best players and work with the best coaches in their country," Reed said in a UTC release. "It is a big honor for me, and not many people get to do this, so I look forward to it."

General

- Bryan and Tennessee Wesleyan helped the Appalachian Athletic Conference to an improved showing this past school year in the NAIA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings. The AAC had 11 schools recognized in the competition, which awards points based on a school's finish in up to 23 sports. At 39th place, Milligan College had the best finish among AAC schools overall, with Tennessee Wesleyan 90th and Bryan 138th among 199 schools scoring points. Outside of the AAC, Dalton State had the best showing among Chattanooga-area NAIA schools, with the Southern States Athletic Conference's Roadrunners 74th.

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