The 48th running of the Chickamauga Chase is set for Saturday morning in the Chickamauga battlefield national military park, and as of Wednesday morning 1,100 had registered for the 15-kilometer main race, the 5k option, the 8k trail race or the scenic walk or Kiddie K, race director George Skonberg said.
The races will begin at 8:30 a.m., and the three competitive options cost $35 each - except for members of the local Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center, members of the Armed Forces Career Center and the immediate families of both groups. They have been invited by race officials to run at no charge in honor of the victims of the terrorist attacks in Chattanooga nine months ago. Online registration has closed, but anyone interested still may register from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Outdoor Chattanooga in Coolidge Park or on site before the race Saturday. Geno Phillips and Sara Gibson were the 15k winners last year.
Golf
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga golfer Megan Woods was chosen the Southern Conference student-athlete of the week after her victory in the conference tournament Sunday and Monday in Pooler, Ga. She earned her first collegiate win with a 218 for 54 holes and then a par on the fifth playoff hole at Savannah Quarters Country Club. She is an accounting major with a 4.0 grade point average.
Baseball
- The Chattanooga State baseball team is ranked 15th in NJCAA Division I in the poll released Wednesday. The Tigers are 26-8, 13-5 in the TCCAA, where they're tied for third with Cleveland State behind co-leaders Dyersburg State and Walters State at 12-3. Walters is 31-13 overall and No. 11 nationally.
- Covenant College goes into its USA South tournament opener tonight in Wilson, N.C., with three second-team all-conference players - outfielders Luke Harvey and Trenton Nobles and starting pitcher Garrett Kriston - and an honorable-mention choice in catcher and three-sport athlete Z Arima. Harvey, also the Scots' representative on the all-sportsmanship team, is batting .411 with 18 multihit games, 21 stolen bases and 34 runs scored. Nobles is hitting .370 with 10 extra-base hits and 23 RBIs in 30 games, while Kriston is 8-2 with four complete games and 83 strikeouts in 69 1/3 innings.
- Luke Toms and Chris Adams hit back-to-back homers as part of a six-run fifth inning to help lead Lee University to a 14-2 win over visiting Young Harris on Wednesday. Each finished with two hits, as did Ben Holland, Miguel Pimentel and Geremy Walton, and Toms had a team-best three RBIs. Adams, Trenton Hill, Holland and Walton drove in two runs apiece for the Flames (24-14). Tyler Burcham (2-1), one of seven pitchers who combined for 10 strikeouts while holding Young Harris to five hits, picked up the win.
- Cleveland State split a doubleheader on the road against Tusculum College's junior varsity Wednesday, winning 3-2 and losing 8-4. In the victory, Billy Brand was 3-for-3 with a solo homer for the Cougars (26-14), while Christian Amos (3-1) worked one inning for the win and Matt Roueche pitched the ninth for his seventh save.
Softball
- Covenant senior center fielder Madison Quirk was a second-team USA South all-conference selection for 2016, and sophomore teammate Shannon Schmitt earned honorable mention. Schmitt leads the Lady Scots with a .410 batting average and has 25 RBIs and 27 runs scored. Quirk is batting .354 with 24 RBIs and 18 runs and has 10 multihit games this season. Kat Andrews was Covenant's all-sportsmanship selection.
- Bryan split a doubleheader Wednesday at Brenau, losing 7-1 and winning 11-3 to move to 22-18 overall.
- Tennessee Wesleyan swept Wednesday's home doubleheader against Hiwassee, winning 10-1 and 17-2 to improve to 20-15 overall.