Mike Poe
Neil SpitalnyCASHIERS, N.C. — Tennessee Wesleyan College basketball and golf coach Mike Poe of Athens, Tenn., advanced to the round of 32 at the USGA Senior Amateur golf tournament Monday, and Chattanoogan Neil Spitalny will continue his first match-play round today. Poe earned the No. 21 seed after stroke play and defeated Mike Greer of Birmingham 5 and 4 at Wade Hampton Golf Club. Spitalny earned the 27th seed and trailed Jim Rollefson of Wisconsin, 2-down through 12 holes, when play was suspended Monday.
• King University junior Cortnee Young from Walker Valley High School led the Tornado women’s golf team to fifth place in the first round of the Tusculum College Fall Classic with her 3-over-par 75 Monday at Link Hills Country Club in Greeneville, Tenn. King shot 319 as a team; UNC Pembroke leads at 301.
Tennis
• The Chattanooga 65-plus men’s 3.5 team won the USTA state championship last weekend in Knoxville. The team went 4-0 in advancing to the Southern Sectionals Dec. 6-8 in Columbus, Ga. Players include captain Tom McCullough, Corky Florek, Ron Huggins, Robert Ritchie, Steve Holder, Ed Diaz, Bruce Krebbs and Bill Johnson.
Soccer