Chattanooga native Ryan Martin’s first boxing match in 11 months wound up the same as his 13 professional fights in the previous 15 months – as a win. And for the ninth time in his 14-0 career start, the 5-foot-11 lightweight won by knockout. Martin won in the fifth round Saturday night at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., against Rosbel Montoya of Mexico. Martin, a 23-year-old Central High School graduate based in Cleveland, Ohio, had been in limbo after Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s bankruptcy filing prevented his promotional company from scheduling fights.
Track & Field
‘ Tennessee Wesleyan College won its third consecutive Appalachian Athletic Conference men’s outdoor track and field championship Saturday with 172 points to runner-up Union College’s 144 in Sevierville, Tenn. In the women’s standings, Union edged TWC 206-197. TWC’s Rachel Lawhorn was the women’s most outstanding field athlete after winning the shot put, javelin throw and discus. TWC’s Chaz Hawkins swept the men’s 400- and 110-meter hurdles, setting an AAC record of 54.88 seconds in the long version, and Leah Chance won the women’s 3,000 steeeplechase and 10,000 run – with teammate Robbiccaa Williams second in that event – and was third in the 5,000. Alexandria Johnson and Justina Jones finished one-two in the 200, Jones was second also in the 100, Els Hooijdonk won the triple jump and Edra Gipson, Bryce Choate and Jacob Simmons were TWC men’s runners-up in the 100, 800 and 1,500. Wesleyan won the 4×800 and 4×400 men’s relays and 4×100 women’s relay and was second in the women’s 4×400 and to Bryan College’s Sarah White, Veronica Hayes, Jessica Stockton and Hannah Schroeder’s meet-record 9:50.09 in the 4×800. Bryan’s Tyler Boone won the men’s 5,000, and White was second in the women’s 400 and 800.
Lacrosse
– Host Sewanee beat Centre College 9-7 in the Southern Athletic Association men’s tournament final Sunday, but Centre topped Sewanee 15-12 in a women’s semifinal in Danville, Ky. Peter Brown scored three goals, Robbie Berndt added 12 and Selby Austin made seven saves for the Sewanee men (12-3). Kit Sommi had three goals and an assist and Payton Fields, Meredith Sackett and Anna Comer netted two goals each for the Sewanee women (7-11).
Baseball
– Second-place Dyersburg State won 6-3 at Cleveland State in their TCCAA baseball series finale Sunday, dropping the Cougars to 28-14, 15-9 in the league. Austin Phillips hit a three-run homer and Devin Gardner was 2-for-4 in defeat.
– Lee University won 13-12 in its Gulf South Conference series finale Sunday at Mississippi College after taking a 13-0 lead with a nine-run sixth inning. The Choctaws scored eight in the seventh and four in the eighth. Trenton Hill homered, singled, drove in four runs and was the winning pitcher for the Flames (30-15, 18-10), while Tyler Payne was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs and M.J. Brown, Nathan Wierzgac and Geremy Walton each had two hits and an RBI.
– Tennessee Wesleyan won 5-2 and lost 6-5 Saturday at AAC opponent Point University, then won 8-3 in Sunday’s series finale. The NAIA’s No. 6 Bulldogs (36-10, 21-3) had won 13 straight games before Saturday’s defeat. TWC’s Paolo Montezuma finished the weekend 5-for-10 with a home run, three walks, five RBIs and four runs scored. In another AAC doubleheader Saturday, Bryan won 11-1 and lost 6-5 at Montreat. The Lions (33-15, 15-8) are scheduled to finish that series today.
Tennis
– East Tennessee State University won both Southern Conference tennis tournaments with 4-0 final victories Sunday at Chattanooga’s Champions Club. The top-seeded ETSU men defeated third seed Furman; the second-seeded ETSU women beat fourth seed Samford.