Henrik Simonsen of The Honors Course, Richard Rebne of Council Fire and the Crossville-based duo of Kelvin Burgin and Greg Wyatt will be on the 16-man professional team in the Tennessee Challenge Cup competition Saturday and Sunday at Stonehenge Golf Club at Fairfield Glade. They will face 16 of the top amateurs from the state in a Ryder Cup-style format. Rebne is one of the pros’ six senior players.
* The Covenant College men’s golf team beat its first-round score by 16 strokes with a 313 and an 11th-place finish Tuesday in the 18-team Ted Keller Memorial Invitational at the par-70 Hanover Country Club in Ashland, Va. Will Mayfield’s season-best 73 put him in a tie for 25th at 156, and Scots teammate Marshall Kent tied for 33rd at 158. Alan Craig and Nathan Hawkins shared 54th at 164. Franklin & Marshall was the team winner at 601.
* The Sewanee women beat their previous best round by 22 strokes with a 311 Tuesday and finished 11th at 987 in the 18-team Golfweek Fall Preview at Baytowne Golf Club in Sandestin, Fla. The Tigers’ Meghan Symonds, Sarah Battye and Sophie Morrill all closed with 76s and finished at 238, 248 and 252 with Natalie Javadi at 253. Symonds tied for 21st individually. Playing as an individual, Rhodes’ Mary Melissa Manuel from Hixson tied for 43rd at 245.
Soccer
* The Bryan College men’s soccer team moved up to No. 11 in the NAIA rankings Tuesday and won 4-0 with three goals from Brad Spooner in an Appalachian Athletic Conference doubleheader at Truett-McConnell. The Bryan Lady Lions fell 2-1 and are 8-6 overall, 4-2 in the AAC. Charlie Clarke scored the fourth goal for the Lions (11-0-2, 4-0-1), who led only 1-0 until the 61st minute, and Kevin Roenpage and Rafael Mentzingen had assists. Hana Mizoguchi scored for the Lady Lions.