Dalton State College’s S.M. Lee lived in the 60s all four days of the NAIA men’s golf tournament at Silvis, Illinois. As a result, he was the medalist by eight strokes at TPC Deere Run with a final-round 69 capping a 272 total that led the second-ranked Roadrunners to a second-place finish behind No. 1 Oklahoma City University. OCU shot 1,127 to 1,140 for DSC, with Texas Wesleyan at 1,141, Coastal Georgia at 1,142 and Keiser fifth at 1,144 out of 29 teams. DSC’s Chase Cole tied for 33rd at 291 with Ben Rebne at 293 and P.J. Shields and Dalton Johnson at 294. Rebne shot a 70 Friday, Johnson a 72, Shields a 73 and Cole a 74. Lee, the 2017 NAIA Jack Nicklaus Award winner and a 2018 finalist, joins Sean Elliott in 2015 as Roadrunners who have won the NAIA men’s individual title.
Fishing
‘ Harrison resident Jacob Wheeler used a “hodge-podge” of “tactics, lures and locations” to catch 18 pounds, 3 ounces of bass Friday and take the lead at 35-7 in the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest on Lake Travis. First-day leader Ray Hanselman Jr. of Del Rio, Texas, was second at 34-1. Spring City’s John Murray at 21-12 and Wesley Strader at 18-15 were 46th and 74th. “I used most of the (18) rods I had out, and I caught fish from 6 inches of water to 40 feet and I hit a bunch of spots,” Wheeler said in a B.A.S.S. release.
‘ Andy Morgan of Dayton eased up to seventh Friday in the second day of the FLW Tour bass tournament on Kentucky Lake. He caught 15 pounds, 1 ounce for a total of 32-15, and Michael Neal of Dayton was 25th at 29-4 after a 19-4 haul. Randy Haynes of Ripley, Mississippi, led at 46-2. Chattanooga’s Steven Klasing and Hixson’s Mark Guhne finished 23rd and 30th among the co-anglers with 15-11 and 14-10.
Track & Field