Former Cleveland High School and Carson-Newman University basketball standout Ish Sanders has signed a professional contract to play in Kosovo. Sanders, the fifth-leading scorer in Carson-Newman men’s history with 1,922 points, signed with Vellaznimi Gjakove, which went 20-0 and won the Liga e Pare last year. “It’s a relief. It’s been a long summer waiting,” Sanders said in a CNU release. “That’s where the trust between me and Coach Benson and me and my agent has come into play.” Sanders is No. 1 in career made 3-pointers for both the Eagles and the South Atlantic Conference with 343, and he led the SAC last season with 2.0 steals per game and 90.9-percent free-throw shooting.
Tennis
• Chattanoogans Zan Guerry and Ned Caswell finished second in doubles in the USTA National Men’s 50 Grass Court Championships with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 loss to top seeds Douglas Elly of Springfield, Mo., and Ken White of Elma, N.Y., in Friday’s final in Philadelphia. The Guerry-Caswell combination was one of the four 5 seeds going into the tournament at the Germantown Cricket Club but won four matches.
Soccer
• Amanda Ortiz and McKenzie Gregg each scored two goals as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga beat Tennessee Temple 7-0 in women’s soccer Friday night at Finley Stadium. Gregg’s goals sandwiched a penalty kick by Melanie Arendodo and both came from assists by Clare Latham, who scored from a Gregg assist to give the Mocs (1-2) a 5-0 lead going into halftime. Ortiz scored 5:55 into the match from an assist by Crystal Mackezyk, and Ortiz and Mackezyk scored the second-half goals from assists by Samantha Hogan and Logan Higgins. Lyndi Dodd made 12 saves for Temple (0-2), which was outshot 34-1 and outcornered 9-1.