Josh Brady from Chattanooga and Silverdale Baptist Academy is one of four Jacksonville State seniors invited to the annual Football Championship Subdivision all-star game this Sunday in DeLand, Florida. It is set to begin at 1:30 p.m. and will be streamed at FloFootball.com. Brady, who started 48 games at long snapper in his Gamecocks career, successfully delivered 497 snaps, including 142 in 2018, according to a JSU release.
Tennis
* Wesley Cash of Chattanooga and Mark Vines of Naples, Florida, got off to a good start with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Californian Maurice Hunter and Texan Peter Markes in Doubles A of the Crabel Capital Men’s 60 Masters tennis tournament in Palm Springs, but all matches were rained out Wednesday. Vines is 2-0 in his Singles A round robin. UTC alumnus Ken Koelling is 1-1 in Singles B.
Basketball
* Even without injured Ryan Montgomery, the senior from Central High School averaging 22.8 points per game, the Lee University men’s basketball team won handily Wednesday afternoon at North Georgia, 77-64. Each team is 4-3. Parker Suedekum was 4-for-6 on 3-point shots and totaled 21 points and five assists for Lee, while Quay Kennedy had 17 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Kentrell Evans and Josh Lowe scored 11 and 10 points. Using only seven players, the Flames led 50-38 at halftime and played tight defense in the second half.