Two of Chattanooga’s four YCAP Boxing Club fighters who reached the Silver Gloves regional finals Saturday in Little Rock, Ark., won championships and earned spots in the nationals Feb. 4-6 in Independence, Mo. The Chattanooga champions were Keyvon Long at 125 pounds and Sencere Hayes at 100, both in the 12-13 age group. They defeated Hanz Vasquez of Arkansas and Cameron Hills of Louisiana, respectively. TCAP’s Billy Hodge lost the 14-15 147-pound final to Douglas Bernard of Louisiana, and Georral Adams was defeated by Richard Fernandez of Texas in the 12-13 65-pound title bout. Andy Smith is the YCAP program’s head coach.
Basketball
‘ Lee University swept its GSC basketball home doubleheader Saturday against Shorter, 64-48 in the women’s game and 98-83 in the men’s. Erin Walsh scored 21 points, Shelby Brown had 11 points and 10 rebounds, Christina Johnson collected 12 rebounds and Haris Price had six assists for the Lady Flames. Keevin Tyus had 26 points and 13 rebounds, Chase Cullen scored 24 points and Rico Overall had 15 points and five assists for the Flames.
‘ Bryan College won 68-66 in the women’s game and lost 103-98 in the men’s in AAC basketball Saturday against visiting Reinhardt. The Lady Lions (16-3, 8-2) led 37-18 at halftime and barely held on as Amber Levi and Kaylee Smith scored 15 and 11 points and Cheyenne Shaver claimed 10 rebounds. Kateca Favors had 18 points, 14 rebounds and four steals for Reinhardt. Brandon Cole had 33 points and 12 rebounds for the Bryan men, who got 18 points and nine assists from Oteriah Lee and 15 points and five steals from Robert Troino. In another AAC doubleheader, Tennessee Wesleyan (15-1, 9-1) beat the Truett-McConnell men 76-46 after winning the women’s game 70-60.
‘ The Dalton State men’s basketball team endured another tough loss Saturday in the rugged SSAC, 72-68 at William Carey. Rudy Winters scored 17 points and Jalen Robinson and Jordan Bowling added 12 each, Robinson with 10 rebounds and Bowling with four assists, for DSC (12-5, 4-3).