Chattanooga’s Wesley Cash and his doubles partner, Mark Vines of Naples, Florida, advanced to the men’s 60-over quarterfinals of the International Tennis Federation Senior World Individual Championships with a 6-3, 6-4 win Monday in Ulm, Germany. The fourth-seeded Americans, fresh off a world team title, defeated Rakesh Kohli of India and Haim Ohn of Israel to set up a match against Stephen Alger of Great Britain and Alan Rasmussen of Denmark. Vines also has reached the third round in singles, as have Alger, Rasmussen and Ohn.
Golf
* Gibby Gilbert III of Ooltewah closed with a 66 and finished 26th at 209 in the 54-hole Dick’s Sporting Goods Open golf tournament this past weekend at Endicott, New York. More significantly, he was part of history for a PGA Champions Tour event, as he was joined in the field by his 77-year-old father, C.L. “Gibby” Gilbert II of Chattanooga, a longtime successful touring pro. The Gilberts played in the same group in Friday’s opening round. The elder Gilbert, who won three PGA Tour tournaments and tied for second in the 1980 Masters, won six times on the 50-over tour from 1992 to 1997. He finished 75th at 243 on Sunday.
* Dalton State College was a unanimous choice to repeat as women’s golf champion of the Southern States Athletic Conference. Coach Jim McGrew’s Lady Roadrunners got all eight first-place votes and 64 points, 11 more than second-place William Carey, in the league coaches’ balloting. McGrew called the prediction “an honor” and added, “It is something that we appreciate and do not take for granted. We are in one of the toughest (NAIA) conferences in the country and understand that this team has not accomplished anything yet. This honor has to do with the past team’s success. We have a lot of work to do to feel like we are ready for the postseason, but we look forward to the challenge in front of us.” His 2017-18 team won the SSAC tournament by 35 strokes and finished fourth in the national tournament with three other SSAC teams in the top 17.
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