The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is hosting a C Club Alumni Reunion as part of this year’s homecoming weekend. All former Mocs letter winners and their immediate families are invited to meet and enjoy light refreshments in McKenzie Arena on Friday, Oct. 26, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Then at 7 at nearby Maclellan Gymnasium there will be a special presentation for the 1998 volleyball team that won the Southern Conference championship. Also, the letter winners and their families are invited to a C Club tailgate Saturday, Oct. 27, beginning at 11 a.m. in the First Tennessee Pavilion before the football game against VMI. Each C Club member will receive four complimentary tickets to the game. The weekend will include recognition of UTC conference-title teams in all sports for 1968-69, 1978-79, 1988-89, 1998-99 and 2008-09.
Golf
‘ With a balanced performance led by a 74 from Foster Wood, Signal Mountain took the first-day lead Tuesday in the Small Class boys’ golf state tournament at the WillowBrook course at Manchester. The Eagles combined for an 18-over-par 306, two strokes better than Alcoa, which got a first-place 69 from Braedon Wear. Cascade was third at 314 going into today’s final round. Also for Signal Mountain, Beck Lewis shot 76 and Benjamin Burns and Ben Seay had 78s. McMinn Central’s John Houk was tied with Wood for seventh in the players’ standings, and teammate Bradley Dunkle shot 79. In the girls’ tournament, defending champion Lindsey Hollis of Signal shared the individual lead at 75, and Sale Creek’s Hannah Holland was fifth at 79 with the Lady Panthers third at 171, behind Summertown (158) and L&N STEM (170).
‘ Georgia Northwestern finished fifth at 593 after Tuesday’s 5-over-par 293 in the USCAA men’s golf national tournament at Penn State University. The Bobcats were three shots out of third. Freshman Noah Hankins earned second-team All-America status with a 146, and Spencer Alexander missed by just one shot, tying for 16th at 147. Lane Strickland tied for 20th at 149, and Ryan Redd and Cole Roberts shot 152 and 156. St. Mary of the Woods was the team champion with a tourney-record 569.
Volleyball