Van Townsend A memorial service for local runner and former Baylor School cross country coach Van Townsend will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the school’s chapel, and Fast Break Athletics will be hosting a morning run in his honor. Townsend lost a long battle with cancer on Monday. He was 56. He had continued to provide personal running training and motivation until a recent new onset of the disease. Anyone interested in Saturday’s run can see the store’s Facebook page. The family asks that instead of flowers, contributions be made to the Multiple Myleoma Research Foundation at mmrf.org.
Basketball
The Lee University women’s basketball team won 53-50 in the first game of Friday’s Gulf South Conference at Shorter, but the hosts won the men’s game 79-76. Carrie Cheeks and Erin Walsh each scored 14 points, Walsh with four steals and Cheeks adding two blocked shots, and Christina Johnson grabbed eight rebounds for Lee’s Lady Flames (10-4, 7-4). Cheeks was 6-of-8 from the field. Jordan Jacks had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Trevor McDade had 16 points and four steals and Dedric Ware had six assists with 10 points for the Hawks (12-5, 7-4), while Tyquan Roberts led the Flames (9-7, 4-7) with 15 points and eight rebounds and Cory Billingsley, Chase Cullen and Elgrin Wilson added 13, 12 and 10 points. Shorter led by 11 with 12:19 to go.
Tennessee Temple and Hiwassee divided a college basketball doubleheader Friday in Madisonville, Temple’s Lady Crusaders winning 75-59 before the host Tigers won 74-70. Amanda Rector led five double-figure scores for the Temple women (6-9) with 19 points and four assists, while Sloane Woodard scored 14 points and Angel Foster had 11 and matched Kirsten Fowler’s 10 rebounds. Ellen Dukes had eight rebounds and five points in less than five minutes of playing time. Haylee Morrow scored 13 points and Tamyah Potts had 12 rebounds with nine points for Hiwassee, and Halei Lequire had five assists. Joel Bailey scored 19 points and Anthony Calloway and Branndon Carpenter added 12 apiece for the Hiwassee men, while Jeff Golden collected 10 rebounds. Weedlens Beauvil and Cameron High had 13 and 12 points with six rebounds each for the Crusaders (4-12), who got 10 points from Bryan Jones and six assists from Patrick Lyons.