Justin HoustonSenior wide receiver Justin Houston from Bradley Central High School was one of two Tusculum College players chosen to the 2015 Don Hansen Football Gazette NCAA Division II All-Super Region 2 first team.
Four other Pioneers were second- or third-team selections announced Wednesday. Carson-Newman had eight all-region players in all, with three offensive first-teamers, and Shorter had one first-team pick and one second-teamer. All-American Houston led the South Atlantic Conference in pass receptions for the third year in a row, with a 106 total that was only four short of the school record he set in 2013, and has the SAC record of 322 receptions to go with school records of 3,182 receiving yards, 68 kickoff returns, 4,622 all-purpose yards and 13 games of 100 or more receiving yards. He tied a Pioneers record with his nine touchdown receptions in 2015.
Basketball
‘ The Bryan College basketball doubleheader scheduled for Wednesday evening at Union College in Barbourville, Ky., was postponed for weather reasons until Feb. 1.
‘ The Covenant College men’s basketball game at Maryville College scheduled for Wednesday night was postponed until tonight, starting at 7. The Covenant women’s game at Mary Baldwin already had been moved up from Friday until tonight, also at 7, because of weekend weather concerns.