Fourth-seeded Wesley Cash of Chattanooga and Michael Tammen of Portland, Ore., won the third-place doubles match Saturday in the USTA National Men’s 50 Championships in Philadelphia, 6-3, 7-5 over third-seeded Terry Burchett of Atlanta and Mike Fedderly of Palm Desert, Calif. Cash and Tammen won the USTA national 55s indoor title earlier this year, and the Manker Patten professional and Virginian Mark Vines will be honored Monday in New York City for their four national 55s titles together in 2012. The USTA will make a presentation to them in the morning, and they have been invited to sit in the association president’s box that night at the U.S. Open.
• Upgrades to the Guerry Tennis Center at the University of the South have helped the Sewanee institution land the host role for both the men’s and women’s ITA South Regionals this month. The top NCAA Division III players in the region will be at Sewanee for the men’s tournament Sept. 20-22 and the women’s competition a week later. Sewanee will have two new courts in play and just-installed stadium-style seating. Emory University in Atlanta has been the regional host in recent years.
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• Former Ooltewah High School star Kyler Burke was the meat in a no-hit sandwich thrown recently by the Chicago Cubs’ Class A Advanced league team in Daytona, Fla. The game against Dunedin was suspended after an inning pitched by Ben Wells on Aug. 21, and then Burke threw five innings and got the 1-0 win before Zach Cates worked the closing seventh inning on Aug. 22 as Daytona clinched the Florida State League North Division second-half title. “It was pretty awesome. Kind of a weird day, completing two games like we did,” Burke (6-1) said in a story on MiLB.com. “I just went out there and threw like it was a normal start and just took it one hitter at a time. … I’ve had some good games here and there but never been part of a no-hitter. It’s definitely one of the cooler things I’ve been a part of.” Burke, 25, was switched three years ago by the Cubs from the outfield to pitching. He has a 2.87 earned run average for 12 games, including seven starts. He admitted to thinking about the no-hitter “on the bench, like in the fifth inning,” but said he focused on pitch execution when on the mound. “I had a great defense behind me, the guys made some big plays and it all worked out.”
Soccer