The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has climbed to No. 20 in the latest National Wrestling Coaches Association poll. The three-spot move follows last week’s championship at the Navy Classic. The Mocs, 3-0 in dual meets, won’t be back in competition until a 2 p.m. Dec. 12 home meet against Purdue. Three Mocs are ranked nationally: Corey Mock (12th at 165 pounds), Nick Soto (16th at 133) and Sean Boyle (17th at 125). Mock is currently under athletic department suspension.
Football
• Junior defensive back Alex Kops represented Sewanee on the All-Southern Athletic Association football first team released Tuesday, and Tigers kicker Callum Wishart from Ooltewah, running back Devante Jones and offensive lineman Tanner Potts were second-team selections. Sewanee’s Brandon Miller, Lonnie Scott, Tony Dykes, John Paul McConnell and De’Nard Ford and Berry quarterback Dale Jackson from Fort Payne received honorable mention. Kops averaged 6.3 tackles a game from his rover position, with 14 against Washington & Lee, and Jones led the SAA in yards per carry at 7.1. Wishart made six of nine field-goal tries, and his 39-yarder at Randolph-Macon was the longest by an SAA kicker this season.
Basketball
• Georgia Northwestern freshman guard Ashley Farrell from Gordon Central was the GCAA Division III women’s basketball player of the week, and GNTC freshman guard Cameron Sherlin from Heritage High was the men’s honoree. Farrell averaged 15 points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals per game last week and had 18 points with five 3-pointers against Truett-McConnell. Sherlin had eight 3s and 29 points against the Bryan junior varsity and averaged 19 points, 3.3 assists and 2.6 steals for the week.