Led by nine-time champion Maggie Scott from Charleston, Chattanooga-area golfers hold the top three places and share a tie for fourth after Monday's first round in the Tennessee Women's Senior Amateur Championsihip at Sevierville Golf Club's River Course. Scott shot a 1-over-par 73 and Jean Kraft from Crossville is second at 76, two shots ahead of third-place Georgia McCravey from Chattanooga. Darlene Werhnyak, who has made her presence known in local club events this summer, is in a three-way tie for fourth at 79, and Cleveland's Linda Mullins and Lisa Daubner are tied for ninth and 14th, respectively, at 81 and 84. Werhnyak is a five-time Georgia state champion, including the spring tournament last year. She lived in Lawrenceville, Ga., before moving to the Chattanooga area.
Auto Racing
* Ruben Mayfield won the Limited Late Model race Saturday night at I-75 Raceway in Sweetwater, with Anthony White second and Jason Welshan third. Other victors were Darren Goins in Sportsman, Danny Bray in B-Hobby, Micah Collins in Mod Lite, Roger Smith in Thunder, Michael Courtney in Four Cylinder and Jacob Sharp in Front Wheel Drive. Their respective runners-up were Scottie Hogan, Bruce Davenport, Michael Kelly, Dustin Campbell, Derik Duggan and Kane Pelfrey.
* The Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip had its racing postponed Saturday but plans to include that schedule with this week's.
Soccer
* Mark Duble begins his 22nd season as Covenant College women's soccer coach today at 5 p.m. at home against Berry College, and he has eight returning starters and a total of eight seniors and six juniors returning from last year. The Lady Scots finished sixth in the USA South conference. "We have a lot of returning upperclassmen who are very experienced, so this could be a year for us to move up," Duble said in a school release Monday. Junior Anna Porch led the team with 12 goals and added four assists in 2014, and sophomore Christy Barton scored five goals. Allie Vannoy is another sophomore forward. Juniors Andrea Hunt, Kaitlyn Winking and Natalie Smith are together in the backfield for the third year, and "they are all big and strong," Duble said. "Andrea and Kaitlyn are two of the best defenders in the conference. Natalie has turned into a great player because teams try to avoid the other two." Senior Ruth Terry has moved from the midfield to the backfield, in front of a freshman goalkeeper, 5-foot-11 Rachel Lemay from Apopka, Fla. Seniors Jenna Vreeland, Anne Charlotte Strawbridge and Rachel Bernard head the midfield, where classmate Rachel Buys and junior Gabby Powell also should get playing time with freshmen Hannah King, Taylor Winking and Carter Steedley providing depth.