The top-ranked Miami Country Day Spartans beat Chattanooga’s Hamilton Heights Lady Hawks 81-55 in the championship game Saturday morning of the Dick’s Sporting Goods national high tournament in New York. Miami Country Day outscored the No. 2-ranked Lady Hawks 22-8 in the first quarter and 30-6 in the third on the way to its second Dick’s title in three years. Tournament MVP Maria Alvarez hit three 3-point baskets in the 11-0 run that began the second half and wound up with eight in her 26 points, and Kelsey Marshall added 23 points. Amber Hunt and Jazmine Massengill led Hamilton Heights with 14 and 11.
Baseball
– Cleveland State completed a series sweep of perennial TCCAA baseball power Walters State on Saturday, the host Cougars winning 10-5 and losing 1-0. Sean McDermott was 2-for-3 with three RBIs, Devon Gardner was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and John Sharpe homered and doubled and scored three runs for Cleveland State (23-10, 8-7) in the first game, when Chase Fullington was 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI and Jake Rogers improved to 6-0 with eight strikeouts. Corey Linz pitched a four-hitter in the loss, giving up the game’s lone run in the seventh inning. Ricky Karcher threw a three-hitter with 12 strikeouts for Walters (35-7, 12-3).
– Lee University lost 7-3 twice at West Alabama in Gulf South Conference baseball Saturday. Taylor Stafford was 4-for-6 with a home run and five runs scored for the hosts (23-10, 13-7), while Drew Johnson drove in two runs in the first game for the Flames (20-14, 9-11) and was 2-for-2 with an RBI in the rematch. Lee’s Jordan Howard homered and singled in game two, and Geremy Walton also was 2-for-4 and scored a run.
– Bryan bounced back from a 7-1 loss Saturday at Point to salvage a win in the weekend AAC series, and the Lions (24-12, 9-6) did it emphatically, 17-1. Wade Weinburger homered, tripled and drove in four runs, Trevor Behrent homered and singled and had two RBIs, C.J. Owens was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and Lake Burris doubled twice and scored twice. Owens homered in the loss.