WindStone Golf Club’s Jeff Craig is the PGA Tennessee Section golf professional of the year for 2016. He will be honored Monday afternoon at the Tennessee PGA’s annual meeting in Franklin, Tenn. The section’s posting on Craig’s award cites his service as a Chattanooga Chapter officer from 2009 to 2015, his ongoing work as Chattanooga District Golf Association Junior Tour director and his chairing of the Junior Golf Committee for the Tennessee PGA since 2010. “While Craig’s mentoring and contributions to his fellow professionals may be his guiding star, his commitment and passion toward junior golf and growing the game will be his legacy,” according to the announcement. It also noted his creation of the “hugely successful” Gilbert Cup and the Crown Cup team competitions at WindStone and the women’s clinic program that grew to record participation in 2016.
Baseball
– Lee University beat visiting Delta State 11-7 and lost 4-1 in Gulf South baseball Saturday. Geremy Walton and Tyler Payne each had three hits, four RBIs and two runs scored in the win for Lee (11-3, 3-2), Walton with a home run and a double and Payne with a triple and a double, and Nathan Wierzgac was 3-for-5 and scored twice. In the Flames’ loss, Peyton Meeker and Jordan Howard each was 2-for-3 and Howard tripled Meeker home in the last at-bat.
– Sean McDermott was 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs in the first game and Cameron Payne was 3-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored in the second as Cleveland State won 5-4 and 11-3 in nonconference baseball Saturday at TCCAA rival Chattanooga State. The Cougars’ Brett Browning and Chattanooga State’s Brody Thomasson, Ethan Cummins and Jared Ruan each was 2-for-3 and scored a run in game one, Thomasson adding an RBI. In the rematch, Cleveland’s Jordan Ransom was 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI, John Sharpe was 1-for-1 with a two-run homer, Trey Vanderpool was 1-for-2 and scored twice and Hooper Mills (3-0) allowed five hits and struck out eight in six innings. Nico Lares and Brian Frias each had an RBI double and a run scored.
– Bryan College beat Shawnee State 4-0 and 11-7 on Friday and won 7-6 and 4-2 Saturday against nationally ranked Campbellsville. Hudson Clare homered in each game Friday for Bryan, and C.J. Owens had the other three first-game RBIs behind Chris Sauve’s two-hit, seven-strikeout pitching with a home run and a sacrifice fly following a double and a triple by Fernando Garcia. Owens also doubled in that game and had a three-run double plus a single in game two, when Justin Morhardt’s two hits included a two-run homer and Mikey Rita also had two hits and two RBIs. Owens homered three times and drove in seven runs in the sweep Campbellsville. Lake Burris was 2-for-4 with a single and a run in game one, and Landon Mosteller and Chad Burrows combined to pitch a six-hitter with seven strikeouts in the finale.
– Sewanee lost 13-11 to visiting Wheaton in their series finale. Beau Allen and Riley Brandvold each was 2-for-4 and scored two runs and Brandvold matched Drew Mancuso with two RBIs for the Tigers (4-7).
– Covenant was swept in its weekend USA South baseball series at LaGrange, which won Saturday’s games 7-1 and 15-3 with Luke Harvey scoring three of the Scots’ four runs. Alex Kerr had a first-inning RBI single and Julien Amorelli had two hits in the first loss for Covenant (5-7, 0-3), and Amorelli had an RBI hit and Caleb Bloye was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in the finale.
Lacrosse
– The first-year Lee women’s lacrosse team lost 20-4 Saturday at Montevallo (3-3), which got eight goals and an assist from Jamie Hudak. Hanah Rotello scored two goals and Brianne Schapira had a goal and an assist for Lee (0-4).
– Meredith Sackett scored six goals Saturday as Sewanee rose to 3-0 in women’s lacrosse with a 13-4 home win over Carthage. Kelly Thomsen netted two goals.
– The Sewanee men (2-1) beat Transylvania 11-3 on Saturday with three goals and an assist from Hayden Hunt, two goals and two assists from Thomas Lynde and three assists from Jimmy Parker. Peter Brown had two goals and an assist, and Selby Austin made eight saves in goal.
Basketball
– UTC women’s basketball coach Jim Foster will be the guest speaker for the Chattanooga Quarterback Club’s noon luncheon meeting Monday at Finley Stadium, and the public is welcome. Attendance costs $10 with a meal, $4 without.