Andy Morgan of Dayton, Tenn., maintained his lead in the FLW Tour bass tournament on Lake Cumberland with a five-fish limit totaling 15 pounds, 12 ounces Friday. The three-time series angler of the year has 34-11 for two days in Kentucky, while second-place Darrel Robertson of Jay, Okla., has 33-5. The top 30 from the 180-pro field go back out today. Dayton’s Michael Neal slipped out of that group Friday, finishing 50th at 26-0 and receiving $10,000. Alex Hester of Crossville, Tenn., finished 15th among the co-anglers at 20-4 and got $1,500.
Baseball
* Tennessee Wesleyan’s baseball team is 26-17, 15-5 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference, after thrashing Truett McConnell 18-8 and 34-1 Friday. Dakota Phillips was 3-for-4 with four RBIs, Braden Mosley had five RBIs, Grant Lang had three RBIs and Tristan Clarke had two in the first game, and those four homered along with Collin Ridout and Tyler Halas, who was 3-for-4 and matched Phillips and Aloysius Cruz with three runs. Halas and Cruz had six and five RBIs in game two, and Clarke and Alfred Cruz added four apiece. The Bulldogs totaled eight homers, two each by Clarke and Aloysius Cruz, and Carson Bach pitched a one-hitter with eight strikeouts.
* Bryan won 12-8 and 9-5 at Union (Ky.) and is now 32-10, 16-4 in AAC games. Lake Burris was 3-for-4 and scored three runs, Fernando Garcia was 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs and Rodney Tennie also had two RBIs in the first win for the Lions. Garcia homered and doubled and drove four runs in game two, when Wade Weinburger also homered and scored three times and David Scoggins had two RBIs.
* Sewanee lost 21-6 to visiting Berry in Southern Athletic Association baseball Friday. Trey Akins was 3-for-4 with a homer, a double and two RBIs and Chris McNulty homered, doubled and scored twice for the Tigers (12-20, 6-13), while Riley Brandvold was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run and Jared Demkowicz also homered. For Berry (24-12, 15-4), Tyler Calvert was 4-for-5 with two homers, four RBIs and three runs; Jacob Delk was 4-for-5 with a homer, four runs and three RBIs; Devin Post and Will Deems homered and had five and four RBIs.