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Area Sports Notes: Wesley Strader in lead at Bassmaster Elite tournament

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Wesley Strader of Spring City heads into the final day of the Berkley Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Kentucky Lake in the lead, though his advantage is less than a pound. Sunday, his daily limit of five fish weighed in at 22 pounds, 6 ounces, running his three-day total to 59-9 and moving him closer to his first Elite title after years on the FLW Tour. Skeet Reese of Auburn, Calif., was second at 58-12 after a Sunday haul of just four fish at 13-7. Harrison’s Jacob Wheeler won $10,000 for his 25th-place finish with a three-day weight of 47-7. Only the top 12 anglers compete in the final round.

Baseball

» Chase Gadau homered twice and drove in three runs and Peyton Meeker was 4-for-4 and hit by a pitch as Lee University mauled Montevallo 10-4 Sunday night in the first day of the Gulf South Conference baseball tournament. It was the program’s first GSC tourney victory. Ryan Beamish was 2-for-5 with two RBIs for the Flames (26-24), and Miguel Pimentel was 2-for-4 and matched Meeker with two runs and an RBI.