Jimmy White edged No. 1 seed Cody Godfrey 2 and 1 on Friday and will be a Chattanooga TPC quarterfinalist this afternoon at Council Fire Golf Club along with Jeff Greeson, Jay Potter, Mikey Feher, Matt Crowder, Chase Deck, Cres Dodd and Taylor Lewis. The Senior TPC semifinals are set with Bob Rice against Randy Yoder and Scott Patton against Pat Corey. Rice got past Neil Spitalny with a birdie on the third playoff hole.
‘ Signal Mountain won the boys’ title and finished second by four strokes to Sale Creek in the high school District 6 Small tournament Friday at Brainerd Golf Course. Two players in each division shot 71s, with Signal’s Foster Wood and Lindsey Hollis earning medalist honors after tying fellow Eagle Wesley Portera and Sale Creek’s Ashley Holland. Hannah Holland added a 74 in the Lady Panthers’ team win, trumping the 78 for Signal’s April Weaver. Benjamin Burns and Ben Seay added 72s in the balanced Eagles’ 286.
Fishing
‘ Jacob Wheeler of Harrison remained second to Oklahoma resident James Elam in the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship tournament on Lake Chatuge after each weighed more than 16 pounds Friday at Hiawassee, Georgia. Justin Lucas of Guntersville, Alabama, takes a hefty 47-point lead in the Elite Series season standings into Sunday’s final round. The 50 AOY contenders will take today off for the Elite Expo at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds. Wheeler is eighth in points, 13 out of seventh. His two-day total is 31 pounds, 5 ounces; Elam has 33-8; Lucas is fifth at 27-2; Wesley Strader of Spring City is 46th at 13-12.
Soccer