Michael Neal of Dayton, Tennessee, finished 10th Sunday in the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour’s season-ending Redcrest tournament on the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wisconsin. Neal, one of 10 finalists from the original field of 30 (out of 80 tour regulars), caught nine bass totaling 12 pounds, 12 ounces Sunday. Edwin Evers of Oklahoma, the tour’s season points champion, caught 63 for 85-6 and won the first-place prize of $300,000 in a romp, as Greg Hackney of Louisiana was second in both fish and weight with 22 for 40-7, which was an 11-pound margin over third place. Evers caught 28 fish in 45 minutes in one flurry.
Golf
» Covenant College golf coach Tom Schreiner missed by two strokes Sunday qualifying for match play in the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship in Durham, North Carolina. Sixty-four from the field of 156 advance to head-to-head competition Monday, and Schreiner totaled 10-over-par 154 (76-78) for 36 holes. Nine golfers at 152 had to play off for the last three match-play spots, and there were 25 players at 153 and 154.
» The Dalton State College men’s team is ranked No. 8 in the first Bushnell Golfweek coaches’ poll of the 2019-20 season. The next-highest Southern States Athletic Conference team is William Carey at No. 16. Coastal Georgia, the 2019 NAIA runner-up, narrowly edged champion Texas Wesleyan for first with longtime power Oklahoma City a close third in the poll.
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