Buddy Gross of Chickamauga, Georgia, finished second Sunday in the FLW Tour bass tournament on Chickamauga Lake and earned $30,100 for his four-day total of 81 pounds, 14 ounces. His Sunday total of 19-12 in the Dayton-based event was second to the 21-0 of winner John Cox from DeBary, Florida, who upgraded his five-fish limit with two 4-pounders about 10 minutes before check-in. Cox received $102,700 with his 83-9 total and also moved into first place in angler-of-the-year points with one tournament remaining. David Dudley of Lynchburg, Virginia, who finished fifth Sunday, is one point behind Cox in the standings, and Gross is third. Previous leader Miles Burghoff of Soddy-Daisy dropped to 10th.
Softball
» The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga won two of the three home games completed Sunday against Samford and knocked the Bulldogs out of the top spot in the Southern Conference tournament the Mocs are hosting this week. UTC (33-14, 11-7) is seeded third and opens at 3 p.m. Wednesday against Furman (13-36, 5-12) in Jim Frost Stadium. UTC lost 4-3 in 11 innings in the game suspended from Saturday night but then won 6-0 and 2-1 in eight innings behind pitchers Celie Hudson and Allison Swinford. Amanda Beltran hit a grand slam, Halie Williamson was 3-for-4 with two RBI singles and Hayleigh Weissenbach had two hits and two runs in the first win, and Emily Coltharp was 5-for-5 with the winning hit, Katie Corum was 3-for-4 and Weissenbach was 2-for-3 with an RBI in the finale. In the third inning Saturday, Alyssa Coppinger made ESPN's "Top 10 Plays of the Day" with a throw-out from the warning track to Beltran at home plate.
» Cleveland State and Roane State both won 8-0 in five-inning play-in games Sunday in the NJCAA Region VII softball tournament in Columbia, Tennessee. Roane faces top-seeded Chattanooga State at 11 a.m. EDT Monday. Cleveland State challenges Walters State at 1:30 p.m. after beating Southwest Tennessee as Kaitlyn Pickens pitched a two-hitter with seven strikeouts, Summer Dean and Hannah Turner each had two hits and two RBIs, Aubrie Bowman homered and singled and scored twice and Sadie Coons was 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run.
Volleyball
» Maryville College senior volleyball setter Taylor Youell from Chattanooga Christian was one of the two 2019 USA South postgraduate scholarship winners, the other being Maryville soccer player Ian Schomer. Winners of the $1,500 grants must be graduating seniors with 3.5 or better grade point averages, at least two varsity letters in a conference sport and nominations from their school's faculty athletic representatives. Youell had 1,250 career assists, 535 digs and 80 aces and is a double major with a 3.95 GPA, and she has been active in numerous community service projects and events. She was a four-time academic all-conference player and twice was the Lady Scots' all-sportsmanship representative. She will attend graduate school at Auburn.
Basketball
» Jonathan King, Darius Turman and Domont'a Wright have joined the parade of Cleveland State men's basketball players moving on to four-year programs after the Cougars' remarkable run to the 2019 national tournament. King, who averaged 13 points a game as a sophomore, is headed to NCAA Division II member Young Harris. The other two are going to NAIA schools, Turman (7.1 ppg) to Edward Waters College in Jacksonville and Wright joining Cougars teammate Exavian Young at Blue Mountain in Mississippi. "Jonathan really came on near the end of the regular season and helped us with his ability to get to the basket and rebound," coach Lee Cigliano said in a release. "He is a strong athlete who should contribute immediately for Young Harris. Darius helped us with his athleticism, especially guarding smaller, quick guards. I think his game will go to another level at Edward Waters. Domont'a's season ended on a positive note after coming back from an injury and missing two months. He was a big reason we had success at the end of our season."