Around the Region: Super Bowl alumni Charles Hannah, Blake Moore visiting Baylor on Friday

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Football

Two Baylor School alumni who have played in Super Bowls, Charles Hannah (class of 1973) and Blake Moore (1976), will be back at the school Friday as part of the NFL's "On the Fifty" celebration of the championship game's 50th anniversary. The two will present commemorative Super Bowl trophies to Baylor's senior captains during a 9:45 a.m. assembly and will make an appearance with athletic director Thad Lepcio at halftime of that night's game against Brainerd. According to a Baylor release citing NFL.com, the NFL is recognizing high schools and communities that have had Super Bowl participants. Hannah was an all-state player at Baylor who became an All-Southeastern Conference offensive lineman and national champion at Alabama and went on to a 12-year NFL career. He started at right guard for the Los Angeles Raiders in their 38-9 rout of Washington in Super Bowl XVIII. Moore was all-city and a National Merit Scholar and twice at Wooster College was the most outstanding lineman in the Ohio Athletic Conference before his six NFL seasons. He was on the Cincinnati Bengals team that lost to San Francisco in Super Bowl XVI.

Soccer

* Tennessee Wesleyan University junior midfielder Kevin Van Der Slik was the Appalachian Athletic Conference men's soccer offensive player of the week for his four goals in a span of 4 minutes, 17 seconds in the Bulldogs' 4-0 win over University of the Cumberlands (Williamsburg, Ky.) this past Saturday. His scoring barrage began 72:21 into the game. The first two goals were penalty kicks. The No. 24 Bulldogs played to a 1-1 overtime draw Wednesday at Martin Methodist and now are 5-0-2. Jake McBrayer scored for Tennessee Wesleyan on an assist by Kevin Witton in the 76th minute, but the RedHawks tied less than five minutes later. Bulldogs keeper Nick Croucher made one save as his team held a 27-16 edge in overall shots - and 9-2 on goal - but couldn't break through in overtime.

* Dalton State College freshman Santiago Moore was the Southern States Athletic Conference men's soccer offensive player of the week for his part in the Roadrunners' three wins last week, with a 25-1 goal differential. He had two goals in one game and a goal and three assists in another.

* Bryan College's women lost 2-0 to Brenau on Wednesday. Morgana Hardt de Silva made three saves for the host Lady Lions (5-3), who were outshot 10-9 overall and 5-4 on goal.

* Sewanee's men lost 1-0 at Emory on Wednesday. Will Merriman made six saves for the Tigers (4-3-1), who were outshot 21-8 and gave up the goal in the 14th minute.

Running

* Lee University cross country swept all four Gulf South Conference runner of the week awards, with Seth Eagleson and Audrey Smith taking the overall honors for their performances at the Falcon Classic this past weekend and Tucker Hindle and Becca Umbarger freshmen of the week. Eagleson's time of 24 minutes, 48.2 seconds on the 8-kilometer course is the fastest this season by a GSC runner and made him third in the race while leading the Flames - who moved up six spots into 15th place in this week's U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Division II poll - to a first-place team finish. Smith was fifth in 22:12.9 on the 6k course and helped the Lady Flames finish second in the 12-team field. Umbarger was 10th in 22:48.5 in the women's race at the Falcon Classic, while Hindle was 11th in 25:26.7 in the men's race, 56 seconds faster than his previous personal best.

* Emily Poole is the SSAC women's cross country runner of the week for the sixth time in her two seasons at Dalton State College. The Heritage High School graduate and 2015 SSAC runner of the year won the DSC 5k meet last Saturday by a minute in 18:40.

Golf

* Malia Stovall of Winchester and Ashley Gilliam of Manchester are two of the four girls on Team East for the 2016 Tennessee Junior Cup golf competition Oct. 8-9 at The Grove Club in College Grove, Tenn., and Jack Uselton of Tullahoma is one of 10 Team East boys. The squads were announced Wednesday under the Sneds Tour heading. In a Ryder Cup-type event hosted annually by PGA Tour player Scott Stallings, the young golfers will play foursome, four-ball and singles matches.

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