Christman golden for U.S. Jr. team
Soddy-Daisy High School graduate Eli Christman is becoming quite familiar with veteran United States shotgun standouts Vincent Hancock and Frank Thompson. Christman, now a Martin Methodist freshman, was on the U.S. men’s team with Hancock, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and three-time Olympian Thompson in the 2018 Guadalajara World Cup. Christman got food poisoning there but still finished sixth the next week — with Hancock first and Thompson third — in the Men’s Open skeet finals while taking the Junior gold medal at USA Shooting’s spring selections in Tucson, Ariz. Then Christman finished sealing one of the three spots on the U.S. Junior World team going to Changwon, South Korea.
TENNIS
› Chattanooga’s Wesley Cash learned Monday that he has been chosen again for Team USA for the International Tennis Federation’s Von Cramm Cup for 60-over men’s players. The competition will be Aug. 12-17 in Ulm, Germany.
› Covenant College senior Matthew Harvie was chosen the USA South men’s tennis player of the week for the second time this season and fourth time in his career after going 3-0 at both No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles last week. His doubles partner is Chris Cox, the previous week’s league honoree. Harvie is 13-2 for the year and 12-1 in dual matches in singles and 16-2 (15-1 in duals) with Cox. Harvie has 48 singles victories and 51 doubles triumphs for his college career.
LACROSSE
› Sewanee junior goalkeeper Tal Wharton is the Southern Athletic Association men’s lacrosse defensive player of the week after making 13 saves in an 11-6 league win over Centre. He had a .684 save percentage.
SOFTBALL
› Shelby Penning’s three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday against Gordon College gave Chattanooga State a 20-game softball winning streak. The Lady Tigers (32-8) won that game 8-5 behind pitcher Abby Hicks after they took the first game of the doubleheader 7-1 on a Kaleigh Wynne three-hitter with eight strikeouts. Chattanooga State led game two 5-1 before Gordon got even in the sixth and seventh.
› Tennessee Wesleyan lost 10-5 and won 4-1 in nonconference softball Monday at Maryville College. Rachel Mathews and
Courtney Calkins combined to pitch a five-hitter in the win for the visiting Lady Bulldogs (13-11), and Baylee Sutton was 2-for-4 with a first-inning two-run home run. Olivia Housewright was 2-for-3 and scored two runs, Courtney Black was 2-for-4 with an RBI and Rachel Percy was 2-for-2. In the first game Briana Muller was 1-for-2 with a two-run homer, Black and
Katelyn Cantrell had RBI doubles and Sutton was 1-for-1 with a double and a sacrifice fly. Maryville is 24-11.