Gilliam shines in U.S. Girls’ Junior

Fresh off a dominant second Tennessee Girls’ Junior Amateur victory in a row,

Ashley Gilliam of Manchester got in plenty of golf Thursday in the U.S. Girls’ Junior at Pebble Beach in California. After the round of 64 was suspended Wednesday with the 46th-seeded Gilliam among those yet to start, she won 3 and 1 over No. 19

Ashely Shim from San Mateo, California, and 6 and 4 over Mychael O’Berry of Hoover, Alabama, and was 2 up through eight holes on No. 3 seed Brooke Seay of Rancho Santa Fe in the round of 16. Nicole Adam of Pinehurst, North Carolina, who has grandparents in Red Bank, lost 1 up to the 22nd seed on the Poppy Hills course in the last round-of-64 match to begin.

TENNIS

› No. 4 seed Nikolay Nikiforov became the first men’s open singles quarterfinalist in the 2018 City Championships at Manker Patten Tennis Club with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Charles Jabaley. The other roundof-16 matches setting up today’s 7 p.m. quarterfinals are scheduled for 2. Lucas Plesky, Turner Voges and Luke Plaisted are seeded first through third. Hayley Carter and Drew Hawkins are the top two seeds in women’s singles, with quarterfinals at 4 today.

FISHING

› Nathan Bell and Cole Sands led Bryan College’s six boats in the Carhartt Bassmaster college nationals on Tenkiller Lake in Oklahoma with an 18th-place start Thursday of 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Garrett Enders and Cody Huff of Bryan fishing rival Bethel in McKenzie, Tennessee, took the lead with 16-10.

GENERAL

› A celebration of life for Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame inductee and board member Fred Carter Jr. will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Valley View Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home on Old Lee Highway, and visitation with the family is set there for 5-8 p.m. today and noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. Carter, a 1957 all-state basketball player at City High School who continued his career at the University of Chattanooga, died Tuesday morning at the age of 79.