‘Pop’ weekly scramble
produces low scores Poplar Meadows Country Club held its weekly men’s scramble Wednesday with the winning team shooting 9-under par.
Members of the winning team included John Hale, Don Lyerly, Jeff Stone, Jere Baldridge, Raymond Hendrix and Kenny Courtwright.
Finishing in second at 8-under par was the team of Kyle Alexander, Alan Knapp, Clint Damron, Brian Ferguson, Matt Sanner and Dewayne Richards.
The scramble, which is $10 for members and $15 for non-members, includes the 9-hole event and dinner afterward.
It begins at 5:30 p.m. each Wednesday and participants are encouraged to call the club by 5:15 each week. For more information, call 885-3650. Baseball equipment
discovered in Obion A baseball team’s equipment bag has been found and turned into the Obion City Hall.
A member of the city’s police department discovered the gear and turned it in.
Any team that might have lost such equipment is encouraged to identify it in a call to city hall at 536-6242. Only top draft pick
not on Titan sign list NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms with fifth-round draft pick Taylor Thompson and seventh-round selection Scott Solomon.
The Titans moved up 10 spots to pick Thompson as a tight end, even though he started 43 straight games as a defensive end at SMU. Thompson had 18 sacks and 139 tackles, but he is switching positions back to his high school position.
Solomon played four years at defensive end at Rice with 24 career sacks.
Receiver Kendall Wright, the Titans’ first-round selection, is the only draft pick not yet signed. More purchase
Vandy tickets HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski brought home Vince Conde with a bunt in the eighth inning to give Vanderbilt a 3-2 victory over South Carolina on Wednesday night in the second round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.
Will Clinard picked up the save by pitching two scoreless innings.
The Commodores (31-25) play Florida in today’s third round.
Published in The Messenger 5.24.12 | 
