Sports Briefs

Posted: Friday, June 21, 2013 12:00 pm

Martin Parks to host
Cal Ripken tourney

The Martin Recreation Complex will host the Western Tennessee Cal Ripken Rookie Tourn-ament this weekend.
A Northwest District champion will be crowned in the double-elimination event that begins on Friday and runs through Monday.
Seven teams will make up the field.
Newbern plays Martin 7’s and Trenton faces North Gibson in first-round games at 6 Friday, with Lake County playing Martin 8’s at 7:30. The winner of the Newbern-Martin 7’s game will advance to play Union City Friday at 7:30.
Action will continue through the weekend with the championship round slated for Monday night, starting at 6.

McCain cards ace
at Sharon course

Lynee “Pete” McCain of McKenzie recently recorded a hole-in-one at Persimmon Hills in Sharon.
McCain aced the 150-yard par-3 13th hole.
Witnessing the feat were Tony Trevathan, Dale Bolding, Kerry Killebrew and Bill Stout.

Dresden’s Zac Seat
inks with Bethel

Recent Dresden High School graduate Zac Seat recently signed a scholarship to continue his baseball career at Bethel University.
Seat, a catcher, hit .357 with 11 extra-base hits to earn a spot on the 13A all-district team his senior season.
He worked extensively on his defensive skills between his junior and senior campaigns, and reportedly fared well in a tryout at BU at the conclusion of his high school playing days.
Seat’s signing is the first for the Lion program since Matt Beaty inked with Belmont in 2011.

Skyhawks’ opponent  told for tournament

The University of Tennessee at Martin women’s basketball team will have to wait no longer to find out its opponent in the 2013 Preseason Women’s National Invitational Tournament.
Pairings of the event were announced Tueday, and the Skyhawks will play host to Georgia State in the first round of the event Nov. 8.
UT Martin was the only team in the nation to boast two Top 10 scorers last season, and both of them are coming back for more in 2013-14.
Two-time Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year Jasmine Newsome (22.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 5.5 apg) teams with three-time OVC first-teamer Heather Butler (22.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 4.0 apg) as the Skyhawks shoot to win their fourth straight OVC Tournament title and automatic NCAA Tournament berth that goes to the champion.

Published in The WCP 6.20.13