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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Teghan Henderson repeated as Southern Conference women's cross country runner of the week after winning Vanderbilt's Commodore Classic last Saturday in Nashville with a personal-best 16:53.25 for 5 kilometers. That was her fifth consecutive regular-season first place, going back to last fall, when she was an All-American. She's a junior from Pickering, Ontario, Canada.

Soccer

• Lee University and Columbus State played to a 0-0 draw in NCAA Division II women's soccer Wednesday night in Cleveland. Lee goalkeeper Marbel Egwuenu made eight saves to preserve the tie for the Lady Flames (1-3-1)

• Giving up two goals 12 seconds apart in the third minute, Bryan College lost 3-1 Wednesday in AAC men's soccer at Reinhardt, which is coached by former Lions coach Joey Johnson. Bryan senior Daniel Branley scored early in the second half, but the Eagles (3-0, 1-0) scored again in the 68th minute. The Lions (3-3-1, 0-1) outshot their hosts 13-11. The Bryan women's Wednesday match at Talladega was cancelled.

Softball

• Heritage High School's Shea Headrick signed scholarship papers Wednesday at the school to continue her softball career next year at Tennessee Temple University. She plays right field for Heritage, which leads Georgia Region 7-AAAA by three games. "We know we're getting a ballplayer from a super program," Temple coach Randy Crawford said. "And she's really fast and has a strong arm. She's a hustler who gives it all she's got." Headrick is a three-year starter for the Generals and already a three-time Academic All-American, with a grade point average above 3.5. "Shea has an extremely strong arm and is very good in the clutch, offensively and defensively," Heritage coach Steve Chattin said, noting that she has thrown out "numerous" batters at first base and made a diving catch at the foul line in last year's state tournament. "Offensively she hits line drives, and with her speed we also use her in the short game, bunting for base hits." Headrick said Piedmont in particular also was interested in her but she likes what she knows about Temple and its planned campus at Woodland Park Baptist Church, "and I love the coaches."

Auto Racing

• Boyd's Speedway plans a full schedule with all its regular classes this Saturday, along with "Ladies Night" Powder Puff races. Mike Tinker won the Late Model feature last Saturday, with Riley Hickman second and Robby Mason third, and Jeff Smith withstood a postrace inspection and was declared Tuesday the Crate Late Model victor, leaving Kenny Kizzar as the runner-up. Other winners were B.J. Wilson in A-Hobby, Dallas Brooks in B-Hobby, Bruce Kimber in Pony/FWD and Tim Morgan of TimCo Graphics in the season's second Media Challenge Gran Prix.

Volleyball

• The Sewanee volleyball team 3-0 (25-15, 25-23, 25-16) to visiting Centre in a Southern Athletic Association match Wednesday night. Jamie Sue Wilson lead the Tigers with eight kills, and Sara Jayne Sutton had 13 digs to lead the defense in the loss.

• Rachel Harper from Boyd-Buchanan had 14 kills and setter Kristen Pickett from Cleveland High School had 34 assists and three aces, and each had nine digs as the Carson-Newman volleyball team beat Tusculum 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-15) in their South Atlantic Conference opener Tuesday night in Jefferson City. Payton Tipton from Cleveland had 14 digs in King's 3-1 win over Belmont Abbey in Bristol.

Golf

• Former Baylor School golfer Alyssa Brown of Centre College finished seventh individually at 157 in the O'Brien National Invitational on Sunday and Monday at the University of Notre Dame's Warren Course. Her second-round 75 tied for the best of the day. Centre was ninth out of 10 teams.

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