MOULTRIE — Tennessee’s Ryan Helms has been named the Southeastern Conference’s Diver of the Week for the third straight week.
After posting his season-high on the 1-meter against Louisville, Helms scored a 346.80 in the Vols’ win over Kentucky and is now ranked third in the conference on the 1-meter.
He also scored a collegiate-meet high 418.58 on 3-meter in the victory over Kentucky.
That score currently leads the conference.
The former Moss Farms diver and last year’s SEC Freshman Diver of th Year, is now 6-0 on the season.
Of this and that:
n The Vanderbilt women’s golf team wrapped up its fall season by finishing third in the Stanford Intercollegiate.
The Commodores got a 73 from Anna Leigh Keith, the freshman from Colquitt County, in the final round. Keith finished with a 76-74-73 for a 223, good for a tie for 41st.
Vanderbilt will open the spring 2010 portion of its schedule on March 1-2 when it travels to Valdosta for the Kinderlou Forest Challenge.
n University of Georgia freshman baseball player Chance Veazey, who suffered a serious spinal injury in motor scooter accident in Athens last week, has been moved to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta after undergoing surgery last Friday.
Veazey played baseball at Tift County High School and was in contention for a starting position at second base.
He is the son of Todd and Darby Veazey.
n The Dixie Region Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) will host a solo autocross driving event at Spence Field on Sunday.
Registration and vehicle technical inspection will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Drivers meeting and official timed runs begin around 10 a.m.
The event will run until the last car finishes, typically mid- to late-afternoon.
Driver entries are open to the public.
Driver entrants pay a $30 registration for SCCA club members, $40 for non-SCCA club members, and $37 for non-SCCA member students.
Must be a licensed driver, provide own car and pass a short safety vehicle technical inspection.Loaner helmets are available.
The fees charged covers to cost of the site rental and national SCCA club sanctioning fees.
For more information, call 850-591-0856 or email Rob Ippolito at rob@velocityonline.net.
n Former Colquitt County High, Darton College and Valdosta State golfer Jason Flowers has completed the first stage of the PGA’s qualifying school.
The second qualifying stage will be held Nov. 18-21.
The final stage will be held Dec. 2-7.
Flowers is currently living in Albany.
Local Sports
Helms again honored by SEC
- Local Sports
-
-
Farm League tournament champions
-
Gold Medal winners
-
Championship team
-
Mite Girls champions
- J.O., SCTP events set for shooting club
-
Paradise Pool and Patio, Hutchinson-Traylor win tournament championships
Paradise Pool and Patio completed an undefeated season by beating Southwest Georgia Bank 13-6 on Thursday to win the Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Department’s Farm League tournament championship.
-
Harrell Auto Electric rallies to claim Mite girls championship
Trailing 4-0 when weather stopped its game against M&M Diesel on Tuesday and down 5-0 after three innings on Thursday, Harrell Auto Electric rallied to score nine runs in the final three innings to win 9-6 and claim the Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Department’s Mite League girls softball championship.
-
Tennis top scholars
The Colquitt County tennis teams’ top scholars are, front, from left, Courtney Terrell, Rachel Bostick, Lindsey Stapleton, Erica Mobley, Aislin Sheffield, Conley Ward and Hannah Radney; back, Cody Jenkins, Ricky Patel, Andrew Harvin, Bo Blalock, Ridge Underwood, Ansley Moore, Blake Byington and John Buck Eunice.
-
Softball resumes
With longtime umpire James Stancil looking on, M&M Diesel first baseman Sarah Harrell awaits a throw in a recent game. M&M Diesel was leading Harrell Auto Elecric 4-0 in the third inning on Tuesday at the Jim Buck Goff Recreation Complex when the game was suspended by a bad weather. The game will be completed today. If M&M Diesel defeats Harrell Auto Electric and also wins over Park Regency in a second game tonight, it will win the Mite League championship.
-
More Packers sign to play, others receive offers
Four more members of the 2011 Colquitt County High football team have signed to continue their careers and number of the 2012 Packers are already receiving college offers.
- More Local Sports Headlines
-
Raw Video: Activists Allege Massacre in Syria
NJ Man Charged With Murder in Death of Patz
Support, Fun for Kids of Fallen Soldiers at Camp
Fugitive Penguin Caught, Returned to Aquarium
50 Years Later, Underground Fire Still Burning
Light Show Transforms Sydney Opera House
Raw Video: Unruly Passenger Restrained in Miami
Raw Video: Robber Uses Drive-thru Window
Raw Video: Dragon Arrives at Space Station
Calif.'s Coronado Named Nation's Best Beach
CEO Salaries Become Sore Issue in Labor Disputes
Raw Video: Fight Erupts in Ukrainian Parliament
Texan Ranchers Remain Wary of Drought
Raw Video: Soldiers Plant Flags at Arlington
Police: Man Arrested in Etan Patz Disappearance
NYC Protests: the Revolution Will Be Scripted
Chicago U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald Resigns
Neighbors of Etan Patz's Suspect: It's Shocking
Gulf Fishermen Reel From Seafood Troubles
Stuntman Makes Skydive Without Parachute in UK
