By PATRICK MEEHAN, Centenary Assistant AD for Communications
Former Byrd girls golf standout Sydney Moss earned the spotlight in a visit home when the Centenary teams played host to their annual home tournament, the Hal Sutton Invitational, this week at The Golf Club at Stonebridge in Bossier City.
Moss, a redshirt junior who plays for Mississippi College, shot a 36-hole 149, five over par, and edged her MC teammate Sofia Mendez by one shot for the women’s individual title. They led the Choctaws to the team championship.
A playoff for the men’s individual title went to Oliver Naumann of Hendrix over Jacksonville’s Sam Clair. Hendrix claimed the men’s title by one stroke over Jacksonville’s “B” team.
The Gents finished 10th at 80-over par 656 and were led by a sixth-place tie by junior and former Parkway star Aubrey Snell (+7, 151). The Ladies took fourth (130-over par 704) and were led by sophomore Amber Shaw whose eighth-place 24-over par 168 was her first-career top 10 finish.
Players battled blustery, cold conditions both days as temperatures dropped 30 degrees overnight on Sunday following severe weather. Winds gusted up to 30 MPH on Monday as temperatures held steady in the low 50s. Tuesday was less windy but still cold for the 36-hole event. The men were challenged by a par 72, 6,851-yard layout and the women were tested by a par-72, 5,814-yard course.
BASEBALL: The Diamond Gents (9-13) were edged 3-2 by Millsaps College (7-9) in a non-conference game on Tuesday in Jackson, Miss.
Millsaps earned a season series split. Centenary recorded a 12-2 victory over the Majors in its home opener on Feb. 17.
Centenary, which lost two of three over the weekend at home to LeTourneau University in conference play, returns to league action this weekend against the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas. The series begins on Saturday with a doubleheader at noon and concludes on Sunday with a single game at 1.
LACROSSE: The Gents suffered their first loss of the season on Tuesday, 22-10 to Keene State College in a non-conference contest at Atkins Field. The Owls evened their record at 3-3.
The Gents (9-1) are on the road this weekend to face Trine University in Angola, Ind. on Friday at 5 and Hanover College in Hanover, Ind. on Saturday at 1.
Centenary, now 5-1 at home this season, held its Senior Day this past Saturday and recorded a 28-1 victory over Spalding University as the Maroon and White recorded their biggest winning margin in program history.
TRACK & FIELD: A school record in the men’s 4×100 meter relay and two individual personal records highlighted the efforts from the Centenary teams in the Ouachita Invitational hosted by Ouachita Baptist University last Saturday in Arkadelphia, Ark.
The Gents’ 4×1 team of junior Christian Cormier, sophomore Cameron Hobley, sophomore Dwayne Mills Jr., and sophomore Jay Scott ran the school record time of 42.12.
Scott set a personal record in the long jump (22-6 1/4) to claim the win and freshman Michael Cunningham threw a school record 143-9 in the discus. Scott was named the SCAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.
Mills Jr. was sixth in the long jump (20-9 3/4), and freshman Ian Hunter finished ninth in the 3000m steeplechase (12:08.51).
Sophomore Clayton Hancock was the Gents’ top finisher in the 400 meters as he placed eighth (52.13) while junior Bryan Washington was ninth (52.34).
Sophomore Gabrielle Malagarie continued an impressive start to her season as she finished third in the high jump (4-9) and eighth in the long jump (15-2) to highlight the Ladies’ efforts.
Centenary will compete Saturday in the Belhaven Invitational in Jackson, Miss.
MORE TO COME: An abundance of spring sports news will provide reason to return with more Centenary notes in the Friday SBJ.
Contact Patrick at pmeehan@centenary.edu