Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 9:02 pm

5-under best score
for Wynridge ladies

The team of Norma Kissell, Beanna Wilson, Sharon Dills, Linda Lofton and Brittany Kissell combined to shoot a 5-under-par and win the weekly women’s scramble at Wynridge Greens in Troy on Tuesday.
Breaking a three-way tie for runnerup honors, the team of Lucy Johnson, Teresa Scott, Theresa Harber, Joyce Bell and Janice Hannah finished at 3-under to claim the spot.
Two other groups also shot 3-under, one consisting of Beverly Yates, Stephanie Mosley, Deb Forsythe, Di Pilkenton and Sheri Vaughn, and the other made up of Mary Ruth Wiseman, Jackie Russell, Jill Emmons, Ginny Acree and Shelly Stout.
Wynridge Greens holds its weekly women’s scramble every Tuesday.
For more information, contact the course at 536-4653.

Mayfield golf club
to host WKA tourney

The Mayfield-Graves County Country Club will host the 2011 West Kentucky Amateur Golf Turnament Saturday and Sunday.
The event is co-sponsored by the Jackson Purchase Medical Center and Driver Motors and is open to all male amateur golfers. The format will be 36 holes of medal play and there will be six flights, low junior (17-and-under) and low senior (50-and-over) individual categories.
Prize money of $6,500 will be awarded along with hole-in-one prizes that include a 2011 car from Driver Motors and $5,000 worth of furniture from Gilliam Thompson Furniture.
Entry fee is $100. A printable entry form is available at mayfieldgravescountryclub.com.
For more information, call (270) 247-1862 or email shayne@mewsbb.net

Jacksonville St. gals
are OVC’s best sports

The Ohio Valley Conference has announced that Jacksonville State University is the recipient of the 2010-11 Team Sportsmanship Award for softball.
The 2010-11 school year marks the sixth year the team sportsmanship honors have been awarded.
This marks the fourth award for the Jacksonville State softball program who also won the honor in 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2009-10.
Jacksonville State claimed its third OVC Tournament Champion-ship in 2011 and in the process advanced to its fourth-straight NCAA Regional.
Voted on by the student-athletes and coaches of the respective sports, the team awards are bestowed upon the conference squads deemed to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA.
Included in the areas for evaluation are the conduct of student-athletes, coaches, staff and administrators and fans.
Published in The Messenger 6.8.11