Overtime

Golf

Bodner decides to play for Spartans

North Augusta's Traci Bodner has signed a national letter of intent to play for the Lady Spartans of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, S.C.

Bodner attends North Augusta High but plays for Aiken High's girls golf team because North Augusta High doesn't have a girls team.

Bodner made the all-region team the past two years and finished fourth in the girls high school state championship.

"I'm looking forward to playing collegiate golf at a higher level of competition," Bodner said. "The time invested in practice at this level should make my game better."

- In Winter Garden, Fla., six golfers with area connections, including 1987 Masters Tournament champion Larry Mize, begin play in the final stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament.

The 108-hole tournament starts today and concludes Monday. The top 30 finishers and ties earn PGA Tour cards for the 2006 season.

The area golfers in the event, at Panther Lake Course and Crooked Cat Course, are Augusta's Scott Parel and John Engler, Aiken's Matt Hendrix, former Augustans Mize, Stiles Mitchell and former Thomson resident Franklin Langham.

- In Pompano Beach, Fla., Ashlan Ramsey won the 7-9 age group in the Prestige Junior Championship and her sister, Taylor Ramsey, finished second in 10-12 age group.

Ashlan shot 34-32-33-99 on the par-34 Sabals course to win by 11 shots.

The victory earned her an exemption to the 2006 Callaway Junior World Championship.

Taylor shot 79-75-76 on the Cypress and Oaks courses.

The sisters will play in the Doral Junior Championship in Miami on Dec. 20-22.

Hockey

Lynx come up short against Grrrowl

In Greenville, S.C., John Snowden scored another game winning goal as Greenville held off Augusta, 2-1, on Tuesday night at the Bi-Lo Center.

Snowden, who leads the ECHL with four game-winners, also had an assist for the American Conference's southern division leaders.

After a scoreless first period, Greenville scored in the second period on goals by Les Haggett and Snowden.

Augusta scored at 5:36 on a power-play goal by Martin Lapointe.

Lapointe was one of nine Lynx players from Canada who rejoined the team after immigration problems forced them to miss three games last week.

Augusta returns to the ice tonight, playing host to Pensacola at 7:05.

- Augusta's Jason Wolfe has been named ECHL Goaltender of the Week.

Wolfe helped the Lynx, who were missing eight regular players, score four points in two starts with victories over Gwinnett (53 saves for Wolfe) and Charlotte (42 saves) during the weekend.

Wolfe was third in the ECHL with a .939 save percentage entering Tuesday night's game in Greenville, S.C.

Cross Country

Madebach sisters run in the NCAAs

In Terre Haute, Ind., Georgia sophomores Sarah Madebach and Rebekah Madebach of Augusta competed in the NCAA Championship on Monday.

Sarah Madebach finished 194th (22:00), and Rebekah Madebach was 241st (23:10). The Georgia women were 31st in the event.

Soccer

Area trio makes the GISA All-State team

Three area players have been selected to the Georgia Independent Schools Association Class AAA All-State team.

Westminster Schools' Julian Allgeier and Blake Underwood were joined by Augusta Prep's Thomas Knerr on the team.