The 101st Tennessean/Metro Parks Schooldays Golf Tournament will be played June 3-5.
The tournament, which became part of PGA golfer Brandt Snedeker’s Sneds Tour in 2024, is among the longest-running tournaments in the state. Snedeker played in the tournament as a youth. It will be played at McCabe Golf Course. The tournament was first played at Shelby Park in 1925 and moved to McCabe in 1955.
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The tournament, for boys and girls ages 12-18, has seen a resurgence in participation since joining the Sneds Tour. In just two years, the field nearly doubled, with 77 boys and 14 girls signed up in 2025.
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Poppy Pewitt, 16, from Dickson County, began the best season of her young career by winning the Schooldays girls championship in 2025.
Three weeks later, Pewitt won the Tennessee Golf Association’s Tennessee Girls’ Junior Championship in a three-hole playoff, and in October won the TSSAA Class AA state championship while also helping Dickson County reach the state tournament for the first time since 1985.
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On Dec. 30, Pewitt was named the Tennessee Junior Player of the Year by the TGA and has been nominated for The Tennessean’s Athlete of the Year for its 2025-26 High School Sports Awards.
Pewitt, the Schooldays runner-up in 2024, defeated 12-year-old Henry County sensation AddieMae Glover 4 and 3 in the 2025 match play final round.
A new boys champion will be crowned since the 2025 champ, Carter Stroup, is too old to participate. Stroup, now a freshman on the Cumberland golf team, also won the Schooldays in 2021. Stoup defeated Greyson Koch of White House 4 and 3 in the final. Koch is expected to return for the 2026 tournament along with Gallatin’s Austin Schreiner, who played in the 2025 semifinals.
The tournament begins with stroke play to qualify; the low 16 boys and eight girls advance to match play.
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Registration opens on March 16 at 8 a.m. at Schooldays registration.
Chase Sain moves up Trevecca baseball’s all-time wins list
Trevecca baseball coach Chase Sain
Trevecca baseball coach Chase Sain moved to fourth on the school’s all-time wins list when the Trojans defeated Kentucky Wesleyan, 19-0, in seven innings of the rubber game in a series played on Feb. 7.
It was Sain’s 163rd career win. He moved ahead of the program’s founder Bill Green, who won 162 games from 1971-79.
Sain trails Jeff Forehand, now at Lipscomb, who had 211 wins, Ryan Schmalz with 228 wins, and Elliot Johnson with 330 wins.
Sain is in his sixth season at Trevecca. Four of his first five teams won more than 30 games.
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Iroquois Steeplechase renews trans-Atlantic tie
The Iroquois Steeplechase renewed its partnership with The Jockey Club UK, strengthening trans-Atlantic ties between American and British steeplechasing.
Under the renewed collaboration, the winner of the 2026 Grade 1 Calvin Houghland Iroquois Steeplechase will be eligible for an invitation to compete in the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle at the 2027 Cheltenham Festival in England.
The Iroquois is scheduled for May 9, at Percy Warner Park.
Abaan, the 2025 Calvin Houghland Iroquois winner, will not compete in the Cheltenham Festival in March 2026 due to unforeseen circumstances, according to Iroquois Steeplechase officials.
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