GOLF

Thelen, Lardon competing at PGA Professional National Championship: SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. -- Tim Thelen, club pro at Traditions, shot a 2-under 69 Sunday and is three strokes back at the PGA Professional National Championship.

Miramont pro Brad Lardon shot a 4-over 75, leaving him nine shots off the pace of defending champion Scott Hebert, who jumped in front with a 5-under 66.

The 312 players will be pared to the top 70 after Monday's second round. The top 20 finishers are eligible for the PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in August.

VOLLEYBALL

BV teams continue in Miami: MIAMI -- Brazos Valley 16 Mizuno will try to win the Bronze bracket Monday on its final day of volleyball tournament play at the Junior Olympics, while BV 12 Mizuno finished fourth in pool play and BV 17 Mizuno began its tournament Sunday.

BV 16 dropped two matches in Gold pool play Sunday morning. Santa Barbara (Calif.), led by Southern Cal signee Eve Ettington, beat BV 16 25-19, 25-16. Hallie Shafer, Ashten Landry and Julie Westerbur led BV 16.

In the second match, BV 16 lost to Rolling Thunder (Chicago) 25-18, 25-22, ending the team's hopes of playing for a medal. BV 16 still rebounded to beat Rockwood Volleyball (St. Louis) 25-16, 25-12 in its third match of the day. Bailey Gillum, Lauren Cummings, and Shellie Hudspeth led the team.

Brazos Valley 12 Mizuno finished pool play Sunday with a win over Smoky Mountain (Knoxville, Tenn.), 14-25, 25-16, 15-9, before losing to Toledo Volleyball Club (Ohio) 25-20, 13-25, 15-12.

BV 12 continues competition Monday. Keaton Schrank, Madison Smith and Haley Slocum were the team's leaders Sunday.

BV 17 went 1-1 on its first day of pool play. It lost to Legacy Volleyball (Southeast Mich.) 25-17, 25-22 before beating Niagra Frontier (Buffalo, N.Y.) 25-11, 25-11. Tiffany Regmund, Karrian Chambers, Kaylee Piatt, Shelby Dickson and Brooke Davidson were the team leaders.

-- Eagle Staff Report