McCallie School swimmer Sean Ryan signed scholarship papers Tuesday morning to continue his Olympic-track career at the University of Michigan.

McCallie School senior Sean Ryan, who represented the United States as an open-water swimmer in the World Championships earlier this year in Italy, signed scholarship papers this morning to continue his career at the University of Michigan.

Geno Phillips pulled off the runners' Chickamauga sweep Saturday morning, adding the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon victory to his Chickamauga Chase win of April 18.

Drako Wise turned 10 this morning. Wednesday he'll be in Colorado Springs for national Future Stars gymnastic competition.

As longtime major league baseball players Steve Trout, Jay Johnstone and Willie Wilson work with young players -- as they will do today at Engel Stadium in a free clinic primarily sponsored by Chattem -- they preach fun as well as fundamentals.

While Tennessee Temple University's fall sports still face long climbs toward competitiveness, the flagship basketball program seems to be making faster progress under new coach Randy Lee.

Hixson's Ron Lane came home from Memphis two weeks ago feeling like a million bucks.

It's a Seven-11 Sunday morning for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's tennis team.

Long before a group of basketball players from Louisville led the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to the NCAA Division II national championship, Shirlie Elliott and Carmon Davidson came from Kentucky as the first full-scholarship players in the progam's history.

SEWANEE, Tenn. -- Chalankis Brown didn't do enough for the Sewanee football program, apparently.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team went only 1-2 in its home-opening tournament Friday and Saturday, but Lisa Rhodes' Lady Mocs still have a winning record and considerable optimism with a young, 16-player roster.

SEWANEE, Tenn. -- Sewanee won one won football game in Robert Black's first season as head coach in 2007 and won two in his second year, and the former Sewanee player ultimately might be relieved to at least continue the pattern with three victories this season.

Make it an even dozen -- halls of fame that include Chattanooga's Tommy Bartlett.

J.D. Kyzer has more soccer players than ever before and is convinced the talent level is up as well.

Veteran coaches Lisa Rhodes and J.D. Kyzer both are working from bigger-than-usual rosters and counting on several local players as they prepare for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga fall sports season. In each case, a local standout has transferred to her hometown school from Middle Tennessee State.

Susan Hill Whitson is going into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in February as a tribute to a dazzling decade of dominance.

Chattanooga's historic minor league baseball stadium is getting some major league help.

After "bouncing around" in a mosh pit in Cincinnati much of Friday night, Joseph Goetz made it home to Chattanooga about 4:45 Saturday morning. Four hours later he was cooling down after winning the John Bruner Memorial Missionary Ridge Road Race.

Friday night, Joseph Goetz was in Cincinnati at a Tool concert. This morning he won the John Bruner Memorial Missionary Ridge Road Race.

More than 500 boys and girls converged in Chattanooga this weekend for the biggest junior tennis event ever held in Tennessee.

Top-seeded local players Richard Gamble and Sarah Evans had relatively little difficulty Monday afternoon in reaching the 18-under singles finals of the Tennessee State Closed Junior Tennis Tournament at the Champions Club.

The last of the 231 teams to enter the National Softball Association A Division Eastern World Series girls' fastpitch tournament this past week was the next-to-last eliminated.

Christmas motorbike presents have led to national championship competition for at least two area boys.

The spark was there after all, although SPARC would've had its big day anyway.

Despite school mergers throughout the Technical College System of Georgia, its young sports program is going forward. And David Stephenson remains coordinator of the TCSG association as well as head coach of its dominant basketball team.

Drew Whitley's triple this week felt like a grand slam for the new Tennessee Temple University baseball head coach.

The recruiting class for Jay Price's Chattanooga State men's basketball team was already strong, and it got even better Wednesday afternoon when David Ware signed to play for the Tigers.

Charlie Graff has become the fourth member of McCallie's 2009 state championship team to sign with or commit to an NCAA Division I lacrosse program.

All-city and all-state in softball as a junior, Ashlee England seemed to have lost all chance for an NCAA Division I scholarship with a knee injury during her senior basketball season.

As Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl predicted when Philip Jurick left his program, the 6-foot-10 former East Ridge High School star has landed at Chattanooga State.

Mission trips are nothing new for Ron Bishop and Joe Smith. But they're collaborating on one later this month that is different for both of them.

Two Chattanooga prep school divers broke state records this past year and now are honored as All-Americans for 2009.

Tennessee Temple University ended a three-month run of replacing its entire slate of head coaches by getting one for two sports.

Top seeds Julio Peralta and Dianne Hollands lived up to their billing in their IcyHot Tennessee Valley Open Championships debuts this weekend at the Manker Patten Tennis Club.

Back in his hometown, Jason Ontog knows he can celebrate this morning at the Manker Patten Tennis Club.

Gus Hernandez thinks his whole life has been leading him to this.

In the first year the BlueCross Riverbend Run & Walk was based at Cameron Hill, Cameron Bean won the featured 10k race.

Young Chattanoogan Bo Seal reached at least the semifinals of the Tennessee Valley Open Championships men's open division for the third year in a row Friday. That puts him in a 10:30 a.m. match today against top-seeded Julio Peralta, whom

Former Clearwater Christian College All-American Jonathan Perkins has been hired as men's and women's soccer coach at Tennessee Temple University.

Claire Bartlett opens play this morning in the IcyHot Tennessee Valley Open Championships tennis tournament as the fourth seed in the women’s open division.

With 95 men and women in the open divisions, the IcyHot Tennessee Valley Open Championships tennis tournament is beginning today at 4 p.m. at Manker Patten instead of starting on a Thursday like usual.

Five area players are among eight recruits announced recently by Covenant College softball coach Sara Russell.

Citing cuts to an already strained budget, Melvin Williams has resigned as women’s basketball coach at Tennessee Temple University.

Recent GPS graduate Jasmine Brown has decided to play volleyball for the University of Tennessee and will be signing her letter of intent soon, GPS coach Paul Brock said Monday evening.

Mark Brew is 3-for-3 as a head coach in taking Lee University baseball teams to the NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho. And since his Flames finished second to perennial host and usual champion Lewis-Clark State last spring, the Lee athletic department has done very well indeed.

The College of Charleston third baseman was the Southern Conference softball player of the year, leaving Appalachian State’s third baseman as a second-team choice after a monster offensive season. Georgia Southern’s third baseman also had a big year.

There’s no trip to Florida at stake this year in the TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII softball tournament at Columbia, Tenn.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team wrapped up its 11th Southern Conference regular-season championship Saturday with four league games remaining, but the Lady Mocs stayed true to form by weathering two late-game uprisings from second-place Georgia Southern.

The Chattanooga State Tigers did something Friday they’ve had trouble doing while falling to seventh place in the TCCAA baseball standings. They finished a comeback.

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