Christian Page scored 16 points and freshmen Mariah Lawrence and Takeya Day added 13 and 12 as Cleveland State won 72-70 in TCCAA women's basketball Saturday at Southwest Tennessee.

Lee University senior forward Christiane Christensen, a first-team NAIA All-American last year, was voted Southern States Athletic Conference women's soccer player of the year for 2009, and her twin, Linn Christensen, was defensive player of the year. They were among seven first-team All-SSAC players for the second-ranked and defending NAIA national champion Lady Flames, who won the league tournament championship Saturday by tying Auburn-Montgomery 0-0 and advancing with a 3-1 edge in penalty kicks. Another set of Lee sisters, Jamie and Jenna Achten, also made first-team All-SSAC along with Marina Lima, Kim Conrad and freshman goalkeeper Leah Wilson from Chattanooga Christian. Claire Lanter and Kristine Tuck were second-team choices, and the Christensens, the Actens, Tuck, Kristen Carbine and Kelli Lawson were SSAC all-academic picks. Teammate Molly Hoeweler was the Champion of Character honoree. Wilson made nine saves in Saturday's game for the Lady Flames (16-2-1), and then she blocked three PKs while the Christensens and Conrad made theirs. Wilson was named tournament MVP.

John S. Wilson has been appointed by Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. as branch manager for its Chattanooga office.

The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce ranks in the top five economic development organizations in the country in the automotive category, according to an Expansion Solutions Magazine awards program.
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Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe is one of six northwest Georgia teams facing ranked programs in tonight's first round of the GHSA playoffs. The 7-3 Warriors go on the road to top-ranked Gainesville (10-0), a team loaded with high-profile recruits and the favorite to win the Class AAA state title.

W.J. O'Neil Co. has opened an office and 25,000-square-foot fabricating facility in Chattanooga where it will oversee work for the building of the Volkswagen plant and employ up to 150 people, the company reported Thursday.

Boyd-Buchanan and South Pittsburg were awarded first-round byes in the Class 2A and Class 1A playoffs, respectively, so their practice routines were different than a typical game week.

The Salvation Army, Chattanooga Rescue Mission, Chattanooga Community Kitchen and Union Gospel Mission decided Thursday to open emergency shelters for the homeless when temperatures drop below 40 degrees.

Carl P. Heinemann, a CPA who serves as managing partner with Heinemann and Associates PLLC, has been certified in financial forensics by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Hamilton County's Class A and Class AA volleyball teams in this year's high school state tournament went 4-0 on Wednesday in opening-round action at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.