Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV)If you're going to beat Howard this season, you're going to have to earn it. The Hustlin' Tigers come at you non-stop with their attacking defense. Howard racks up a ton of steals and turnovers, which in turn, has allowed…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) One of the biggest recruits in our area last week on national signing day was McCallie running back B.J. Harris. ESPN ranked the Blue Tornado senior as the top running back in the state of Tennessee. Next season Harris…
(press release) Chattanooga, TN (February 9th, 2021)-- The stage is set. No Matter What: The Rise of Chattanooga FC, the six episode documentary that follows Chattanooga Football Club throughout its inaugural first professional season, will premiere on WTCI-TV PBS on…
The Chattanooga Mocs will enter the spring football season as a Top 25 team. UTC is ranked 24th in the HERO Sports preseason poll. Chattanooga played only one game in the fall, losing 13-10 to F-B-S opponent Western Kentucky. North…
Kentucky and Tennessee renew their rivalry Saturday night. The annual showdown may have lost a little luster this time around. The Wildcats shockingly aren't even ranked, and both teams are coming off a loss this week. The Vols are blessed…
Former Mocs receiver Bryce Nunnelly is transferring to Western Michigan. Nunnelly says he left UTC for the challenge of playing on the FBS level, and he wanted to re-unite with former Mocs assistant Greg Harbaugh, who is now at Western…
(press release) ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves today signed OF Marcell Ozuna to a four-year contract worth $64 million. The deal includes a fifth-year club option at $16 million or a $1 million buyout, guaranteeing Ozuna $65 million. Ozuna, 30,…
(gomocs.com) SPARTANBURG, S.C. --- After falling behind by six at the end of the third period, the Chattanooga women’s basketball team used an 11-0 run to regain the lead and go on to beat Wofford 60-52 in Southern Conference action…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) It was national signing day Wednesday, and it proved to be a big signing day of sorts for the CFC. They signed up to host a new NISA spring tournament in mid-April. All nine league teams will come to…
(tssaa.org) With district basketball tournaments beginning in the next few weeks, arrangements are being finalized for the 2021 TSSAA BlueCross State Basketball Championships. The tournaments will have a new look this season as a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.…
Wednesday was national signing day, and several athletes in the Chattanooga area signed college football scholarships. McCallie saw six of their players from their back-to-back state title teams sign D-one papers. North Murray's D'Ante Tidwell Edwards will also play division…
(gomocs.com) CULLOWHEE, N.C.---The Chattanooga Mocs came back from a sluggish start to claim a 74-67 win at Western Carolina Wednesday night. The trio of Malachi Smith (22), David Jean-Baptiste (18) and Darius Banks (18) combined for 58 of the 74…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel announced the addition of junior college offensive lineman Jeremiah Crawford and Southern Cal graduate transfer kicker Chase McGrath to the football program on Wednesday. Wednesday marked the first day of the…
Former South Carolina football coach Will Muschamp has accepted a position as an analyst on Kirby Smart’s Georgia staff. Smart says Muschamp, also a former Florida head coach, will focus on defense. He played at Georgia as a defensive back…
(gomocs.com) University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football head coach Rusty Wright announced the addition of six Mocs to the program on the Spring 2021 National Signing Day. UTC welcomes two transfers and four high-school standouts to the 2020-21 recruiting class.…
Cleveland, TN-(WDEF-TV) Cleveland used a big third quarter to blow out 5th ranked East Hamilton on Tuesday and stay unbeaten in district play. The Blue Raiders were up 38-29 at halftime when seniors Kley McGowan and Grant Hurst started cooking…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Devontae Shuler scored 15 points and fueled a second-half rally as Mississippi beat No. 11 Tennessee 52-50. It was the Rebels’ first win over a ranked team in more than two years. Ole Miss rallied from…
Tunnel Hill, GA-(WDEF-TV) The Northwest Whitfield Bruins' 11-6 record is making noise as they head into the home stretch-- but not as much noise as their head coach Ryan Richards. News 12's Angela Moryan tells us how his intensity helps…
Dalton, GA-(WDEF-TV) Dalton stayed in house for their new head football, naming long time assistant Kit Carpenter as the new man in charge. He replaces Matt Land. Carpenter is a Dalton graduate, and he has been on the Catamounts staff…
(press release) Chattanooga, TN (February 2nd, 2020)-- Chattanooga Football Club announces that after a nearly one year hiatus, goalkeeper Phillip D’Amico has rejoined the club and will return to the Scenic City for his third full season with the team.…
Former Tyner head football coach Wayne Turner has joined the East Hamilton Hurricanes staff. East Hamilton head coach Grant Reynolds says Turner will serve as a linebackers coach. Turner coached at Tyner for 30 years before getting let go in…
ATLANTA (AP) - Hall of Famer Chipper Jones is returning to the Atlanta Braves in a part-time capacity as a hitting consultant. The 48-year-old Jones played his full 19-year career with the Braves. He was elected to the Hall of…
(gomocs.com) The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletics department announced the return of fans to home events in McKenzie Arena in a limited capacity for the month of February. UTC also announced that due to the winterization of Finley Stadium…
New Vols head football coach Josh Heupel is not keeping two members of Jeremy Pruitt's coaching staff. Both offensive coordinator Jim Chaney and quarterbacks coach Chris Weinke have been fired. According to media reports, Chaney gets a $1.7 million buy-out.…
Tennessee kicker Brent Cimaglia becomes the 16th Vol to enter the transfer portal since December. He tweeted Friday afternoon that the decision is in the "best interest of him and his family." This leaves Tennessee without a scholarship placekicker on…
One of the nation's elite high school basketball teams plays at McCallie this weekend. IMG Academy is one of the four teams taking part in McCallie's annual Dr. Pepper Classic. The Ascenders are ranked third in the nation. IMG Academy…
Cleveland, TN-(WDEF-TV) The last time the Bradley Central girls basketball team lost a district basketball game was just over six years ago. It was December of 2014. After knocking off Cleveland on Tuesday, the Bearettes have now won 89 consecutive…
(gomocs.com) MACON, Ga. --- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga fell 50-42 at Mercer Thursday night in Southern Conference women’s basketball action. The Mocs fall to 8-7 overall and 3-3 in SoCon play while the Bears improve to 11-4 and…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rennia Davis scored 21 points and No. 20 Tennessee went 11 of 11 from the foul line in the fourth quarter to hold off Mississippi 68-67. The Lady Vols trailed by as many as 13 points…
The Chattanooga Mocs are losing one of their top offensive play-makers. Receiver Bryce Nunnelly has entered the transfer portal. In the Mocs only football game last fall against Western Kentucky last fall, Nunnelly passed Mocs Alum Terrell Owens for 7th…
ATLANTA (AP) - The Hammer made one last stop at the spot where he hit No. 715. Hank Aaron's funeral service in Atlanta featured two former presidents and baseball's longtime commissioner. Afterward, the hearse detoured on its way to the…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Eight home contests, including visits from Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Ole Miss and Georgia, make up the 2021 Tennessee football schedule as the Southeastern Conference unveiled the full fall slate on Wednesday. The 2021 season will feature the…
UCF has become one stop shopping for Tennessee. The Vols got their new athletic director Danny White from UCF. And now they've gotten their new head football coach from there as well in Josh Heupel. He was formally introduced Wednesday…
(gomocs.com) CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs game tonight was postponed earlier this week. It was rescheduled for February in a flurry of change released by the Southern Conference office Wednesday afternoon. The announcement turned the rivalry upside down in a manner of…
Cleveland, TN-(WDEF-TV) The top ranked Bradley Central girls held off rival Cleveland 48-42 on Tuesday at Bradley Central. It was the Bearettes second straight win over the Lady Raiders in less than a week. Tuesday's match-up was tied at 35…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Yves Pons scored 13 points and No. 18 Tennessee overcame a miserable shooting night to win 56-53 over Mississippi State. Pons was a critical force in the first half for the Vols. In the final 2:30…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) UTC got an unexpected bye week this week. Their games with ETSU and Furman were postponed after a positive COVID test in the Mocs program. You can sense the disappointment from Mocs coach Lamont Paris with this week's postponements.…
(gomocs.com) SPARTANBURG, S.C. --- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga junior center Abbey Cornelius was named the Southern Conference women’s basketball Player of the Week presented by GEICO for games played Jan. 19-25, the league office announced Tuesday. Cornelius helped the…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Normally the Chattanooga Red Wolves would kick their new season in March, but USL League One announced Monday that the season will be delayed until May 8th. It's all apart of a coronavirus precaution. Pushing back the start of…
(gomocs.com) CHATTANOOGA --- The Chattanooga Mocs softball team will welcome four-time WCWS National Champion Oklahoma to Jim Frost Stadium in 2021 for a three-game series, highlighting a 22-game home schedule, the program announced Monday evening. The Mocs and the Sooners…