Thirteen Straight District Titles For Bradley Central: “It’s Crazy”

Cleveland, TN-(WDEF-V) The Bradley Central girls historical run through their district continued once against last night. The Bearettes beat Cleveland to win their 13th consecutive district tournament title. Bradley Central hasn’t tasted defeat to a district opponent since December of 2014. Thirteen straight distict tournament titles. I mean what can you say. Said head coach Jason Reuter:”Well it never gets…

Signal Mountain Girls Beat Soddy Daisy For District Crown

East Ridge, TN-(WDEF-TV) The Signal Mountain girls claimed their district tournament title on Tuesday night defeating Soddy Daisy 52-44 in the championship game at East Ridge High School Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: beat, District Crown, game. local sports, Girls highschool basketball, local sports news, Signal Mountain High School, Soddy Daisy High School

Brainerd Beats Rival Tyner 54-48 For District Title

Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Brainerd defeated rival Tyner 54-48 on Tuesday at Brainerd High School to win their district tournament title. It was the Panthers first win over their arch-rival in four games this season. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: Beats rival, Brainerd High School, District Title, game. local sports, Highschool Basketball, local sports news, Tyner High School

Riverside High School alumni celebrate new memorial

Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp unveils designs for new memorial marker to honor school

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) — 1983, 40 years ago, marked the end of Riverside High School — known today as the Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences. Riverside High was once home to Samuel L. Jackson, Dr. Richard Brown and a dominant basketball program that won three state championships. Although the school only lived for two decades, Hamilton County Mayor Weston…

Salvation Army’s Mardi Bras event

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary celebrated their 10th annual Mardi Bra Outreach event today. This Mardi Gras-themed event is for women facing homelessness. The event took place Tuesday until 1:30 p.m. It was held at the Salvation Army’s Area Command on McCallie Avenue. Women that are underserved in the community had the opportunity to pick out…

Child Abuse Investigation Underway at Pikeville Elementary

PIKEVILLE, Tenn. (WDEF) – Two educators in Bledsoe County are at the center of a child abuse investigation. Today was the first day back for students in Bledsoe County since last Wednesday due to a combination of illness, weather and holiday closings. Students at Pikeville Elementary School came back in the heart of controversy. 25-year-old Chloe Frizzell and 63-year-old Shelia…

Bradley County Commission honors WNBA player Rhyne Howard

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Bradley County Commission voted today to honor a local role model. The item discussed today would name a portion of South Lee Highway after Rhyne Howard. Howard attended Bradley-Central High School and graduated in 2018. Her athletic prowess was apparent at the time, but since then she has built a promising young career. She attended…

Child abuse investigation at Pikeville Elementary

Six teachers were fired after the incident, two were arrested

UPDATE: We received affidavits from the Bledsoe County Courthouse on the incident. Detective Drake Brown was notified by Pikeville Elementary School about the incident. He reviewed video footage of what happened inside the classroom. Detective Brown said the video showed Shelia Schmidt picking up an object and throwing it at a student. He said she also drug a student by…

Bradley Central Bearettes Down Cleveland 44-33 For 13th Straight District Tournament Title

Cleveland, TN-(WDEF-TV) The Bradley Central girls claimed their 13th straight district tournament title on Monday night. They beat Cleveland 44-33 at Raider Arena. Freshman Kimora Fields led the Bearettes with a game high 19 points, while Lauren Hurst paced the Raiders with 13. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: 13th straight, Bradley Central Girls Basketball, Cleveland High School, district…

What’s Right With Our Schools: Notre Dame High School 60 years of Integration

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – These days schools throughout the Tennessee Valley are integrated, but it wasn’t that long ago, when that was not the case. Notre Dame High led the way in Chattanooga back in 1963. Tyrone Burke graduated from Notre Dame in 1971. He remembers, “I was a really motivated to come back given that I hadn’t been back…

New low-income housing raises questions by neighbors

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – The Chattanooga Health, Education, and Housing Board approved two new low-income housing projects to move forward today. Anna Protano-Biggs, President and CEO of the AIM Center, said, “We’re extremely excited to be able to add to our existing stock with a project here in Chattanooga to add 60 permanent supportive housing units to the community.” The…

Amber Alert ends in Catoosa County

FORT OGLETHORPE, Georgia (WDEF) – A Virginia man is in custody in northwest Georgia following a weekend Amber Alert case. Authorities in Smythe County, Virginia reported that a 14 year old female had possibly been abducted from her hometown by a 28 year old man. They also suspected Michael Antony Buchanan of stealing a computer from someone he was staying…

UTC Women “Ran Into a Buzz Saw” in Losing 72-53 to Wofford

(gomocs.com) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — “We ran into a buzz saw tonight,” Mocs head coach Shawn Poppie said. “Wofford played really well. That’s twice now that they’ve had our number so we’ve got to regroup.” Chattanooga fell 72-53 to Wofford in Southern Conference women’s basketball action Saturday night at The McKenzie Arena. UTC’s first quarter lead quickly dissipated at the start…

Brainerd Edges CSAS 62-57 in Overtime of District Tournament

Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Brainerd had to go to overtime on Saturday afternoon to beat CSAS in the semifinals of their district tournament. The final was 62-57. Dennis Lewis Jr had 13 points for the winning Panthers, while the Patriots Chase Pride tossed in a game high 17 points. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: Brainerd High School, CSAS, district tournament, game….

Bradley Central Defensive Back Marcus Goree Commits to Vols

Bradley Central defensive back Marcus Goree announced Saturday that he has verbally committed to play college football at Tennessee. Goree has really good height for a D-B at 6-1. He had eleven pass break-ups and two interceptions last season. Goree will be apart of Tennessee’s 20 24 signing class. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News, Sports – UT Vols Tags:…

UNCG Beats Chattanooga 93-76 Ending Mocs Three Game Winning Streak

(gomocs.com) CHATTANOOGA – The Chattanooga Mocs men’s basketball team saw its three-game winning streak snapped during a 93-76 loss to UNC Greensboro on Saturday afternoon in Southern Conference action inside McKenzie Arena. Following the loss, Chattanooga falls to 15-14 overall and 7-9 inside SoCon play. UNCG improved to 19-10 overall and 13-3 in conference action after the win. The Mocs fell behind…

Tyree Smith Scores 25 as East Ridge Gets 51-44 District Tourney Win Over Hurricanes

East Ridge, TN-(WDEF-TV) Tyree Smith scored nearly half of the points for East Ridge on Friday night in their district tournament match-up aginst East Hamilton. Smith finished with 25, as the Pioneers won 51-44. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: 25 points, district win, East Ridge High School, game. local sports, Highschool Basketball, Hurricanes, local sports news, scores, Tyree…

LFO Girls Beat Coahulla Creek 61-49 For Region Title

Fort Oglethorpe, GA-(WDEF-TV) The LFO girls captured their region title on Friday night, beating Coahulla Creek 61-49. Christen Collins had 19 for the Warriors while Brinkley Kate Reed had 20 points for the Colts. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News Tags: beat coahulla creek, game. local sports, Girls highschool basketball, LFO, local sports news, Region Title

New Mocs Coach Shawn Poppie Has UTC Back in First Place

Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) What a turn-around for the UTC women’s basketball team this season. They won only seven games last year, which was the worst season in program history. Now under new head coach Shawn Poppie, the Mocs have doubled last year’s victory total…and they’re in sole possession of first place in the SoCon after their win Thursday night over Furman. The…