Rick Nyman

There’s a new layer to the Mocs-ETSU rivalry on Saturday. Bucs head coach Will Healy is a Chattanooga native, and a former UTC assistant. He’s also good friends with current Mocs head coach Rusty Wright. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News, Sports – UTC Mocs

Coaching Friendship Between Dade Co’s Jeff Poston and Ringgold’s Austin Crisp

Rossville, GA-(WDEF-TV) Bryson Donald had three rushing touchdowns for LFO to lead the Warriors to a 40-0 win over Ridgeland in the season opener for both teams. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News

(soconsports.com) – The Southern Conference announced today that Tennessee Tech University will become a member effective July 1, 2026, and will begin competition for the 2026-27 academic year. “Tennessee Tech’s addition reaffirms that ‘It’s All Here’ in the Southern Conference — the premier FCS athletics experience in the South,” said Southern Conference Commissioner Dr. Michael Cross. “Tech strengthens our geographic footprint,...

When you have a squad whose starting quarterback is named Tuff, you gotta figure that toughness will echo through the team. That’s the case at Meigs County. They return starting quarterback Tuff Ricker, who led the Tigers to a 9-4 record last season. Brian Armstrong gives Meigs County the 30-in-30 spotlight. Categories: Sports – 30 In 30 2025, Sports –...

(press release) Fifteen high school football teams will take to the field at Finley Stadium this August to participate in the annual Jamboree and Scrimmages over the course of two weekends starting on August 8 and 9 and again on August 15. This is the second time in a 26-years stretch that the event will be played over the course...

Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Boyd Buchanan coach Gary Rankin enters this season with 499 career wins. Imagine the change and innovation he has witnessed in high school football over his forty plus years as a head coach. Categories: Sports – Local Sports News

Cleveland, TN-(WDEF-TV) East Hamilton basketball coach Howard Pride has headed up the road to take the head job at Cleveland. Kind of hard to ignore Pride’s resume. As an athlete, he was all-state in football. Drafted by the Angels in baseball. And he played college hoops in the SEC. He also has plenty of high school and college coaching experience...

(utsports.com) – For the second consecutive year, the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team will face Syracuse in the ACC/SEC Challenge, as announced Thursday afternoon by ESPN. The Volunteers will travel to Syracuse, N.Y., to face the Orange at JMA Wireless Dome, with action set for Dec. 2. The game time and ESPN network designation will be announced in the future....

Ringgold, GA-(WDEF-TV) Olympic gymnast Brody Malone of Trion was the guest speaker for the area FCA banquet Thursday at the Colonnade in Ringgold. Malone won a bronze medal with the U-S team at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. Of course he had the medal with him. Despite a career that has taken him around the world. Malone says it’s...