Central High School will hold its Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony Sept. 15 in the school cafeteria. The ceremony is set to begin at 6:15 p.m., before Central's 7:30 football game against East Hamilton, and serving for a barbecue dinner will start at 5:30. The price for the dinner and ceremony is $5 per person, and tickets are available at the school, by calling Judy Phillips at 503-7413 or at the door.
- The Chattanooga Quarterback Club is taking dues payments for its 2017-18 year, which includes weekly Monday noon luncheon meetings from Aug. 28 until April 9. New University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football coach Tom Arth will be the guest speaker at the Aug. 28 meeting at the Stadium Club at Finley Stadium. The price of a hot meal with attendance is rising to $12 after many years at $10, but $4 is still the weekly admission without a meal and the annual membership fee remains $35. That can be sent with one's name, address, phone and email information to the club's post office box, 4224, in Chattanooga 37405. For more information call Merrill Eckstein at 595-9420 or Marshall Harvey at 488-3039.
Fishing
- Michael Neal of Dayton, Tenn., finished fifth and Wesley Strader of Spring City, Tenn., placed ninth in the 2017 Forrest Wood Cup bass tournament - FLW's world championship - that finished Sunday on Lake Murray in South Carolina. Justin Atkins of Florence, Ala., won the $300,200 grand prize with a three-day total of 59 pounds, 4 ounces after his Sunday haul of five bass (the daily limit) weighed 22-1, the second-heaviest limit ever in the tournament's 22 years of existence. The 27-year-old is just the third rookie to win the tournament. Travis Fox of Rogers, Ark., was second with a 56-11 total and won $60,100, with Brandon Cobb of Greenwood, S.C. third at 54-10 and Shelby, N.C., resident Bryan Thrift - the FLW angler of the year, with Dayton resident Andy Morgan second this season - fourth at 51-15. Fifth went to Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity, S.C., who totaled 51-3. Neal's final five fish weighed 15-13 and helped him earn $24,000. Strader brought in just two bass for a Sunday weight of 5-14, and he won $21,000. Coverage of the event will be shown from noon to 1 p.m. on Sept. 27 on NBC Sports Network.
Basketball
- Led by 21 points, nine rebounds (seven offensive) and four steals from freshman Bria Dial, the UTC women's basketball team dominated VK U17 94-39 late Saturday night in West Vancouver, British Columbia. That made the Mocs 2-0 in their visit to the Canadian province, and they were set to end their game schedule late Sunday night against the University of Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, B.C. Senior sisters Aryanna and Keiana Gilbert added 14 and 10 points against VK U17, while freshman Jacobi Lynn from McMinn Central had five steals and four assists with eight points. UTC made 25 steals in that game.
Cycling
- Durward Higgins of Chattanooga won the USA Cycling Hill Climb National Championships men masters 70-plus age group for the second year in a row Saturday in Colorado. The event is based in Colorado Springs and finishes at the 14,115-foot summit of Pikes Peak. Higgins, 75, won the inaugural Hill Climb nationals for that age group by five minutes in 2016, with a time of 1 hour, 38 minutes, 27.36 seconds.
Swimming & Diving
- The Sewanee swimming and diving teams were declared Scholar All-Americans for the 47th consecutive semester by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America. That requires a team grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale, and the Sewanee men compiled a 3.2 while the women had a 3.1. "It is always one of our top team goals to excel academically, and we feel that our academic successes fuel our achievement in the pool," coach Max Obermiller said in a school release. "It is an honor to work with such an intrinsically motivated group."