Ward Gossett is an assistant sports editor and writer for the Times Free Press.
Ward has a long history in Chattanooga journalism. He actually wrote a bylined story for the Chattanooga News-Free Press as a third-grader. He Began working part-time there in 1968 and was hired full time in 1970.
Ward now covers high school athletics, primarily football, wrestling and baseball and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling.
Over a 40-year career, he has covered everything from junior high sports and dog and horse shows to amateur boxing, softball, bowling, golf, the Atlanta Falcons and UT football.
Ward lives on Signal Mountain and attended UTC. He has received honors from the national Amateur Softball Association and the local Golden Gloves association. He was inducted into the Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
Ward and his wife Becky have two children, Jeni Sompayrac and Josh; and three grandchildren, Jack, Sam and Ben. Ward loves amateur athletics because of the lessons youngsters can learn about teamwork, discipline and perseverance.
Contact Ward at 423-757-6288 or wgossett@timesfreepress.com.
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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team was coming home as a team that was beaten twice, as a team that's beat up but also as a team remains upbeat.
Steve Henry is fond of saying that Region 4 is the state's toughest, and the Soddy-Daisy coach has the runners-up to prove it.
After two days on the road getting to Oklahoma State, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team will take part in the national duals today in Stillwater.
Turbo Smith had one bowl of soup too many and yet managed to survive. The Soddy-Daisy wrestler, top-seeded at 145 pounds, advanced to this afternoon's Region 4 wrestling championship round but only after pulling out a 6-4 victory over Tyner's Antonio Walton.
There are three unbeaten wrestlers in Tennessee according to National Wrestling Coaches Association statistics -- Father Ryan's Michael Hooker (160 pounds), Brentwood Academy's Amos Mason (220) and Tyner's DeAngelo James (113) -- going into this weekend's regional tournaments.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The shoe is on the other foot, and to Cleveland's Blue Raiders it feels quite comfortable.
There are still team championships to be had, but the emphasis in Tennessee high school wrestling shifts this weekend from "we" to "me."
The rivalry is officially renewed. Appalachian State rode into town, a fan bus on its heels, and rode out with a 21-17 wrestling victory over the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
You can fuss about the travel or the fact that your team is wrestling on a dirt floor more often trod by cattle, bulls or horses, and that is quite often the case at the Williamson County Agricultural Expo, but the Tennessee state duals are getting better every year.
It is senior day for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team, but today also is "Pack the Mac" day with the Mocs in effect going for their eighth consecutive Southern Conference championship.
