College signees
Area high school seniors who have signed or are expected to sign college scholarships soon:BASEBALLBradley Central: Tyler Carpenter (Lee); Heritage: Dylan Bice (ETSU); McCallie: Ethan Cady (Lipscomb), Quinn Smith (VMI); Ringgold: Cade Gilbert (ETSU), Jacob Justice (Bryan College), Devin Lancaster (Tennessee Tech); Soddy-Daisy: Tre Carter (Tennessee), Colin Kearney (Bryan College).BOYS’ BASKETBALLHamilton Heights: Ezekiel Balogun (The Citadel); Walker Valley: Kenny Bunton (Lipscomb). GIRLS’ BASKETBALLBaylor: Kaleigh Clemons (Vanderbilt); Boyd-Buchanan: Maddie Wright (Belmont); Central: Shawnia Anderson (North Georgia); Hamilton Heights: Akia Harris (Tennessee Tech); Meigs County: Taylor Boggess (Lee); Silverdale: Megan Lewis (Union University); Van Buren: Lakelyn Bouldin (UTC).BOYS’ GOLFBaylor: Oliver Simonsen (UTC); Heritage: Sport Allmond (Dalton State), Ben Rebne (Dalton State); McCallie: Evan Spence (Lee); Notre Dame: Zachary Riddle (Trevecca), Reese Scobey (Trevecca); Walker Valley: Dylan Lillard (Lee).GIRLS’ GOLFBaylor: Katherine Holmes (MTSU); Signal Mountain: Bethany Burns (Dartmouth); Walker Valley: Katie Medley (Carson-Newman).LACROSSEMcCallie: Jeff Durden (Navy), Zach Hutchko (Denver), Andrew Klementz (Greensboro College), Jonathan Lipman (Rochester Institute of Technology), Nic Najjar (Denison). ROWINGGPS: Nicki Backus (Tulsa).GIRLS’ SOCCERBaylor: Chloe Maize (Alabama); East Hamilton: Nicole Ford (Lee).SOFTBALLBaylor: Mari Gardner (Drexler), Crosby Huckabay (Georgia Tech), Kayla Hughes (Tennessee Tech); Calhoun: Kinsey Liscio (Western Carolina), Emily Mitchell (Harding), Emily Weatherman (Mississippi State); Gordon Lee: Emily Armour (Georgia College), Courtland Middleton (Georgia College); Heritage: Brooklynn Frazier (Lee), Shelby Hammontree (North Georgia), Olivia Tamewitz (Kennesaw State), Hannah Wills (Mobile); NW Whitfield: Shelby Ralston (Bryan); Ooltewah: Monica Thompson (Howard University); Red Bank: Jasmine Simpson (Alabama A&M); Rhea County: Amy Lewis (UTC); Ringgold: Taylor Chadwick (Georgia State); Silverdale: Ali Birchfield (Trevecca Nazarene), Taylor Moran (Lee), Lindsey Newell (Shorter).SWIMMINGDalton: Ethan Young (California).TRACK & FIELDRhea County: Chase Sholl (Tennessee); Signal Mountain: McKenzie Ethridge (Mississippi State).VOLLEYBALLBaylor: Haven Bethune (Army); Central: Rebekah Hill (King); Gordon Lee: Juliana Spradlin (Truett-McConnell); Ooltewah: Alex Biro (Carson-Newman), Hannah Matthews (Trevecca Nazarene).WRESTLINGBaylor: Michael Murphy (Virginia).
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball program added five recruits in the early signing period, and they include three players from the Illinois Force travel team: middle infielder Maddy Adams from Hobart, Ind.; pitcher Celie Hudson from Paris, Tenn., and Henry County High School; and all-state outfielder Aly Walker from Median, Tenn., and South Gibson High.
The other two signees are versatile Amy Lewis from Rhea County High School and the Frost Falcons and outfielder Hayleigh Weissenbach from Moreno Valley, Calif.
Lewis has played center field, catcher and shortstop, according to the UTC release. She is a left-handed batter and a two-time Best of Preps honoree.
“One of the things we like about Amy is she is always willing to take an extra base and how gutsy she is getting down to sliding,” UTC coach Frank Reed said.