Friday is the deadline to reserve tickets for the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame banquet March 2 at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Tickets cost $35 and are available by calling Catherine Neely at 842-7274.
The late Ron Bishop will be honored as the winner of the Fred Gregg Jr. Memorial Award, and former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga standouts Taylor Hall and Davis Tull and Duke University linebacker David Helton from Baylor School will be recognized as athletes of the year. Other special awards will honor Bruce Brye, Doug Dennett, Mary Gene Roberson, Austin Roden and William Nelson Jr.
This year’s inductees are Meg Bandy, Bill Caulkins, Pat Corey, Ernestine Eldridge, Ed Foster, Steve Gross, Charley Hannah, Elizabeth Sharp Henderson, Sammy Henley, Ken Honea, Luther Killian, Anthony Lombardo, Earl Marler, Bob Rhinehart, Kenneth Smith, Skip Viall, Rob Wells, Sylvia White and Harley Woody.