Deputy Sports Editor Ron Bush is a Chattanooga native and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga graduate who began working in the sports department of the News-Free Press in November 1979. Among his many duties since then were four years as the afternoon paper's beat writer for the UTC men's basketball team. He became a sports copy editor in 1994 but has continued to write stories on a variety of sports subjects. He is in the Greater Chattanooga Area Sports Hall of Fame.
James L. "Bucky" Wolford made his first notable contributions to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, then the University of Chattanooga, as a football star, scholar and ROTC leader in the mid to late 1960s. He's still making substantial contributions now, more than two years after his death at the age of 70.
by Ron BushNotre Dame High School junior CJ Petrin already had been designated as Mr. Bowling in TSSAA Division II, but he and his teammates made themselves the division's bowlers of the year.
by Ron BushAfter leading all TSSAA Division II bowlers in regular-season scoring average, Notre Dame junior CJ Petrin was first again after the state individual semifinals Thursday at Smyrna, but he finished second Friday to Pope John Paul II junior Matthew Mesecher. McCallie junior Andrew Haun wound up fourth.
by Ron BushNotre Dame High School will have four bowlers in the TSSAA Division II boys' individual tournament Thursday in Smyrna, Tennessee.
by Ron BushJim Foster already had taken three Division I women's basketball programs to NCAA tournaments before he moved to Chattanooga, and he quickly made it four.
by Ron BushJonathan Ricketts is going directly from the Lions to the Wolves — the Chattanooga Red Wolves Soccer Club, that is.
by Ron BushWe can't close out another fast-moving calendar year without belated congratulations to three special and, yes, wise men whose ultra-productive longevity in area sports roles was recognized in significant ways since this school year began.
by Ron BushNicholas McCormick was second in 27:52 with Adam Veron 10 seconds farther back in third.
by Ron BushB.A.S.S. announced Wednesday that Chickamauga Lake will host the second tournament in the 2020 Bassmaster Elite Series.
by Ron BushThe Dalton State men's golf team polished off a 26-stroke triumph Tuesday in the Memphis Shootout with a collective 858 for three rounds, led by medalist Ben Rebne at 4-under-par 206 on the TPC Southwind course.
by Ron BushThe UTC women's soccer team tied Alabama 1-1 on Sunday afternoon at the UTC Sports Complex.
by Ron BushChattanooga Patriots senior Chase Faudi won Saturday's Cherokee Classic high school cross country meet.
by Stephen Hargis and Ron BushThe first game in the 125th year of Sewanee football kicks off Saturday at 2 p.m. EDT at the Tigers' Harris Stadium.
by Ron BushEamon Zayed's goal in the 83rd minute gave the Chattanooga Red Wolves Soccer Club a 2-2 road draw against Toronto FC II.
by Ron Bush and Patrick MacCoonDalton resident David Noll Jr. is one of four inductees announced Tuesday for the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame's class of 2020.
by Ron BushThey didn't have to see it to believe it — just to appreciate it fully.
by Ron BushUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga golf coach Colette Murray is 3-for-3 in winning the Chattanooga Women's City Amateur championship, but the third time was different. She won from behind on the final day.
by Ron BushChattanooga State softball coach Blythe Golden knows St. George, Utah.
by Ron BushThe Tennessee Wesleyan baseball team is 27-6 after winning 5-1 and 6-3 Wednesday at Cumberland (20-12).
by Ron BushThe usual excitement of the start of a baseball season has extra oomph this week for the Chattanooga State Tigers, who are scheduled to open against Georgia Highlands with three games Friday and Saturday in Emerson, Georgia.
by Ron Bush