Sports

Athletic Hall-of Fame Class honored at Homecoming Football Game MCKENZIE, Tenn. – The Bethel Athletic Department and the University takes great pride in the Athletic Hall-of-Fame. Each October during Homecoming Week the University honors individuals and teams who have excelled in various fashions as athletes, teams, coaches, staff and contributors. Due to Covid-19 the Hall-of-Fame recognitions […]

Nyang Wek, a Sudanese Cumberland Presbyterian who has attended both Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Germantown in West Tennessee Presbytery, is a power forward on the South Sudanese National Basketball Team which, in February 2021, qualified for the FIBA AfroBasket 2021 Tournament. FIBA is the International Basketball Federation, headquartered in […]

McKenzie, Tenn., 2/16/2021: Bethel University announced today that all Homecoming activities including the football game against the University of Pikeville which had been scheduled for Friday, February 19, 2021, have been postponed due to winter storms. Bethel Senior Associate Athletic Director Brad Chappell released the following statement, “We are sorry to announce we are compelled […]

Jeff Orison Belue, 59, of Rogersville, Alabama, died February 7, 2021. He was an elder at Rogersville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Hope Presbytery). Jeff devoted a great amount of time to coaching youth league sports, touching many lives.

Many of Bethel University’s athletic seasons have been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bethel Lady Wildcats opened their soccer season on the road in Lawrenceville, Georgia Sunday afternoon February 7, 2021, against the Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies. The Lady Wildcats played solid from start to finish and won 3-1. Bethel Lady Wildcats Softball will […]

Anthony S. Martino, 93, a member of Chattanooga First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery), died February 2, 2021. His long-time membership at First Church began when the church was downtown before moving to North Moore Road. Coach Martino came to Chattanooga to play football but worked in various coaching positions at Hixson High School for […]

Charles Edward Sturgeon Jr., 81, of Palm City, Florida, died December 7, 2020. He was a member of the Owensboro, Kentucky, Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery). Known to some variously as Sonny or just Sturg, he was born April 20, 1939, in Owensboro and educated in the public schools there. He competed in football, track, […]

Lady Wildcats Open Season Tuesday Night in Crisp Arena Bethel University Lady Wildcats open their 2020-21 basketball season Tuesday night, November 3, 2020, hosting the Blue Mountain Toppers in Crisp Arena.  Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m.  The Lady Cats are 122-15 all-time in Crisp Arena. It will be the 30th meeting between the two […]

The Wildcats play 22 games in their new league with a move to the Mid-South Conference which is recognized as one of the toughest in the country. Fourteen home games highlight a tough  schedule for the  Bethel University Wildcats. The Wildcats open the season against Brescia University November 3 hosting the Bearcats in Crisp Arena. […]

The Mid-South Conference Administrative Council voted and passed an additional bye week in the MSC 2020-21 Football schedule. The reasoning is both COVID and weather related and revolved around the fact that teams must play six games to be eligible for postseason competition. With only seven games on the schedule, the group voted to add […]