Covenant College News

• Baseball: Mitchell beats Wiregrass Ranch 4-2 in Pasco County spring break tournament final (St. Petersburg Times)
  posted on April 6, 2012 at 10:01:00 pm
  **Matt Baker, Times Staff Writer** Friday, April 6, 2012 WESLEY CHAPEL -- Mitchell senior Garrett Kriston spent the first half of his spring break at a science fair in Lakeland. He spent Friday night putting on a different kind of show. The right-hander threw an 111-pitch gem to lead the Mustangs to a 4-2 win over host Wiregrass Ranch and give Mitchell the Pasco County spring break tournament championship. "Good thing I got back so I can be here tonight," Kriston said. The Covenant College recruit and the Mustangs (12-7) struggled early, leaving the bases loaded in the first inning. Kriston's wild pitch in the third scored the Bulls' Marcus Guzman,
• Late Goal Lifts Centre Soccer Over Covenant; Lady Scots Lose To Maryville (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on September 25, 2011 at 04:36:42 pm
  DANVILLE, Ky. -- For the third time this season, Covenant College went into double overtime, but, unlike the first two matches, this time the game did not end in a draw. Unfortunately for the Scots, it was the opponent that came away with the win.
• Covenant Hires Drew Courtney As Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on July 18, 2011 at 05:41:45 pm
  Drew Courtney, a Chattanooga, native, has been hired as Covenant College’s assistant men’s soccer coach. Mr. Courtney replaces former assistant Shane Dasher, who recently moved to Montreat, N.C., to pursue a head coaching position with the Montreat College Cavaliers.
• Brow Wood, Covenant College Pitch Sewer Idea (The Dade County Sentinel)
  posted on June 22, 2011 at 02:35:38 pm
  Ordinary business at Friday’s meeting of the Dade County Water Authority’s board of directors was swept to the wayside as Frank Brock, the former president of Covenant College who is now spearheading the move to build an associated assisted-living and active-adult housing development near the college, took the floor to propose a deal to County Executive Ted Rumley and the water board members ...
• Lowndes catcher heading to Covenant (The Valdosta Daily Times)
  posted on May 27, 2011 at 06:10:27 am
  By Christian Malone The Valdosta Daily Times VALDOSTA â€" Lowndes High catcher Reid Pope will play baseball for Covenant College next year. Pope looks forward to playing college ball for the Scots.
• Jobe honored for softball at Covenant College (Clayton News Daily)
  posted on May 24, 2011 at 03:50:25 am
  Local player honored
• Mike English: JCS's Brunjes heads for Covenant (St. Lucie News Tribune)
  posted on May 11, 2011 at 12:33:00 am
  Jupiter Christian School senior Matthew Brunjes will be playing basketball at the next level in the fall. The 5-foot-10 guard has committed to play next year at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga.
• Covenant Baseball Falls Hort In Final Home Game (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on April 27, 2011 at 01:32:42 am
  LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN -- Covenant College took a tough loss in its final home game of the season, losing to the Berry College Vikings 6-5. The game was a rubber match of the 3-game series the two programs played in this year.
• Scots Add 4 Home Runs To Season Count; Cruise By Temple (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on April 17, 2011 at 04:32:42 am
  The Covenant College Scots continued to impress Saturday afternoon, beating local rival Tennessee Temple 13-6 and 8-0. The bats were alive for the Scots (20-11) who pounded out 25 hits on the day.
• Pitching Prowess Aids Team in Wins (The Emory Wheel)
  posted on April 12, 2011 at 03:16:01 am
  The Eagles snapped a two-game losing streak with a sweep of the home-and-home series against Covenant College on Friday and Saturday. The two wins improved the Eagles’ record to 23-12 on the season.
• Covenant Golf Finishes 5th Of 9 At Reeder Cup (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on April 6, 2011 at 12:48:36 pm
  The Covenant College golf team under newly-appointed head coach Trevor Potts finished fifth of nine teams at the Reeder Cup at the Lookout Mountain Golf Club.
• Covenant Sweeps Weather-Shortened Series (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on March 26, 2011 at 11:32:32 pm
  Covenant College won a double-header Friday against Huntingdon College, edging the visitors in the first game 2-1, while cruising in the second game 11-2.
• Taylor’s tie more tall tale than truth (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
  posted on March 24, 2011 at 04:38:49 am
  The story goes something like this: Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor graced the sheets in Room 531 at the Lookout Mountain, Ga., hotel that now is Covenant College.
• Elizabeth Taylor Has Tennessee Valley Tie (WTVC Chattanooga)
  posted on March 23, 2011 at 09:29:19 pm
  Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher have a tie to the Tennessee Valley. She and Eddie Fisher honeymooned at the Lookout Mountain Hotel. It was built in the late 1920's and is now part of Covenant College.
• Nielson to step down as Covenant president in 2012 (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
  posted on March 19, 2011 at 04:17:15 am
  Covenant College President Niel Nielson plans to leave the school next year to lead a new global Christian education center.
• Covenant College President Nielson Steps Down He Will Join The Maclellan Foundation (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on March 18, 2011 at 05:32:33 pm
  Covenant College President Niel Nielson is stepping down to take a position with the Maclellan Foundation. He has served as president of the Lookout Mountain, Ga., college since 2002.
• Early Tourney Exit Ends Season (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on March 14, 2011 at 05:02:48 pm
  LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN -- March is well known for its college tournaments, and Friday, March 11 marked the beginning of the NCCAA Mid-East Region Tournament hosted this year by Covenant College. The hosting Lady Scots were the 4 seed and took on the top ranked 1 seed Lady Tornado of King College.
• Trevor Potts Named Head Golf Coach At Covenant (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:00:26 am
  Covenant College has named Trevor Potts as the new golf coach, Director of Athletics Tami Smialek announced. Potts becomes the third head coach in the history of the golf program.
• Covenant opens with pair of wins (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
  posted on February 13, 2011 at 05:06:34 am
  The Covenant College baseball team opened its season Saturday by defeating Berea 7-0 and 4-3 on Lookout Mountain.
• Cats Climb Mountain, Tumble To Scots GNTC ‘Seven’ Preparing For Conference Play (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on January 26, 2011 at 03:20:50 pm
  (Lookout Mountain, Georgia) – Just two months ago, Georgia Northwestern topped a visiting Covenant College squad by six. It would be one of ten consecutive regular-season losses for the Scots JV squad who entered Tuesday night’s rematch with the Bobcats with a winless 0-10 mark.
• Sewer Renovations Will Proceed Despite One Resident Who's Refusing To Cooperate (The Dade County Sentinel)
  posted on January 26, 2011 at 02:23:02 pm
  Friday’s meeting of the Dade County Water Authority’s board of directors was devoted largely to coping with a glitch in the county’s three-way agreement with Covenant College and the city of Lookout Mountain, regarding a $500,000-plus sewer renovation in the Flintstone subdivision atop the mountain – the refusal of one Flintstone resident to sign an estoppel and easement letter allowing work to ...
• Dade Indemnifies Lookout Mountain, Ga., In Face of Flintstone Sewer Holdout (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on January 25, 2011 at 12:05:42 am
  A meeting of the Dade County Water Authority’s board of directors was devoted largely to coping with a glitch in the county’s three-way agreement with Covenant College and the city of Lookout Mountain, Ga., regarding a $500,000-plus sewer renovation in the Flintstone subdivision atop the mountain – the refusal of one Flintstone resident to sign an estoppel and easement letter allowing work to ...
• Scots Win Thriller Over Rust College Bearcats (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:35:51 am
  LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN -- For the first time in nearly three years, the Covenant College Scots basketball team has won two games in a row.
• Covenant College exhibit explores theme from ninth book of Homer's 'Odyssey' (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
  posted on January 16, 2011 at 05:23:37 am
  For almost 10 years, Kayb Carpenter Joseph has been fascinated by the story of the lotus eaters.
• Westminster Christian's Dutcher becomes a force (Daily Herald)
  posted on December 9, 2010 at 01:40:00 am
  Westminster Christian center Ian Dutcher has been on the Wheaton College coaching staff's radar for months, according to Warriors coach Bruce Firchau. Likewise, Taylor University in Upland, Ind. wants the chance to educate the 6-foot 8½ center for the next four years. So does Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga.
• From The Archives: Covering John Lennon's Death in 1980 (WDEF Chattanooga)
  posted on December 8, 2010 at 08:36:41 pm
  Did you know that the man who shot John Lennon briefly went to school on Lookout Mountain? We have 4 stories from the archives on how Chattanooga reacted to Lennon's death... from a run on the record stores to the Covenant College connection. read more
• College basketball: Crumley, Sisk lead Lady Vikes to road win (Rome News-Tribune)
  posted on November 24, 2010 at 04:31:17 am
  Erica Crumley and Danielle Sisk scored 13 points apiece and Berry College led for all but 16 seconds in the Lady Vikings’ 70-61 victory over Covenant College in Lookout Mountain on Tuesday night. ...
• College basketball: Holloman scores 20 as Berry uses 15-0 spurt to defeat Covenant (Rome News-Tribune)
  posted on November 24, 2010 at 04:31:08 am
  David Holloman scored a game-high 20 points to lead Berry College to a 71-62 victory over Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga., Tuesday. The Vikings (3-1) took advantage of a 14-0 run, hold...
• Georgia Northwestern Keeps Home Streak Intact With Win Over Covenant JV (The Chattanoogan)
  posted on September 25, 2010 at 08:20:51 pm
  The undefeated streak of Georgia Northwestern Technical College continued on its home floor on Friday night. The Lady Cats extended their home record to 18-0 over their first four season of collegiate competition with a sweep of Covenant College's JV squad winning three games-to-none.