Stephen Pryor remains on the fast track to the major leagues with the Seattle Mariners.

Derek Waugh made annual trips to Chattanooga in the early 1990s when he was starring in basketball at Furman University.

Area college baseball teams trying to get their seasons started have been hindered by a lot of rain lately, and the forecast for Saturday has led to adjustments in their opening dates.

Soddy-Daisy High School and Girls Preparatory School earned their first state bowling championships Saturday at the Smyrna Bowling Center.

Kristen Vredeveld seems just to be taking off with her athletic career, while Joel Bradford just finished an outstanding college football career and now can decide where else his abilities and interests in sports take him.

Girls Preparatory School already has one state bowling championship from this year’s tournament at Smyrna, Tenn. All the Bruisers want in on the fun today.

It was a wild year for area trails but a good year for Wild Trails, the local nonprofit that directs money to building and maintaining wilderness path projects through the region.

Girls Preparatory School never has reached a final in the state bowling tournament.

There will be a new Division I boys' state bowling champion this year. The Soddy-Daisy Trojans quickly saw to that Monday afternoon in their sectional against 2011 champ Smyrna at Holiday Bowl Hixson.

Niki Bell was determined to take her team with her this time. It was her last chance, after all. The Soddy-Daisy High School senior bowled games of 210, 226 and 234 in a 22-5 blowout of Spring Hill in Saturday's girls' state sectional at Holiday Bowl Hixson.