Stephen has covered high school sports in the tri-state area since the early 1990s, starting at the News-Free Press as a 19-year-old reporter. He has been with the Times Free Press since its inception and has been an assistant sports editor for more than seven years. Stephen is among the most decorated writers in the TFP’s newsroom, winning numerous state and regional awards for his writing on high school athletics.
He has two children, Riley and Lauren, and lives in South Pittsburg.
Contact Stephen at 423-757-6293 or shargis@timesfreepress.com.
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Any statistic or number related to girls' basketball has to be pretty impressive to catch Carolyn Jackson's eye. In her 38th season as Brainerd High School's coach, Jackson has more than 800 wins, and her program is the last from Hamilton County to have claimed a girls' state championship.
It was while Tim Daniels was working as an assistant coach for a postseason all-star game that the thought first crossed his mind. Coaching the offensive line three years ago for a senior showcase, Daniels enjoyed working outside the spotlight that comes with being a head coach.
After guiding Red Bank’s football program for 10 years, Tim Daniels has resigned as head football coach.
Family and familiarity with the program helped guide Tory Kemp's decision on where she will continue her athletic career. The GPS senior verbally committed to sign a track scholarship with the University of North Carolina Wednesday, where she will join her older brother T.J., who is on a lacrosse scholarship at UNC after an all-state career at McCallie.
With the postseason rapidly approaching, GPS basketball coach Susan Crownover wanted to leave little doubt that her Bruisers are peaking at the right time as they prepare to defend their Division II state title.
For several years now, LaQuisha Jackson has had a plan in mind for her future. Since her breakout freshman season in which she became Tennessee's fastest female sprinter, Jackson began to focus on becoming not just the best in her home state but in the nation and eventually reaching the Olympics.
Vonn Bell’s list of football scholarship offers grew by one Thursday, and it was the one he had been waiting on for some time.
Ridgeland High School star safety Vonn Bell got another phone call from another high-profile SEC football coach Thursday.
With what will likely be a hectic year of recruiting still ahead of him, Vonn Bell's rising stock reached an early zenith with one impressive phone call Wednesday.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — For as long as he can remember, Austin Sanders has sat in the Neyland Stadium stands next to his dad on fall Saturdays.
