Lionettes appreciate but not content with No. 1 district seed
On the brink of the District 6-AA high school softball tournament, Red Bank's Lionettes have a different view on the competition this season. It's from the top.

On the brink of the District 6-AA high school softball tournament, Red Bank's Lionettes have a different view on the competition this season. It's from the top.

The way things began for East Hamilton and starting pitcher Jared Price in the District 5-AAA high school baseball tournament opener Wednesday, it didn't seem like Price would be around long in the game or that the Hurricanes would be around long in the tournament.

McCallie School has announced that assistant wrestling coach Jake Yost is being promoted to head coach, where he will succeed Mike Newman, who has held the top job the past 10 years. Newman will stay on staff and assist Yost.

Silverdale Baptist Academy earned the first TSSAA Division II-A East District 2 softball title, although it took two games Tuesday at Chattanooga Christian.

Silverdale Baptist Academy defeated Chattanooga Christian 8-5 at CCS in Saturday's winners-bracket final of the Division II-A East District 2 tournament. But that was after having beaten the Lady Chargers by a combined 17-0 in 12 innings in the two regular-season meetings.

Bradley Central came into Wednesday's high school baseball doubleheader at Soddy-Daisy knowing it needed to win one game to be the top-seeded team for the District 5-AAA tournament it will host starting next Wednesday. And right-handed pitcher Andy Bunch saw to it that the Bears did that.

East Ridge softball pitcher Sabrina Thompson signed scholarship papers Thursday and will continue her career at Coppin State University.

Silverdale Baptist Academy's Kaili Phillips, a University of Tennessee signee, likely hasn't seen a whole lot of good pitches this high school softball season. She didn't see a whole lot of good ones Thursday.

As a leadoff batter, Carissa Frost's job most at-bats is to try to get on base ahead of her slugging teammates. But with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning of Walker Valley's District 5-AAA high school softball game Tuesday against Ooltewah, Frost channeled her inner cleanup batter.

Signal Mountain came into Tuesday's District 6-AA high school baseball game against Red Bank needing a victory to keep pace with Hixson atop the league standings. And thanks to the efforts of a freshman right-handed pitcher and an opportunistic offense, the Eagles were able to get it done.
