Lindsey Young

Assistant Sports Editor

Lindsey Young is the assistant sports editor at the Times Free Press and began his career with the News Free-Press in 1986 after graduating from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and associate’s degrees in English and Psychology. At the News Free Press and now the Times Free Press he has covered preps, mostly in the Northwest Georgia area, including numerous state championships, and has won several Tennessee Sports Writers Association awards. He was the paper’s NASCAR beat writer for 12 years and has, over the years, covered a Super Bowl, two World Series, many college football games and served as the beat writer for UTC for parts of three years. Lindsey is a 2024 inductee into the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame.

Contact Lindsey Young at lyoung@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6296.

Bearettes, Lady Chargers stand firm atop Chattanooga-area girls’ basketball polls

by Lindsey Young, Patrick MacCoon ·January 28, 2025

The Times Free Press staff ranks the Chattanooga area's top five public school and private school girls' basketball programs each week.

Staff file photo / Bradley Central's Harmonie Ware, left, an Arkansas signee, had a huge performance this past week against East Hamilton to help the Bearettes win their 138th consecutive district game.

These are the best Chattanooga-area prep basketball games of the week

by Lindsey Young, Patrick MacCoon ·January 27, 2025

Rivalries, late-season showdowns, postseason seeding – we've got it all this week. Here are five of the most important girls and boys basketball games in the Chattanooga area this week:

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Red Bank's Jaylen Rice (3) battles for the ball with Soddy-Daisy's Aiden Haile (10) during their game at Red Bank High School on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

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Christian Heritage boys balanced in blowout of Chattooga

by Lindsey Young ·January 24, 2025

If there is such a thing as a "statement game," the Christian Heritage School boys' basketball team just made one.

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Chattooga's DJ Etchison (4) guards host Christian Heritage's Dontae Crowder as he looks to shoot during Friday night's GHSA Region 7-A Division I showdown in Dalton, Ga.

Ranking the Chattanooga area’s best public, private girls’ basketball programs

by Lindsey Young, Patrick MacCoon ·January 21, 2025

The Times Free Press staff ranks the Chattanooga area's top five public and private school girls' basketball programs each week.

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Chattanooga Christian School's Momo Moore handles the ball as Cleveland's Laney Copeland defends during a Dec. 3 game at CCS. Both teams are ranked in the latest Times Free Press girls' basketball polls.

This week’s top Chattanooga-area prep basketball games to watch

by Lindsey Young, Patrick MacCoon ·January 20, 2025

The stakes are getting higher for Chattanooga-area high school basketball teams. Here are five of the most important girls and boys games this week:

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / After a slow start to the season, Christen Collins (2) and the Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Lady Warriors have gotten back in the playoff hunt in Region 7-AA.

Heritage, Trion wrestling teams finish fourth at GHSA state duals

by Lindsey Young ·January 18, 2025

Two of the five local wrestling teams that qualified for this year's GHSA state duals earned fourth-place finishes Saturday.

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Ringgold's Tristan Busch, top, was undefeated Saturday while helping the Tigers go 2-1 as they came within a win of the medal round in GHSA Class AA state duals competition at Columbus High School.

Trion advances to semifinals at GHSA Class A state duals

by Lindsey Young ·January 17, 2025

The good news for local wrestling programs after the first day of GHSA state duals is that all five involved won first-round matches.

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Former Sonoraville wrestling coach Randy Steward led Trion to the championship semifinals of the GHSA Class A state duals Friday night at Heard County.

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Coahulla Creek, Ringgold hope to make noise at GHSA state duals

by Lindsey Young ·January 16, 2025

Coahulla Creek and Ringgold should be ready for what they will see in this weekend's GHSA Class AA state duals at Columbus High School.

Staff file photo / Ringgold wrestler Jaxon Delgado, right, is part of a formidable middle of the lineup for the Tigers heading into the GHSA Class AA state duals Friday at Columbus High School.

Ranking the best public, private girls’ basketball programs in the Chattanooga area

by Lindsey Young, Patrick MacCoon ·January 14, 2025

The Times Free Press staff ranks the Chattanooga area's top five public and private school girls' basketball programs each week.

Staff file photo by Robin Rudd / Bradley Central senior guard Avary Brewer (2), a Samford signee, is a talented 3-point shooter and a spark plug on defense for the nationally ranked No. 5 Bearettes, who entered this week 17-0.

Chattanooga-area’s best prep basketball games to watch this week

by Lindsey Young, Patrick MacCoon ·January 13, 2025

As high school basketball teams in the Greater Chattanooga area dive deep into district/region play, games become even more important. Here are five girls and five boys games to watch this week: