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.

Four potential NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 surprises

by Lindsey Young ·March 19, 2024

The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament actually begins Tuesday night with the first of four play-in games. If you're watching you're also filling out at least one bracket, either for fun, to win office bragging rights or to maybe make a little cash. To excel in any bracket, finding the right upsets is a key. Here are four potential Sweet 16 teams seeded 10th or worse — one in each bracket — that could make your bracket, courtesy of staff writer Lindsey Young.

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Drake's Tucker DeVries (12) drives against Indiana State's Julian Larry (1) during the second half of the championship game in the Missouri Valley Conference NCAA basketball tournament. DeVries is one of three Drake players with 60 or more 3-point makes this season.

Here are five of the best ballparks to catch a prep baseball game in Northwest Georgia

by Lindsey Young ·March 13, 2024

Prep baseball is in full swing and the weather is becoming, well, more fan friendly.

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Bill Womack Field at Ringgold High School is usually a hopping spot to watch a high school baseball game, especially in the postseason. The Tigers made a run to the GHSA Class AAA championship series in 2023.

Thirty-eight years and five memorable sports moments

by Lindsey Young ·March 12, 2024

On the heels of being inducted into the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame, Lindsey Young offers up five memorable events in a writing career that is in its 38th year.

Staff file photo / Calhoun High School football coach Hal Lamb looks on as Clay Johnson is handed the Class AA State Championship trophy l at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta in 2011.

With Cousins in the fold, three more things the Falcons need to accomplish

by Lindsey Young ·March 11, 2024

With the news the Atlanta Falcons have agreed to terms on a four-year contract with coveted free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins, it's time to find fits for the rest of the team's needs.

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With quarterback Kirk Cousins signed to a four-year contract, the Atlanta Falcons have a clear path to contending in the NFC.

Two minutes prove too much to overcome for Dalton girls in GHSA semifinal loss

by Lindsey Young ·March 1, 2024

In a game full of scoring runs, the Dalton Lady Catamounts were on the wrong side of a 16-0 surge in the fourth quarter Friday against Midtown.

Staff photo by Patrick MacCoon / Dalton senior Grace Ridley shoots a free throw as teammates Emma Hefner, left, and BB Bates look on during practice Thursday. The Lady Catamounts lost 73-63 in a GHSA Class AAAAA semifinal Friday at the University of West Georgia.

Competitive fire has Dalton girls in hunt for first state title

by Lindsey Young ·February 29, 2024

Hannah Harris knows her Dalton girls' basketball team is too experienced and battle-tested to fall for coach-speak at this time of year.

Staff photo by Patrick MacCoon / Dalton senior Grace Ridley, center, works with teammates at practice Thursday prior to Friday's GHSA Class AAAAA state semifinal against Midtown.

Dominant Dalton headed to GHSA Final Four; Murray rallies to also advance

by Lindsey Young ·February 27, 2024

For the first 10 minutes of Dalton High School's GHSA Class AAAAA girls' quarterfinal game at Arabia Mountain Tuesday night, it was hard to tell which of the teams had a roster full of freshmen and which one had the senior-laden lineup.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Murray County's Skyler Mahoney, left, and the Lady Indians rallied to defeat Butler Tuesday night to advance to the GHSA Class AA Final Four.

Observations on three northwest Georgia girls’ basketball teams playing in Tuesday’s Elite Eight

by Lindsey Young ·February 26, 2024

The GHSA Elite Eight basketball playoffs will be held Tuesday and Wednesday and, in northwest Georgia, the girls are leading the way. In today's list, Lindsey Young looks at the three teams still in the hunt for a state championship and the challenges they face.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Murray County head coach Chris Tipton leads his young team into Tuesday night's GHSA Class AA Elite Eight matchup at Butler.

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The transfer portal has altered college, prep coaching relationships

by Lindsey Young ·February 24, 2024

The transfer portal has not only made it more difficult for the majority of high school athletes to secure their college futures, it's fractured what used to be one of the most important relationships in football.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Northwest Whitfield head coach Josh Robinson has been coaching at the school for more than two decades. He and other prep coaches are frustrated by the effect the college football transfer portal is having on high school recruiting.

Trion falls in Sweet 16; Dalton, Murray County, Christian Heritage girls move on

by Lindsey Young ·February 23, 2024

The task was, literally, too tall for the Trion Lady Bulldogs to overcome in Friday night's GHSA Class A Division I girls' basketball Sweet 16 game.