Highlighted by special guest speaker Zakai Zeigler's message of not letting obstacles deter their dreams, the Chattanooga area's top high school athletes and coaches from the 2023-24 school year were honored during the annual Times Free Press Best of Preps banquet at the Chattanooga Convention Center Tuesday evening.
It took something extra special to stand out among an impressive group of Chattanooga-area prep sports coaches in the 2023-24 school year.
Winning state was not a prerequisite to being a finalist for Times Free Press Scrappy Moore Female Athlete of the Year, but it certainly helped.
There's a common thread tying together all six finalists for Times Free Press Scrappy Moore Male Athlete of the Year in 2024.
Before Jimmy Bryson had even left Atlanta to return home he knew his mind was made up.
Chattanooga will have a hometown Olympian competing this summer in France.
Thursday was checkout day for the remaining Chattanooga-area public schools competing in the baseball and softball state tournaments.
Baylor and Silverdale Baptist Academy were both cruising along on the softball field Wednesday in Murfreesboro. Mother Nature had other ideas.
A foursome of familiar names reminded the standing-room-only crowd at MTSU's Dean Hayes stadium why they're so widely known during Tuesday's TSSAA Class A and AA state track meet.
Considering the obstacles she has already faced in her young life, coming to the plate with her team needing a clutch hit in its softball state tournament opener was no big deal for Regan Rowan.
