It begins as a slight smile, but as Deshaun Bass continues to explain his role on Tyner Academy's top-ranked football team, his face is quickly overtaken by a toothy grin that brightens his entire face.
There are specific faces that always come to mind whenever I visit any of our Chattanooga-area schools.
Two local players whose teams are still alive in the TSSAA prep football playoffs were also named finalists for the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football awards announced Tuesday night.
A bad day for Tennessee's national championship hopes got worse at night, when the Volunteers actually took the football field at South Carolina.
One of Hamilton County's oldest and most historically significant high school athletics programs is on the brink of fading into extinction.
To earn a six-mile trip to Finley Stadium to play for a title, Baylor first had to stop Brentwood Academy from covering the last 15 yards to the end zone.
If Chattanooga's McCallie and Baylor football teams both win their playoff games Friday night, they would compete against each other in an unprecedented state championship game at Finley Stadium.
Chattanooga has an inside track to hosting the TSSAA's nine state championship games for football again for the next two years.
Hendon Hooker's first postgame move Saturday was reminiscent of the University of Tennessee's last Heisman Trophy finalist.
Despite a slow start Friday night, once the Baylor offense got rolling, it was hard to stop.
