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The latest Central coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Prep section.
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Prep football jamborees start tonight
Three events offer glimpse of new prep football season

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Region 2-4A Preview: Championship up for grabs
It was almost by default that Anderson County finished atop a poll of Tennessee Region 2-4A football coaches.

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Annual prep football practice tour includes 21 teams [photos]
As tough as it is to believe, we have less than a month before another high school football season kicks off. So for the 18th straight year I tried Monday to visit as many area teams as I could on the first day that Tennessee allowed them to practice in full pads.

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Sequatchie Valley jamboree schedule announced
The annual Sequatchie Valley football jamboree, one of the oldest in Tennessee, has been set for Friday, Aug. 11, at Sequatchie County High School in Dunlap.

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Best of Preps jamboree schedule set
With only about a month remaining before the 2017 high school football season kicks off, the schedule has been set for the event that signals the start to the season. For the second year in a row the Times Free Press will be the proud sponsor of the Kickoff Classic Best of Preps jamboree at Finley Stadium.

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Reviewing Chattanooga area spring football
A look at area Tennessee football spring drills.

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Lady Pounders win in 13 innings, then fall in four to Christian Academy of Knoxville
Central's Lady Purple Pounders could've used about a day and a half off to replenish energy after outlasting Greenbrier 2-1 in a 13-inning marathon softball game Thursday in the TSSAA Class AA state tournament. Instead, they may not have even gotten a half hour.

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Lady Pounders stay alive with 1-0 win
More times than not this high school softball season, when Central has scored it has won. Although that didn't happen in its Class AA state-tournament opener Tuesday, it was the case in Wednesday's losers-bracket game at Starplex No 2.

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Late rallies hurt Central in opening-round defeat
There have been times this high school softball season in which Central scored a run and pitcher Brooke Parrott made it hold up.

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Brooke Parrott central figure in Lady Purple Pounders’ state quest
It's a good thing for the Central High School softball program that Brooke Parrott is - or at least was - fond of tanktops.
