Dalton
The latest Dalton coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Prep section.
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Gordon Lee third in state Class A public school rankings
The Georgia Class A baseball power polls for week two were released Tuesday, and Region 6 has seven teams ranked in the top 11 of the public and private school polls.

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Chattanooga area high school standouts for April 2
• Jacob Maynard, Bradley Central: He had a home run and a triple and drove in three runs as the Bears edged McMinn County in baseball, 3-2.

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Area soccer teams ranked high
Calhoun boys' soccer coach Matt Rice has guided his team to an 8-0 record and a combined score of 58-1. As impressive an accomplishment as that is, it's not quite as good as what his father Randy is doing for the Lady Yellow Jackets, who have outscored opponents 61-0 in the same number of games.

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Dalton prepares for new track facility
Although the project can't begin until after this season, Dalton High School has been approved to have a state-of-the-art track facility built on campus. The project, which has a guaranteed maximum price of $1.35 million, will include a new eight-lane Beynon track as well as a new Shaw sports turf infield and a separate area outside the track to be used for field events.

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Chattanooga area high school standouts for March 26
• B.J. Rowland, Thomas Delay, Dalton: They won at No. 1 doubles, 6-1 in the first set, but the Catamounts lost 3-2 in Georgia boys' tennis to Alpharetta's River Ridge.

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Lady Trojan Invitational softball tournament smaller this year
At Soddy Lake Kids' Park

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Chattanooga area high school standouts for March 22
• Jack Bosworth, Chattanooga Christian: He doubled twice and had two RBIs as the Chargers defeated Lookout Valley 11-1 in a five-inning baseball game.

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Lookout Valley helps Red Bank track
Coaches don't always welcome letters from the TSSAA, but the one Red Bank track coach Hugh Enicks got recently has opened the door for some unexpected help. Because Lookout Valley didn't have enough interest to field a complete track team, the athletes from that school who did want to compete were cleared by the TSSAA to co-op with the Red Bank program.

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Chattanooga Christian grabs baseball tourney win
NOTE: This is the start of a weekly Thursday notebook on Tennessee high school baseball.

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High school standouts from March 16
* Matthew Brock, McCallie: He homered twice and drove in four runs in the Blue Tornado's 9-2 victory over St. Benedict in the Scenic City Classic baseball tournament.
