GPS
The latest GPS coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Prep section.
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Polk County softball team tops district
The last time that Polk County High School's softball team won a regular-season district title, "Schindler's List" won the Academy Award for best motion picture that year. The theme from "Aladdin" won best song at the Grammy Awards. And no player on Polk's current regular-season-championship team was born yet.
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Soddy-Daisy’s Lady Trojans clip Wilson Central in softball tournament final
Host Soddy-Daisy held off a late challenge by Wilson Central in the Gold final of the 24th Lady Trojan Classic high school softball tournament Saturday at Soddy Lake Kids' Park and edged the Lady Wildcats 3-2 for the championship.
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Soddy-Daisy, GPS, Bradley go 3-0
Four teams went 3-0 on Friday in the opening day of Soddy-Daisy's 24th Lady Trojan Classic high school softball tournament, including the host team.
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Willard, Dagnan pick Belmont, Lee and other sports news
Chattanooga State's No. 1 softball battery was charged up Wednesday, as pitcher Shelby Willard signed scholarship papers for Belmont University in Nashville while catcher Emily Dagnan sat beside her and signed papers for Lee University in Cleveland. Both want to go into nursing and praised their respective NCAA schools' nursing programs. Willard, a 5-foot-8 right-hander from Central High School, is 19-0 this season for the nationally fifth-ranked Lady Tigers (43-5), with a 2.53 earned run average and 125 strikeouts in 116 innings, and she was just named the NJCAA Division I national pitcher of the week. "Shelby had a slow start her freshman year, and there was a lot she had to learn, but she really worked hard and developed a couple of pitches, her changeup and curve, to go with her screwball and riseball," Chattanooga State coach Blythe Golden said. "Belmont was looking for a pitcher who could start right away and be a leader, and Shelby can give them that. She's a competitor." Dagnan, a 5-5 former Sequatchie County standout who also boxes internationally, is batting .357 with nine home runs and 33 RBIs this season after catching every game for the Lady Tigers last year. "She's just been solid, extremely dependable," said Golden, a former catcher. "And not just in games but in every bullpen. A catcher can make or break a team, and Emily is a great leader for us behind the plate." Dagnan said, "Coach Golden has made me 10 times better than before." Willard said she likes Belmont's coaches, "and it's semi-close to home, it's a competitive program and a very pretty school. And it's a good school to get a degree from."
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GPS starts 2-0 in Baylor tournament
GPS competed in a softball tournament on a Friday, so all coach Susan Crownover was looking for was the usual.
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Girls Preparatory School Athletic Hall of Fame adding Erickson
Lindsey Ward Erickson will be honored this evening and Saturday during Alumae Weekend as the 2014 addition to the Girls Preparatory School Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Kayla Hughes, Baylor defeat GPS 4-0
Baylor sophomore pitcher Kayla Hughes can testify that there's nothing like a plan when it comes together.
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CSAS appreciates Marion’s reaction to players’ baseball game collision
The injured mouth and dental repair for one player and the staples in the head of another eventually will be forgotten, but Arts & Sciences baseball coaches, players, administrators and fans never will forget the heart-felt hospitality and sympathy extended by host Marion County after two Patriots players collided during a game last week.
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Eight area girls named to TSWA all-state basketball teams
Eight girls from the Chattanooga area have been named to the 2014 Tennessee Sports Writers Association all-state basketball teams.
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Baylor to host Hits for Hope tourney
Friday's pool play at Warner Park
