Marion County
The latest Marion County coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Prep section.
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Wrestling coaches wary of skin issues
Two Nashville schools recently shut down their wrestling programs for eight to 10 days, sending a disease scare through Tennessee.
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Blog: Good, bad, ugly from football season
Football represents the longest season of the year for us, starting no later than mid-July and carrying through Saturday, but I love that Friday night atmosphere and really hate to see it come to an end.
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Gossett blog: Looking for TSSAA expense check?
Wanted: Proof that any team received an all expenses paid trip to a TSSAA high school championship game. This, of course, excludes, Sullivan South trips to Columbia.
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Chattanooga area high school game capsules for Nov. 16
The key: Grace Christian was kept out of the 2011 playoffs by TSSAA decree and enters tonight's game with a 20-1 record the past two seasons. Conversely, a narrow loss to Class 4A Maplewood likely cost the Buccaneers a top seed and actually relegated them to a No. 3 seed, thus their back-to-back road trips. While Boyd-Buchanan was beating Rockwood 27-19 in its first playoff game, the Rams were enjoying a bye as Quadrant 1's top-seeded team. In Week 2 when Boyd-Buchanan went on the road to knock off second-seeded Oneida 21-6, Grace was at home pulling out a 28-20 win over Silverdale Baptist. Bucs coach Grant Reynolds didn't want to compare scores -- his team beating Silverdale 32-7 early in the year and the Rams topping the Seahawks by eight. "Silverdale improved a whole lot from our game with them, which was pretty early in the season, and Grace was without one of their top players," he said. That top player was running back Will McKamey, a Naval Academy commitment and son of Rams coach Randy McKamey. He suffered a severe concussion against South Pittsburg in Week 10 and spent several days at Erlanger Hospital before being released. His parents have said he will not play anymore this year. Other common opponents are Rockwood, which Grace defeated 12-7, and South Pittsburg, which the Rams beat 47-27 and which Boyd-Buchanan downed 35-21. Boyd-Buchanan has three shutout wins but none since it beat Unaka 53-0 in Week 7, the same week Grace got its only shutout (35-0 over Tellico Plains). The teams are comparable in size, although the Bucs might have better overall team speed. Road games don't bother Reynolds, who likes getting his players for close to six hours before kickoff and getting them away from parents, girlfriends and other distractions so "they can hone in on what they have to do."
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Zeman has been He-man for Marion turnaround
JASPER, Tenn. - The future of Marion County football is in the hands of a kid who actually conjures memories of the program's proud past.
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Area prep football playoffs of Nov. 16
Ooltewah (9-3) at Columbia Central (10-2), 8
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Top prep football performance
Yards // Name // Team // Opponent // Date // Att
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Player of the Week honor roll
(Coaches are invited to make nominations. Send an e-mail to Ward Gossett at wgossett@timesfreepress.com by 6 p.m. each Saturday.)
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District 5-AA down to four football teams
Concord Christian
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Marion County advances
JASPER, Tenn. - Marion County quarterback Matt Zeman spent last fall watching the state playoffs after the Warriors won one regular-season game.