Prep
The latest Prep coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Baylor, Best of Preps, Bledsoe County, Boyd-Buchanan and 12 more sections.
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Finley Stadium left with no regular-season prep football games
Finley Stadium is again helping kick off the area's high school football season this week with its "Prelude to a Championship" that features three…

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Hixson man pleads guilty, sentenced to 15 years for killing father of six
A Hixson man will serve 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to a second-degree murder charge as part of a negotiated plea agreement.

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Flag football is helping take the NFL to all corners of the globe
DUSSELDORF, Germany — With five-on-five games, no contact and an emphasis on speed and elusiveness, the future of American football around the world looks…

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Poll: Higher-income families more likely to enroll kids in organized sports
WASHINGTON — Americans overwhelmingly see major benefits to children playing organized sports, a new poll finds, but higher-income families are more likely to participate.

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Heritage’s Brayden Stoker ready to leave his mark in final prep season
Heritage's Brayden Stoker is No. 8 on the 2026 Times Free Press Dynamite Dozen list of the area's top college football prospects among Chattanooga-area seniors.

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Baylor slugger Blake Lundy plays in High School All-American Game
The cornfields of Dyersville, Iowa, have been the backdrop to baseball dreams for nearly four decades.

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Calhoun’s Hudson Chadwick has built a legacy in football and baseball
Calhoun's Hudson Chadwick is No. 9 on the 2026 Times Free Press Dynamite Dozen list of the area's top college football prospects among Chattanooga-area seniors.

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Dalton’s Ayden Ashlock drives for team success in final prep season
Dalton's Ayden Ashlock is No. 10 on the 2026 Times Free Press Dynamite Dozen list of the area's top college football prospects among Chattanooga-area seniors.

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Chattanooga-area prep football teams closing in on new season
This will be the final week for high school football teams across Tennessee and Georgia to sneak in one final dress rehearsal, aka scrimmages,…

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Sequatchie County’s Jack Evitts exemplifies lead-by-example approach
Sequatchie County's Jack Evitts is No. 11 on the 2026 Times Free Press Dynamite Dozen list of the area's top college football prospects among Chattanooga-area seniors.
