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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A week-to-week tour of the Chattanooga area’s 2026 prep football schedule
The Chattanooga Times Free Press is taking a sneak peek at some of the area's can't-miss games in the 2026 prep football season as kickoff approaches.
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Red Bank remains the football team to beat in Region 3-4A
Red Bank faced significant challenges on the football field last season on the way to securing the program's seventh region title in the past…
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Rhea County appears poised to repeat as Region 3-5A football champ
Perhaps no prep football region in Tennessee had a wilder finish to the 2025 regular season than 3-5A.
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Calhoun four-star QB Trace Hawkins commits to Clemson over LSU
With two seasons of prep football still ahead of him, Calhoun quarterback Trace Hawkins had narrowed his college choices down to two sets of Tigers.
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Bradley Central, Cleveland look to dethrone Maryville
For more than two decades, Maryville maintained a stranglehold on TSSAA Region 2-6A football.
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Baylor, McCallie expected to remain atop Division II-AAA’s East Region
For nearly a decade, Chattanooga football programs have dominated the TSSAA classification for Tennessee's largest private schools, which is considered the toughest and most…
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Silverdale Baptist has potential to end Boyd Buchanan’s region dominance
Boyd Buchanan will enter this season with a 22-game winning streak in region play, but there are many reasons to think TSSAA Division II-AA East could be competitive this fall.
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Annual Chattanooga area prep tour kicks off countdown to prep football season
Mondays are typically the toughest day of the work week. Although undoubtedly the longest, the first Monday when high school football teams are allowed…
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Annual Prep Tour kicks off countdown to season’s kickoff
It's the day that officially signifies the high school football season is just around the corner: the annual Prep Tour.
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Six area prep football programs under new leadership
Charles Fant is ecstatic to try and carry on the winning tradition of Boyd Buchanan's high school football program.
