Prep Guide
The latest Prep Guide coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Prep section.
More in Prep Guide, page 9
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Sale Creek could surpass last year’s record-setting season
Eight weeks into the Panthers' 2023 schedule, Fitzgerald had already guided them to their most wins. In his first year at Sale Creek, the veteran coach led a program that had never won more than five games in a single season to its most successful showing — and the start of even higher expectations.
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Sequatchie County anxious to test offseason gains
The Indians have been building toward a special season for several years, and there are legitimate reasons to believe they have reached the doorstep of that payoff. It begins with the number of starters returning from the 2023 team that hosted a first-round playoff game and reached the second round.
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South Pittsburg has little experience, a lot to prove
With only four starters returning from last year's unbeaten team that won the program's seventh state title, and with just four seniors on the roster, there are far more unknowns than usual for the Pirates.
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Lookout Valley must rely on a young roster to step up
A rough season was followed by an even rougher offseason for the Yellow Jackets, who graduated 10 seniors, then had another 10 players who would have been starters or key contributors who opted to transfer. That has left a program that has routinely battled low numbers with only around 20 players on the roster.
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Whitwell’s potential has excitement swirling around program
There is a level of excitement swirling through the Whitwell community that is reminiscent of the Tigers' 2018 run to the Class 1A state title.
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Baylor restocks roster for another run at a state title
Despite the graduation of a prodigious amount of talent that helped the Red Raiders reach back-to-back BlueCross Bowl state finals, the expectations remain exactly where they have been.
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Walker Valley looks to build on record-setting season
The next step in the program's progression is to follow one successful year with another.
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Boyd Buchanan reloads for another deep playoff run
So much for a gradual rebuild.
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Bradley Central replacing 18 starters from last year’s 13-1 team
Coming off their most successful season in more than four decades, the Bears will have plenty to prove.
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A guide to this year’s Chattanooga-area Dynamite Baker’s Dozen
There are 13 area seniors with scholarship offers from ACC or SEC programs entering the 2023 season, making this the most explosive Dynamite Dozen ever.
