Ridgeland
The latest Ridgeland coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Prep section.
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Ridgeland roars to state semifinal
While boys should never hit a girl, Ridgeland's football team had no issue with punching Mary Persons in the mouth Friday night.
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Tough 2011 call shaped Ridgeland Panthers’ long 2012 run
The foundation for the best season in program history actually was laid one year ago.
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Ridgeland, Calhoun host playoffs again
In a matter of five minutes Friday night, Ridgeland High School football coach Mark Mariakis got a double dose of good news.
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Ridgeland in third round for first time
If the LaGrange Grangers were going to score in the final minutes and tie Friday night's Georgia Class AAAA second-round football playoff game, Ridgeland defensive back Dillon Peterman wasn't going to be the culprit.
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Chattanooga area high school football playoff game capsules
The key: It's the second round of Georgia's Class AA playoffs and already a matchup between teams that rank first and second in victory margin in their classification. Calhoun has averaged winning 47.4-14.7. Washington-Wilkes has averaged outscoring its opponents 41.5-8.9. History is on the side of the host Yellow Jackets, who have won 15 consecutive home playoff games. The Tigers have lost 10 consecutive road playoff games. A more tangible gauge in determining the outcome could be how well Calhoun's offensive line protects quarterback Taylor Lamb. Lamb's uncle, head coach Hal Lamb, said the Tigers can be effective with their linemen stunts and blitz packages.
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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 Friday prep football playoff matchups
Friday, Nov. 23
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Bridges leads Ridgeland to next round
It was most fitting that Friday night's first-round Class AAAA battle between Ridgeland and Booker T. Washington featured black versus blue in the color scheme. It was definitely a black-and-blue type game.
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Ridgeland’s Daniel Johnson earns trip to New York in the Wendy’s Heisman competition
Daniel Johnson could be a very busy person in early December. The Ridgeland High School senior, in fact, is counting on it.
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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."
