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Georgia prep football roundup: Dalton running game gets well in rout of Ridgeland

Dalton High School's offense is just fine it seems.

By Lindsey Young September 12, 2020

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Dalton running back Maurice Howard scores a touchdown during Friday night's game at Ridgeland. Howard rushed for 230 yards and three touchdowns as the Catamounts won 52-7.

This week’s Chattanooga-area high school football previews

Preview some of the Chattanooga area's biggest high school football games for the fourth week of the 2020 season.

By Staff Reports September 11, 2020

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Ridgeland's KeSean Eubanks looks for running room during last Friday's 35-0 season-opening loss to Rabun County.

Prep roundup: Sequatchie beats Red Bank, tightens grip on volleyball district

Sequatchie County volleyball player Sarah Brown jumped up and down as the emotions poured out on the court after a long-awaited victory.

By Lindsey Young, Patrick MacCoon September 11, 2020

Staff photo by Patrick MacCoon / Sequatchie County's Megan Hall digs the ball during a home victory over Red Bank on Thursday.

Prep roundup: Signal Mountain impressive in volleyball sweep of Ooltewah

Signal Mountain freshman Emily Redman had eight aces out of 23 serves to help lead Tuesday's home volleyball sweep of Ooltewah.

By Lindsey Young, Patrick MacCoon September 8, 2020

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Ooltewah's Meghan Jordan, center, plays the ball during Tuesday's match at Signal Mountain.

Georgia prep football roundup: Top-ranked Rabun rolls past Ridgeland; Calhoun dominates

Rabun County, Georgia's top-ranked Class AA team, proved Friday night at Bowers and Painter Field that it's far from a one-man show.

By Lindsey Young September 5, 2020

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Rabun County's Gunner Stockton jumps over one defender and stiff-arms another on a rush during Friday's shutout win at Ridgeland.

Prep roundup: McKenna Brown helps Lady Irish rally for key district volleyball win

Mary Fillauer knew exactly where she was going with the ball.

By Lindsey Young, Patrick MacCoon September 2, 2020

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Signal Mountain's Emalee Grace Rowe, left, and Antoinette Cisto return a serve during Tuesday's 3-2 home win against Hixson.

Prep roundup: Coahulla Creek’s Lane Hollis wins Heritage cross country meet

Metro Atlanta programs River Ridge and Sequoyah captured the team titles Saturday at the Heritage 5-Star Stride in Ringgold.

By Lindsey Young August 30, 2020

Trail running action close up of running shoes in action. / Pavel1964

Georgia’s Region 7-AAAA features an emerging threat in football this season

Perhaps no level of Georgia High School Association football was shaken up more by the latest round of reclassification than Class AAAA, where five of last year's eight state quarterfinal teams are gone and several other big-time programs changed regions.

By Lindsey Young August 29, 2020

Staff photo by Robin Rudd / Heritage High School football players run onto the field before their home game against Catoosa County rival Ringgold on Aug. 30, 2019. Heritage remains in Region 7-AAAA this season, along with fellow local programs Northwest Whitfield and Ridgeland, but GHSA reclassification has added some new programs to the league.

Prep roundup: Gordon Lee defeats rival to start region softball play

Gordon Lee's dynamic pitching duo of Emma Minghini and Emma Langston recorded 14 strikeouts as the Lady Trojans defeated visiting Trion 6-1 in the GHSA Region 6-A public opener for each team Thursday night.

By Lindsey Young August 28, 2020

Staff file photo by C.B. Schmelter / Gordon Lee's Emma Minghini turned in another stellar pitching outing and had a key two-run single to help the Lady Trojans beat rival Trion in the Region 6-A public opener for both softball teams Thursday night in Chickamauga, Ga.

High school roundup: Ridgeland’s last-inning rally nets softball tourney win in Dalton

Ridgeland rallied for eight runs in the fifth inning Friday to defeat Pepperell at the Dalton Lady Cat Classic at Heritage Point Park.

By Lindsey Young August 15, 2020

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