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This week’s Chattanooga-area high school football previews

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

By Staff Reports August 20, 2020

Staff photo / Notre Dame football players make their way through the run-through sign prior to a home game last season. The Fighting Irish will try to rebound from the disappointment of an injury-plagued 2019.

Prep roundup: Lady Bruins stay hot with tight softball win over Calhoun

Northwest Whitfield continued its hot start to the prep softball season Wednesday night with a 2-1 win over four-time state champion Calhoun.

By Staff Reports August 20, 2020

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Northwest Whitfield's Mia Sewell is out at second base as Calhoun's Espee Reyes makes the play during Wednesday's game at Northwest in Tunnel Hill, Ga.

TSSAA volleyball preview: Notre Dame one of several Chattanooga-area teams with title hopes

Notre Dame High School's varsity volleyball program has been working hard since June to make this season its most memorable in years.

By Patrick MacCoon August 15, 2020

Staff file photo by Patrick MacCoon / Notre Dame's McKenna Brown, in white, is one of the top outside hitters in the area and part of a loaded team that expects to make a deep run in the TSSAA Division II-A postseason this fall.

Region 3-1A teams again chasing Pirates, who look to finish strong

Despite putting up eye-catching numbers, the past four seasons have ended in frustration for South Pittsburg's football team.

By Stephen Hargis August 11, 2020

Staff photo by Robin Rudd / South Pittsburg's DeAndre Kelly runs the ball during the Pirates' annual rivalry matchup with Marion County on Sept. 13, 2019, in Jasper, Tenn.

Wiedmer: Hamilton County high school athletes are safer with Erlanger trainers on the team

It's not a stretch to say Erlanger's involvement with high school sports teams in Hamilton County has saved lives.

By Mark Wiedmer August 9, 2020

Staff photo by Robin Rudd / A trainer attends to an injured Brainerd football player during a game at Howard on Aug. 17, 2018. is seen to by the trainer as the player's head rest on a penalty flag. Erlanger Sports and Health Institute supplies licensed athletic trainers to 14 public high schools in Hamilton County, as well as three in Georgia.

Hargis: Series will highlight prep athletes during what would have been Spring Fling week

The week before Memorial Day has been highlighted by the Spring Fling for more than 25 years.

By Stephen Hargis May 17, 2020

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Sale Creek's Madison Stott (26) dances and sings along with her teammates while waiting on deck during a Class A softball state sectional game against Cosby on May 17, 2019. The TSSAA's annual Spring Fling would have been held this week in Murfreesboro, but the coronavirus pandemic canceled not only the state tournaments but most of the 2020 season for baseball, soccer, softball, tennis and track and field.

Malcolm Key becomes first Sale Creek football player in program history to sign scholarship

Lineman signs with Division I Jacksonville State after just one season of football

By Patrick MacCoon February 5, 2020

Flanked by his parents, Rhonda Dodds and Ron Key, Malcolm Key smiles during Wednesday's ceremony in the library at Sale Creek Middle/High School to celebrate the 6-foot-8, 360-pound lineman signing a football scholarship with Jacksonville State. / Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter

Chatt-Town Classic boys’ roundup: Jackson Greer scores 25 points to help Sale Creek break through for victory [photos]

Senior sharpshooter Jackson Greer and his Sale Creek teammates were all smiles after taking down Grace Academy, 64-56, Saturday in the Chatt-Town Classic at Chattanooga State.

By Patrick MacCoon December 28, 2019

Soddy-Daisy's Seth Coffelt, center, runs into Sequatchie County's Zak Lockhart, right, while competing for a rebound during a Chatt-Town Classic game Saturday at Chattanooga State. / Staff photo by Tim Barber

JaCobi Wood pours in 34 as Cleveland wins in battle of the unbeatens in Chatt-Town Classic [photos]

Cleveland High School basketball coach Reggie Tucker was asked if star guard JaCobi Wood ever does anything to surprise him following the Blue Raiders' 60-49 win over Howard in the Chatt-Town Classic at Chattanooga State on Friday night.

By Lindsey Young December 28, 2019

Cleveland boys' basketball coach Reggie Tucker talks to his players during a quarter break in Friday night's game against Howard at the Chatt-Town Classic at Chattanooga State. / Staff photo by Robin Rudd

Senior Bailey Lee leads Red Bank Lady Lions into Chatt-Town Classic

One of the most dominant post players in Red Bank High School girls' basketball history, senior Bailey Lee is focused on helping her team leave a lasting mark.

By Patrick MacCoon December 26, 2019

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