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Prep roundup: Silverdale Baptist senior Grace Renegar has third straight four-goal game

Presenting a physical presence in the middle of the field, Grace Renegar has been outstanding to begin her senior soccer season.

By Lindsey Young, Patrick MacCoon August 26, 2020

Staff photo by Patrick MacCoon / Silverdale Baptist Academy soccer player Gracie Renegar nearly scores off a header in the first half of Tuesday's game against Hixson.

Prep roundup: Region 6-AAA softball shaping up as advertised after Ringgold win

Going into the 2020 softball season, the thought surrounding Region 6-AAA was the regular season would be a survival-of-the-fittest kind of storyline.

By Lindsey Young, Patrick MacCoon August 24, 2020

Red Bank leans on defense early, then pulls away for big win against Soddy-Daisy

In a season opener surrounded by unknowns, Red Bank football coach Chris Brown relied on what he could count on Friday night.

By Jay Greeson August 22, 2020

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Red Bank's Alricko Trimble runs for a touchdown during Friday's season-opening win against visiting Soddy-Daisy. Trimble helped the Lions turn a close game at halftime into a 41-12 victory for the home team.

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.

Class of 2020 student-athletes to this year’s players: ‘Make every moment you have together count’

The adrenaline rush surrounding the kickoff of a new high school football season still reverberates throughout the Chattanooga area. From small rural communities to inner city programs, the anticipation for the South's most popular sport reaches its crescendo for players, coaches and fans Friday night.

By Stephen Hargis August 20, 2020

Staff photo by Robin Rudd / East Hamilton's Larry Henry Field glows under the lights on April 10, when several high school sports fields in the Chattanooga area were illuminated as a tribute to the athletes, and particularly the seniors, whose spring seasons were cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

Soddy-Daisy Trojans know third straight Region 4-5A football title isn’t guaranteed

Inside the Soddy-Daisy Trojans' locker room on Friday, just a week before their 2020 football season opener at Red Bank, no one was talking about last year.

By Patrick MacCoon August 15, 2020

Staff file photo by C.B. Schmelter / Soddy-Daisy quarterback Isaac Barnes (1) enters his senior season as the trusted leader of the Trojans' talented offense after passing for more than 2,200 yards in 2019. The Trojans are coming off back-to-back Region 4-5A titles, but coach Justin Barnes said that means nothing where this season is concerned.

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.

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.

Chattanooga area prep football tour signals the start to new, different season

There were more days than not that many of us likely believed we wouldn't get to this point. But here we are.

By Stephen Hargis August 4, 2020

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