Soddy-Daisy
The latest Soddy-Daisy coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Prep section.
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Ooltewah Owls, Lady Trojans wrap up 5-AAA tennis titles
ATHENS, Tenn. - Despite his boys' team's undefeated run through the District 5-AAA regular season and solid positioning after the first day of the individual district tournament, Ooltewah tennis coach Ken Buchanan refused to let the Owls feel as though they've won anything.
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Lacye Walker softball MVP of TCCAA
Chattanooga State will not be repeating as NJCAA national softball champion, but Lady Tigers sophomore Lacye Walker from Grace Academy was the 2013 TCCAA most valuable player after the team's third-place league finish. She was joined on the all-conference first team by teammates Khadija Neely, Marina Wilkerson and Courtney Clark, and pitcher Haley Fagan was a second-team selection. Aaron Wright, Jordan McDonald and Casey Mannion were all-conference first-teamers from the Chattanooga State baseball team, which had pitcher Tyler McClure on the second team. Two of regular-season champion Walter State's three first-team baseball honorees were Tennessee transfer Jared Allen from Polk County and former Chatt State pitcher Taylor Patterson from Murray County. The Senators (35-16) will hostthe four-team NJCAA East Central district tournament starting May 16.
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Ooltewah Owls, Soddy-Daisy’s Lady Trojans lead 5-AAA tennis
ATHENS, Tenn. - The Soddy-Daisy girls' tennis team has been on the cusp of winning an outright district championship before, as last season the Lady Trojans fell just short.
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Hamilton County schools’ tracks in bad shape
It would be the equivalent of a football team practicing tackling drills on asphalt or a basketball player using a gravel parking lot to work on his ball-handling.
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High school standouts of May 2
* Liana Rodrigues, Arts & Sciences: A sixth-inning walk prevented her from pitching a perfect game against Boyd-Buchanan and she had 14 strikeouts for the Lady Patriots, who won 3-0 to move to 8-0 in District 5-A. They won the first district regular-season softball title in school history.
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Day top overall at Carson-Newman
Carson-Newman University center Kevin Day from Soddy-Daisy High School followed up a host of honors from his senior football season by being named the school's overall male athlete of the year. Softball slugger Brittany Hefner was the top female athlete. Day, who graduated in December and now teaches social studies at West High School in Knoxville, was a consensus All-American for NCAA Division II as well as the South Atlantic Conference's Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner. Catcher Bri Shoemake from Ooltewah was the softball "best defense" honoree.
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Parity abounds in Chattanooga area baseball districts
In the stroke of a single day, Bledsoe County went from being in position for its first district baseball championship in more than two decades to hosting a District 7-AA playoff game Thursday afternoon.
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Chattanooga area high school standouts for April 30
• Hannah Morrison, Marion County: She hit a home run in a 5-1 softball defeat of Whitwell.
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Destinee Lansden wins despite stress
3200 meters -- Dillon Clemmer (Baylor) 10:03.21, Paul Patterson (Bradley), Reed Oscar (McCallie); 110-meter hurdles -- Chaz Hawkins (Signal Mountain) 15.0, Philip McClain (Ooltewah), DeShawn McCleary (Bradley); 4x100 -- Oolteah 43.52, Red Bank, McCallie; 4x800 -- McCallie 8:42.59, Central, Red Bank; 100 meters -- Justin Ware (Walker Valley) 11.05, Patrick Taylor (CSAS), Thomas Sanders (Ooltewah); 1600 meters -- Ramsay Ritchie (McCallie) 4:27.41, Harold Smith (Bradley), Paul Patterson (Bradley); 4x200 -- Ooltewah 1:30.83, McCallie, Red Bank; 400 meters -- Kevin Yates (Hixson) 50.39, John Vannatta (South Pittsburg), Davis Couch (McCallie); 300-meter hurdles -- Chaz Hawkins (Signal Mountain) 42.69, Adam Hubert (Ooltewah), Philip McClain (Ooltewah); 800 meters -- Harold Smith (Bradley Central) 1:55.67, Jack Jones (McCallie), Alex Sumida (Baylor); 200 meters -- Patrick Taylor (CSAS) 22.64, Alex Trotter (McCallie), Jay Warren (Central); 4x400 _ McCallie 3:33.42, Bradley Central, Baylor; High jump -- DeVonte Cooper (Brainerd) 6-1, Elias Baker (Red Bank), Tyree Stubbs-Williams (Brainerd); Long jump -- Patrick Taylor (CSAS) 21-7.75, T.J. Davis (Ooltewah), Rashun Freeman (Ooltewah); Triple jump -- Traviunta Trammel (Central) 41-11.5, T.J. Davis (Ooltewah), DeShawn McCleary (Bradley); Discus -- Garrett Tumlin (CSAS) 137-11, Julian Nunally (McCallie), Jacob Revis (Rhea County); Shot put -- Julian Nunally (McCallie) 55-5, Cameron Walker (McCallie), Tyler Sorenson (Central); Pole vault -- Aaron Dunn (McCallie) 12-6, David Enicks (Red Bank), Heath Lockhart (CCS).
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High school standouts for April 25
* Thatcher Smith, Boyd-Buchanan: He was 4-for-5 with two RBIs in the Bucs' 8-7 baseball win over Silverdale.
