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Tennessee Valley Showdown: South Pittsburg leads after first week

Staff File Photo / South Pittsburg fans have put their high school on top of the Tennessee Valley Showdown leaderboard one week into the new prep sports promotion from the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Staff File Photo / South Pittsburg fans have put their high school on top of the Tennessee Valley Showdown leaderboard one week into the new prep sports promotion from the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

As a means to support news literacy in schools, the Chattanooga Times Free Press recently began offering a special $10 per month subscription package to new subscribers who identify the high school they support.

Any new subscriber who registers online will be prompted to include the school in the box marked “location.”

The school that generates the highest percentage of subscriptions relative to its enrollment between now and December will receive a $50,000 donation that will go toward the athletic department’s budget.

Here are the first week’s rankings for the Tennessee Valley Showdown, based on total subscriptions sold by school:

1. South Pittsburg;