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Panthers, Pirates, area’s small-school programs face big questions

Staff photo by Seth Carpenter/ Sale Creek quarterback Brody Raby returns as the starter but will be surrounded by younger players in the offensive skill positions.
Staff photo by Seth Carpenter/ Sale Creek quarterback Brody Raby returns as the starter but will be surrounded by younger players in the offensive skill positions. Staff photo by Seth Carpenter/ Sale Creek quarterback Brody Raby returns as the starter but will be surrounded by younger players in the offensive skill positions.

By Stephen Hargis 4 min read

Very few high school football teams enter the summer without question marks.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press will attempt to identify those areas of concern for each GHSA and TSSAA program in our coverage area.

After a look at the four local teams in TSSAA Class 2A across two regions, we conclude our classification-based series with a look at Class 1A, where all five area teams are in Region 3 and South Pittsburg looks to maintain its dominance.

› Copper Basin and Lookout Valley: Can either overcome a dire lack of depth?

The glaring issue for both programs over the past several years has been critically low roster numbers. That will be the case once again as both are expecting to be in the mid-20s, with a good number of those players being freshmen.