Malik McConnell paused for a moment before his long-awaited basketball debut for Lees-McRae College on Wednesday night.

The Tyner Rams had reason to celebrate as they got after Howard on the hardwood Saturday night.

A day after Sonoraville helped kick off the Georgia High School Association wrestling postseason by winning the Area 6-AAA duals championship, Dade County, Northwest Whitfield and Trion joined the Phoenix by winning tournament titles Saturday in northwest Georgia to earn the right to host four-team state duals preliminary events next weekend.

The Georgia High School Association wrestling postseason began Friday with area and region duals for some teams, and Sonoraville wasted little time displaying a dominance coach Randy Steward hopes takes the Phoenix to the program's first duals state championship.

Since the 2010-11 season, the Bradley Central girls' basketball program has averaged 29.6 wins per season, and the Bearettes currently have 86 straight victories against district opponents. The post play of senior Anna Muhonen and sophomore Hannah Jones has helped keep that run alive.

Cleveland High School wrestler Cody Chittum's first match against intracounty rival Bradley Central will be one he'll never forget.

The TSSAA Board of Control held a virtual meeting Thursday to set the future host sites for multiple sports' state tournaments, including girls' soccer, which will return to Chattanooga, the event's host city for several years before it was moved to Murfreesboro in 2013.

The Georgia High School Association wrestling postseason will have a decidedly different look this winter.

When CJ Petrin was 3 years old, he rolled up a paper ball and tried knocking over empty two-liter bottles.

Walker Valley junior guard Seth Sausville scored the game-winning layup with seven seconds left, while Myles Mann secured the rebound at the buzzer on the defensive end to help defeat third-ranked East Hamilton, 64-62, at home Tuesday night.

Boyd Buchanan freshman Ace Bailey is a natural talent when it comes to making big plays on the hardwood.

The TSSAA state wrestling tournament is returning to Chattanooga after a 12-year absence.

For many people, Jim Frost's legacy in the fastpitch softball universe is obvious: the stadium that bears his name at Warner Park in downtown Chattanooga.

The Boyd Buchanan boys' basketball team put forth an offensive spectacle in a lopsided home victory over Chattanooga Christian School.

If there was rust resulting from a COVID-related interruption of their basketball schedule it didn't show Friday night for the Sonoraville Lady Phoenix.

Notre Dame senior shooting guard Cal Price made the most of his opportunity to play the game he loves.

For its new head football coach, Whitwell High School has turned to one of its own.

Hank Peppers admits he's a competition junky. The better the game, the higher the stakes, the more the LaFayette High School boys basketball coach likes it.

Hamilton County winter prep sports will be allowed to resume their season on Monday, according to county athletic director Brad Jackson.

Hal Lamb has been hired into a new athletic developmental position at Christian Heritage High School in Dalton.

A strong start in league play got even stronger Tuesday night for Heritage.

The winter sports prep season for Hamilton County schools, which has been postponed since early December, could resume in one week.

Patrick Johnson, a Notre Dame High School graduate who became a Tulane University standout, hopes his football success is just getting started.