Baylor and McCallie will renew their basketball hostilities Saturday night at Chattanooga State with a Times Free Press Best of Preps title on the line, though each took a distinctly different path to the championship game.

Following a similar script from their first meeting one month earlier, the Signal Mountain girls' basketball team used a late fourth-quarter rally to knock off rival Red Bank in Friday's Times Free Press Best of Preps semifinals.

Before the Silverdale Baptist Academy girls' basketball team stepped on the court Friday at Chattanooga State, coach Victor Underwood challenged his captains.

The annual Times Free Press Best of Preps basketball tournament continues Friday and includes the semifinal round.

Down nine points against a hot-shooting Red Bank team at halftime of the late boys' game in the Times Free Press Best of Preps Tournament at Chattanooga State, Webb got his players' attention with the promise of free food.

It didn't take long for the Baylor boys' basketball team to reestablish itself among the favorites in the annual Times Free Press Best of Preps Tournament.

Two perennial Chattanooga high school basketball powers will meet in Friday's semifinal round of the Times Free Press Best of Preps Tournament at Chattanooga State, though each has had an atypical start to the season.

It won't count in the district standings, but it definitely matters to both sides as far as the emotion of the rivalry.

Heading into the new year and another tournament, Baylor girls' basketball coach John Gibson wanted his team to keep pushing.

The annual Times Free Press Best of Preps basketball tournament gets underway today at 10 a.m. at Chattanooga State.

The past 12 months saw a mixture of traditional high school sports powers continue their dominance and new faces stepping into the spotlight.

Moving up from his sixth-man role on last year's Class AA state-tournament basketball team, senior Calvin James continues to provide a spark for Howard.

Enjoy a year end gallery of the favorite sports photos of the Times Free Press photographers.

Senior sharpshooter Jackson Greer and his Sale Creek teammates were all smiles after taking down Grace Academy, 64-56, Saturday in the Chatt-Town Classic at Chattanooga State.

Saturday's game was less than two minutes old when the worst possible thing happened for the Red Bank Lady Lions.

Cleveland High School basketball coach Reggie Tucker was asked if star guard JaCobi Wood ever does anything to surprise him following the Blue Raiders' 60-49 win over Howard in the Chatt-Town Classic at Chattanooga State on Friday night.

There is no telling Rhea County senior point guard Mallory Hampton to slow down.

One of the most dominant post players in Red Bank High School girls' basketball history, senior Bailey Lee is focused on helping her team leave a lasting mark.

Tennessee already has done a quality job of recruiting for the 2020 signing class, with a top-15 group by all accounts.

The Times Free Press sports team would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

Wearing a gold cross around his neck, Chattanooga Christian School senior 6-foot-7 basketball standout Michael Houge believes it is important to keep his faith strong. It's carried him through a series of troubles and trial.

Sometimes to reach the level where you dream to be, you have to be knocked to the ground along the way.

With four TSSAA Class AA state-tournament appearances in the last five seasons, the Brainerd boys' basketball program knows how to finish strong.