Until medical experts tell us the threat has decreased to the point that we're safe to return to our routines, sports must take a back seat to real-life concerns.

On a Saturday afternoon when plenty of athletic venues around the country were quiet and empty due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak, high school baseball players for Sequatchie County and Whitwell enjoyed America's national pastime in the form of a doubleheader.

Reggie Tucker's first year as head coach of the Cleveland High School boys' basketball team has produced one highlight after another.

Baylor School athletic director Thad Lepcio announced on Friday that he has accepted a similar position at the Peddie School, beginning this summer.

The uncertainty surrounding area high school sports continued to spread Friday when Hamilton County Schools athletic director Brad Jackson notified coaches throughout the county that all secondary athletics have been suspended until March 30 because of concerns over the coronavirus.

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association announced late Thursday evening that the girls' and boys' basketball state tournaments are being suspended indefinitely due to concerns regarding the novel coronavirus.

At an important moment in the McCallie/GPS middle school performance of "Let 'Em Play!" the cast turns to the audience and implores them to join in the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame."

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association has announced that, due to concerns over COVID-19, the disease which caused the coronavirus, it will re-examine the girls' state basketball tournament schedule after the completion of Thursday's quarterfinal round.

When last Saturday's sectionals set the field for this week's TSSAA Class AAA girls' basketball state tournament at Middle Tennessee State University, Bradley Central appeared to be the team to beat.

Ethan Nunes spent Sunday at the soccer field with his team's bag of balls, practicing his shot.

East Hamilton's Madison Hayes was named Class AAA Miss Basketball for a second straight year and Cleveland's JaCobi Wood earned the AAA Mr. Basketball award at a ceremony on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University.

There is no doubt in JaCobi Wood's teammates' minds that their senior point guard is the best high school basketball player in the state.

After an emotionally exhausting week in which much of their hometown was leveled by a tornado, followed by the first on-court loss in more than two months, Upperman's boys' basketball Bees proved just how resilient they are Monday night.

Ben Nelson stepped down as Baylor's wrestling coach Monday after a decade of overseeing the program. Nelson joined the Red Raiders program in 2008 as an assistant before taking over for the late Jim Morgan in 2010.

The spring season for Tennessee high school sports officially begins Monday, with the Chattanooga area's schedule on opening day highlighted by a soccer match between two nationally ranked programs.

Bradley Central basketball players Alexis Barnes and Anna Walker broke into smiles as they walked downcourt in the final seconds of Saturday's Class AAA sectional against Tullahoma.

While Nick Kurtz still has a year left in his high school career, the junior post couldn't hold back the tears after Baylor's basketball season ended short of the Division II-AA state championship at Lipscomb University.

Led by Marcellus Brigham, Briarcrest Christian advanced to the TSSAA Division II-AA state championship game for boys' basketball.

The Baylor girls' basketball team's season came to an end in Friday afternoon's Division II-AA state tournament semifinals.

The impressive accolades continue to pile up for East Hamilton senior Madison Hayes, who on Friday was named the Tennessee girls' basketball player of the year by Gatorade.

During the pregame shootaround for the Region 3-AAA boys' championship game Thursday night at Bradley Central, first-year Cleveland coach Reggie Tucker checked to make sure his backup point guard was prepared.

Kerrick Thorne didn't wait to be told he had to be better. He already knew.

Baylor could go from zero TSSAA state titles in basketball to two before this weekend is over.