
Lindsey Young is a sports writer at the Chattanooga Times Free Press who started work at the Chattanooga News-Free Press 24 years ago. He covers the Northwest Georgia prep beat and NASCAR. Lindsey's hometown is Ringgold, Ga., and he graduated from Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School. He received an associate's degree from Dalton Junior College (now Dalton State) and a bachelor's degree in communications from UTC. He has won several writing awards, including two Tennessee Sports Writers Association Prep Writer of the Year awards. Lindsey is married to Christine and has two children, Nicholas and Cody, and one step-daughter, Lacey. In addition to being an all-around sports fan, he is an avid bowler with five career 300 games and a high series of 801. Contact Lindsey at 423-757-6296 or lyoung@timesfreepress.com.
The national pastime is facing a national crisis, the ramifications of which are already being felt in the greater Chattanooga area.
by Lindsey Young and Patrick MacCoonTodd Middleton admits he's not the type to look too far ahead. So when asked following Tuesday's 6-2 Region 7-AAAA win over Heritage about where his Northwest Whitfield High School baseball team stands with just over two weeks remaining in the regular season, the veteran coach hedged his answer a bit.
by Lindsey YoungIt's the time of the prep baseball season when Mike Dunfee usually begins to fine-tune his Gordon Lee High School team for another long postseason run.
by Lindsey YoungThere's a saying in football, one popular among coaches, that "Iron Sharpens Iron." In other words, the better the competition faced the better a team or individual may become.
by Lindsey YoungThe negative impact on high school athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic has been well documented.
by Lindsey YoungThe start of a new baseball season, or any sports season for that matter, is a time for optimism. Atlanta Braves fans have every reason to feel all shiny as the 2021 season begins. After all, the team is coming off three consecutive National League East titles and has, by nearly every expert analysis, the best of its Brian Snitker-managed squads.
by Lindsey YoungIf there was one constant in the five state championship teams for the Dalton High School soccer team, it's been on the defensive end.
by Lindsey YoungLike so many other aspects of life's routine, high school stadiums and playing fields in the Chattanooga area were silenced last spring as the nation began to cope with COVID-19.
by Stephen Hargis and Lindsey YoungHeritage used big performances at the plate by Dylan Bryan and Cannon Stafford, plus 10 shutout innings from pitchers Cade Kiniry and Landen Skeen to beat Southeast Whitfield twice Friday.
by Lindsey YoungIf Christian Heritage boys' basketball coach Tyler Watkins decides to watch the video of Saturday night's home loss to Mount Pisgah Christian, he'll likely clench his jaws and fists at what could have been.
by Lindsey YoungWhen asked if he felt his baseball team was playing at an acceptable level two weeks into the season after Friday's 13-3 home win over Ringgold, Gordon Lee High School coach Mike Dunfee laughed as if the question was rhetorical.
by Lindsey YoungCiting family reasons, LaFayette High School football coach Paul Ellis announced he is stepping down after a three-year run that included leading the Ramblers to their first appearance in the GHSA playoffs in 27 years.
by Lindsey YoungThe second round of the GHSA basketball state tournaments begin Friday night with five girls' games involving area teams, with a pair of boys' games set for Saturday.
by Lindsey YoungIt was a tough night for most of the area boys' basketball teams competing in the first round of the GHSA state tournament.
by Lindsey YoungSometimes the on-court offensive production isn't pretty when action heats up in the basketball postseason, but that's not necessarily a concern for the Northwest Whitfield Lady Bruins.
by Lindsey YoungMcCallie senior point guard Eric Rivers added to his laundry list of achievements with the Blue Tornado Tuesday night.
by Lindsey Young and Patrick MacCoonWhen Howard basketball coach James Talley talks about Kerrick Thorne's incredible growth he isn't referring to the senior post's 6-foot-6 height.
by Lindsey Young and Patrick MacCoonWith a pedigree for putting its skill position players in the best spots to make big plays, the University of Memphis looks to be a perfect fit for McCallie's Eric Rivers.
by Lindsey Young and Patrick MacCoonLongtime assistant coach and former player Kit Carpenter will be the next head football coach at Dalton High School after the Dalton Board of Education approved the hiring at a specially-called meeting Tuesday at the school.
by Lindsey YoungHoward defeated Tyner Saturday in a key District 6-AA boys' basketball game, splitting the regular season two-game set and reinforcing the fact the two longtime rivals are the league's teams to beat in the upcoming district tournament.
by Lindsey Young