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.
UTC at The CITADEL on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Charleston, S.C.
by Lindsey YoungLaFayette got 21 second-half points from Aidan Hadaway on Saturday, helping the Ramblers pull away from Oconee County.
by Lindsey YoungA thrilling final few minutes of Saturday's Southern Conference women's basketball matchup in Spartanburg, South Carolina, ended with the Mocs celebrating.
by Lindsey YoungThe UTC men's basketball team had a dream game on defense Saturday afternoon against Southern Conference rival Furman. The problem was on the other end of the court.
by Lindsey YoungThe Chattooga boys' and girls' basketball teams advanced to the second round of their GHSA Class AA state tournaments with impressive home wins Friday night.
by Lindsey YoungThe value of wrestling well in consolation matches was on display Friday at the GHSA state traditional tournament in Macon.
by Lindsey YoungThe winning formula seems simple for coach Katie Burrows' team.
by Lindsey YoungIf the Mocs want to really shake up the Southern Conference standings, a win at Furman would do the trick.
by Lindsey YoungIt has been, to borrow a little something from Forrest Gump, one big box of chocolates.
by Lindsey YoungThe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga moved within a game of first place in the Southern Conference women's basketball standings with a 69-63 win Thursday night at Furman, completing a regular-season sweep of the Paladins.
by Lindsey YoungThe year was 1996. Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympic Games, Bill Clinton was re-elected President, O.J. Simpson endured a civil trial and the Macarena was the dance craze.
by Lindsey YoungRamon Vila was nearly perfect from the field Wednesday night in leading the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to a 86-67 Southern Conference basketball win over VMI at McKenzie Arena.
by Lindsey YoungUTC vs. Furman Thursday at 7 in Greenville, S.C.
by Lindsey YoungUTC vs. VMI at McKenzie Arena on Wednesday.
by Lindsey YoungLaFayette used a dominating third quarter to defeat Northwest Whitfield, 67-57, in the Region 6-AAAA boys' basketball championship game Monday night at Southeast Whitfield.
by Lindsey YoungThe UTC softball team's bats had no trouble getting going in the Mocs' first game of the 2020 season.
by Lindsey YoungMatt Ryan, Maurice Commander and Rod Johnson were the scoring leaders on a sharp-shooting night for the Mocs in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
by Lindsey YoungThe UTC women's basketball team is coming off back-to-back Southern Conference victories as it prepares to host Western Carolina.
by Lindsey YoungA sweep of Wofford would do wonders for the Mocs and could set the stage for a move into the upper half of the Southern Conference standings.
by Lindsey YoungThere is a vast difference in the way a coach and a team's players view being the hunted instead of the hunters.
by Lindsey Young