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 herd is being thinned when it comes to high school wrestling and postseason duals in both Georgia and Tennessee.
by Lindsey Young and Patrick MacCoonEvan Lester has come full circle in his athletic career at Christian Heritage.
by Lindsey YoungA 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.
by Lindsey YoungThe Georgia High School Association wrestling postseason will have a decidedly different look this winter.
by Lindsey YoungWalker 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.
by Lindsey Young and Patrick MacCoonFor 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.
by Lindsey YoungIf there was rust resulting from a COVID-related interruption of their basketball schedule it didn't show Friday night for the Sonoraville Lady Phoenix.
by Lindsey YoungHank 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.
by Lindsey YoungHal Lamb has been hired into a new athletic developmental position at Christian Heritage High School in Dalton.
by Lindsey YoungA strong start in league play got even stronger Tuesday night for Heritage.
by Lindsey YoungIt may have been the most painful 137 seconds in recent Calhoun High School football history.
by Lindsey YoungRunning backs come in all shapes and sizes with a myriad of various skill sets.
by Lindsey YoungChampionship-winning softball coach Tanner Moore resigned at Heritage High School Monday to pursue other career opportunities outside of education, according to school athletic director Eric Schexnaildre.
by Lindsey YoungFresh off his 300th career win, Bradley Central girls' basketball coach Jason Reuter added another to that impressive total Monday night.
by Lindsey Young and Patrick MacCoonCalhoun emerged as the area's lone survivor Friday night in the second round of the GHSA football playoffs.
by Lindsey YoungThree of the area's four football teams competing in the second round of the GHSA playoffs didn't have to look far to get scouting reports on their opponents.
by Lindsey YoungDalton High School will be performing a rare search for a football coach after Matt Land resigned Tuesday after an 11-year run at the Catamounts' helm.
by Lindsey YoungIn a football age when offenses often dictate everything on the field, Northwest Whitfield coach Josh Robinson took extra satisfaction from Saturday's last-second win over Stephenson in the first round of the GHSA Class AAAA playoffs.
by Lindsey YoungChristian Heritage has won football games this year with unstoppable offense on some nights and impenetrable defense on others.
by Lindsey YoungIt's been a long time since the LaFayette Ramblers made an appearance in the GHSA football playoffs. Just how long?
by Lindsey Young