
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 big news in Chatsworth is the start of a new coaching era with strong ties to the past. Former player Napier, son of late legendary Murray County coach Bill Napier, enters his first season with quite a hill to climb.
by Lindsey YoungUnlike other youth athletes, football players do not have an alternate season.
by Lindsey YoungForty years after the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga baseball program was shut down, there is still a difference of opinion on the cause.
by Lindsey YoungThirty games into his first season above Class A, one aspect of Michael Harris II's game, and personality, has become quite obvious.
by Lindsey YoungTwo minutes after Dalton Academy defeated Drew Charter School 4-2 in the GHSA Class A public school soccer championship at Mercer University in Macon Tuesday night, the Pumas disdained their celebration to go through their normal post-game stretching regimen.
by Lindsey YoungMonday's nondistrict softball game with Walker Valley seemed like a walk in the park for East Hamilton after scoring six runs in the third inning and carrying a 7-0 lead into the sixth, but the visitors made it interesting before falling 8-7.
by Lindsey YoungRury Alvarez hears the nice talk and feels the pats on the back. He notices how the faces of students at Dalton Academy light up when any of his soccer players walk down a hall.
by Lindsey YoungWhat to know about the Harrison area.
by Lindsey YoungThe final day of the regular season for GHSA baseball programs was packed with major playoff implications and, for the most part, teams in favorable situations survived.
by Lindsey YoungIt's not often a baseball coach likens his team to a horse, but Ringgold's Drew Walker sees a resemblance to a famous equine in this year's lineup.
by Lindsey YoungHeritage entered Tuesday night's opening game of the season-ending Region 7-AAAA series against first-place Cedartown in dire need of a win.
by Lindsey YoungBaseball playoffs are set to begin in Georgia next week, and while a handful of teams can at least rest easy knowing they will have a postseason spot, several more head into play Tuesday needing a big week to move on.
by Lindsey YoungDown to their last four outs and in danger of losing two of three games to rival Trion in a key GHSA Region 6-A public baseball series late in the regular season, the Gordon Lee Trojans found some two-out magic Friday night.
by Lindsey YoungGeorgia's high school sports programs will have to wait a little longer to find out which classification and which region they will compete in after the Georgia High School Association approved a proposal by unanimous vote to return to a six-classification system.
by Lindsey YoungIt's good to be the king, and despite a volatile offseason, the reigning World Series champions have set themselves up to remain on the throne.
by Lindsey YoungRegion play has begun in baseball for the state of Georgia, and a quick look at the standings brings a pause.
by Lindsey YoungA seven-run second inning propelled Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe's baseball team to a nonregion win Friday at Rome.
by Lindsey YoungFormer Ooltewah High School head coach Mac Bryan was introduced as the next leader of the Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe football program Friday afternoon.
by Lindsey YoungCalhoun threw a block party Wednesday night in the quarterfinal round of the GHSA Class AAAAA boys' basketball state tournament.
by Lindsey YoungSometimes all the practice, preparation and game-planning can go up in smoke in a moment in a basketball game. Just ask the Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Lady Warriors.
by Lindsey Young