Gary Rankin’s rebuild at Boyd Buchanan fast even by his standards
The list of Gary Rankin's hobbies is a short one. In fact, there's only one, and it's the same as his job title.
The list of Gary Rankin's hobbies is a short one. In fact, there's only one, and it's the same as his job title.
On the surface, it would be easy to consider the backfield mates to the all-state quarterbacks at both Baylor and McCallie as mere complementary pieces.
If jealousy is indeed the jaundice of the soul, as English poet John Dryden suggested, then the Division II-AAA football programs outside of Chattanooga are al…
What was believed to be a mere formality is now a confirmed reservation.
It was a change that has put a charge into the South Pittsburg football team's offense.
For the area prep football teams still alive in the playoffs, there's no need to go back for seconds at the dessert table on Thanksgiving.
Three players from the Chattanooga area have been named finalists for the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football award in their respective classification.
Name a position on the football field, and the Tennessee Volunteers have a need.
What had been weeks of speculation is now a certainty just days from becoming reality.
With a week's preparation behind his team and kickoff moments away, South Pittsburg coach Wes Stone got right to the point in his pregame speech.
For seven Chattanooga-area prep football teams in the TSSAA playoffs, the story of the 2023 season is still being written.
Josh Roberts has announced he is stepping down as the head football coach at Signal Mountain High School after seven seasons.
Any thoughts, however misguided they were, of a second chance at salvaging this season for the Tennessee Vols were lost (mostly) on third down.
After a week off, both Baylor and McCallie used fresh legs to race out to big first-half leads and coast to blowout victories.
The name first became a buzzword on the youth league fields around Brainerd, Dalewood and Harrison, with stories of the pint-sized phenom's dynamic athletic ab…
Welcome to the postseason party, Baylor and McCallie.
It was a clean sweep for the three state-ranked football teams in Marion County on Friday night.
For the next five weeks, the only numbers that truly matter are the final score. But there are other figures worth considering entering the playoffs.
Five players from the Chattanooga area were named Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award semifinalists on Thursday.
For the second time in three years, Soddy Daisy High School will be looking for a new head football coach.
Surviving Saturday's back-and-forth scare at Kentucky's Kroger Field may prove to be a turning point for this University of Tennessee football team.
The goal, however realistic, for every prep football team at the start of the season is to win each game on the schedule.
In typical teenage fashion, the gravity of what they had just accomplished was mostly lost on the kids in the sweat-soaked Marion County jerseys.
If clothes really do make the man, then orange is the new black for top-ranked South Pittsburg.
For all the obvious gains Tennessee made in the past two seasons, the next step is likely the biggest. It's certainly the most important.
The No. 13 jersey is both a link to past greatness and the prospect of future success for the Marion County High School football program.
The final two weeks of the regular season will put the final touches on the TSSAA playoff picture, which is far from complete.
For the better part of the past decade, one word that would not be synonymous with any Tennessee defense would be elite.
Bradley Central's defense has been the most impressive aspect of the Bears' undefeated start through eight regular-season games.
Baylor wasted no time putting away its latest victory.
Calhoun and Dalton followed similar scripts in home wins Friday night, and they'll meet next week in a GHSA Region 7-AAAAA showdown.
Trophies and awards gather dust, letterman's jackets often become too snug for comfort, but the one thing that remains pristine are the memories.
East Ridge's offense provided the early momentum toward a potential third straight win, but the defense sealed it.
For a football program with enough speed to field multiple 4x100 sprint relay teams, fast starts are to be expected.
For all the changes within the Meigs County High School football program, the one thing that remains unchanged are the results on the field.
It isn't often that Walker Valley has played the role of the established football program, but that's the case with Friday's matchup at East Hamilton.
As a student with a 4.0 GPA, Bradley Central High School senior Tito Williams is smart enough to know when not to overthink things.
For a player who was expected to be a head-hunting linebacker and only a complimentary offensive player at fullback and tight end, Chase Barnard has become qui…
There are still more questions than answers as to what to expect from the Tennessee Vols this football season, but one thing has become clear.
In a battle of number ones, zero was the key number.
Chattanooga's oldest and most heated high school rivalry renews Friday night as No. 2 Baylor visits top-ranked McCallie in a Division II-AAA showdown.
Every rivalry is rooted, at least somewhat, in jealousy.
Famously, Rock City visitors can see seven states from the top of Lookout Mountain. That view doesn't quite reach to the Canadian border.
There are few places in Tennessee where the local prep football teams mean more to the community than in Marion County.
Although Montgomery Bell Academy had struggled to win games during the first half of this season, the losses were by narrow margins. Until Friday.
Like him or loathe him, nobody can debate the fact that the most intriguing narrative in college football right now is about Deion Sanders.
It's hard to believe we've reached the halfway point of the 2023 prep football season already. Didn't it just kick off?
Red Bank assistant coach Ted Lockerby and his son Camden, a Cleveland senior linebacker, will be on opposing sidelines Friday night.
Of the laundry list of issues that led to yet another inexplicably horrendous loss for Tennessee in the Swamp, the first was third down.