It's almost hard to fathom the thoughts that run through East Hamilton coach Michael Stone's head every time he glances at his 2009-10 basketball schedule. The first-year Hurricanes will field a team void of seniors and lacking any varsity experience, and entering the new District 6-AA, experience is one thing not to be lacking.

Cleveland girls' basketball coach Rachel Moore isn't quite ready to compare this year's team to her 2004-05 Lady Raiders, but it's hard for her to deny the similiarities.

TENNESSEE District 5-A With the move from District 6, Arts & Sciences should be tough. Grace Academy, a state semifinalist a year ago, should be a strong team with senior guard Brandon Herman, an NCAA Division I recruit. Senior Dexter Peterson is the only returner from Tennessee Temple's Class A state-runner-up team.

STEVENSON, Ala. -- With 10:41 to go in its Alabama Class 4A football playoff game Friday at North Jackson, the Cherokee County band started playing "Respect."

For most observers Tuesday at Tyner, the McCallie basketball team did not look like the same team that walked on a basketball court a year ago.

BENTON, Tenn. -- In the end, Loudon succeeded where Polk County failed.

NASHVILLE -- Saturday will go down as one of the greatest days of Claire Turner's life.

NASHVILLE -- The Baylor girls' cross country team came into Saturday's state meet as a slight favorite to repeat as Division II-AA champion.

Within a four-second span, the Baylor girls' soccer team's elation turned into deflation.

A Baylor girls' soccer team that graduated nine starters found itself an offside penalty away from overtime against St. Agnes in the Division II-AA state championship game Friday. It turned out to be Baylor's only defeat in a remarkable season.

St. George's coach Tony Whicker had to remind himself that it was over.

Baylor saw no need for trickery against St. Benedict. It was all straight ahead.

With one slight change in momentum, Evangelical Christian School found its way to the Division II-A state soccer final.

Coaches are well-known for being happy with wins while not being pleased with their teams' performances.

For the Notre Dame girls' soccer team, the "Semifinal Curse" is over.

Chattanooga Christian and Christ Presbyterian Academy played to a scoreless tie in the first half of their Class A/AA quarterfinal match at Chattanooga Christian.

Notre Dame coach Jim Schermerhorn didn't give his girls any rah-rah speeches at halftime of the Lady Irish's Class A/AA state soccer quarterfinal match against Dyersburg.

Notre Dame midfielders Danielle Ciabattone and Gaby Gurrola didn't need to be working as hard as they did in the first half of the Lady Irish's 6-0, Class A/AA state quarterfinal victory over Dyersburg.

The Franklin soccer team seems to be putting it together at the right time.

All eyes turn to Chattanooga as 24 teams will compete in the girls' soccer state tournament, which runs today through Saturday.

The thought is mind-boggling for Baylor coach Jimmy Weekley.

There's no such thing as a home game for the Notre Dame soccer team.

After her team's Class A/AA soccer sectional victory over Arts & Sciences, Chattanooga Christian's Rebecca Whiteside looked at her team and proclaimed, "Girls, we're going to state!"

Baylor girls' soccer coach Jimmy Weekley is probably glad he won't have to see GPS anymore this fall.

ATHENS, Tenn. -- The McMinn County football team, as a whole, can say the monkey is off its back.

The obvious, the expected and the surprising all emerged in the cross country individual region meets Thursday at the Chickamauga Dam course.

Soddy-Daisy's Hannah Jenkins can rest now.

When Bradley Central senior Jacquelin Pitcock completes the Region 3 cross-country meet today at Chickamauga Dam, it'll be kind of ... different.

During its run to the Region 3-A/AA soccer final, the Silverdale soccer team has learned one thing: Teams are harder to defeat the second time around.

Soddy-Daisy cruised to the Region 3-AAA girls' soccer championship game with a 7-0 victory over Cumberland County on Tuesday, but coach Moises Drumond warned his eighth-ranked Lady Trojans against getting complacent.

East Hamilton soccer coach John Millard and the Lady Hurricanes wanted to "confound expectations" this season.

So far, the mentality of the McCallie cross country team has worked.

Senior forward Molly Martin of McMinn Central High School is one of the area girls' soccer leaders in goals scored (21) and assists (14).

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Cleveland had momentum going into halftime, but within four minutes Ooltewah had taken it all back.

With the way her team has been living life on the edge this week, there hasn't been much room for error for Silverdale Baptist girls' soccer coach Dana Fouts and her Lady Seahawks.

At some point tonight, Ooltewah coach Benny Monroe will glance around Cleveland's Raider Field. It might seem like a normal road game at first -- the view from the opposing sideline, a large contingent of opposing fans rooting for their team as Ooltewah fans back their Class 6A top-ranked Owls.

There's no place like home, especially for Baylor's Hannah Jumper.

It might be fall break, but the rest is basically over for cross-country runners as they prepare for today's Front Runner City Championships at Baylor.

The GPS soccer team had Baylor sophomore McKenzie Thomas all bottled up. They just couldn't put the cap on.

The Arts & Sciences girls' soccer team will step into an unfamiliar position tonight against East Ridge: the District 6-A/AA tournament favorite.

In accomplishing its second consecutive district championship, the Silverdale Baptist girls' soccer team is hoping to accomplish more with less.

ATHENS, Tenn. -- The Soddy-Daisy football team had a perfect chance to play spoiler to McMinn County's quest for the District 5-AAA championship, but the Trojans dropped the ball. Literally.

Maybe it's just his old-fashioned, smash-mouth mentality. Or it could just be, as Polk County football coach Derrick Davis said with a laugh, "I'm just not smart enough to run a spread."

If deciding on a college choice was the hardest basketball-related part of Michael Bradley's senior year, the Tyner Rams are going to be extremely successful as a team.

Tyner’s Michael Bradley has ended weeks of speculation and has chosen to attend the University of Connecticut on a basketball scholarship.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- To secure their spots in the District 5-AAA volleyball finals, Ooltewah and Cleveland had to deal with adversity.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- Walker Valley giveth, and the Cleveland football team taketh away.

An aggressive Baylor girls soccer team gained a small bit of revenge Saturday, defeating Father Ryan 3-0 in a key Division II-AA Middle-East game at Baylor.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- With his first win recently at Greenway Farm, Robert Bridges introduced himself to the Chattanooga Cross Country League.

Tyner senior Thomas Cooper believes he is the missing piece of the puzzle for the 2009-10 Rams basketball team. He could be right, since he's already solved the next piece of his own personal puzzle.