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Posted: Sunday - Nov. 22, 2009
Three area teams move on
Three Chattanooga-area high school football teams remain alive in the postseason, and all three roll into the next round after easy wins Friday night.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 21, 2009
Bucs halt Cascade
Boyd-Buchanan coach Grant Reynolds said during the week that staying on the positive side in turnovers would be paramount in Friday’s Class 2A high school football quarterfinal against Cascade. His team overdid it.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 21, 2009
Lady Owls' Kelley set for Eagles
Ooltewah High School senior Sara Kelley signed scholarship papers Friday morning to continue her softball career at Carson-Newman College.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 20, 2009
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Secondary has primary importance for Bucs
Boyd-Buchanan's defensive backs are ready to play Cascade right now. They were ready Wednesday. Actually they were ready before that. Wednesday was the day one of them exclaimed, "This is what we've been waiting for all year!"
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 19, 2009
Bucs succeed as Crowe flies
For the last decade or so, what Boyd-Buchanan has been able to accomplish offensively can be directly linked to the quarterback position. In keeping with the theme, the 2009 Buccaneers' offensive success has been determined almost literally as Crowe flies.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 14, 2009
Williams leads Lions
Red Bank's Keon Williams went from averaging less than 2 yards per carry on his first-half touchdown runs to averaging 44 on his second-half TD runs. In all there were six -- the key reason the Lions are advancing to a Class 4A high school football state quarterfinal.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 12, 2009
Brainerd catching on
Brainerd's passing game is in good hands -- 10 or more of them, at least.
Posted: Sunday - Nov. 8, 2009
CAK nips Lady Irish in state final
Brittany Hoffman's perfectly placed shot provided the perfect ending to a near-perfect season.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
Christian Academy of Knoxville defeats Notre Dame 2-1 in A/AA girls' soccer final
Brittany Hoffman scored both goals, the difference-maker coming with 1:44 to play, and Christian Academy of Knoxville defeated Notre Dame 2-1 in the Class A/AA girls' high school soccer final Saturday afternoon at GPS.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
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Owls eliminated
In what many may have projected to be at least a quarterfinal matchup, Farragut defeated host Ooltewah 24-7 on Friday in a first-round game in the Class 6A high school football state playoffs.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 3, 2009
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Powers meet early
Usually when athletic teams are placed in a playoff bracket, those that win and move on tend to face tougher competition next time out.
Posted: Sunday - Nov. 1, 2009
Lady Trojans' season ends
Soddy-Daisy and Riverdale have now played twice this season in girls' soccer. Soddy-Daisy won the season opener. Riverdale's Lady Warriors won the Lady Trojans' season-ender.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 31, 2009
Signal finishes third
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Second-year program Signal Mountain qualified a team with no seniors for the Class A state high school volleyball tournament and ended up with a third-place finish.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 31, 2009
Two state's best
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The Bucs stopped here, and that's right atop the TSSAA Class A volleyball world.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 31, 2009
Lady Bucs, Lady Lions win state titles
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Records will show the second time Boyd-Buchanan and Red Bank each advanced to a TSSAA state volleyball final, the outcome came out right.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 31, 2009
Lady Lions fight back to AA title
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The largest family within the Red Bank volleyball family had a lot to be happy about Friday.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
Red Bank wins state volleyball title
Red Bank won its first state volleyball championship by beating Page 3-1 in the Class AA final Friday at Middle Tennessee State University
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
Red Bank battles to AA losers final
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- If Red Bank makes it to the championship match in the Class AA high school volleyball state tournament, it will have done it the hard way.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
Bucs get to state 'A' final
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Boyd-Buchanan hasn't lost a game to its region rival Signal Mountain, but the Lady Eagles are making the task increasingly tougher.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 29, 2009
Boyd-Buchanan defeats Signal Mountain at state volleyball tournament
Boyd-Buchanan defeated Signal Mountain 3-0 in the winners-bracket final of the Class A high school state volleyball tournament at Middle Tennessee State University.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 27, 2009
Lady Bucs target title
Boyd-Buchanan returning to the high school volleyball state tournament has a great deal to do with the players it returned from last season. What's unusual is that most have returned to different positions.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 24, 2009
Back-to-basics Panthers romp
Football is a complex game, but sometimes simplifying things is the best approach. It seemed to have worked for Brainerd this past week, and the Panthers responded with a 42-14 victory over Hixson in a District 6-AA high school football game at Brainerd.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 23, 2009
Ooltewah team returns to state
Last year Ooltewah's volleyball season ended earlier than the Lady Owls wanted, so Libby Peigen came into her senior season with a strong desire to have her team back in the high school state tournament. Thursday, when it counted, she played like it.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 21, 2009
CCS, Lady Lions win
Being familiar with its district rival, Chattanooga Christian was expecting a tough match from Notre Dame after both won Region 4-AA high school volleyball tournament semifinals Tuesday at CCS.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 20, 2009
Lady Bucs win region
Boyd-Buchanan welcomed back setter Erica Morris from injury on Monday and did so by winning the Region 3-A high school volleyball tournament at Signal Mountain.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 20, 2009
Baylor is ready for state
When Baylor coach Sarah Lail introduced herself to her new volleyball team in July, she said she addressed her players by saying: "Ninety-two days and counting."
Posted: Sunday - Oct. 18, 2009
NSA sets tourney for city
The Greater Chattanooga Sports and Events Committee has announced that the National Softball Association is bringing its girls' fastpitch Class B World Series for the Eastern half of North America to Chattanooga next summer.
Posted: Sunday - Oct. 18, 2009
Lawson leading Lions
Courtney Lawson almost couldn't help becoming a volleyball player. What she's worked hard to become is arguably the best all-around high school player in the Chattanooga area.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 17, 2009
Rams stop Pounders at goal at end
The District 6-AA high school football game at Central on Friday came down to the last second, and the last yard. Central made its last gasp, but Tyner made the last grasp.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 16, 2009
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Blessed at 'backer
There's a friendly competition among Brainerd's veteran linebackers this season.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 15, 2009
Sullivan sparks Lady Owls to 5-AAA title
CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- When one team scores 98 points in a high school volleyball match, no one point figures to be that pivotal, and maybe less so when that point was one of 35 in that game. However, that was not the case in Wednesday's District 5-AAA championship match at Cleveland Middle School.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 14, 2009
Lady Bucs sweep 5-A field again
Boyd-Buchanan remains unbeaten against its league opponents this high school volleyball season, sweeping through Silverdale Baptist in a semifinal and Grace Academy in the final of the District 5-A high schoo
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 13, 2009
Top seeds win in 6-A tourney
Sale Creek and Lookout Valley were among the winners Monday at Signal Mountain in opening-round matches in the District 6-A high school volleyball tournament.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 12, 2009
Lady Owls aim high
Postseason has arrived for TSSAA Division I volleyball teams, which means seniors are down to the final few matches in their high school careers.
Posted: Sunday - Oct. 11, 2009
Panthers top Pounders
Brainerd struck quickly after two second-half Central miscues and came away with an 18-6 victory in the District 6-AA high school football game Saturday at Central.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 10, 2009
Brainerd-Central reset
The District 6-AA high school football game between Brainerd and Central scheduled Friday night at Central was postponed because of lightning and the threat of thunderstorms. The game has been rescheduled for
Posted: Friday - Oct. 9, 2009
Signal serves notice
Second-year high school volleyball program Signal Mountain served two things Thursday.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 8, 2009
Baylor wins girls' golf state
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- When Baylor won the two-day Division II-AA girls' high school golf state championship, it truly won the team championship. Three Lady Red Raiders competed Tuesday and Wednesday at Old Fort in Murfreesboro and each had at least one daily counting score along the way.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 6, 2009
Gordon Lee has extra incentive
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. -- Now that postseason play is about to get under way for Georgia high school volleyball teams, Gordon Lee's Lady Trojans are ready to substantiate something.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 6, 2009
Heritage rebounds, tops LFO in rematch
Ask Heritage coach Becky Forkner or assistant Brandi Kendall a question about the Lady Generals volleyball team, and their collaborative answer often turns out to be: "It depends on which girls show up."
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 3, 2009
Williams spurs Lions in romp
It was Keon Williams to the rescue for Red Bank on Friday night.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 2, 2009
Sports class scores very well
A future employee of the Greater Chattanooga Sports and Events Committee might be sitting in Room 202 this morning at Ooltewah High School. So might be the next great equipment salesperson, promoter or agent.
Posted: Saturday - Sept. 26, 2009
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Lions maul Raiders
As many strange occurrences as took place on Red Bank High School's football field Friday night, one might've thought that Halloween came a month early, or the half moon in the sky was an optical illusion. Either way, nothing, not even a continuous clock the entire second half, prevented the Lions from handing Cleveland its worst whipping in school history.
Posted: Thursday - Sept. 24, 2009
Lady Owls rebound to top Soddy-Daisy
Soddy-Daisy volleyball coach Lorri Johnson knew she wasn't seeing the "real Ooltewah" when she viewed tape of her team's recent high school match against the Lady Owls in preparation for Wednesday's match at Ooltewah. She has that footage now.
Posted: Tuesday - Sept. 22, 2009
Five questions for Andrea Johnson
Andrea Johnson is a senior volleyball player at Soddy-Daisy High School, where her mother, Lorri, is head volleyball coach. The Lady Trojans play in a tough new District 5-AAA and host McMinn County and play at Ooltewah the next two days.
Posted: Saturday - Sept. 19, 2009
Darkwa powers Ensworth past Tornado
No. 2-ranked Ensworth's football team resembled a train on the loose Friday night at McCallie. It favored The City of New Orleans, engine No. 10.
Posted: Wednesday - Sept. 16, 2009
Martin's 15 kills pace Ooltewah
Junior blocker Alex Martin easily leads Ooltewah High School's volleyball team in kills this season, and the 6-footer's 15 paced the Lady Owls' 3-0 District 5-AAA home victory Tuesday against Cleveland.
Posted: Saturday - Sept. 12, 2009
Owls adjust, win on Reed's passing
Go ahead. Load up the tackle box and take away Ooltewah's plays to the tailback. Make quarterback Brady Reed beat you. He obliged Franklin on Friday.
Posted: Friday - Sept. 11, 2009
Red Bank defeats Notre Dame, CCS
Much like high schools do midway through the nine-week periods during the school year, four local Class AA teams got together at East Ridge around the midpoint of the TSSAA volleyball season to examine progress reports.
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