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Posted: Monday - Nov. 23, 2009
Gossett blog: Red Bank's playoff loss a big shock
Like most of those in Chattanooga who keep up with prep football, I thought it was all but foregone conclusion that there would be three Chattanooga area teams alive and playing toward Cookeville's first foray into the state championship-hosting business.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 23, 2009
Babb lifts Boyd-Buchanan to playoff victory
Maybe his stars were aligned or perhaps he paid more attention to scouting reports or practice.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 23, 2009
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 21, 2009
Lions' run ends
Nobody wanted to leave Red Bank Community Stadium. Each team, one elated and the other shocked and dismayed at Greeneville's 14-13 upset over the state's top-ranked Class 4A team, took opposite ends.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 20, 2009
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Christopher hits his stride
For a kid who debated forsaking football, Andy Christopher has emerged as a pretty good quarterback.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 16, 2009
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Williams makes the most of his chances
The stats show Red Bank's Keon Williams rushing for 1,157 yards in 12 games on 132 carries.
Posted: Sunday - Nov. 15, 2009
Mocs win 48-0, 40-0
New University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling coach Heath Eslinger was looking for improvement. What he got was near perfection in the Mocs' 2009-10 home debut.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 14, 2009
Wrestling Mocs host two today
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will be trying for its first wrestling wins of the season this morning when the Mocs host Gardner-Webb and Division II member Anderson University.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 14, 2009
Cascade comeback tops Signal
WARTRACE, Tenn. -- Cascade may never want to sit out the first week of the football playoffs again.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 13, 2009
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Not a windfall
Even when they need it most with a struggling economy, Tennessee high school football teams aren't guaranteed of improving their finances by making the playoffs.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 13, 2009
Helton embraces number 13
It's Friday the 13th, and while others might avoid walking under a ladder or black cats in their path, this is just another day for Baylor linebacker David Helton.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 13, 2009
Ider, Tinker turn 3-7 years into 10-1
There were times during the past seven seasons since his final days as a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football player that Brent Tinker questioned his sanity.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 11, 2009
Brand signing with Clemson
Bradley Central pitcher Cole Brand will sign a baseball national letter of intent with Clemson today.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 11, 2009
Stansell headed to Tech
Baylor's Will Stansell became the third Chattanooga-area baseball player to commit to Tennessee Tech for next year.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 11, 2009
Swimmer Tillman picks UT
Troy Tillman has committed to swim for the University of Tennessee.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 10, 2009
Rematch OK for McMinn
The last time McMinn County's Cherokees faced Maryville, they received a serious wake-up call. The Rebels drilled them 49-6 on Sept. 11 -- the worst beating a McMinn team had absorbed since a 58-13 drubbing by Murfreesboro Riverdale to open the 1998 season.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 9, 2009
Voytik dazzles in playoff loss
When the season was finally done, there remained slightly more than half of the Cleveland Blue Raiders that started the year.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 9, 2009
High school football player of the week honor roll
Coaches are encouraged to nominate players for the Player of the Week by e-mailing Ward Gossett at wgossett@timesfreepress.com
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
'Skins trounce Bledsoe
PIKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Loudon's Redskins came down the freeway and over the mountain cinched into a traditional school bus Friday, but their 70-minute endurance of stiff seats paid off with a 42-15 Class 3A victory over host Bledsoe County.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 6, 2009
'Unsung' appreciated
Where would the best quarterback or running back be without his blockers? Where would a first string be without a practice squad?
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 5, 2009
UTC wrestling team picked to win SoCon
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga may have a coach in his first year as a college head coach, but Heath Eslinger's wrestling peers think he and the Mocs have enough to win the Southern Conference.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
UTC picked to win Southern Conference wrestling title
Southern Conference wrestling coaches have selected the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as the team to beat.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
Sequatchie coach facing his mentor
The last time he was supposed to coach a playoff game at Sequatchie County, Dickie Brown was relegated to the bus because of his bus driver.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
UTC commitments include Baylor duo
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has at least four wrestlers ready to sign scholarship papers when the early signing period opens at 8 a.m. on Nov. 11.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 2, 2009
Boyd-Buchanan's Beasley gets his yardage early
For Boyd-Buchanan's Ben Beasley, yards have been hard to come by -- almost as much as opportunities -- and yet he still reached one thousand.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 2, 2009
Player of the Week honor roll
Baylor: Quarterback Jacob Huesman missed a quarter and still picked up 101 rushi
Posted: Monday - Nov. 2, 2009
Posted: Monday - Nov. 2, 2009
Scheduling is key to prep success
South Pittsburg coach Vic Grider saw his team eliminated from last year’s playoffs by Trousdale County. He felt a tougher schedule this year would pay off in the postseason.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 31, 2009
Baylor loses at home
Quarterback Jacob Huesman missed the last minute of the first half and the third quarter, but it didn't really matter that the Baylor quarterback was on the sideline.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
Cherokees' McDermott does it all, almost
Tevin McDermott averages almost 7 yards per carry and 14.1 yards per catch, and the versatile McMinn County senior can be a page-turner in any defensive coordinator's playbook.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
Polk tries for first 10-0 regular season
Derrick Davis wanted to make a correction. If Polk County manages to beat Meigs County tonight, this 2009 football team will not be the first bunch of Wildcats to go undefeated.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
Eagles go to 9-1, look to postseason
Signal Mountain's first football varsity regular season is in the books, and the Eagles nailed down a 9-1 season Thursday night with a 46-0 victory over Whitwell.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
Mocs go to mat
The revamped University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team's first public showing tonight will be the second step to setting a starting lineup.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
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BLOG: Mr. Persistent needs to pay attention to the game
I finally got my warning. I did my job and actually made it through a handful of Friday night games before getting nailed by a sideline sheriff.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 27, 2009
Prep playoff spots still a mystery
Heading into the final week of the regular season, Lookout Valley's Tony Webb is like many of his football coaching peers.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 26, 2009
North Jackson's Hale a threat by air and ground
North Jackson will play left-side or right-side offense depending on what teams want to take away.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 26, 2009
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 24, 2009
Bucs methodically defeat Warriors
Grant Reynolds wouldn't refer to Boyd-Buchanan's 21-7 win over Marion County as uninspired, but the Buccaneers coach would be hard-pressed to call it much more than methodical.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 23, 2009
Soddy-Daisy posts 45-20 win
It may be hard to do, but Soddy-Daisy is trying its best to impress the TSSAA computers.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 23, 2009
Bledsoe turns belief into title
PIKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Bledsoe County coach Jason Reel knew his football Warriors could win. He told them at his first team meeting last spring, and he told parents and others if they couldn't say something nice then to bite their tongues.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 19, 2009
Robinson lifts Pirates to victory
Terrell Robinson is committed to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga but it remains to be seen whether Mocs coach Russ Huesman can successfully fend off Division I schools for the South Pittsburg product.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 19, 2009
This week's high school football matchups
Polk County Wildcats (8-0) at South Pittsburg Pirates (7-1)
Posted: Monday - Oct. 19, 2009
High school player of the week honor roll
* Baylor: Jacob Huesman totaled 255 total offense yards, picking up 167 rushing (on seven carries) and 88 passing and scoring two TDs in the Red Raiders' 51-7 victory over Pope John Paul II.
Posted: Sunday - Oct. 18, 2009
Polk-South Pitt a fan-pleaser; playoff picture shaping up
It is a nondistrict affair but Polk County's visit to South Pittsburg on Friday should mean a turnaway crowd.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 17, 2009
Lions clinch title
Playing stiff-necked defense and opportunistic offense, Red Bank became the first team in the Chattanooga area to lock up a district football championship.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 16, 2009
Games in rain mean field fixes
Derrick Davis felt bad enough about his field and his fieldhouse after seeing them in the daylight Saturday morning, but he felt worse after getting the blame for Polk County's homecoming court getting soaked at halftime last Friday night.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 16, 2009
Flu concerns affecting prep football
Grace Academy was closed Thursday and is closed again today because of flu. Fortunately for the Golden Eagles, the football team has an open date tonight.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 16, 2009
Owls' Bruell big, fast fullback
Brandon Bruell was popular before he ran 92 yards for a touchdown last Saturday.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 14, 2009
Owls' Baugh is set for Tech
Tennessee Tech has picked up its second baseball commitment from a Chattanooga-area player.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 13, 2009
Trojans' Stephens commits to Tech
Zach Stephens knew where he wanted to go. He had the offer and didn't want to wait to see who else came calling, so he committed to play baseball for Tennessee Tech.
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