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6 days ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Stephen Hargis |Lindsey M. Young
With spring football practice wrapped up for prep programs, several of the Chattanooga area's top college prospects are now making official visits to the programs they are most interested in.
Stephen has covered sports in the tri-state area for the Times Free Press for more than 35 years and was named Sports Editor in February of 2015 after 10 years as assistant sports editor, where he oversaw the prep sports staff.
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1 week ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Lindsey M. Young
RINGGOLD, Ga. — Melissa Hendon the athlete was a major part of the early success of the fastpitch softball program at Ringgold High School. As Melissa Seaborn the coach, she hopes to return the Lady Tigers to being consistent winners and contenders for region and state supremacy. "It means so much, and I'm so very grateful for the opportunity," said Seaborn, who has been coaching at Lakeview Middle School.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Lindsey M. Young
Memorable moments of Gordon Lee’s baseball title run 4 minutes ago by Lindsey Young Staff photo by Patrick MacCoon / Gordon Lee seniors Jackson Scali, left, and Aiden Goodwin celebrate after the final out in Monday night's GHSA Class A Division I state championship win over Pepperell in Rome.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Lindsey M. Young
ROME, Ga. — Mike Dunfee had a choice, leading by a run to start the bottom of the seventh inning with a state championship on the line. Stick with struggling senior closer Jackson Scali or divert from what the veteran Gordon Lee High School baseball coach has done all season.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Lindsey M. Young
Gordon Lee’s challenges in championship series include conquering the surroundings 2 minutes ago by Lindsey Young Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton/ Gordon Lee senior ace Aiden Goodwin will start game one of the GHSA Class A Division I championship series against Pepperell on Monday at AdventHealth Stadium in Rome.
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3 weeks ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Lindsey M. Young
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — Gordon Lee is headed to the GHSA Class A Division I championship series after Wednesday 3-1 home win over Vidalia in a deciding game three that showcased the highs and lows of baseball. While the top-seeded Trojans (37-3) celebrated the chance at winning the program's third title since 2018, the visiting Indians (21-16) were overcome with emotion on the other end of the spectrum after two late mistakes cost them dearly and ended a surprising run for the bracket's No. 20 seed.
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3 weeks ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Lindsey M. Young
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — Say this for members of the Gordon Lee baseball team, they are quick learners. The Trojans (36-3) split the opening doubleheader of the GHSA Class A Division I semifinal series against 20th-seed Vidalia (21-15) Tuesday (and part of Wednesday) in two distinctly different games. Massive missed opportunities in game one, which was delayed four hours due to wet field conditions, cost Gordon Lee in a 2-0 loss.
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3 weeks ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Lindsey M. Young
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — At the start of the first practice before every playoff series begins, Gordon Lee High School baseball players gather in the dugout and get the skinny on their next opponent. It's a session that takes maybe 10 minutes, regardless of who's about to be in the opposing dugout, and coach Mike Dunfee doesn't plan to change his ways now. "When we go to the next round, in our first practice we talk a little about them and a lot about us," the 15-year Trojans' coach said.
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4 weeks ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Patrick MacCoon |Lindsey M. Young
DALTON, Ga. — Dalton's Joe Gonzalez delivered a powerful strike with less than 15 seconds left in regulation play during a GHSA Class AAAA semifinal Friday night at Harmon Field. For a moment, it seemed the junior star would be celebrating both a hat trick and the Peach State soccer powerhouse earning a shot at yet another championship. The ball glanced off the Westminster keeper's hands and over him, appearing for a split-second to cross the goal line.
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1 month ago | 
timesfreepress.com | Lindsey M. Young
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — Gordon Lee's baseball program faced a big challenge Wednesday, when Washington County visited for a best-of-three series in the GHSA Class A Division I quarterfinals. "Big" as in junior right-hander Ty Mobley, a 6-foot-7, 230-pound pitcher who is committed to Auburn and will likely be one of Georgia's top prospects from the high school ranks in the 2026 Major League Baseball draft.
