Latest stories by Kelley Smiddie
- Benning still has NBA hopes
- The former Brainerd standout wants to get in the summer league in Las Vegas.
- Saturday, June 27, 2009
- Former Brainerd High School basketball standout B.J. Benning watched the NBA draft Thursday night on television from his home near St. Louis.
- Tate gives up Hixson softball
- Saturday, June 20, 2009
- Janet Tate has resigned as softball coach at Hixson High School, citing the need for more time to devote to a family medical matter. She will remain the school's volleyball coach.
- Summit in sight
- Chattanooga's new softball complex about to open
- Friday, June 19, 2009
- Chattanooga again is a major player in the competition for large softball tournaments. If renovations at Warner Park within the last couple of years didn't validate that, the Summit of Softball Complex does.
- Hammond MVP as Tennessee tops Georgia 3-1
- East Ridge's Parham and Dalton's Broadrick were players of the match for their states' volleyball all-stars.
- Friday, June 12, 2009
- If Whitney Hammond wasn't sure if she'd miss playing volleyball, she is now. The recent GPS graduate is taking her athletic talent to the Southeastern Conference and will play softball for the University of Tennessee.
- Georgia girls outman Tennessee stars
- Wednesday, June 10, 2009
- The numbers on the scoreboard after the Tennessee-Georgia high school girls’ basketball all-star game Tuesday at Notre Dame may have been a direct reflection of the numbers on the benches.
- Ultimate travel from Oklahoma
- Sunday, June 7, 2009
- Every softball player at Warner Park this weekend is having each hop, skip and jump scrutinized, but not all of them can use that metaphor to describe their routes to Chattanooga. Take, for instance, the Ultimate.
- Warner Park to host 16s softball showcase
- Thursday, June 4, 2009
- A few hundred athletes, along with the ballfields at Warner Park, are in for a good workout this weekend when the Tennessee Fury fastpitch academy hosts the Scenic City 16s exposure tournament.
- Force cool off Heat in Frost win
- Monday, June 1, 2009
- The Chattanooga Force edged the Georgia Heat 2-1 in the 18-under final at Frost Stadium on Sunday in the Amateur Softball Association’s Memorial Classic fastpitch tournament.
- Bruisers win third straight state title
- GPS rebounds from Friday night’s loss to defeat St. Benedict in the Division II-AA softball final.
- Sunday, May 24, 2009
- MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Like the two before it, the GPS softball class of 2009 will be remembered as one that went out on top.
- Forced to play again
- GPS tries again today for state softball title
- Saturday, May 23, 2009
- MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — St. Benedict at Auburndale made an early uprising stand throughout the rest of the game and forced a second championship game today.
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