The most decorated female high school track athlete in state history won't be able to add to the list of her TSSAA accomplishments. Howard sprinter LaQuisha Jackson has had to withdraw from competition for the rest of her senior season because of an injury that affects her back and hip.
Tevan Jackson is making a major adjustment. The Howard senior is going from 2010 hunter to 2011 hunted, transitioning from a punishing linebacker to promising quarterback.
Howard and CSAS fell short in their bids for state basketball titles last week, bringing to an end successful seasons where both teams racked up 20-plus wins.
GPS claimed the Tennessee Division II-AA girls state basketball championship Saturday. Several local D-I teams are still in contention for the state title.
Barring a last-minute appeal, the high school basketball season is over for the girls' teams at Brainerd and Howard following a fight on the court immediately after Monday's game.
Howard's Hustlin' Tigers may have found a remedy for their free-throw shooting problems in the fourth quarters of games: Build a big enough lead, like they did Thursday, and it doesn't matter.
Brainerd's basketball coach piles up victories leading into the Panthers' game with Howard tonight.
Last season, the Tyner Rams were dealt a harsh consolation prize for finishing as the District 6-AA runners-up. The Rams were sent to face state powerhouse Alcoa in the postseason’s first round and were bounced quickly.
At some point midway through the second period at Howard’s Gaston Stadium Friday night, more than a few predictions began to make their way through the homecoming crowd as the Hustlin’ Tigers racked up point after point in an impressive pinball fashion.
Sometimes the technical adjustments coaches make during halftimes of football games make the difference in ultimate outcomes. In the case of Howard on Friday, the coach’s speech made the difference.
Howard is 4-0 and one of a handful of unbeaten high school football teams in the Chattanooga area. Hustlin’ Tigers coach Alvin Tarver isn’t surprised, although his team is coming off a 2-8 showing last season.
Players on the Howard sideline started chanting, “Four-and-O!” as quarterback Thomas McCaulay lined up in the victory formation.
Howard’s defense was its best scoring option in the second half of Friday’s high school football game at Boyd-Buchanan.
His name, Chase Reed, says it all. That’s because chase Reed is what Boyd-Buchanan’s opponents do every Friday night.
The Howard “Tigerbone” offense hasn’t exactly reached “roar” status yet, but coach Alvin Tarver has seen his Hustlin’ Tigers handle the growing pains of a new offense thanks to an unyielding defense.
