JASPER, Tenn. -- In a community where football remains king, Marion County's baseball team put together an impressive string under coach Steven Roberts.

Ooltewah coach Brian Hitchcox was caught flat-footed when informed that his Owls had finished atop a coaches’ survey seeking input on the Chattanooga area’s top baseball teams.

As positives go, Arts & Sciences coach Mark Dragoo at least enters next week's high school boys' state basketball tournament knowing he is taking a team that has faced and conquered adversity.

Costly suspensions coupled with the virulent flu bug knocked the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to its knees Saturday in the Southern Conference wrestling tournament at Davidson College.

Only one UTC top seed reaches championship final

When he and his team left for Davidson College and the Southern Conference wrestling championships, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga coach Heath Eslinger could have been depressed. He wasn't despite having suspended three starters just two days before.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has hopes for conference title

Josh Statum, the 133-pound starter for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team, will be targeting his first Southern Conference championship at Davidson University on Saturday, and he likely will be billed as the man to beat because of his "won't quit" mindset.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was the prohibitive favorite to win Saturday's Southern Conference tournament at Davidson.

There are no guarantees that the state wrestling tournaments will remain in Franklin at the Williamson County Agricultural Expo, but the TSSAA was more than satisfied this year.