Class 5A All-State Football Team Announced

Sunday, July 29, 2012 - by special report to chattanoogan.com

The Star Physical Therapy Class 5A Preseason All-State football team has been announced.

The team was recently published in Murphy Fair's Tennessee High School Football.

Fair’s annual high school football yearbook is ready for purchase.

Known as “The Bible” of prep football publications, this year’s 25th silver anniversary edition is 240 pages full of top 10 predictions in the eight classifications, pre-season all-state teams, coaching records and of course, the always valuable and informative team-by-team breakdowns and more.

In the Chattanooga area, the football yearbooks can be purchased for $12 at:

Chattanooga: Big Ridge Cleaners - 5936 Hixson Pike - Publix Shopping Center
Mountain City Cleaners - 3554 Broad Street (foot of Lookout Mountain)
Carriage Cleaners - 715 Signal Mountain Road
Carriage Cleaners - 3835 Dayton Blvd

CLASS 5A ALL-STATE

OFFENSE

QB      Ty Ryans                               Cherokee                              6-4      185     Sr

RB       Jalen Hurd                            Beech                                     6-3      215     Jr

RB       Nolan Coulter                      Knox Catholic                      6-0      190     Sr

RB       Marquis Morton                Shelbyville Central             5-10   185     Sr

WR     Camion Patrick                   Lenoir City                            6-2      205     Sr

TE        Chad Dye                              Hendersonville                   6-3      250     Sr

OL       Matt Pyke                             Anderson Co                       6-4      295     Sr

OL       Caleb McClanahan             Beech                                     6-2      250     Sr

OL       Bobby Billingsley                Memphis East                     6-2      255     Sr

OL       Christian Morris                 Memphis East                     6-6      305     Sr

OL       Andy Bacon                         Morristown West              6-5      300     Sr

K          Alex Sigmon                         Tennessee                            5-11   195     Sr

DEFENSE

DB       Darian Banks                       Gallatin                                  5-9      180     Sr

DB       Storme Hillard                     Henry County                      5-10   157     Sr

DB       Ryan Francis                                    Knox West                            6-1      195     Sr

DB       Jonathon Strozyk               Powell                                   5-11   165     Sr

LB        Jalen Reeves-Maybin        Clarksville NE                       6-1      205     Sr

LB        Zack Stuart                           Knox West                            6-3      200     Sr

LB        Marcus Robinson               Memphis East                     6-3      215     Sr

DL       Warwick Marsh                  Clarksville NE                       6-0      305     Sr

DL       Herbert Moore                   Memphis East                     6-1      320     Sr

DL       Dennis Mongon                  South Doyle                         6-3      305     Sr

P          Hunter Cantrell                   White Co                               6-1      220     Sr

(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)


White Shoots 64 For Lead In Signal Mountain Golf

With help from a hole-in-one, Davin White shot a 7-under 64 on Saturday and took the lead in the Signal Mountain Invitational at the Signal Mountain Golf and Country Club. White, a junior at Georgia State, made his ace on No. 14. He leads Riley Davenport by one shot and Cody Godfrey and first-round leader Matt Robertson by two shots. The tournament ends Sunday. Signal ... (click for more)

Back-To-Back Homers Lift Braves Over Dodgers Saturday

Evan Gattis added to his legend with a two-run, pinch-hit home run off Kenley Jansen, and Andrelton Simmons followed with a home run of his own to cap a three-run eighth inning that provided the Braves a 3-1 win over the Dodgers. After continuing his success against the Braves through seven innings, Dodgers starter Chris Capuano exited after B.J. Upton ended an 0-for-16 stretch ... (click for more)

Woman Found Dead On Lovell Road; Police Looking For Terry Releford

A woman was found dead on Sunday morning at 8912 Lovell Road, and police are seeking a "person of interest" in the case. Deputies responded to that location at approximately 8 a.m. on a suspicious death. On arrival "deputies found a dead female in her 30s deceased from an apparent homicide." A person of interest has been identified as Terry Releford, 34. He ... (click for more)

$1 Million Powerball Ticket Sold In Chattanooga

The exciting run of Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots culminated this weekend with winners of both mega-jackpots drawn. In Tennessee, both drawings created a total of over 173,000 winning tickets, with a $1 million Powerball ticket sold in Chattanooga. The lucky winner of the Powerball jackpot of $590.5 million purchased the ticket in Florida, while the winning tickets of ... (click for more)

Scandals At Home And Abroad

Since my hip operation and time in recovery, I have tried to set aside things that are insignificant to me and to average Americans. Don't get me wrong here. What these people are doing (Bengahzi) is despicable be they left or right wing, and they have been doing it (both sides) for a long time. But the dirty deeds themselves carry little weight as to what they mean to you or me. ... (click for more)

Roy Exum: 50 Facts About Our Bodies

Maybe 20 years ago I became entranced by a book called “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made.” It was co-authored by a surgeon, Paul Brand, and a Christian writer, Phillip Yancey, and gave one specific after another about the human body and how only God could have created such a miraculous machine. Today the book is a classic and I have marveled ever since over how unbelievable human ... (click for more)