Notre Dame has been picked to win the District 7-AA high school football championship in the Coaches' Predictions in Murphy Fair's Tennessee High School Football magazine.
The Irish, coached by Charles Fant, welcomes back eight starters on offense and nine on defense from a team that went 9-4 last season.
Signal Mountain's Eagles were picked to finish second.
Fair's book can be purchased at the following Chattanooga locations:
Big Ridge Cleaners - 5936 Hixson Pike (Publix Shopping Center)
Mountain City Cleaners - 3554 Broad Street
Carriage Cleaners - 715 Signal Mountain Rd.
Carriage Cleaners - 3835 Dayton Blvd
2014 COACHES' PREDICTIONS
1. Notre Dame
2. Signal Mountain
3. Sequatchie County
4. Bledsoe County
5. Grundy County
6. Chattanooga Christian
2013 DISTRICT STANDINGS
1. Signal Mountain 5-0, 8-4
2. Notre Dame 9-4, 4-1
3. Sequatchie County 5-6, 3-2
4. Grundy County 4-7, 2-3
5. Chattanooga Christian 3-7, 1-4
6. Bledsoe County 2-8, 0-5
COMING THURSDAY AUG. 7: DISTRICT 5-AAA