Tate is joined by TK to recap a busy couple of weeks in local high school sports. The duo celebrates The Tennessean taking first place for best sports writing at the State Press Awards before breaking down the recent All-Midstate team selections for flag football, lacrosse, and baseball. Guest TK shares behind-the-scenes perspectives on crafting these honors and previews an upcoming "Best Sports Moments" piece dropping July 5th, featuring historic local championships. The most important takeaway for listeners is to stay locked in: as the summer dead period concludes, the staff is already gearing up for the start of another highly anticipated high school football season.

<p>Tate is joined by TK to recap a busy couple of weeks in local high school sports. The duo celebrates <strong data-path-to-node="0" data-index-in-node="101">The Tennessean</strong> taking first place for best sports writing at the State Press Awards before breaking down the recent All-Midstate team selections for flag football, lacrosse, and baseball. Guest TK shares behind-the-scenes perspectives on crafting these honors and previews an upcoming "Best Sports Moments" piece dropping July 5th, featuring historic local championships. The most important takeaway for listeners is to stay locked in: as the summer dead period concludes, the staff is already gearing up for the start of another highly anticipated high school football season.</p>

Growing up in a coaching family and now the owner of Mathews Team Sports, Tate Mathews brings a unique perspective to High School Sports Saturday.

With over fifteen years in the sporting goods industry in Middle Tennessee working with and for high school administrators and coaches, Tate’s relationships provide insight into middle Tennessee high school athletics.

High School Sports Saturday covers each sport during their respective competitive seasons.  Coaches, administrators, TSSAA officials and student-athletes are interviewed each week at 8 AM on 104-5 The Zone.