The 2025 season is just hours away from its first kick. For the last handful of months, 5Star Preps has prepared you with previews, analysis, video highlights and more. Even still, some names might have slipped from your memory banks. Or, … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS 2025 TOP FOOTBALL TEAMS presented by TRIPLE F
BY JESSE SMITHEY Week 1 is here. It's time to check out the top teams in the 5Star Preps coverage area — from state-title contenders to teams that could cause surprise. … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS 2025 VOLLEYBALL SEASON PREVIEW
It just may be time for the drought to end. No high school volleyball team from the 5Star Preps coverage area has played for or won a TSSAA state championship since 2021. The Knoxville Catholic Lady Irish won the Division II-AA State … [Read more...]
THE LOOK AHEAD at WEEK 1 of the 2025 SEASON
BY JESSE SMITHEY The jamborees are done. And that means so are the preseason preparations. The 2025 high school season has arrived. Time to turn the page to the first game week. Here's a look at 15 key games/storylines from the Aug. … [Read more...]
THE NEXT STEP: Kingston RB Taeshaune Hamilton
BY JESSE SMITHEY One could make the case that Taeshaune Hamilton's prep football career has yet to reach its peak. The Kingston tailback hopes that apex happens this fall in his senior season. … [Read more...]
THE NEXT STEP: Oak Ridge RB Damillyan Porter
BY JESSE SMITHEY As injuries to key ball-catchers within the Oak Ridge offense piled up last season, Damillyan Porter’s role for the Wildcats grew more significant. By November, Porter had rounded into an all-around back — one who could not only … [Read more...]
2025 High School Football Season Preview HUB
2025 POWER RANKINGS — Read HERE. LOOK AHEAD to Week One — Read HERE. 2025 Preseason DREAM TEAM — Read HERE. Top 20 Games to See in 2025 — Read HERE. New Classifications/Regions to Debut in 2025 — Read HERE. Breakout Players for 2025, … [Read more...]
The 5Star Preps 2025 Football Preseason Dream Team Lineup
BY JESSE SMITHEY If fantasy football were a thing in high school football, the draft options would be bountiful from East Tennessee. Would you take Tyreek King, the University of Tennessee wide receiver commit from Catholic first overall? He is … [Read more...]
SCRIMMAGE REPORT: Halls Red Devils at Anderson County Mavericks (Aug. 1, 2025)
BY JESSE SMITHEY CLINTON — Suffice it to say that both the Halls and Anderson County programs have lofty expectations for this fall. They whet the appetites of their fan bases with a preseason scrimmage at Anderson County on Friday … [Read more...]
Improved offensive line could be the key for Webb School of Knoxville football success in 2025
BY JESSE SMITHEY If anything stood out Thursday night in the three-team scrimmage with Bearden, South-Doyle and Webb, it had to be Webb’s offensive line. No question. The Spartans’ group up front more than passed the eye test, so it wasn’t hard to … [Read more...]