BY JESSE SMITHEY Caden Buckles finished his high school football career with two Class 3A state titles, two BlueCross Bowl MVPs and a Mr. Football award. In the months that followed, interest naturally grew in regards to what would come next … [Read more...]
Fulton High School tabs Freeman Pinkney of FBA as its new girls’ basketball coach
By JESSE SMITHEY The energetic and high-passion coaching style of Freeman Pinkney is headed to Fulton High School. He has been named the new girls' basketball coach of the Lady Falcons. "This is a big one," Pinkney said of the job. "I got a … [Read more...]
Garrett Brewer ramps up his level of play for Farragut Baseball in 2022
By JESSE SMITHEY On a field full of stars and college baseball prospects Tuesday night, Garrett Brewer had no problem showing he belonged. The hours of offseason work it perennially takes to find a spot in the Admirals' lineup shone through for … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS 2022 Baseball Season Preview
BY JESSE SMITHEY Over the last decade, more than a dozen TSSAA state baseball championships have been won by teams from the 5Star Preps coverage area. Last year, two area teams even squared off in a season finale for a title — Gibbs winning … [Read more...]
Maryville High School girls’ basketball coach Scott West resigns
By JESSE SMITHEY He won more than 200 games and led the program to its first state tournament win in nearly 100 years, but Scott West will not be back as girls' basketball coach at Maryville High School for the 2022-23 season. … [Read more...]
Moseley heroics force OT but Dobyns-Bennett outlasts Bearden 69-60 for 4A boys basketball championship
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — A white towel covered in Gatorade logos draped over Hayden Moseley's head Saturday night following Bearden's overtime loss in the 4A state championship, as the Bearden senior who had almost single-handedly led a … [Read more...]
Greeneville knocks off Jackson South Side to win consecutive state basketball championships
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — The gold-accented Nikes that Jakobi Gillespie wore on Saturday weren't selected by accident. Gillespie, the standout Mr. Basketball winning guard from Greeneville High School, had one thing on his … [Read more...]
Bearden’s game plan to top Lebanon works, 62-44, to send Bulldogs to 4A championship
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Just a week after the Bearden High School girls' played for and won a Class 4A state championship, the boys will try to match the feat. And the Bulldogs have toppled two midstate giants to reach this … [Read more...]
Fulton Falcons get late look at win but fall to Jackson South Side, 51-50, in the 3A semifinals
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — The 25-foot shot from the left wing left lefty Denaj Kimber's hand with a second left and looked destined to send the Fulton boys' basketball team to the state final. Kimber, who'd seen three of his 3s fall in … [Read more...]
Greeneville advances to second consecutive state title game with 59-55 semifinal win over Stone Memorial
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO - All postseason long, one blowout win after another, with no variation to the pattern. For Greeneville boys' basketball coach Brad Woolsey, he'd prefer it that way. That means his team is executing. And that's … [Read more...]