BY JESSE SMITHEY With less than a month before the start of the 2025 high school football season, The King's Academy announced this week that it will not be able to field a team for this upcoming season. … [Read more...]
What You May Have Missed — July 2025
BY JESSE SMITHEY July can be a sneaky busy month. Perhaps you’re getting a last-minute vacay in before school starts. Or maybe you’re caught up in work projects or house renovations. Whatever the case may be that has diverted your attention … [Read more...]
Josh Warner resigns as Powell High baseball coach
BY JESSE SMITHEY Josh Warner mulled the options. He chose family first. … [Read more...]
BREAKOUT PLAYERS FOR THE 2025 SEASON — Part II
Part II of our Breakthrough Players Series just dropped. Check out these eight area players who could be in for big 2025 seasons. … [Read more...]
Former West HC Lamar Brown joins Maryville Football coaching staff
BY JESSE SMITHEY The Maryville High School football coaching staff was already great. It got even better this week. Lamar Brown, who led the West High School football program to 5A championships in 2022 and 2023, has officially joined the … [Read more...]
2025 ALL-5STAR PREPS TENNIS TEAMS presented by KOC
2025 ALL-5STAR PREPS TENNIS BOYS FIRST TEAM Jansen Brown, Webb, freshman The 2025 5Star Preps Player of the Year is one of the top-ranked tennis players in the state and logged impressive wins throughout the 2025 season until injury halted his … [Read more...]
2025 All-5Star Preps Girls TRACK & FIELD Teams — presented by Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic
2025 All-5Star Preps Girls TRACK & FIELD Teams presented by Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic FIRST TEAM Calysta Garmer (Webb, junior): Already the KIL champion in the 1600 and 3200, Garmer followed that with Division II-AA state championships in … [Read more...]
NEW CLASSIFICATIONS & REGIONS SET TO DEBUT IN 2025 SEASON
The raging debate of the TSSAA transfer rule this offseason cast a blanketing shadow across the fact that a new TSSAA classification cycle begins with the 2025-26 school year. For football, that meant some regions got a refresh — and, also, some … [Read more...]
BREAKOUT PLAYERS FOR THE 2025 SEASON — PART 1
BY JESSE SMITHEY Identifying and projecting a possible breakthrough season for an athlete is one of the fun parts of being in the media. Whether it's scouting in person at 7-on-7s and scrimmages or pouring through Hudl film, high school gems … [Read more...]
2025 All-5Star Preps Boys TRACK & FIELD Teams — presented by Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic
2025 All-5Star Preps BOYS TRACK & FIELD Teams presented by Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic FIRST TEAM Evan Beeler (Farragut, senior): The 5Star Preps Athlete of the Year led Farragut to a state championship. He finished first in the Class AAA … [Read more...]