BY JESSE SMITHEY Between the end of the 2021 high school football regular season and New Year's Day, some 10 head-football-coaching changes took place from within the 5Star Preps coverage area. No. 11 came on Monday. Philip Shadowens … [Read more...]
Halls High School Football promotes defensive coordinator Brent Hughes to head coach
BY JESSE SMITHEY The Halls High School football program was at work this weekend, putting a final punctuation on its head coaching search. The Red Devils found their guy in defensive coordinator Brent Hughes and introduced him as the new head … [Read more...]
The FAB 5 – January 2022
BY JESSE SMITHEY Welcome to the FAB 5. Here, you'll find five standout performances by a basketball player or team from any given night. We'll keep a running narrative of this throughout the season. To nominate a player or team, coaches … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Top High School Sports Moments of 2021 – Nos. 1-5
By JESSE SMITHEY Before you know it, the 2022 calendar will already be flipping its pages. So take a moment to pause and appreciate some of the top moments and storylines that happened in the 5Star Preps coverage area during 2021. Here is … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Boys Co-Golfers of the Year (2021): Kaleb Wilson (CAK), Carson Kammann (West)
BY JESSE SMITHEY Kaleb Wilson and Carson Kammann took vastly different routes to reach success on the high school level. Nevertheless, here both golfers are, about to step into 2022 when they will begin their college careers at big-time … [Read more...]
2021 All-5Star Preps Girls and Boys Golf Teams
2021 All-5Star Preps Golf Teams Presented by Brad Rose Golf GIRLS GOLF FIRST TEAM Brylee Crouse (Kingston, sophomore): The 5Star Preps Girls Golfer of the Year started her season with a runner-up finish at the 5Star Preps Masters and then went on … [Read more...]
Greeneville boys basketball stuns No. 17 team in the country at Arby’s Classic
By JESSE SMITHEY Not many onlookers Wednesday night at the Arby's Classic likely gave the Greeneville boys' basketball team much of a chance against Dr. Phillips High from Orlando, Fla. It wasn't that no one respected Greeneville, which won a … [Read more...]
Bearden Lady Bulldogs shock the No. 3 team in the country, Montverde Academy, in OT
By JESSE SMITHEY Say this for the Bearden girls' basketball team: the Lady Bulldogs aren't afraid to topple a few Goliaths every now and again when the opportunities arise. Back in February, they stunned Ensworth in Nashville, stopping the Lady … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Top High School Sports Moments of 2021 – Nos. 6-10
By JESSE SMITHEY Before you know it, the 2022 calendar will already be flipping its pages. So take a moment to pause and appreciate some of the top moments and storylines that happened in the 5Star Preps coverage area during 2021. Here is … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Top High School Sports Moments of 2021 – Nos. 11-15
By JESSE SMITHEY Before you know it, the 2022 calendar will already be flipping its pages. So take a moment to pause and appreciate some of the top moments and storylines that happened in the 5Star Preps coverage area during 2021. Here is … [Read more...]