Spring practice season is over. Now, it's 7-on-7 time. Get a glance at when and where 5Star Preps area teams will be putting in passing work below ... … [Read more...]
2027 Sevier County TE/LB Parker Newman commits to Duke
BY JESSE SMITHEY College football programs like Alabama, Ohio State, Tennessee, Nebraska and Texas A&M may have tried to sway him down the stretch, but Parker Newman didn't succumb Friday to their brands nor mystiques. … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS NOTEBOOK: Coaching news/changes, transfers, and more
Surely, you didn't think that 5Star Preps takes the summer off. Just because the school year concluded doesn't mean the news cycle stopped. Here are some of the latest coaching changes, openings and athlete transfers. … [Read more...]
Halls Baseball names Cannon Duke as its new head coach
BY JESSE SMITHEY Some coaching searches can last months, especially if the right candidate doesn't surface. Halls High School, though, found its new head baseball coach in two weeks. … [Read more...]
Farragut Admirals ‘just win’ fifth consecutive TSSAA baseball title
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — With some 16 combined runs on the scoreboard by the end of Friday’s Class 4A state baseball championship, you’d never have guessed that one intentional walk midway through the game would prove the most pivotal moment … [Read more...]
Lakeway Christian Academy rebounds to win 2026 Division II-A state baseball title
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — As much as Lakeway Christian Academy sophomore pitcher Chase Gockenbach tried to downplay his accomplishment after the game Thursday night, you still couldn't help but marvel at his complete-game effort in the … [Read more...]
Farragut Baseball tops Collierville 5-3 on Thursday to advance to Class 4A state championship — again
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — As a senior on this season's Farragut High School baseball team, catcher Jake Harris bore plenty upon his person Thursday. Not only was he wearing the weight of community expectations and team standards at the TSSAA … [Read more...]
Lakeway Christian Baseball wins in 8 innings to snag spot in Division II-A State Championship Game
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — When the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association put out its statewide rankings April 27, prior to the start of the postseason, the Lakeway Baseball team was nowhere to found on the list of 10 in the Division II-A … [Read more...]
In first-ever state tournament, Heritage Mountaineers start the week 2-0 in 3A bracket
BY JESSE SMITHEY If experience is supposed to matter in the state tournament setting, nobody told the Heritage Mountaineers baseball team that this week. They've done just fine without it. The first-timers have enjoyed quite the ideal start … [Read more...]
Farragut Baseball in Position A in 4A Bracket; Admirals seeking 5th consecutive title
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — There's a sure-fire way to get your probability of making a title-game appearance on the rise, and that's by winning your first two games in a TSSAA baseball state tournament bracket. Just ask Farragut. The … [Read more...]