The Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) unveiled its 2021 All-State Tennis Teams. Find their selections below. GIRLS Large Division SINGLES Willa Rogers, Dobyns Bennett, Sr. Lucy Higgins, Lincoln County, Sr. Margaux Britt, … [Read more...]
2021 TSWA All-State Track & Field Teams
The Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) released its 2021 All-State Track & Field teams on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. BOYS Large Division POLE VAULT Evan Puckett, Station Camp, Sr. Ethan Duck, Centennial, Sr. Gavin Chesek, … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Top 30 players from the Class of 2022
By JESSE SMITHEY College football recruiting seems to be getting back to normal. After more than a year of Covid-19 precautions keeping players off college campuses, area prospects have been hitting the travel circuit hard. For the last … [Read more...]
Knoxville Catholic PG B.J. Edwards commits to Tennessee
By JESSE SMITHEY B.J. Edwards has done just about all a player can do in high school basketball. The Knoxville Catholic point guard added another accolade on Thursday, though. … [Read more...]
What You May Have Missed in June (2021)
By JESSE SMITHEY June is supposed to be a down time for high school athletics. But it proved to be anything but placid. Coaching changes. Recruiting offers. College commitment announcements. And a sack full of other high schools news and … [Read more...]
SEC Baseball commit to transfer from Texas to Farragut High School
BY JESSE SMITHEY The Farragut High School baseball team's chances at a long run in the 2022 season next spring got even better on Monday. … [Read more...]
FUTURE STARS: Observations from the Tennessee-Kentucky Future Stars Games (2021)
BY JESSE SMITHEY NASHVILLE -- After a year off (Covid), the Tennessee-Kentucky Future Stars all-star football games returned this past weekend, and one thing was clear during the contests Saturday: East Tennessee has some absolute studs coming … [Read more...]
2021 Tennessee-Kentucky Future Stars All-Star Game (8th Graders)
NASHVILLE -- Some of the top eighth-grade (Class of 2025) football talents in the states of Tennessee and Kentucky squared off in the Future Stars All-Star Games on Saturday at Brentwood Academy. 5Star Preps was on hand to catch it all. Check … [Read more...]
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Area Vols commits and signees chime in on Tennessee baseball
By JESSE SMITHEY Angus Pence abandoned all restaurant etiquette the moment Tennessee centerfielder Drew Gilbert ripped a walk-off grand slam to win an NCAA regional game on June 4. Pence, a Farragut senior shortstop and Tennessee signee, jumped … [Read more...]
QB Caden Buckles preparing for a different kind of season in 2021 with Alcoa
By JESSE SMITHEY ALCOA -- Caden Buckles, admittedly, rode a wave of elation and adulation into the offseason following Alcoa's sixth consecutive Class 3A state championship this past December. And rightfully so. After what he'd been through … [Read more...]