By JESSE SMITHEY The Class of 2021 is almost all signed up, and a few more area athletes put pen to paper Wednesday on National Signing Day. Let's take a look at who all signed and to where. We'll be adding to this list as the day goes … [Read more...]
THE FINAL FIVE, Boxscores and Top Scorers – Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021
By JESSE SMITHEY Playoff time is right around the corner. And we're tracking the big stories and big performances en route to the postseason. Here are tonight's FINAL FIVE (top takeaways), basketball boxscores and top scorers. … [Read more...]
BOXSCORES – Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021
Tonight's basketball boxscores from Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. … [Read more...]
The FINAL FIVE, Leading Scorers and Boxscores – Friday, Jan. 29, 2021
By JESSE SMITHEY The Maryville girls secured a huge win. A Cosby guard set a school record. Catholic set up rematch with IMG. Get tonight's FINAL FIVE (big stories), leading scorers and area basketball box scores. … [Read more...]
FYI, Tennessee: Here are some local football prospects you should evaluate (maybe offer)
By JESSE SMITHEY Not even a day after Josh Heupel was named head football coach at Tennessee did an article or two come out about how he, and whatever staffers he had, had already reached out some of the the top in-state recruits. Heupel even … [Read more...]
Surprise, Surprise: Gov. Bill Lee to lift recent attendance restrictions for winter sports on Feb. 1
By JESSE SMITHEY Gov. Bill Lee announced Thursday that recent attendance restrictions for high school winter sporting events will be lifted beginning Monday, Feb. 1, and that was news that caught many in the high school sports landscape off … [Read more...]
The FINAL FIVE, leading scorers and basketball boxscores – Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021
BY JESSE SMITHEY Here is your FINAL FIVE (big stories) from Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 -- along with leading scorers and basketball boxscores. … [Read more...]
5Star Preps NOTES: What You May Have Missed (Jan. 2021)
By JESSE SMITHEY A lot has happened in the last week or so in the landscape of high school football, from schedule changes and announcements for 2021 to college football recruiting news. And while we try our best to keep you guys up to date on … [Read more...]
Some Q&As with new Coalfield football coach Benson Napier
By JESSE SMITHEY Benson Napier often envisioned and talked about taking over the Coalfield football program someday -- but in a much different way than the manner he actually did. The 25-year-old Napier was named the new football coach at … [Read more...]
2020 All-5Star Preps Football Team Selections
How Players Are Selected Let's be clear: This is NOT a recruiting list. We have 70 schools in our coverage map, and selecting players is difficult. Players are selected based on a number of variables, such as (an in no particular order): … [Read more...]