By JESSE SMITHEY ROCKWOOD — During his preseason preparations with the Rockwood football team, longtime head coach John Webb chose to only bring one football onto the practice field instead of his customary dozen. He had a point to get across and … [Read more...]
WEEK 6 Boxscores, Scoreboard, and Week 7 Schedule
Check out all the football boxscores, East Tennessee scoreboard and Week 7 schedule. Coaches or team statisticians can email boxscores to [email protected]. … [Read more...]
Karns sophomore Desean Bishop carries the Beavers to upset win at Campbell County
By JESSE SMITHEY Desean Bishop set the area on notice in 2019 when he, as a freshman, rushed for 1,024 yards at 16 touchdowns in 10 varsity games. He gave everyone a little reminder of his potential all throughout a televised game Thursday … [Read more...]
Covid-19 complicates recruiting; area’s top prospect Isiah Cox still deciding
By JESSE SMITHEY Being one of the state’s best high school football recruits is a blessing and a challenge during this Covid-19 era. Just ask Alcoa senior Isiah Cox, the No. 1 player in the 5Star Preps Class of 2021 prospect rankings. … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS Football Statistics Report – Through Week 5 (2020)
By JESSE SMITHEY Here is your 5Star Preps football stats report through Week 5 of the 2020 high school football season. Don't see your team? No worries. Just have your team's coach submit cumulative stats each week to [email protected]. … [Read more...]
POSTSEASON GOLF: Division II District Tournaments (2020)
Division II-A District Tournament Tuesday, Sept. 22 At Three Ridges BOYS CAK (295): K. Wilson 72, J. Hughey 71, J. Meadows 73, B. Johnston 79 Webb (318): Britt 73, Mayes 76, King 84, Woodruff 85 FBA (344): Whitaker 76, Roberts 76, … [Read more...]
Gibbs girls’ soccer (8-0-1) evolving into a state-tournament-caliber program
By JESSE SMITHEY Jason French could see it coming. He could see his program evolving at Gibbs High School to where it perennially wins a double-digit amount of games and makes deep playoff runs. The vision has come to fruition for the Gibbs … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS Game Predictions – Week 6 (2020)
By JESSE SMITHEY A good salesman would find a way to get you excited about Week 6's slate of games. But let's be honest. It isn't littered with marquee matchups. Still, it's a bridge week to bigger and better schedules of contests to … [Read more...]
2020 POSTSEASON: Region Tournament, District Tournament Results (Monday, Sept. 21, 2020)
Region 2 Small Class at Sevierville GC GIRLS Greenback (159): June Greene 74 (medalist), Lorien Sweet 85 Kingston (177): Kailey Lane 83 (advances to state), Brylee Crouse 94 Noteable individual: Campbell Penland (NVA) 83 (advances to state), … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS Top 15 Football Teams (Week 6, 2020)
By JESSE SMITHEY Well, we're at the midpoint of the 2020 high school season. And we had to shuffle the deck a little bit with our 5Star Preps Top 15 -- especially after what happened in Week 5. Here are the new rankings. … [Read more...]