BY JESSE SMITHEY The offers came July 3. They were enticing and potentially life-changing. Less than a week later, twin brothers Kalib Fortner and Liam Fortner took advantage of them. The two Class of 2021 football standouts from Central High … [Read more...]
FREE READ: Board of Control opts out of voting on Wednesday; cites talks with Gov. Lee office
BY JESSE SMITHEY The build up to Wednesday's TSSAA Board of Control vote for a potential alternate season structure for 2020 high school football and girls soccer reached its fever pitch Wednesday morning and then fell flat before noon with a … [Read more...]
2021 Area High School Football Matchups We Hope to See Scheduled
By JESSE SMITHEY The tweet, if anything, got me thinking. Tommy Winton, a well-mannered and highly sought-after Class of 2022 football prospect from Catholic High School, playfully sent a tweet out on June 15 to Powell football coach Matt Lowe … [Read more...]
Halls football program extends its dead period by a week
By JESSE SMITHEY Maybe other high school football programs around the state will follow suit. Perhaps they won't. But Halls football coach Scott Cummings extended his team's dead period by a week to ensure its safety and its chances at … [Read more...]
FREE READ: What happened in the TSSAA Board of Control meeting July 1, 2020
BY JESSE SMITHEY For some 90 minutes midday Wednesday, the TSSAA Board of Control focused its efforts on what the high school football and girls' soccer seasons could look like when/if Governor Bill Lee's executive order expires Aug. 29. Lee … [Read more...]
FREE READ: Governor, TSSAA delay start of football season
On Monday, Tennessee governor Bill Lee extended his Covid-19 State of Emergency executive order until Aug. 29, 2020. That essentially put the first two weeks of the high school football season on ice. The TSSAA issued the following statement on … [Read more...]
Greeneville football promotes Eddie Spradlen to head coach
By JESSE SMITHEY While commenting June 7 on the unexpected resignation of head football coach Dan Hammonds, Greeneville athletics director Brad Woolsey stated that the school would like a new coach in place before the TSSAA dead period concluded … [Read more...]
Where Are They Now? Coalfield QB Parker McKinney
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Parker McKinney, Coalfield High (2018 graduate) NOW: As a redshirt freshman in 2019, McKinney (6-3, 208) started seven games and played in 10. He went 116-for-221 passing for 1371 yards and seven TDs (nine INTs). He also … [Read more...]
5STAR NOTES: Loudon LHP/OF commits to Georgia; Coach news; Scholarship offers & more
BY JESSE SMITHEY In this week's 5STAR NOTES, we take a look at: Loudon freshman Jaxon Walker's commitment to an SEC baseball program. Recent scholarship offers for area athletes. Coaching moves over the past week. Summer … [Read more...]
HISTORIC HIRE: Hardin Valley Academy’s Jessica Stephens first female to lead boys’ soccer program in Knox County
By JESSE SMITHEY By her own admission, Jessica Stephens "loves a good challenge." So when the Hardin Valley Academy girls' soccer coach of the past two years was presented with the opportunity to also be the head coach of the boys' program at … [Read more...]