BY JESSE SMITHEY The 2026 high school football season is just a few months away. That means the spring practice season is upon us. And even a few area teams, as of late March, have already completed their spring practice dates. Here is our … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL (March 25, 2026)
BY JESSE SMITHEY Time to hop back into another This Week in Baseball notebook and take a look at which teams are doing big things and which players are off to scalding hot starts this spring. … [Read more...]
FINAL USA Today/TSWA High School Basketball State Rankings (2025-2026)
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Sports Writers Association and USA Today Network announced the basketball rankings for the 2025-26 season on Monday, March 23. The Top 10 teams in each of the four Division I classifications and Top 5 in two Division II … [Read more...]
CLASS 3A BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP: Alcoa (24-13) constructs 20-2 run down stretch to win 57-48 over Fulton
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Imagining Alcoa coach Ryan Collins and his Tornado players donning traditional white TSSAA state championship hats seemed like a far-fetched thing to conjure up midway through the fourth quarter Saturday … [Read more...]
4A STATE SEMIFINAL: Bearden Bulldogs come up short in fourth against nationally ranked Bartlett
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — The Bearden High School boys basketball team may not have been the first in-state opponent this season to knock off nationally ranked Bartlett, but the Bulldogs pushed Bartlett to the brink. Despite trailing by … [Read more...]
3A STATE SEMIFINAL: Alcoa topples Tullahoma; Tornadoes to face Fulton in 3A finale
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Alcoa athletes don't lose championship games very often. Take junior Alcoa standout Jamir Dean, for example. The Power Five football prospect has played in three football championship games. Won them … [Read more...]
3A STATE SEMIFINAL: Fulton Falcons stun defending champion Upperman Bees, 54-51
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — As the Fulton Falcons ran off the Murphy Center floor on Friday following a state semifinal win and then down into the tunnel towards their locker room, one player yelled: "They doubted us, Coach!" No doubt that … [Read more...]
Longtime girls’ basketball coach Johnny Galyon steps down at Morristown West
BY JESSE SMITHEY Johnny Galyon has rarely missed a day of work. With some 250 sick days stored up, Galyon had to take a day off, though, this week. The wake behind his decision to step down as girls' basketball coach at Morristown West … [Read more...]
4A STATE QUARTERFINAL — Bearden (37-1) overcomes Cutter Sisk challenge and Beech, 55-52
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — For the last 10 days, since the Bearden boys' basketball team won its state sectional game and learned of its first-round matchup with Beech High, Bulldogs head coach Jeremy Parrott, his staff and players have … [Read more...]
4A STATE QUARTERFINAL: Farragut falls to Walker Valley in tough fourth quarter
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Senior point guard Parker Lane drove down the right side of the foul lane early in the first quarter of Thursday's contest against Walker Valley and buried a 12-foot, mid-range jumper, giving Farragut its first … [Read more...]