The rosters for the annual East-West all-star football game were released today. The game will be played Dec. 13 at Austin Peay. … [Read more...]
2019 TSSAA Football Playoffs: 30 First-Round Game Predictions
Some teams in the 5Star Preps coverage area have the week off. Some face each other. Some will move on and some will be upset. Here's our 30 first-round predictions for games involving 5SP coverage area programs. … [Read more...]
HOOPS IS HERE: Basketball practice begins; storylines to watch for 2019-20 season
Here comes "the overlap." When high school football playoffs roll around, so does the start of high school basketball. And while the hoops season doesn't tip-off for another couple of weeks, teams around the state begin their official practice … [Read more...]
5Star Preps BRACKET BREAKDOWN (2019) – A crash course on what to know about the football postseason
You don't have much time. The playoffs begin Friday, Nov. 8. So here's your crash course on the 2019 TSSAA Football Playoffs, everything you need to know and look out for. Let's start with some easy stuff: 33 teams from the 5Star Preps coverage … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS TEAM RANKINGS – Top 20 heading into 2019 playoffs
Welcome back, Playoffs. After a long and arduous regular season, high school football now enters its final leg. Alcoa (3A), Greeneville (4A) and Central (5A) all are defending state champions. And there are plenty of others who either want to … [Read more...]
5STAR PHOTOS: 2019 TSSAA State Cross Country Championships
Here are some images from contributor Charles Pulliam from the 2019 TSSAA State Cross Country Championships. All images are presented by Wes Whitehead of FirstBank Mortgage (https://fbmortgageloans.com/lo/wwhitehead/) Wes grew up in Knoxville and … [Read more...]
WEEK 11 — Boxscores, Scoreboard, Final Region Standings and First-Round Playoff Pairings
Here are the Week 11 boxscores from around the area, as well as final region standings and Week 11 scores. We also included the playoff pairings for all area teams who qualified for next week's playoffs. … [Read more...]
ROUND 1 – TSSAA Football Playoff Pairings (2019)
TSSAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS (2019) Round 1, Nov. 8, 2019 CLASS 1A Harriman (3-7) at Cloudland (5-5) Jellico (3-7) at Oliver Springs (8-2) Coalfield (7-3) at Hancock County (3-7) Unaka (2-8) at Greenback (8-2) CLASS 2A Cumberland Gap (4-6) at … [Read more...]
Farragut football goes from missing playoffs to 2-seed and hosting first-round game thanks to late TD
It was a wild-and-wooly Senior Night at Farragut on Friday. The Admirals clinched a playoff berth on their home field with a 39-34 victory over visiting Jefferson County. Farragut (5-5, 4-2 in Region 6-1A) earned the region’s No. 2 seeding, but … [Read more...]
FOOTBALL STAT LEADERS through Week 10 (2019)
Here are the area football stat leaders heading into the final week of the 2019 regular season. As of Friday morning, we had 39 teams report. More are on the way and will be updated on Thursday, Oct. 31. PLEASE NOTE: Statistics will continue … [Read more...]