2025-26 ALL-5STAR PREPS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS Below you'll find all our selections for the 2025-26 All-5Star Preps boys basketball teams. This is a painstaking process that takes weeks, as we debate and place players from our 70-school coverage … [Read more...]
The Garza Law 2026 TSSAA SPRING SPORTS POSTSEASON TRACKER
We've reached the final days of the TSSAA spring sports seasons. Keep up with it all, day to day with our Postseason Tracker — presented by GARZA LAW. … [Read more...]
2025-26 Girls Basketball Underclassman of the Year: Harper Stinnett, Alcoa
BY JESSE SMITHEY En route to his team's 2026 Class 3A state basketball championship in March, even Dyersburg girls basketball coach Tim Strayhorn took a second to pause and appreciate what he saw in Harper Stinnett shortly after a tightly … [Read more...]
2025-26 5Star Preps Boys Basketball Underclassman of the Year: Ben Cross, Knoxville Central
BY JESSE SMITHEY If, for some reason, you can't reach Ben Cross with a call or text, odds are: you're going to find the Central High School sophomore point guard in one place, more times than not. "Ben, he is a gym rat," Central coach J.P. … [Read more...]
REGION BASEBALL ROUNDUP — Saturday, May 9
BY JESSE SMITHEY Saturday's round of region baseball tournament play was all about teams locking down state sectional berths. For some, getting qualified proved to be as simple as winning one game. For others, the task turned out to be a bit … [Read more...]
REGION BASEBALL ROUNDUP — Friday, May 8, 2026
BY JESSE SMITHEY The TSSAA baseball postseason rolled into region tournament play on Friday. While no teams were eliminated on Day 1, half the field will see its season end on Saturday. Here is a quick glance at regions from the 5Star Preps … [Read more...]
Michelle Christopher steps down as Oliver Springs High School girls basketball coaching post
BY JESSE SMITHEY Oliver Springs High School athletics director Tony Kegley has had a busy spring. Not only has he had to coach the school's baseball team, but he's also had to head up hirings for a head football coach and boys basketball … [Read more...]
Farragut Admirals sweep Oak Ridge on Tuesday to win District 4-4A Baseball Championship
BY JESSE SMITHEY FARRAGUT — Winning a District 4-4A Baseball Tournament rarely is an easy feat. Even four-time defending state champion Farragut couldn’t do it in 2023 and 2025 en route to state titles. And when Oak Ridge entered the league this … [Read more...]
5SP Notes: What you may have missed in April (2026)
BY JESSE SMITHEY April overflowed with coaching news, transfer news, recruiting news and the like. No way you caught it all, right? Well, double check, just in case. Here are some of the items you may have missed in April. … [Read more...]
Oak Ridge’s Aaron Green announces retirement from coaching boys basketball
BY JESSE SMITHEY Even though he probably anticipated it would be, Monday still turned out to be a highly emotional day for Aaron Green. And how could it not have been? Green brought an end to his high school boys basketball coaching career, … [Read more...]