Matt Buckner doesn't wear his emotions on his sleeve often. When you're coaching more than 40 games in a season, you can't succumb to the peaks and valleys that your feelings can create. But when his Farragut High School baseball team reaches … [Read more...]
2019 All-5Star Preps Baseball Pitcher of the Year: Ryan Hagenow, Farragut
Sometimes, Ryan Hagenow misses stepping into the batter's box. Well more than a year has passed since he last logged an official at-bat during a varsity game. Once a shortstop, Hagenow's path in baseball offered him more of a future throwing … [Read more...]
2019 All-5Star Preps Baseball Player of the Year: Jacob Tate, CAK
Jacob Tate saw his potential as a pitcher a long time ago. So did his father, Scott. Jacob was showing signs of being tall and strong. And he’s a left-hander. Baseball and pithing became Jacob’s world. “My dad was kind of telling me, … [Read more...]
All 5Star Preps Tennis Teams and Superlatives (2019)
Check out all the 5Star Preps selections, players of the year and coaches of the year below … [Read more...]
2019 All-5Star Preps Boys and Girls Tennis Teams
All-5Star Preps Boys Tennis Team - 2019 FIRST TEAM Ohm Sharma, senior, Webb School: Sharma played No. 1 singles as the Spartans won their third consecutive Division II-A state title and the program’s eighth overall state title. The 5Star Preps … [Read more...]
2019 All-5Star Preps Tennis Coaches of the Year
Gatlinburg-Pittman’s A.J. Bennett and L&N STEM Academy’s Stephen Blythe got their jobs as head tennis coaches almost by default about a year ago, but it’s all worked out just fine. Both will be back as their schools’ tennis coaches in … [Read more...]
2019 All-5Star Preps Boys Tennis Player of the Year: Ohm Sharma, Webb
Ohm Sharma managed the tasks of being a leader for the Webb School of Knoxville boys’ tennis team for the past four seasons. The 2019 graduate moved into the No. 1 singles spot as a freshman, when he lost a match that motivated him the next three … [Read more...]
2019 All-5Star Preps Girls Tennis Player of the Year: Audrey Yoon, Webb
Don’t let the cool demeanor trick you. Webb School of Knoxville’s Audrey Yoon has a fiery intensity inside her when she steps onto the tennis court. It’s a big reason the Lady Spartans’ rising senior posted a 30-0 record as their No. 1 player … [Read more...]
2019 All-5Star Preps Soccer Teams and Superlatives
Did you miss the announcement of the 2019 All-5Star Preps Soccer Teams? No worries. You can find it all right here from the 2019 boys' soccer … [Read more...]
The Most Difficult Football Schedules for the 2019 Season
The 2019 season is officially less than two months away. And while we're suffering through this dead period, we took it upon ourselves to rank the most difficult football schedules in the 5Star Preps coverage area. That's a footprint of approximately … [Read more...]