BY JESSE SMITHEY The Maryville High School football program reached the Class 6A state semifinals last season with a two-quarterback system. One of those quarterbacks, however, won't be back for the Rebels this fall. He's transferring. … [Read more...]
Who is Jmarion Jenkins-Gooch? And why are Power 5 programs going nuts over him?
Jmarion Jenkins-Gooch is 15 years old and has yet to play a down for The King’s Academy football team; meanwhile, Tennessee, Florida State, Miami, Virginia Tech and South Carolina have all offered him scholarships in the last three weeks. Make … [Read more...]
NCAA moves 3-point line back again; will high school be next?
Ques Glover leaves for Gainesville, Fla., on June 25, when he’ll essentially begin his freshman year for the University of Florida men’s basketball team. Over the last few months, since leading Bearden to the Class AAA state title, the 5-foot-11 … [Read more...]
Farragut, Bearden soccer coaches and others weigh in on TSSAA overtime changes
Bearden soccer coach Ryan Radcliffe and Farragut soccer coach Ray Dover definitely have their fingers on the pulse of their sport. They head up two of the state’s most elite programs. But neither knew that the TSSAA Board of Control would be … [Read more...]
Hardin Valley Academy stays in-house to find its new football coach
Rob Speas hasn't been the principal long at Hardin Valley, but he's already making an impact early in his tenure. Speas, who was named HVA principal in late May, announced on Tuesday afternoon that the school has promoted assistant coach Mike … [Read more...]
(FREE READ): Prestigious Soccer Camp coming to Knoxville on July 8-11
Gordon Heins has been taking youth soccer and high school players to Ralph Lundy-led camps since 1991. The seventh-year Catholic boys’ coach started taking travel teams to camps run by Lundy – in his 32nd year as men’s coach at College of … [Read more...]
Why the Tennessee Vols offered Catholic sophomore Tommy Winton
Tommy Winton had just gotten into the car late Saturday afternoon to head back to Knoxville from his football camp at the University of Alabama when he received a phone call. The person on the other end of the line was offering him a scholarship … [Read more...]
Holden Willis improves recruiting stock with Power 5 programs at The Opening Regional
Holden Willis passes the eye test and the ability test. Not just now. But last season, as well. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound rising senior at Greenback caught 41 passes for 941 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2018 for the Cherokees, despite having that … [Read more...]
(FREE READ): Regan Weekly named Gatorade State Softball Player of the Year
BY JESSE SMITHEY The King's Academy senior Regan Weekly was named Gatorade State Softball Player of the Year on Thursday. Weekly led the Lady Lions to a Division II-A state championship for the third time in four years last week in … [Read more...]
Webb football losing a pillar of its program to coaching retirement
BY JESSE SMITHEY A head football coach is only as good as his assistants. And Webb School of Knoxville head football coach David Meske is losing his longtime right-hand man to coaching retirement. … [Read more...]