The final week of the high school basketball season has arrived, and five area teams have hopes for a TSSAA state championship. Here's a look at what Bearden, Sevier County, Fulton, Austin-East and Cosby face in the first round and what could come … [Read more...]
2019 5Star Preps Boys Soccer Preview: The top storylines, teams and talent
BY DAVE LINK New year. Same goal. Back-to-back state championships haven’t left the Greenville boys soccer team complacent. The Greene Devils have their sights on defending the Class AA titles in Murfreesboro later this spring. … [Read more...]
2019 5Star Preps Tennis Preview: The Top Teams and Players
BY DAVE LINK There won’t be any easing into the tennis seasons for the Webb School of Knoxville tennis teams. The Spartans and Lady Spartans will go up against some top-notch competition early, and it starts this week with TSSAA spring sports … [Read more...]
2019 5Star Preps Baseball Season Preview
More than 20 players from the 5Star Preps coverage area are Division I signees or commitments. Two teams begin the season as defending state champions. Check out all the top players and teams in the 2019 5Star Preps Baseball Season Preview ... … [Read more...]
Midway’s run ends with ‘Chins Up’ in Class A state semifinals
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO -- The final horn sounded on Midway’s season Friday night at MTSU’s Murphy Center. And before the Lady Waves congratulated Gibson County in the handshake line, Midway star Caitlyn Ross turned back to her teammates and … [Read more...]
Oak Ridge falls in Class AAA state semifinals, 56-50, in overtime
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO -- Jada Guinn’s mind was elsewhere Friday afternoon inside the press room at MTSU’s Murphy Center. And no one blamed her. As reporters peppered Oak Ridge girls’ basketball coach Paige Redman with questions, Guinn … [Read more...]
Boys’ Basketball Coaching Job Opens at Alcoa High School
BY JESSE SMITHEY Let the coaching carousel begin. As the high school basketball season nears its end, that only means one thing: coaching moves and vacancies. And the boys' basketball coaching position at Alcoa High School just opened up … [Read more...]
Midway Miracles: Lady Green Wave win consecutive games in final seconds
MURFREESBORO - Emily Cawood has this game-winning-shot thing down pat. The 5-foot-6 junior forward from Midway made the game-winning shot in the Lady Green Wave’s Class A state sectional win (54-52) over North Greene on March 2. Thursday, she … [Read more...]
BUILDING BLOCK: Oneida falls to Loretto in Class A quarters but plenty to return for 2019-20
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO -- The good moments were really good Thursday for the Oneida girls’ basketball team in their first trip back to state tournament in 14 years. For a span in the second quarter, the Lady Indians played to their … [Read more...]
Oak Ridge cruises past Science Hill into Class AAA state semifinals
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO -- Winning Class AAA state tournament games aren’t supposed to be easy. The Oak Ridge girls’ basketball team proved overwise Thursday. The Lady Wildcats led by as many as 20 points in the fourth quarter and won … [Read more...]