The beginning of the 2026 high school football season is on the near horizon. That means it's scrimmage season. Here's a calendar at what scrimmages AND JAMBOREES are coming up... 2026 PRESEASON SCRIMMAGES Thursday, Aug. 13 Cookeville at … [Read more...]
A LOOK INTO THE CLASS OF 2028 AND ITS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROSPECTS
BY JESSE SMITHEY The Class of 2028 high school football pool in the 5Star Preps coverage area continues to deepen by the week. Star ratings are increasing and offers keep rolling in, as more college football coaches turn their attention to … [Read more...]
2026 All-5Star Preps Baseball Teams, presented by Garza Law
2026 ALL-5STAR PREPS BASEBALL Presented by Garza Law Firm HOW TEAMS ARE SELECTED Below you'll find the 2026 All-5Star Preps Baseball Teams. This is not a prospect list or recruiting rankings. The athletes are chosen from a pool of 70 total … [Read more...]
5Star Preps 2026 Baseball Most Valuable Player, presented by Garza Law: Travis Brummitt, Jr.
BY JESSE SMITHEY Langston Reed, a 6-foot-2, 275-pound athlete from Collierville High School who's known more for his football prowess than his baseball craft, torched a line drive in the bottom of the fourth inning right off the hand of Farragut … [Read more...]
5Star Preps 2026 Baseball Offensive Player of the Year, presented by Garza Law: Gaven French
BY JESSE SMITHEY Heritage baseball coach Robbie Bennett gets the same rhetorical question often when he tells people that his star player, Gaven French, still has another year left. "Most people are like, 'Holy cow, he was just a junior?'" … [Read more...]
5Star Preps 2026 Baseball Pitcher of the Year, presented by Garza Law: Mikee Teasley
BY JESSE SMITHEY Mikee Teasley, the highly touted two-way baseball player from Oak Ridge, is already on campus at the University of Tennessee, getting his college career going. And while this new chapter in his life has helped somewhat ease the … [Read more...]
Anna Alloway named new Alcoa High School softball coach; Sarah Fekete Bailey retires
BY JESSE SMITHEY Since early June of 2018, the Alcoa High School softball program has ridden a rising trajectory to the top of the sport. Now, a new coach will help it stay its course. Anna Alloway has been named head coach. She will replace Sarah … [Read more...]
SIX BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THE 2026 KFOA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY
BY JESSE SMITHEY Optimism always abounds in the preseason. Nowhere did that did that ring more true than at Friday's Knoxville Football Officials Association's annual high school football media day at Three Ridges Golf Course in northeast … [Read more...]
Webb School of Knoxville head coach George Quarles outlines his Spartans coaching staff
BY JESSE SMITHEY When Webb School of Knoxville hired George Quarles back in early December of 2025, the splash hire sent significant ripples throughout East Tennessee — if not the entire state. Quarles won more than 93 percent of his games and … [Read more...]
2026 KFOA High School Media Day INTERVIEWS
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