BY JESSE SMITHEY CHATTANOOGA — Final seconds ticked down Friday night in the Class 5A BlueCross Bowl State Championship while the Page Patriots frantically tried to score the game-winning touchdown from within the Knoxville West 10-yard … [Read more...]
Alcoa Tornadoes top East Nashville for third consecutive year and win NINTH consecutive state championship, 42-20
BY JESSE SMITHEY CHATTANOOGA — Though state titles are expected out of the Alcoa High School football team on a yearly basis, the Tornadoes celebrated their win Friday afternoon over East Nashville in the Class 3A BlueCross Bowl as if it were the … [Read more...]
Class 5A BlueCross Bowl PREVIEW: West Rebels (13-1) vs. Page Patriots (13-1), Friday, 7 p.m., Chattanooga
BY JESSE SMITHEY On paper, and even judging by film, this 2023 Class 5A BlueCross Bowl looks like a defensive battle in the making. Shoot, maybe even a defensive battle for the ages. As West High School football coach Lamar Brown put this … [Read more...]
Class 3A BlueCross Bowl PREVIEW: Alcoa Tornadoes (12-1) vs. East Nashville (12-2), Friday, 11 a.m., Chattanooga
BY JESSE SMITHEY As more and more calendar pages flipped away from Alcoa's 2022 Class 3A state championship and the focus turned towards yet another repeat bid for the Tornadoes in 2023, one major red flag flapped above a critical position … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS STATS LEADERS through Round 4 of the 2023 Playoffs — presented by Todd Henderson Carriage Hill Insurance/Management
Here are our area leaders following Round 4 of the 2023 playoffs. Coaches/Teams may send cumulative stats each week to [email protected] to have their players' stats included with the leaders below. Stat Categories include: … [Read more...]
Nick Craney steps down as Knoxville Central High School football head coach after four seasons
BY JESSE SMITHEY Nick Craney built his coaching career at Knoxville Central High School for roughly a decade, blossoming from assistant to coordinator to head coach. But a change has come. … [Read more...]
QUICK READ: What You Need to Know about the 2023 TSSAA BlueCross Bowl State Football Championships in Chattanooga
2023 BLUECROSS BOWL SCHEDULE Finley Stadium, Chattanooga PARKING: $15 per day. TICKETS: $20 per day. Discounted tickets can be purchased in advance HERE Thursday, Nov. 30 Division II-AA: Christ Presbyterian Academy (13-1) defeated … [Read more...]
FREE READ — Upperman Bees oust Greeneville, 21-14, in Class 4A state semifinals
BY JESSE SMITHEY Needing a stop on fourth-and-inches with roughly a minute to play Friday night in a Class 4A state semifinal against visiting Upperman, the Greeneville defense just couldn't grab hold of 6-foot-4, 200-pound quarterback Bronzden … [Read more...]
FREE READ: 2023 TSSAA Semifinal Scores and 2023 BlueCross Bowl Championship schedules
2023 TSSAA State Football Playoff Scores and Schedules Semifinals, Friday, Nov. 24, CLASS 1A South Pitt 31, Oliver Springs 6 McKenzie 25, Dresden 14 CLASS 2A East Robertson 35, York Institute 31 Riverside 32, Fairley 14 CLASS 3A Alcoa … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS: TSSAA Division I State Semifinals (2023)
Not many teams left. Locally, only Alcoa, West, Greeneville and Oliver Springs remain. Here are our predictions for those four TSSAA state semifinals, as well as which teams they might face in BlueCross Bowls next week. … [Read more...]