BY JESSE SMITHEY Here is all you need to know about how local teams fared Wednesday in the 2022 TSSAA State Volleyball Championships, including which teams are still alive and what they need to do to keep advancing. DIVISION II-AA Catholic's … [Read more...]
REGION SOCCER ROUNDUP: Halls, Bearden, West, Alcoa, Seymour, Anderson County, Loudon, Greeneville, Cumberland Gap advance
BY JESSE SMITHEY Tuesday was Elimination Day in postseason soccer, as Division I region semifinal games and Division II first-round matches were played across the state. Here's what happened with area teams from the 5Star Preps coverage map and … [Read more...]
STATE VOLLEYBALL TRACKER: Knoxville Catholic, Greeneville, Maryville fall in first-round matches; South Greene opens with win
By JESSE SMITHEY Tough first day. Tough, tough first day. But all is not lost. The four area volleyball teams that made it to the first round of the TSSAA State Volleyball championships aren't done yet. Here's a recap of what happened on … [Read more...]
FREE READ … TSSAA releases first iteration of classification plan for 2023-25 cycle
By JESSE SMITHEY The TSSAA released its classifications for the 2023-25 school years on Tuesday. Though not finalized yet, as schools will have until Oct. 24 to appeal or move up, the classification outline that the TSSAA unveiled was based off … [Read more...]
The 5 Players You Need to See in Week 10 (2022)
By JESSE SMITHEY Make sure you stop in and see one or more of these FIVE PLAYERS in Week 10 of the 2022 high school football season. They're big-time players playing in big-time games this week. … [Read more...]
The 5STAR PREPS Top 20 Football Teams – Week 10 (2022)
BY JESSE SMITHEY Despite the limited number of games in the Week 9 slate, the 5Star Preps Top 20 still took a hit, especially in the teams in the 11-20 range. So we've reshuffled a bit and redone the power rankings heading into Week 10. Have … [Read more...]
THE BIG ROUNDUP: Maryville, Farragut, Bearden remain tied for lead in Region 2-6A; Brady Hammonds sets G-P records in Week 9
By JESSE SMITHEY The last two weeks of the season will definitely be something to monitor closely, especially in Region 2-6A where Maryville, Farragut and Bearden are all vying for prime seeding and the right to host first-round playoff … [Read more...]
Top-ranked West Rebels on top of their game heading into Maryville showdown next week
By JESSE SMITHEY As the postseason nears and the West football team rumbles towards it with lofty rankings and expectations, head coach Lamar Brown holds the difficult position of making sure his team remains confident enough to win it all while … [Read more...]
THE BIG ROUNDUP – Week 9 (2022) Thursday: Oak Ridge, Greeneville, Grainger, Pigeon Forge, Sweetwater notch wins
BY JESSE SMITHEY Don't count out Oak Ridge just yet. Thursday night's win for the Wildcats over Karns proved they're still very much a player in the East Tennessee conversation of 5A contenders. But Oak Ridge wasn't the only winner on a … [Read more...]
The 5STAR PREPS High School Football Game Predictions – Week 9 (2022)
By JESSE SMITHEY The prediction models continue to crank out high-percentage winners for 5Star Preps, going 30-4 in Week 8. Some 120 teams have an off week in Tennessee this week, but we still have Karns/Oak Ridge to top the small lineup of … [Read more...]