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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Catholic Football self-imposes penalties for TSSAA recruiting rule violation; two area teams now on probation
BY JESSE SMITHEY When the TSSAA Legislative Council bulked up its recruiting rules in mid-April, the questions that soon followed were: would the association hold programs accountable — and to what extent? The answers are starting to … [Read more...]
2026 All-5Star Preps Softball Teams, presented by Garza Law
2026 All-5Star Preps Softball Teams Presented by Garza Law Firm HOW TEAMS ARE SELECTED Below you'll find the 2026 All-5Star Preps Softball Teams. This is not a prospect list or recruiting rankings. The athletes are chosen from a pool of 70 … [Read more...]
2026 Softball Player of the Year, presented by Garza Law — Halle Bailey, Alcoa
BY JESSE SMITHEY June would have been the perfect month for Halle Bailey to relax. July would have sufficed, too. But for Bailey, the Class of 2026 Alcoa High School multi-sport standout, keeping a jam-packed day planner is her equivalent to … [Read more...]
2026 TSWA All-State Track & Field Team selections
2026 TENNESSEE SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE TRACK & FIELD TEAM SELECTIONS BOYS Class A POLE VAULT Tyler Bailey, Happy Valley, Sr. Jullian Pate, Happy Valley, Sr. Elijah Spence, Gatlinburg-Pittman, Sr. LONG JUMP Adrian Crawford, … [Read more...]
2026 TSWA All-State Tennis Team selections
BOYS TENNIS Class A SINGLES Elliot Parker, Hume-Fogg, Sr. Bram Maslowski, Lakeland Prep, 8th grade Reese Russell, Anderson County, Sr. Aahil Bhagyaraj, Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts, Fr. DOUBLES Declan Cleary, Sr.-Lars Blomquist, … [Read more...]