By JESSE SMITHEY What a week Week 1 turned out to be. From a female kicker making some school history, to a thriller in Farragut and then some absolutely crazy penalty totals, get caught up on all the happenings from around the area from Friday … [Read more...]
Karns Football goes to 1-0 in a Flash with 35-17 win over Hardin Valley Academy
By JESSE SMITHEY DeSean Bishop wore the appropriate pair of football gloves Friday night, sure enough to match the new yellow pants worn by the Karns football team but that also featured superhero Flash logos. "Corrupt Flash," Bishop is quick … [Read more...]
Sevier County holds on for 7-6 win over Jefferson County in a rusty Week 1 tilt
By JESSE SMITHEY SEVIERVILLE — Christian Hoffman, the 6-foot-5 junior and first-year starting quarterback at Sevier County, will definitely have better stat nights in his career than what he had Thursday in Game 1 of the season. Perhaps he had … [Read more...]
Navy Football gets commitment from Webb School of Knoxville QB Charles Robinson
By JESSE SMITHEY Another week, another top area athlete off the recruiting board. Webb School of Knoxville senior quarterback Charles Robinson signaled an end to his college courtship Thursday, announcing his verbal commitment to Navy. … [Read more...]
5Star Preps WEEK 1 FOOTBALL GAME PREDICTIONS (2022 Season)
BY JESSE SMITHEY Last year, through all 16 weeks of the high school football season, we successfully predicted 97.3 percent of our area games correct. Wait. No, that's not true. That's not true at all. Sorry. It was more like 80 … [Read more...]
TSSAA executive director Mark Reeves discusses future of TSSAA, NIL, official shortages, recruiting allegations, classification and more
By JESSE SMITHEY Mark Reeves' first official day as TSSAA executive director was July 1, and the longtime employee of the state association took over during a critical time period. The state's Board of Control was just weeks away from … [Read more...]
TSSAA Board of Control elects to keep classification format as is for time being
By JESSE SMITHEY The last few weeks, some attention-grabbing proposals rested before members of the TSSAA Board of Control for them to mull, some that could have really altered the landscape of high school athletics in the state in a drastic … [Read more...]
LOOKING AHEAD to Week 1 of the 2022 High School Football Season
By JESSE SMITHEY The ceremonial football is over. The jamborees are done. Real and meaningful high school football commences in just matter of days. So let's take a look ahead into Week 1 of the 2022 high school football season and target … [Read more...]
Farragut High tabs J.P. Burris as its new head boys basketball coach
By JESSE SMITHEY Losing Jon Higgins as its head coach recently certainly wasn’t ideal nor the ideal timing for the Farragut boys basketball program. But the Admirals found their successor, and he’s one of the area’s up-and-coming coaches. … [Read more...]
The 2022 5Star Preps Top 25 Football Teams
By JESSE SMITHEY Welcome to the first week of the high school football season. Felt good to read that didn't it? Well, the 5Star Preps staff has worked tirelessly from winter to spring and through summer to preview teams and spotlight … [Read more...]