Jeremy Mitchell and Herbert Booker are inexorably linked to each other and the success of Oak Ridge High School’s football team. Neither disappointed Thursday night as the Class 5A Wildcats scored a decisive 23-7 knockout at 6A Hardin Valley Academy … [Read more...]
PREVIEW: Catholic preparing for another shootout with No. 1 Maryville
Catholic coach Steve Matthews is all about offense. That’s why he looks at Maryville with a mix of admiration and trepidation heading into Friday’s high school football season opener for both teams at Catholic (7:30 p.m. kickoff). … [Read more...]
5Star Preps: 2018 Volleyball Preview
Despite some staggering losses to graduation, high school volleyball in the 5Star Preps coverage area will once again see more high-level play and several teams compete for state championships in 2018. And look out for Blount County, which has … [Read more...]
NEYLAND NOTEBOOK: The King’s Academy, Campbell County, Fulton & Webb log jamboree wins
Les Greer didn’t even know he already had a quarterback in waiting when he accepted the head football job at The King’s Academy in Seymour. … [Read more...]
2018 PRESEASON PREVIEW: The Top 12 Home Fields in the Greater Knoxville Area
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder when it comes to the best game-night atmospheres at high school football stadiums and venues across East Tennessee, but one thing’s for certain. There’s no shortage of great places to watch high school football … [Read more...]
SCRIMMAGE REPORT: Fulton and Greeneville starters put on 90-minute slugfest
JEFFERSON CITY – JaShaun Fenderson wears No. 2 for Fulton High School. DaShaun McKinney is No. 8. Together, they added up to a 10 Friday night against Greeneville in a high-profile scrimmage at Carson-Newman University between two of … [Read more...]
Greeneville in mid-season form in scrimmage with Austin-East
GREENEVILLE – Austin-East’s Jeff Phillips is a straight shooter. Just moments after watching his Roadrunners get manhandled in a Friday scrimmage against highly touted Greeneville, Phillips was heaping praise on the defending state Class 4A … [Read more...]
Fulton’s JaShaun Fenderson stars in Falcons scrimmage against Morristown West
JaShaun Fenderson may be next in line to add to a long list of spectacular game breakers at Fulton High School. … [Read more...]
Morristown West preparing for “SEC-type schedule”
MORRISTOWN – His team has multiple players that pass the eye-ball test. But so does every other school in rugged Region 1-6A, according to second-year Morristown West football coach Alvin Sanders. … [Read more...]
Storied Knoxville West T&F Program Finds New Leadership
Brent Smith is no stranger to West High School cross country and track and field. As a distance runner at Central in the early 2000s, Smith said his toughest competition came against the tradition-rich Rebels. That history of success is one of … [Read more...]