30 YEARS LATERS: Oak Ridge’s 42-41 overtime semifinal win over Central still moves the needle
By JESSE SMITHEY Way back in July 2018, just a couple months after the debut of 5Star Preps, I posed
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FOOTBALL STATS LEADERS – Through State Quarterfinals (2021)
5STAR PREPS STATS LEADERS Thru Round 3 – 2021 season More than 60 schools reported their stats through Round 2
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Former region rivals West and Powell to battle for spot in 5A BlueCross Bowl
By MIKE BLACKERBY It’s sense-of-urgency week in the Powell and West football camps. Sure, the Panthers and Rebels are ecstatic
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Q & A with Oakland head football coach Kevin Creasy
BY JESSE SMITHEY Seeing Maryville and Oakland face off in the Class 6A state semifinals every year since 2014 has
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TSSAA and Tennessee Titans release 2021 Mr. Football Finalists
BY JESSE SMITHEY The TSSAA and the Tennessee Titans released finalists Tuesday night for the 2021 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football
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2021 All-Region Awards
2021 ALL-REGION TEAMS Coaches can submit their All-Region Teams to 5Star Preps by emailing the teams and selections to [email protected].
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SEMIFINAL PRIMER: What Maryville, Alcoa, Powell, West & Elizabethton face on Friday
We began the season back in August with our 75 teams from the 5Star Preps coverage area full of championship
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Noah Vaughn, Maryville Rebels race past Farragut and into 22nd consecutive state semifinal
By JESSE SMITHEY MARYVILLE – State football championships are the standard at Maryville High School, not semifinal appearances. The last two
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5STAR PHOTOS: Maryville Rebels vs. Farragut Admirals – 6A Quarterfinals (2021)
MARYVILLE – This gallery from Tanner Walker includes images from a Class 6A state quarterfinal contest featuring the Maryville Rebels
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5STAR PHOTOS: WEST vs. CENTRAL – 2021 Quarterfinals
KNOXVILLE – We’ve got a nice West vs. Central gallery for you from photographer Danny Parker. Here are 35 TOTAL PHOTOS of
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