RECRUITING ROUND-UP: Four area prep stars commit to D1 programs
BY 5SP STAFF With a national signing period on the horizon, area prep standouts have been locking in and announcing
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What You May Have Missed — July 2025
BY JESSE SMITHEY July can be a sneaky busy month. Perhaps you’re getting a last-minute vacay in before school starts.
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WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED — Late June 2025
From the commitments to the decommitments. And from the celebrity sightings to college offers. Here’s what you may have missed
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Kevin Tubbs named Oak Ridge Girls Basketball head coach
BY JESSE SMITHEY Oak Ridge High holds high expectations on all its sports programs, girls basketball especially. So in the
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WHAT YOU MAY HAVE MISSED — Mid-June 2025
The high school sports news cycle never stops. 5Star Preps doesn’t always have a chance to write a story on
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Paige Taylor steps down as Oak Ridge head girls basketball coach
BY JESSE SMITHEY Paige Taylor had to do the thing that no head coach wants to do: tell her team
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Knoxville Catholic introduces Micah Scheetz as new girls basketball coach
BY JESSE SMITHEY It took a minute. But the Knoxville Catholic High School girls basketball team has its new head
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2024-25 All-5Star Preps Girls Basketball Teams, presented by SmartBank
2024-25 All-5Star Preps Girls Basketball Team PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Natalya Hodge (Bearden, junior, guard) UNDERCLASSMAN OF THE YEAR: Skylar
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2024-25 Girls Basketball Player of the Year presented by SmartBank — Natalya Hodge, Bearden
BY JESSE SMITHEY Coaches threw just about every defensive look they could conjure up at Natalya Hodge during the 2024-25
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2024-25 Girls Basketball Underclassman of the Year presented by SmartBank — Skylar Walden, The King’s Academy
BY JESSE SMITHEY Skylar Walden may be labeled a sophomore on The King’s Academy girls basketball roster, but consider that
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