New head coaches Nick Craney, Justin Pressley, Darel Keith face challenging spring
By MIKE BLACKERBY Things three first-year high school football coaches in the 5Star Preps coverage area expected to be dealing
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All-American and MLB Draft prospect Ryan Hagenow preparing for anything and everything
By JESSE SMITHEY It was sometime around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday when Ryan Hagenow walked into an unassuming baseball facility sandwiched
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NOT DONE YET: TSSAA Board of Control unanimously favors to keep hopes alive for basketball and spring sports
By JESSE SMITHEY While basketball and spring sports seasons in the NCAA have long since been terminated by the Coronavirus
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New QB1s, part IX: Alcoa Football now must replace Sam Vaulton
Five-time defending Class 3A state champion Alcoa has a bevy of returning skill players returning on offense. With the recent
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Coronavirus costing TSSAA spring sports teams opportunities, wins, trips, funds and possibly a season
By DAVE LINK Carol Mitchell has seen just about everything in her 26 years as the Gibbs softball coach. Nothing
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5STAR PREPS TRACK & FIELD PREVIEW (2020)
5Star Preps Track & Field Preview (2020) We give you some 30 athletes to know. And all the top teams
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Area Mr. Basketball finalist survives gunshot
An area high school basketball standout was shot Friday night and is recovering at home today.
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WHAT’S NEXT: How basketball teams and spring sports teams are handling COVID-19
By JESSE SMITHEY The TSSAA Board of Control will convene, via a conference call, at 3 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday
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Freeman Pinkney resigns as Catholic girls’ basketball coach
By JESSE SMITHEY The Catholic girls’ basketball program made history this past season. But they’ll have a new coach for 2020-21.
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5Star Preps Softball PREVIEW (2020)
By MIKE BLACKERBY The balance of power in high school softball has shifted from the mid-state are to East Tennessee
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