By JESSE SMITHEY The finish line to the 2021 high school football season is nearing. Fewer than 10 days remain. And in the 5Star Preps coverage area, only five teams still have a chance to reach next week's state championships in … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS – State Quarterfinals (2021)
By JESSE SMITHEY After a struggle through an unpredictable regular season, the 5Star Preps prediction model has rebounded so far in the playoffs. We're winning 85.5 percent of our postseason predictions through two rounds, and have eight … [Read more...]
ROUND 2 High School Football Playoff Predictions – 2021
BY JESSE SMITHEY The first round wasn't a total bore last week. There was the Farragut upset of Science Hill in double overtime. The Oak Ridge and McMinn County game came down to the wire. But this week -- oh, this week -- is loaded with … [Read more...]
High School Football Predictions – Round 1 of the 2021 Playoffs
By JESSE SMITHEY Week 11 was unkind to our football predictions, as the football and weather gods made our selections look silly Excuses aside, we limp into the playoffs looking to bounce back from a sub-standard performance. More than 40 … [Read more...]
5Star Preps High School Football Predictions – Week 11 (2021)
By JESSE SMITHEY It's the final week of the high school regular season and much is on the line. Playoff spots. Home playoff games. Region titles. It's time to predict the winners. … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS FOOTBALL GAME PREDICTIONS – Week 10 (2021)
By JESSE SMITHEY It's the penultimate week of the regular season, and Catholic vs. Powell tops a stellar slate of high school football games. Check out our 33 predicted winners for Week 10. … [Read more...]
5Star Preps High School Football Predictions – Week 7 (2021)
By JESSE SMITHEY The last month of the 2021 regular season blitzed upon us quickly, practically hitting us from the blindside. And while Week 7 is not the heaviest hitting of weeks, a handful of games carry some big region-seeding … [Read more...]
WEEK 5 High School Football Game Predictions
By JESSE SMITHEY As the midpoint of the season arrives, that means one thing: region leaders will begin to emerge. And in Week 5, many critical region contests reside on Friday's slate of games. Here are the 36 teams we project as the … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Football Predictions – Week 4 (2021)
By JESSE SMITHEY We know why you're here. There's one game -- one big game -- that you want to see our prediction for. It's OK. We understand. But we picked that one and all the others involving our local teams in Week 4. … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS Football Predictions – Week 3 (2021)
By JESSE SMITHEY No Thursday night game. No Saturday night game. Just a big lineup of Friday night contests. Just like it used to be. Included on the docket of games from our coverage area are three marquee contests that … [Read more...]