By MIKE BLACKERBY Powell’s smothering defense has the Panthers on the cusp of their first state football championship in school history. Powell held host West to 82 total yards Friday as the Panthers won their Class 5A semifinal game in convincing … [Read more...]
5STAR PHOTOS: Powell Panthers at West Rebels – Friday, Nov. 26, 2021
This gallery from Tanner Walker includes images from a Class 5A state semifinal contest featuring the Powell Panthers and the West Rebels. Here are 82 TOTAL PHOTOS of all the action. Pictures are presented by Austin White of Realty … [Read more...]
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 dreams. Yet only five remain in contention. The TSSAA Division I state semifinals will be played Friday, Nov. 26, and here's what … [Read more...]
Walter Nolen’s defense AND offense lead Powell past Rhea County, 27-13
By ETHAN STONE Sometimes it pays to have the No. 2-ranked player in the nation on the defensive side of the ball. The Powell Panthers were certainly thankful for 6-foot-4, 325 pound defensive lineman Walter Nolen in a 27-13 Class 5A … [Read more...]
PREVIEWS: Rhea County at Powell, Central at West, Farragut at Maryville
The field of teams from the 5Star Preps coverage area is dwindling fast in the TSSAA high school football playoffs. In Division II, all area teams have been eliminated. Five teams still carry the 5SP banner in Classes 5A and 6A. Here’s a look at … [Read more...]
ROUND 3 PRIMER: Team Notes, Player Notes heading into the TSSAA State Quarterfinals (2021)
BY JESSE SMITHEY The field has been whittled down, for sure. Some 46 teams from the 5Star Preps coverage area qualified for the 2021 TSSAA State Football Playoffs. Just 12 teams remain. And only eight games this Friday night will involve … [Read more...]
EARLY GLANCE: Round 2 of the TSSAA State Football Playoffs
BY JESSE SMITHEY Twenty of the 60 TSSAA playoff games slated for Friday, Nov. 12, involve teams from the 5Star Preps coverage area. Here's a quick and early glance at all 20 of those contests. We'll have predictions and more game breakdowns … [Read more...]
TSSAA Football Playoffs BRACKET BREAKDOWN – 2021
BY JESSE SMITHEY Brackets on brackets on brackets. Nine of them, to be exact. And we have a crash course for you to use and get up to speed on all you need to know heading into the 2021 TSSAA State Football Playoffs. It all … [Read more...]
Oak Ridge plays underdog role, Powell’s first-round reboot, West versus West
By MIKE BLACKERBY Here’s a look at some of the intriguing games in Class 5A in the 5Star Preps coverage area Friday night as we steam into the first round of the 2021 high school football playoffs: Oak Ridge at McMinn County Ooltewah at … [Read more...]
THE BIG TAKEAWAYS: Catholic 30, Powell 29 – Week 10 (2021)
By JESSE SMITHEY One of, if not, the most anticipated game of the 2021 regular season didn't disappoint Thursday night. Powell and Catholic played down to the final seconds of the fourth quarter. A game with a genesis dating back to a simple … [Read more...]