BY DAVE LINK LOUDON – Loudon pitcher Nolan Bethel didn’t let a rough first inning get him rattled Monday night. The junior right-hander combined with Aaron Fink on a six-inning no-hitter in a 12-2 victory over visiting Lenoir City. … [Read more...]
The 5Star Preps 2024 BASEBALL Preview: The Teams and Players to Know this spring
BY JESSE SMITHEY Basketball season is over. And baseball season has commenced. Per normal, the East Tennessee waters of baseball talent are deep again. Four area teams won state titles last May. And dozens of area players have signed or … [Read more...]
Massive lot of Farragut High School baseball players sign National Letters of Intent; 12 with Division I programs
BY DAVE LINK Farragut baseball coach Matt Buckner was a proud father Friday morning. Buckner watched his son, senior shortstop Lukas Buckner, sign scholarship papers to play for Mississippi State during a ceremony at … [Read more...]
Hardin Valley Academy junior Colton Denton commits to Tennessee
BY DAVE LINK Hardin Valley Academy’s Colton Denton spent the past week in a whirlwind, and he couldn’t be more pleased with the outcome. The junior catcher committed to play baseball for Tennessee on Sunday night, four days after getting the … [Read more...]
5Star Preps 2023 Baseball Pitcher of the Year: Dylan Loy, Pigeon Forge High School
BY JESSE SMITHEY The bookends to Dylan Loy's high school baseball career left plenty to be desired. All the chapters in between, though ... legendary. The 6-foot-1 left-hander is now about to embark on his journey into college baseball, as … [Read more...]
5STAR PHOTOS: Jefferson County Patriots at Morristown West Trojans baseball – Monday, April 18, 2023
MORRISTOWN — We stopped into the Jefferson County Patriots at Morristown West Trojans baseball game on Monday, April 17, and snapped a ton of photos. We even got to see Vols commit and Jefferson County RHP Beau Revord throw a few. Jefferson County … [Read more...]
5STAR PHOTOS: Webb Spartans at Bearden Bulldogs – Saturday, April 1, 2023
We popped into the Clinch River Challenge on Saturday, April 1, at Bearden High School and took a ton of photos from the Bulldogs' game against visiting Webb School of Knoxville. Make sure you're logged in to your 5Star Preps account to see them … [Read more...]
Vols Baseball signee Dylan Loy off to mind-blowing start in his senior season
BY JESSE SMITHEY Hard to dream up a better beginning to a senior season than Dylan Loy’s start. The Pigeon Forge left-hander has long been deemed one of the state’s best hurlers for a couple years now. But the Vols signee seems to have found … [Read more...]
Farragut junior RHP Stratton Scott commits to Tennessee Vols baseball program
By JESSE SMITHEY Farragut High School baseball coach Matt Buckner knew, years ago, that his Class of 2024 talents would be special. But now that it's coming to pass right before his eyes, it's still a bit bewildering. Stratton Scott, a big … [Read more...]
2022 All-5Star Preps Baseball Pitcher of the Year – Dylan Loy, Pigeon Forge
BY DAVE LINK Dylan Loy has some unfinished business to take care of when Pigeon Forge’s 2023 baseball season rolls around. Two straight runner-up finishes in the Class AA state tournament didn’t sit well with the Tigers’ left-handed pitcher and … [Read more...]