BY DAVE LINK The Hardin Valley Academy boys’ soccer team needed 80 minutes of regulation time, two 10-minute sudden-death overtimes, and a PK shootout to win at Bearden on Friday night. No problem for the Hawks. They’d waited nine years to … [Read more...]
Foreign exchange student Marcos German has breakout game for Alcoa Soccer
BY DAVE LINK LOUDON – Foreign exchange student Marcos German came to school in the United States to improve his English, and he’s made the Alcoa soccer team a lot better in the process. … [Read more...]
THE NEW QB1s, part III (2024): Webb Spartans working on successor to Jack Wagner
BY DAVE LINK Webb School of Knoxville’s football team doesn’t have a No. 1 quarterback going into spring practices in early May. It has two No. 1 quarterbacks. … [Read more...]
FCA FISHING FILES: Alcoa angler Graham Willis combines love of fishing and technology into YouTube series
BY DAVE LINK Graham Willis is chasing his dream of fishing for a living. The home-schooled senior on the Alcoa Fishing Team has a passion for fishing and the outdoors and a knack for computer technology. And he’s an entrepreneur. Willis, … [Read more...]
Shorthanded Bearden Bulldogs Soccer record 5-1 win at Alcoa
BY DAVE LINK ALCOA – If the Bearden boys’ soccer team wasn’t at full speed Thursday night, it will be hard to stop when it gets moving faster. … [Read more...]
THE NEW QB1s, part 2 (2024) — Greeneville Greene Devils seek to replace Corbin Cannon
BY DAVE LINK Greeneville’s football team will have a new starting quarterback for the 2024 season, but its QB won’t be new to the spread offense. … [Read more...]
Samford signee Charlie Bozeman sparks Farragut’s win over Hardin Valley on Wednesday
BY DAVE LINK Farragut senior left fielder Charlie Bozeman got fooled on a breaking ball by Hardin Valley Academy starter Jacob Dillon in the second inning Wednesday night. “I kind of had a bad swing on it,” Bozeman said. Not on the next … [Read more...]
THE NEW QB1s, part 1 (2024) — Anderson County Mavericks have their replacement for Izaiah Hall
BY DAVE LINK Anderson County football coach Davey Gillum’s task of replacing 2023 starting quarterback Izaiah Hall in the offseason couldn’t have been much simpler. Not long after the Mavericks’ season ended Nov. 17 with a loss at Greeneville … [Read more...]
Farragut Boys Soccer (3-0) out for redemption after tough 2023; Admirals defeat West on Saturday
BY DAVE LINK Farragut boys’ soccer coach Bradley Culbreth has put last year’s four-win season and the losing record in his rearview mirror. So have the Admirals. “I played a lot of young blood,” Culbreth said. Farragut (3-0, 1-0 in … [Read more...]
Warren Hurst, Webb Boys Soccer net 4-1 win over Austin-East; Spartans carry aspirations of reaching state
BY DAVE LINK Webb School of Knoxville senior midfielder Warren Hurst will never forget the 2021 soccer season. He played only for Webb’s JV team but made the trip to Murfreesboro when the Spartans (20-0) won the Division II-A state … [Read more...]