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...]
Alcoa anglers Joe Vaulton and Walker LaRue finish fourth in MLF World Finals
BY DAVE LINK Joe Vaulton and Walker LaRue of the Alcoa Fishing Team didn’t know what to expect June 22 when the Major League Fishing (MLF) High School National Championship started on Pickwick Lake in Florence, Alabama. They’d spent three days … [Read more...]
Oak Ridge QBs show glimpses in 7v7 at Webb; Fulton’s Marcellus Jackson evolving as starting QB
BY DAVE LINK Oak Ridge football coach Scott Cummings got a first glimpse of his new team in action Thursday afternoon at Webb School of Knoxville. Cummings, hired last December to replace veteran Joe Gaddis, watched his skill players go at it … [Read more...]
7v7 REPORT: Central vs. Farragut – Tuesday, May 21, 2022
BY DAVE LINK Tre Lyons is a rising senior at Central and a two-year starter at strong safety. Sam Myers will be a junior for the Bobcats this fall after spending last year as the junior-varsity quarterback. Lyons and Myers are competing for … [Read more...]
FCA FISHING FILES: Area anglers compete in MLF National Championship & Magellan Outdoors Bass Shootout
BY DAVE LINK Summertime is here, and it’s the peak of postseason for high school bass fishing. At least four teams in the 5Star Preps coverage area are competing this week in the Major League Fishing (MLF) High School National Championships on … [Read more...]
2022 All-5Star Preps Boys Soccer Player of the Year: Lucas Nordin, Bearden
By DAVE LINK Bearden’s Lucas Nordin has one regret about the 2022 soccer season. He wasn’t full speed for the Class AAA state championship game in Murfreesboro. Nordin, the 5Star Preps Boys Soccer Player of the Year, played in the 4-1 loss … [Read more...]
2022 All-5Star Preps Boys Soccer Teams
ALL-5SP FIRST TEAM (Class is for 2021-22 school year) FORWARDS Lucas Nordin, junior, Bearden: Nordin, the 5Star Preps Player of the Year, scored a school-record 38 goals and had eight assists as Bearden won district and region titles and … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Boys Tennis Co-Players of the Year (2022): Bayler Cupp and John Macon of William Blount
BY DAVE LINK Bayler Cupp didn’t start playing tennis until the seventh grade at Union Grove Middle School in Friendsville. One of his buddies, John Macon, asked him to try the sport. “John was like, ‘We need somebody to play or we’re not … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Girls Tennis Player of the Year (2022): Maeve Thornton, Knoxville Catholic
BY DAVE LINK Catholic’s Maeve Thornton spends plenty of time on the road as an individual playing tournament tennis on the USTA circuit. The Furman commitment and Class of 2023 five-star recruit embraces the change of pace in the spring, … [Read more...]
2022 All-5Star Preps Tennis Team selections
BOYS FIRST TEAM (Class is for 2021-22 school year) John Macon, junior, William Blount: Macon played No. 1 singles as the Governors reached the Class AA state sectionals (quarterfinals) and teamed with Bayler Cupp to reach the state doubles … [Read more...]