BY DAVE LINK Fishing was tough in the inaugural Smokey Invitational High School Tournament on July 9, but recent Heritage graduates Hayden Poe and Trey Woliver made the most of it. They won the event on Watts Bar Lake, hosted by Bass Fishing at … [Read more...]
7v7 REPORT: Greeneville set with QBs but new offensive faces emerging
OAK RIDGE – Brady Quillen is focused on football these days in preparation for his senior season as Greeneville’s starting quarterback. Soccer is in the back of his mind right now. It’s been almost two months since Quillen – a starting … [Read more...]
New QB, New Coach, New Offense on display Thursday for Halls Red Devils
By DAVE LINK OAK RIDGE – Way back in winter, Halls’ quarterback plans for the 2022 football season began to change when projected starter Caleb Shaffer suffered a torn labrum in his shoulder during basketball season. Shaffer, a junior guard at … [Read more...]
Hardin Valley Academy football starting QB job centers around two seniors
By DAVE LINK Jeff Miner has a good problem on his hands in his first season as Hardin Valley Academy’s football coach. He’s got more than one capable starting quarterback. Seniors Caleb Smith and Hayden Bryant are competing for the No. 1 … [Read more...]
FCA Fishing Files: Bearden angler, Farragut angler team up with pro Jacob Wheeler to notch a win
By DAVE LINK Jackson Bennett and Sparks Eltz have watched professional angler Jacob Wheeler of Dayton, Tennessee, compete at the highest levels of bass fishing. They only dreamed of fishing with him until recently. Bennett, a rising junior … [Read more...]
Bearden High School soccer standout Lucas Nordin named All-American
BY DAVE LINK Bearden’s Lucas Nordin recalls a quick conversation with his coach, Ryan Radcliffe, after the Bulldogs lost to Houston 2-1 in the 2021 Class AAA state championship, ending his sophomore season. “I remember my coach telling me, … [Read more...]
Inside Luke Smith’s ‘whirlwind’ first month as Knoxville Catholic boys’ basketball coach
BY DAVE LINK Luke Smith watched his first game of team camp as Catholic’s new basketball coach in early June and felt like he’d been away from high school ball for a long time. That’s because he had been. Smith was a star guard and Mr. … [Read more...]
2022 All-5Star Preps Offensive Player of the Year – Lukas Buckner, Farragut
BY DAVE LINK No telling the heights Lukas Buckner will reach the next two years with the Farragut baseball team, but the 2022 season will be hard to top. There was no sophomore slump for Buckner, who started at second base as a freshman in 2021 … [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...]
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...]