By DAVE LINK Get all the details, news and notes from the first day of the 5Star Preps Classic at Farragut. Game Breakdowns and interviews from: Farragut vs. Ensworth (girls) Farragut vs. Brentwood Academy (boys) Bearden vs. Science … [Read more...]
Knoxville Christian is the small school with a big basketball future
By DAVE LINK Joey Brandenburg may have a sleeping giant in West Knoxville. Brandenburg is the athletic director and boys’ basketball coach at Knoxville Christian School, and the Knights are serious about their hoops. They feature two … [Read more...]
Keeleigh Rogers keys Farragut win over Sevier County; Cooper Takacs’ buzzer beater downs Farragut
BY DAVE LINK Keeleigh Rogers is glad to be back on the court and her Farragut teammates are more than happy to have her. The 5-foot-10 senior guard missed the first seven games of the season due to an ankle injury sustained in the first week of … [Read more...]
Campbell County anglers Blake Roberts, Riley Faulkner win again
BY DAVE LINK Campbell County’s Riley Faulkner and Blake Roberts spend plenty of time on Norris Lake – their home lake – and it paid off Dec. 4 in the sixth annual Brandon Card College and High School Bass Open. Faulkner and Roberts repeated as … [Read more...]
Emily Wilson, Luke Carter lead CAK Basketball Teams to sweep of Lakeway Christian
By DAVE LINK Christian Academy of Knoxville’s Emily Wilson liked her team’s chances of winning Friday night. She wasn’t worried about the unbeaten season start by Lakeway Christian Academy (7-0) or its record in past games against the Lady … [Read more...]
2021 All-5Star Preps Girls Soccer Teams
All-5STAR GIRLS SOCCER 2021 FIRST TEAM Brinley Murphy, junior forward, Bearden: The 2021 5Star Preps Player of the Year had 30 goals and was District 4-AAA MVP and Region 2-AAA MVP as the Lady Bulldogs won the state championship. Becca Roth, … [Read more...]
2021 5STAR PREPS Girls Soccer Player of the Year: Brinley Murphy, Bearden
BY DAVE LINK Bearden’s Brinley Murphy was the focal point of opposing defenses the entire 2021 girls’ soccer season. It didn’t seem to matter. The junior forward still posted 30 goals and 11 assists, earning District 4-AAA and Region 2-AAA … [Read more...]
2021 All-5Star Preps Volleyball Teams
ALL-5STAR PREPS VOLLEYBALL 2021 FIRST TEAM Devyn Dunn, junior setter, Catholic: Dunn was the setter for the Lady Irish during their run to the Division II-AA state championship and was selected MVP of the state tournament. Blair Cherry, junior … [Read more...]
5Star Preps 2021 Volleyball Player of the Year – Devyn Dunn, Catholic
BY DAVE LINK Catholic setter Devyn Dunn feared her junior season of volleyball might be over when she suffered a leg injury against Alcoa on Aug. 26. She spent more than a week waiting for the diagnosis, agonizing over the results. Then she … [Read more...]
Bearden Bulldogs deliver first loss to Morristown East basketball
BY DAVE LINK Bearden boys’ basketball coach Jeremy Parrott spent the weekend stewing over losses last week against Catholic and Farragut. Parrott was feeling better Tuesday night, thanks to his team’s performance. … [Read more...]