By DAVE LINK Learn and grow. That was the takeaway from the 2019 season for the Webb School of Knoxville football team. But how will they use it for the 2020 season? … [Read more...]
Q & A with Farragut baseball coach Matt Buckner
By DAVE LINK Farragut’s baseball team could have won the Class AAA state championship Friday. The Admirals’ 2020 roster was loaded with college-bound players, starting with a pitching staff of four Division I signees and three junior-college … [Read more...]
Memorable TSSAA Spring Fling moments from 2010-2019
Need a Spring Fling fix? Then here you go. The 5Star Preps team would normally be in Murfreesboro this week, covering the annual TSSAA high school sports championships. Of course that isn’t the case as the Coronavirus wiped out the 2020 spring … [Read more...]
Alternative state high school soccer tournaments set for July in Gatlinburg
By DAVE LINK Gatlinburg-Pittman’s 10 seniors on the boys’ soccer team wanted their last hoorah to end with a TSSAA Class A state championship in Murfreesboro. … [Read more...]
Africa’s Aingar William finds a world of firsts at TKA; sets sights on college ball and beyond
By DAVE LINK Aingar William has experienced a lot of firsts in his life since moving from Africa to The King’s Academy in Seymour on July 1, 2019. He ate his first steak. He had his first Frosty from Wendy's. He caught his first … [Read more...]
Caleb Curcio will be a player and college football prospect to watch in 2020 season
By DAVE LINK Grace Christian Academy’s Caleb Curcio has been using his time wisely these days. … [Read more...]
STAFF PICKS: The most dominant HS football team in Tennessee they’ve seen
We just unveiled our area's most dominant teams from the 2000-2019 seasons. If you missed that article, you can catch it HERE. I asked our veteran staff members to share with you the most dominant high school football team they had seen or … [Read more...]
Webb tennis teams turning negative (no season) into a major positive
By DAVE LINK Webb School of Knoxville’s Audrey Yoon and Harrison Williams are among the many high school seniors who lost their final seasons of athletics due to the coronavirus. Yoon and Williams were slated to be captains when the Spartans … [Read more...]
Freshman OL Lance Williams, with SEC football offer, just getting started at Alcoa
By Dave Link He’s big. He’s strong. He’s quick. He’s agile. And he’s only a freshman. Lance Williams is creating quite the buzz with his rare combination of size and athleticism, which he put on display in his first year at Alcoa High … [Read more...]
2019-20 Girls BKB Player of the Year: Denae Fritz (Maryville)
By DAVE LINK Denae Fritz won’t let a season-ending loss put a damper on her junior year at Maryville High School. The 5-foot-10 guard and Belmont commitment was a Class AAA Miss Basketball finalist and led Maryville (30-5) to its first state … [Read more...]