By JESSE SMITHEY After a struggle through an unpredictable regular season, the 5Star Preps prediction model has rebounded so far in the playoffs. We're winning 85.5 percent of our postseason predictions through two rounds, and have eight … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Girls Basketball Preview – 2021-22 season
By JESSE SMITHEY You probably know by now, but much has changed in the landscape of high school basketball for the 2021-22 season. The TSSAA added a fourth class to the Division I ranks. And even Division II looks a little different … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Boys Basketball Preview – 2021-22 season
By JESSE SMITHEY You probably know by now, but much has changed in the landscape of high school basketball for the 2021-22 season. The TSSAA added a fourth class to the Division I ranks. And even Division II looks a little different … [Read more...]
Union County promotes assistant Steve Smith to head football coach
By JESSE SMITHEY The Union County football program will change directions with a new head coach heading into the offseason. Head coach Larry Kerr is stepping away from the program for a second time. … [Read more...]
Hardin Valley Academy announces Jeff Miner as next head football coach
By JESSE SMITHEY The Hardin Valley Academy football program was one of the first area teams to post a head-coaching vacancy in November. The Hawks, now, are the first one to get their opening filled. HVA principal Rob Speas confirmed Monday … [Read more...]
ROUND 3 PRIMER: Team Notes, Player Notes heading into the TSSAA State Quarterfinals (2021)
BY JESSE SMITHEY The field has been whittled down, for sure. Some 46 teams from the 5Star Preps coverage area qualified for the 2021 TSSAA State Football Playoffs. Just 12 teams remain. And only eight games this Friday night will involve … [Read more...]
Jake Roberts, Elizabethton defense smother Anderson County in 45-7 win in 4A second round
BY JESSE SMITHEY CLINTON - It must be an odd feeling, for certain, to be the two-time defending state champions yet somehow compete as an underdog. But Elizabethton senior wide receiver Jake Roberts isn't complaining about it. If anything, … [Read more...]
THE BONUS INFO – Boxscores, Statewide Scores and Round 3 schedule
By 5SP Staff All the football boxscores, statewide scores and next week's matchups from the TSSAA playoffs... … [Read more...]
TSSAA Playoff Pairings – Nov. 19, 2021 (third round)
TSSAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS Schedule, Nov. 19, 2021 CLASS 1A QUARTERFINALS Coalfield (10-2) at Cloudland (11-1) Gordonsville (11-1) at South Pittsburg (8-2) McKenzie (12-0) at Fayetteville (11-1) Lake County (7-3) at Peabody (10-1) CLASS 2A … [Read more...]
ROUND 2 High School Football Playoff Predictions – 2021
BY JESSE SMITHEY The first round wasn't a total bore last week. There was the Farragut upset of Science Hill in double overtime. The Oak Ridge and McMinn County game came down to the wire. But this week -- oh, this week -- is loaded with … [Read more...]