BY DAVE LINK Archer Reese and Connor Mason know what it’s like to land monster bass. The Meigs County seniors have caught their share in years of fishing the area’s lakes and ponds. Their biggest bass on Oct. 16 at Nickajack Lake near … [Read more...]
TSSAA Football Playoffs BRACKET BREAKDOWN – 2021
BY JESSE SMITHEY Brackets on brackets on brackets. Nine of them, to be exact. And we have a crash course for you to use and get up to speed on all you need to know heading into the 2021 TSSAA State Football Playoffs. It all … [Read more...]
Hardin Valley Academy football and head coach Mike Potter part ways
By JESSE SMITHEY The coaching carousel rotated a little harder Monday. Not only did Bearden High School enter the market for a new head football coach but so did Hardin Valley Academy. … [Read more...]
Morgan Shinlever resigns as head football coach at Bearden High School
BY JESSE SMITHEY Morgan Shinlever will not be back as head football coach at Bearden High School next season. After eight seasons at the helm, Shinlever announced his resignation Monday. … [Read more...]
No. 1 Bearden (23-0-1) wins first Class AAA state title since 2007; beats Houston, 3-1
BY JESSE SMITHEY The players couldn’t get their hands on the wooden-and-gold trophy fast enough Saturday afternoon. When announced as the Class AAA state champions for the first time in 14 years, a ripple of elation surged through members of the … [Read more...]
Larry Green resigns as Oliver Springs head football coach
By Jesse Smithey The moments following Oliver Springs’ surprise victory over Midway in Week 11 weren’t all peachy. Head coach Larry Green announced he was resigning. … [Read more...]
BONUS INFO — Week 11 boxscores, Week 11 scoreboard, Round 1 pairings
Get all the bonus info from Week 11, the final week of the regular season. Box scores. Statewide scores. And a look at the full schedule for the first round of the playoffs. … [Read more...]
2021 TSSAA State Football Playoff Pairings – First Round, Nov. 5
TSSAA State Football Playoffs Friday, Nov. 5 Class 1A Greenback (3-6) at Cloudland (9-1) Jellico (5-5) at Oakdale (7-3) Midway (6-3) at Unaka (7-3) North Greene (3-7) at Coalfield (8-2) Red Boiling Springs (3-6) at South Pitt (6-2) Sale … [Read more...]
FREE READ: Bearden, Alcoa advance to TSSAA State Soccer Finals; Defending champ Greeneville falls in semis
By JESSE SMITHEY Three area girls' soccer teams battled Thursday for spots in the TSSAA State Soccer Championship matches on Saturday. Here is how Alcoa (Class A), Greeneville (AA) and Bearden (Class AAA) fared in their state … [Read more...]
DEVELOPING: Mike Hutchens to retire as basketball coach at Catholic at season’s end
By JESSE SMITHEY Whether you know him simply as "Hutch" or maybe that coach who once stomped his cowboy boots against the hardwood, Mike Hutchens certainly developed his own various brands as a coach in Knoxville over the last four decades. But … [Read more...]