By JESSE SMITHEY Safdar McCrary is no longer a part of the Alcoa football program, two sources confirmed to 5Star Preps on Monday morning. … [Read more...]
Josh Igou State Farm’s “Where Are They Now?” – Shamarcus Brown (Bearden HS)
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Shamarcus Brown, Bearden High School (2019 graduate) NOW: Brown, a two-sport star while at Bearden, had quite the dilemma coming out of high school. Football? Basketball? Both? He has now landed on a collegiate roster and did so … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS Top 15 Football Teams (Week 5, 2020)
By JESSE SMITHEY Of course, a few shakeups happened in the 5Star Preps rankings following the Week 4 games. Check out the new Top 15 teams heading into Week 5 play. … [Read more...]
Maryville QB Carson Jones leads second-half comeback and 14-9 win over Alcoa
By JESSE SMITHEY MARYVILLE -- With just seconds left on the first-half clock and his Maryville team needing points to cut into a nine-point Alcoa lead, Maryville quarterback Carson Jones took the snap from center and then put on a scrambling … [Read more...]
WEEK 4 (2020) SCOREBOARD and FOOTBALL BOXSCORES
Check out all the Week 4 boxscores below, as well as scores from around East Tennessee and next week's schedule. Don't see your team's boxscore? Have your coach email it to [email protected]. … [Read more...]
5Star Preps FOOTBALL STATS REPORT through Week 3 of the 2020 season
By JESSE SMITHEY Here is your 5Star Preps football stats report through Week 3 of the 2020 high school football season. Don't see your team? No worries. Just have your team's coach submit cumulative stats each week to [email protected]. … [Read more...]
WEEK 4 (2020) Game Predictions
By JESSE SMITHEY You're here to see who we got winning the Alcoa-Maryville game, right? Sure you are. So, let's go ahead and get to it (and plenty of other games in East Tennessee, too.) … [Read more...]
10 SURPRISE PLAYERS SO FAR IN 2020
By JESSE SMITHEY It's still early in the 2020 high school football season, so take this article for what it's worth. But there have been a few players who have raised our eyebrows a time or two already this fall. So let's shout 'em … [Read more...]
The Maryville-Alcoa rivalry, aka The Battle of Pistol Creek, set for 92nd meeting on Friday
In our debut football season of 2018, we wrote a historical glance at the Alcoa-Maryville Rivalry, giving you all its top games, moments, heroes and coaches dating back to 2000. We reheated it in 2019. Now, we rehash it again. And why not? … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Top 15 Football Teams (Week 4, 2020)
By JESSE SMITHEY Here are the Top 15 football teams in the 5Star Preps coverage area heading into Week 4 of the high school football season. Plus, five more teams on the verge of making the rankings. … [Read more...]