WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Caitlyn Ross, Midway High (2019 graduate) NOW: Ross, as a freshman this past season, ascending the ranks quickly and played in 28 games, averaging 13.6 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. She highlighted her season … [Read more...]
Alcoa DE Grey Carroll (hip) sidelined a couple weeks; talks future at Ga Tech
By JESSE SMITHEY Grey Carroll definitely turned a few heads his way Friday when he arrived at the Knoxville Football Officials Association’s Media Day at Three Ridges Golf Course. And, no, it wasn’t to gape at the gargantuan white Alcoa 2019 … [Read more...]
5STAR NOTES: Area baseball stars commit; Coach News; Recruiting offers; Alcoa football slighted
By JESSE SMITHEY While all eyes are focused on the TSSAA and executive orders from Gov. Bill Lee, much has transpired in the world of prep sports. So in this week's 5Star Notes, we take a look at FIVE area high school players (two from … [Read more...]
Central standouts Kalib Fortner and Liam Fortner commit to play for Army football
BY JESSE SMITHEY The offers came July 3. They were enticing and potentially life-changing. Less than a week later, twin brothers Kalib Fortner and Liam Fortner took advantage of them. The two Class of 2021 football standouts from Central High … [Read more...]
FREE READ: Board of Control opts out of voting on Wednesday; cites talks with Gov. Lee office
BY JESSE SMITHEY The build up to Wednesday's TSSAA Board of Control vote for a potential alternate season structure for 2020 high school football and girls soccer reached its fever pitch Wednesday morning and then fell flat before noon with a … [Read more...]
2021 Area High School Football Matchups We Hope to See Scheduled
By JESSE SMITHEY The tweet, if anything, got me thinking. Tommy Winton, a well-mannered and highly sought-after Class of 2022 football prospect from Catholic High School, playfully sent a tweet out on June 15 to Powell football coach Matt Lowe … [Read more...]
Halls football program extends its dead period by a week
By JESSE SMITHEY Maybe other high school football programs around the state will follow suit. Perhaps they won't. But Halls football coach Scott Cummings extended his team's dead period by a week to ensure its safety and its chances at … [Read more...]
FREE READ: What happened in the TSSAA Board of Control meeting July 1, 2020
BY JESSE SMITHEY For some 90 minutes midday Wednesday, the TSSAA Board of Control focused its efforts on what the high school football and girls' soccer seasons could look like when/if Governor Bill Lee's executive order expires Aug. 29. Lee … [Read more...]
FREE READ: Governor, TSSAA delay start of football season
On Monday, Tennessee governor Bill Lee extended his Covid-19 State of Emergency executive order until Aug. 29, 2020. That essentially put the first two weeks of the high school football season on ice. The TSSAA issued the following statement on … [Read more...]
Greeneville football promotes Eddie Spradlen to head coach
By JESSE SMITHEY While commenting June 7 on the unexpected resignation of head football coach Dan Hammonds, Greeneville athletics director Brad Woolsey stated that the school would like a new coach in place before the TSSAA dead period concluded … [Read more...]