ALL 5STAR PREPS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM These are not recruiting lists. We select players based on their talents, yes, but also what they mean to their teams, what their teams did this season and also statistical performances. FIRST TEAM ALL … [Read more...]
TENNIS ROUNDUP: Which teams and players could we see at Spring Fling?
The Spring Fling is only a month away. And 5Star Preps writer Dave Link gives us a closer look at some local tennis teams and individual standouts that could be primed for long postseason runs. … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS Boys Basketball Player of the Year (2018-19): Ques Glover (Bearden)
BY JESSE SMITHEY Ques Glover arrived at Bearden High School as a freshman and, at some point early in his time there, took a peak upwards at the retired jersey numbers hanging from the rafters in the basketball gym. He told his friend Nigel … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS 2018-19 Girls’ Basketball Coach of the Year: Abby Williams (CAK)
BY DAVE LINK Abby Williams was a couple of weeks into her job last summer as the girls’ basketball coach and assistant athletic director at Christian Academy of Knoxville. She’d had one practice with the Lady Warriors before taking them to a … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS 2019 Girls Basketball Underclassman of the Year: Denae Fritz (Maryville)
BY DAVE LINK Denae Fritz takes a pass. Drives toward the basket. Stops. Jumps. Shoots. Scores. It’s one of many moves on the basketball court that make the Maryville High School sophomore a Division I college … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS 2019 Boys Basketball Underclassman of the Year: B.J. Edwards (Catholic)
BY JESSE SMITHEY B.J. Edwards didn’t ease into high school basketball like most freshmen. There were no freshman or JV games to play. There was no playing understudy to a senior point guard. Already a target of mid-major Division I … [Read more...]
BOXSCORES – Thursday, April 18, 2019
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Josh Stubblefield pitching plus Bearden offense equal 7-1 win over Grace
Bearden junior right-hander Josh Stubblefield likes nothing better than to see his teammates put runs on the scoreboard, and he had a good Thursday afternoon watching his offense at work. … [Read more...]
BOXSCORES – Wednesday, April 17, 2019
BOXSCORES - Wednesday, April 17, 2019 … [Read more...]
Fulton’s Jody Wright, Webb’s Dave Meske to be inducted into Greater Knoxville Sports HOF
Way back when, before the all wins and state titles accumulated, Jody Wright and David Meske were roommates at Green Tree Condominiums near Papermill Drive, just trying to cut their teeth as coaches and find some semblance of job stability within … [Read more...]