By Jesse Smithey Anderson County rising senior quarterback Stanton Martin will miss the next 8-9 weeks of the preseason. … [Read more...]
(FREE READ): Fekete moves to Blount County; Seymour P Nick Payne picks college; Maryville softball coaching change
By Mike Blackerby From Powell to Gibbs to Blount County, softball frenzy is sweeping through the Knoxville area. “Some of the best softball players in the state live in a 30-minute radius of us,” said Sarah Fekete Bailey, Alcoa High School’s new … [Read more...]
Story’s not over yet; captures 2 more titles in Nashville
By Mike Blackerby Rebecca Story’s go-to race is the 2-mile, but you’d never know it based on her effort Friday night in Nashville at the 16th annual Music City Distance Carnival. … [Read more...]
(FREE READ): Local star named 2018 All-American
By Dave Link Lauren Yoon can add another honor to her decorated tennis career. The 2018 Webb School graduate was announced Monday as a National High School All-American by the National High School Tennis All-American Foundation. Yoon, … [Read more...]
Seymour promotes assistant coach and former player Blake Carr to head boys’ basketball coach
By Dave Link Blake Carr landed his dream job Monday morning as boys’ basketball coach at his alma mater, Seymour High School. … [Read more...]
CAK QB Stewart Howell picks up two offers in two days
By Jesse Smithey Stewart Howell made a name for himself as a sophomore with 67 catches and 12 touchdowns. Now, heading into his senior season, Howell is a completely differently player. By position, that is. And colleges are loving the move. … [Read more...]
5Star Notes (FREE READ): Buckner inducted; Duke offers Catholic DL
By Jesse Smithey Just days before his 40th birthday, Matt Buckner became a hall-of-famer. The Farragut High School baseball coach and former head coach Bearden was inducted into the East Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame at a … [Read more...]
5SP: Boys Soccer Player of the Year
By Dave Link Joey Renfro remembers the night of Nov. 28, 2016, like it was yesterday. His home in Gatlinburg burnt to the ground along with hundreds of other structures in the popular tourist town and those in other parts of Sevier County. … [Read more...]
5SP: Baseball Player of the Year
By Mike Blackerby Jacob Tate is a big-moment kind of guy who plays in a big-moment program. … [Read more...]
(FREE READ): Fulton’s DaShaun McKinney on the mend; colleges interested again
By Jesse Smithey Fulton wide receiver DaShaun McKinney is getting a second chance at playing college football. It's an opportunity that a freak injury during a football camp at the University of Kentucky nearly took away. On May 22, the … [Read more...]