Here are our area leaders following Round 2 of the 2023 playoffs. Coaches/Teams may send cumulative stats each week to [email protected] to have their players' stats included with the leaders below. Stat Categories include: Rushing Yards, … [Read more...]
Jeff McMillan resigns Tuesday afternoon as Fulton High School head football coach

BY JESSE SMITHEY When a head coach calls a team meeting after the season's over, sometimes tough news is on the way. Jeff McMillan delivered such a message Tuesday afternoon, as he alerted his Falcons football team at Fulton High School that he … [Read more...]
Alcoa Tornadoes only to be without one starter in Friday’s 3A quarterfinal following Nov. 10 on-field skirmish with Austin-East; Roadrunners have multiple players ejected

BY JESSE SMITHEY Though once believed to be down two starters because of a second-round skirmish with Austin-East, the Alcoa High School football team will just be without the services of one. Alcoa won an appeal with the TSSAA over a player … [Read more...]
TSSAA Transfer Rule appears safe for now, per latest findings from state association

BY JESSE SMITHEY The TSSAA released its survey results gathered during its regional meetings from around the state, and the final proposal its membership voted on pertained to the hot-topic issue of the transfer rule. … [Read more...]
THE BONUS INFO (Round 2, 2023): Round 2 Boxscores, Round 2 Statewide Scores, Round 3 Schedules

Dive deeper into the action from Nov. 10, 2023, of the TSSAA Football Playoffs. Get the boxscores. Get the statewide scores. And look ahead to next week's playoff matchups... … [Read more...]
THE BIG ROUNDUP (Round 2, 2023): Morristown West at West, Maryville at Bradley Central, Greeneville vs. Gibbs, Coalfield vs. Rockwood, Catholic vs. MUS, and more!

BY JESSE SMITHEY Get some more insight into other Round 2 playoff games such as Morristown West at West, Maryville at Bradley Central, Catholic at MUS, Kingston at Gatlinburg-Pittman, Gibbs at Greeneville, Rockwood at Coalfield, and much … [Read more...]
TSSAA High School Football Playoff Pairings — Round 3 (2023)

2023 TSSAA State Football Playoff Pairings Third Round, Friday, Nov. 17 CLASS 1A Oliver Springs (9-3) at Coalfield (11-1) Gordonsville (8-4) at South Pitt (12-0) McKenzie (11-1) at Moore County (12-0) Union City (9-3) at Dresden … [Read more...]
The 5STAR PREPS FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS (Round 2 – 2023), presented by Triple F

It's one of our favorite nights of the football season: Round 2. The field gets drastically whittled down and the true contenders fully come to the surface. We have 17 games involving teams from the 5Star Preps coverage area this week. After … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS STATS LEADERS through Round 1 of the 2023 Playoffs — presented by Todd Henderson Carriage Hill Insurance/Management

Here are our area leaders following Round 1 of the 2023 playoffs. Coaches/Teams may send cumulative stats each week to [email protected] to have their players' stats included with the leaders below. Stat Categories include: Rushing Yards, … [Read more...]
WHO’S SIGNING on NATIONAL SIGNING DAY — Nov. 8-10, 2023 period

BY JESSE SMITHEY See many of the area high school athletes signing today (Wednesday, Nov. 8) or who will during this November signing period (Nov. 8-15). WE MISS SOMEONE? Coaches and School Admin may email us their signings to … [Read more...]