BY JESSE SMITHEY The passion for basketball and Christ that Dominic James Wright and Angela Phillips Wright have brought to East Tennessee for the last few years will now also be instilled at Grace Christian Academy. The school … [Read more...]
CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP: Farragut Admirals repeat as Class 4A champions; down HVA 6-0 in All-Knoxville Final
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — Cole Draper, a sophomore on the Farragut High School baseball team got a text Friday morning from head coach Matt Buckner, and that text got right to the point. Draper would be starting the TSSAA Class 4A State … [Read more...]
STORY + PHOTOS: Carson Quillen tosses complete-game gem in Greeneville’s 1-0 win over Upperman in 3A Baseball Championship
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — The Quillen Family had quite a conundrum Friday. With both of their sons — Carson in baseball and Brady in soccer — simultaneously playing in separate TSSAA state championship games in Murfreesboro, … [Read more...]
CHAMPIONSHIP WON: Union County Patriots top Milan in extra innings to claim the 2023 Class 2A State Baseball Title
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — A wildly successful week for Union County High School's baseball team deserved a wild finish. In the Patriots' first-ever trip to the TSSAA State Tournament, they were the beneficiaries of some … [Read more...]
See all the big winners and top finishers from the 2023 Class AAA Track & Field Championship
Get caught up with all that happened in Class AAA Track & Field Championship at the 2023 TSSAA Spring Fling. CLASS AAA BOYS The Farragut boys squad came in expected to compete — and did. The Admirals finished third in the state with 58 … [Read more...]
Gibbs Softball has its run in Class 3A State Tournament conclude with third-place finish
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — A Gibbs Softball program that was clamoring to get back to a state championship game was one big inning away Thursday from securing that chance. Only, Lexington did it first. Locked in a tie game in the … [Read more...]
Ian Hubbard’s walk-off, shirt-off moment gives Knoxville Catholic baseball a 4-3 dramatic win over CPA in Division II-AA Championship
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFRESBORO — Ian Hubbard couldn't pull his yellow Catholic baseball jersey off fast enough. But as soon as he broke free from it, he darted out to centerfield ready to celebrate with the boys. Obviously, that isn't normal … [Read more...]
All the winners and big finishes for the 2023 DIVISION II TRACK & FIELD state meet
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — No team titles won Wednesday by Division II-A nor Division II-AA area teams. But so so many great individual and relay finishes. Here's what happened on Wednesday in the TSSAA Division II State Meet at … [Read more...]
Union County Baseball now 2-0 in first Spring Fling, Greeneville Baseball in Position A; Sweetwater advances to 2A semifinals
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — No newcomer nerves for the Union County baseball team so far this week at Spring Fling. Though the Patriots had never played in a TSSAA State Baseball Tournament prior to Tuesday's maiden appearance, you'd never … [Read more...]
Farragut Baseball weaves together 1-0 win Wednesday to move into the Class 4A state semifinals; Ads in Position A to reach finale
BY JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO — He's playfully known in the Farragut Baseball dugout as "The Goat." Farragut junior short stop Lukas Buckner only gave that moniker more credence Wednesday afternoon. With the Admirals clinging to a one-run … [Read more...]