BY MIKE BLACKERBY The beat just goes on and on at quarterback for Anderson County. Dating back to 2009-10 when Tanner Williams broke several state records with the offensive-minded Mavericks, Anderson County has churned out top-tier … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS 2025 SOFTBALL SEASON OUTLOOK
5STAR PREPS SOFTBALL 2025 SEASON OUTLOOK The top teams. The top players. Get in the know ... … [Read more...]
THE NEW QB1s (2025): Coalfield Yellow Jackets likely to keep it in the family for new QB this fall
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Coalfield will have a new QB1 for the 2025 high school football season. But the last name is very familiar. … [Read more...]
THE NEW QB1s (2025): Gibbs Eagles have candidate to replace Warren Axton at QB
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Gibbs will have a new face behind center when the Eagles open spring football practice on April 22. But a rising sophomore is one of the leading candidates for the QB1 job — and already has quite the reputation. … [Read more...]
THE NEW QB1s (2025): Northview Academy seeks to replace dual-threat star Mason Phillips
BY MIKE BLACKERBY There will be a new QB1 at Northview Academy in Kodak for the 2025 high school football season. Talk about some big shoes to fill. Cougars coach Justin Anderson must find a successor to two-year starter and all-state … [Read more...]
THE NEW QB1s (2025): Grace Christian seeks to replace 3,000-yard passer Weston Edmondson
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Season 1 of the Justin Price Era at Grace Christian was a big success thanks in no small part to senior quarterback Weston Edmondson. The East Tennessee State signee threw for more than 3,000 yards (32 TDs) and completed 67.3 … [Read more...]
Morristown East Lady Hurricanes earn hard-fought win over rival Morristown West
BY MIKE BLACKERBY MORRISTOWN – The Morristown East girls basketball team doesn’t have just one go-to player, it has a bunch of them. The Lady Hurricanes got it done in typical win-by-committee fashion Tuesday night with a hard-fought 35-31 win over … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year (2024): Calysta Garmer, Webb School of Knoxville
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Calysta Garmer had her best race of the cross-country season just when it counted the most for the powerhouse Webb School Lady Spartans. Garmer’s first individual win of the season – and first of her high school career – came on … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year (2024): Keegan Smith, Knoxville Catholic
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Catholic’s Keegan Smith put a punctuation mark on a remarkable high school cross-country career in 2024. So much so that Catholic coach Sean O’Neil makes a strong case that Smith perhaps cobbled together the greatest single season … [Read more...]
2024 All-5Star Preps Cross Country Teams
2024 ALL-5STAR PREPS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM BOYS FIRST TEAM Keegan Smith, sr., Catholic Runner of the Year story The Colorado signee was the only male high school runner in the country to earn All-American honors at both the Footlocker and NIKE … [Read more...]