By MIKE BLACKERBY It was just one game in a long and arduous softball season. But don’t underestimate what Bearden’s 5-4 win over Farragut on Wednesday meant to the young Lady Bulldogs. The defending state 3A champion Lady Admirals had won 12 … [Read more...]
Bo Lewis returns to coach girls’ basketball at Jefferson County High School
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Bo’s back. Almost 10 years to the day that he stepped down as Jefferson County’s girls’ basketball coach, Bo Lewis is back in the fold as the leader of the Lady Patriots’ program. … [Read more...]
Andy Hill steps away from Central to take over the head boys basketball job at Jefferson County
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Andy Hill’s roots run deep in Dandridge. That’s why Hill couldn’t turn down the opportunity to lead the Jefferson County boys’ basketball program. Hill, who has been head coach at Central since 2017, is well familiar with … [Read more...]
Joe Campbell returns to coach Midway High School football
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Joe Campbell will be back on familiar sidelines for the 2022 high school football season. The 40-year-old Campbell, who served an earlier stint at Midway from 2011-14, has been named head coach of the Green Wave for the second … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS 2022 TRACK & FIELD PREVIEW
High School track and field appears to be as strong as ever in the 5Star Preps coverage area. Several individuals and teams are already off to fast starts across East Tennessee as the track and field season points to the state championships in May … [Read more...]
Morristown West Softball on the rise behind talented group of underclassmen players
By MIKE BLACKERBY DANDRIDGE – Morristown West has hardly been known as a powerhouse softball program over the years. Thanks in no small part to the play of some exciting and talented freshmen, that appears to be changing. … [Read more...]
Lakeway Lions Softball looking like serious threat to contend in Division II-A
BY MIKE BLACKERBY WHITE PINE – This is the year that Katie Fultz and the Lakeway Lions have been pointing to. In just the school’s fifth season as a softball program, Lakeway has stamped itself as a legitimate contender in Division II-A. … [Read more...]
Freshman pitcher Lacey Keck gives Gibbs Softball a serious 1-2 pitching punch this spring
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Last year it was Abbie Buckner or bust, as far as the Gibbs softball pitching staff was concerned. This year, she has some help. Freshman Lacey Keck fired a three-hit shutout Thursday as the Lady Eagles (7-2) won 11-0 in a … [Read more...]
Karns High School announces Lauren Trent as new girls basketball coach
By MIKE BLACKERBY After serving a longtime apprenticeship at one of the area’s most successful girls’ high school basketball programs, Lauren Trent is getting her first opportunity to be a head coach. Trent, who has been Paige Taylor’s assistant … [Read more...]
Ron Treadway steps down as Midway High School football coach
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Almost grudgingly it seems, Ron Treadway is stepping down after three seasons as Midway’s football coach. The 51-year-old Treadway, who guided the Green Wave to an 18-14 record and two playoff appearances over the past three … [Read more...]