East Tennessee athletes gracing the winner podium during TSSAA State Track & Field meets each May has become commonplace. Team titles. Individual championships. You name it. Now, it’s time to see which teams and athletes will excel this … [Read more...]
THE 5STAR PREPS 2024 SOFTBALL PRIMER: THE TEAMS AND PLAYERS TO KNOW THIS SPRING
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BY MIKE BLACKERBY By lofty local standards, the 2023 high school softball season was a disappointment. For the first time since 2014, teams in the 5Star Preps coverage area were shut out in the state championship hunt in Murfreesboro. Also, after … [Read more...]
Last-second heroics by Kyle Cloninger lead Morristown East past Bearden, 54-52, and onto Class 4A state tournament
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BY MIKE BLACKERBY MORRISTOWN – It was a situation Kyle Cloninger has likely simulated a thousand times or more in practice or on the playground over the years. One shot to go to the state tournament. But this time it was for real, and the pressure … [Read more...]
Morristown East Hurricanes net program’s first region tournament championship in 56-year history
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BY MIKE BLACKERBY MORRISTOWN – A lifetime of memories were made Thursday night at jam-packed Isenberg-Siler Gym. Morristown East cut down the nets for the first time in the school’s 56-year history in a region championship game – and the Hurricanes … [Read more...]
REGION 1-4A BOYS SEMIFINALS: Morristown West and Morristown East set to meet Thursday for region championship
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BY MIKE BLACKERBY MORRISTOWN – Get ready for Round 4 between rivals Morristown West and Morristown East. It should be a doozy. The Hamblen County schools both won Region 1-4A tournament semifinal elimination games Tuesday night at East to set up … [Read more...]
REGION 1-4A GIRLS SEMIS: Without coach, Sevier County tops Daniel Boone; Dobyns-Bennett ousts Morristown East
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BY MIKE BLACKERBY MORRISTOWN – No coach, no problem. With head coach Jonathan Shultz sidelined due to an illness, Sevier County’s girls still managed to take care of business Monday night in the Region 1-4A semifinals at Morristown East. The … [Read more...]
POSTSEASON RIVALRY SHOWDOWN: Morristown East Lady Canes knock off Morristown West in District 2-4A semifinals
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MORRISTOWN – Junior post Ella Wampler set the tempo early and Morristown East cruised past rival Morristown West 53-44 in the District 2-4A semifinals Thursday night on the Lady Hurricanes’ home court. It’s the first time since 2011-12 that East has … [Read more...]
Oak Ridge senior guard Brennen Scott staying involved though heart condition has ended his prep career
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BY MIKE BLACKERBY Brennen Scott’s much-anticipated senior season was going about as planned. The veteran Oak Ridge guard was averaging 14 points a game for the Wildcats, who looked to be one of about 10 area Class 4A teams with a legitimate shot to … [Read more...]
Sevier County Lady Bearettes (20-2) close out Jefferson County in District 2-4A win with big second half
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BY MIKE BLACKERBY SEVIERVILLE – The way Sevier County coach Jonathan Shultz figures it, somebody is always going to have the hot hand for his balanced Bearettes. Friday against Jefferson County, it was senior Aubree Laney. … [Read more...]
5STAR PREPS GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR (2023): Kate Robinson, West High School
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BY MIKE BLACKERBY Kate Robinson well remembers the heartache of missing her junior cross-country season at West because of shin splints. But in retrospect, Robinson said the injury was probably the best thing that could have happened to … [Read more...]