By Mike Blackerby Meet the 2020 All-5Star Preps Cross Country Coaches of the Year: Boys Coach of the Year: Bryan Brown (Hardin Valley) Girls Coach of the Year: Chelsea Osborne (Farragut) Here's why they were selected. Boys Coach of the … [Read more...]
Sevier County girls use double OT to stay unbeaten; Sevier County boys rout Seymour
BY MIKE BLACKERBY SEVIERVILLE – Sevier County’s girls had to work overtime Friday night to keep their record perfect. The Bearettes survived a 57-53 double-overtime affair with rival Seymour to improve to 9-0 overall and 4-0 in District 2-AAA. The … [Read more...]
Demanding 2021 high school football schedules create sense of urgency, excitement for area programs
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Three area high schools hope beefed-up football schedules pay big dividends come playoff time in 2021. … [Read more...]
Heritage Mountaineers basketball teams sweep CAK in tough fashion Tuesday night
The Heritage Mountaineers basketball teams, both girls and boys, left the Cedar Bluff area of West Knoxville with a pair of wins Tuesday night. One Lady Mountaineer hit a major milestone in her career during the win at CAK. And one veteran … [Read more...]
Oak Ridge basketball sweeps unique doubleheader Friday; each OR squad targeting state run
By MIKE BLACKERBY OAK RIDGE – The goal is always nothing short of another state tournament, and Oak Ridge’s girls and boys basketball teams look right on track once again early in the 2020-21 season. One of the state’s top basketball programs swept … [Read more...]
Catholic forward, Vols recruiting target Handje Tamba ‘night and day’ better than before; leads in win over Bearden
By MIKE BLACKERBY Seven-foot junior Handje Tamba was the difference Thursday as Catholic took down visiting Bearden 60-48 in a matchup of two of the top teams on the 5Star Preps coverage map. Tamba scored a career-high 22 points and … [Read more...]
Northview Academy girls’ basketball downs Jefferson County, 55-44; program still yet to peak
By Mike Blackerby DANDRIDGE – Northview Academy’s girls have accomplished much in their short existence as a high school basketball program. The Cougars are 151-30 (83.4 percent) under coach Brooke Shelley since they started playing … [Read more...]
Meigs County claims runner-up in Class 2A for second consecutive season
By MIKE BLACKERBY COOKEVILLE -- Meigs County coach Jason Fitzgerald thought his Tigers were up to the task, but Saturday’s Class 2A title rematch instead turned into a three-peat celebration for Peabody. The Golden Tide (14-0) won their third state … [Read more...]
Elizabethton repeats as Class 4A state champions; Cyclones handle Haywood for 30th win in a row
By MIKE BLACKERBY COOKEVILLE -- Elizabethton just confirmed what most suspected all season long. The Cyclones are the best team in the state in Class 4A for the second year in a row -- and there’s not really any debate. Elizabethton ran its … [Read more...]
Oak Ridge Wildcats finish as 2020 state runner-up in Class 5A; title drought extends
COOKEVILLE -- Oak Ridge quarterback Mitchell Gibbons said one game doesn’t make a season. That’s why Gibbons preferred to look at the big picture after the Wildcats went down in defeat 28-7 to Summit Friday in the BlueCross Bowl Class 5A state … [Read more...]