DEFENDING THE GOLD: Central Bobcats begin another 5A title defense this week
By MIKE BLACKERBY They tend to let the results speak for themselves at Central High School. There was little preseason
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5STAR PREPS 2020 Preseason Top 15 Football Teams
By JESSE SMITHEY Well, we made it. Week 1, y’all. After months of concern, hand-wringing and creating new football protocols
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Clinton Dragons ready for Year One of Coach Keith Era
By MIKE BLACKERBY It didn’t take first-year Clinton football coach Darell Keith very long to figure out what he’s up
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INSIDER NOTES: Senior Night Changes, Morristown postpones sports, Vols offer local 7-footer and more
By JESSE SMITHEY Though high school football and fall TSSAA sports are still on track to begin on time, that
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ANALYSIS: Will defending champ Elizabethton Cyclones be the favorite in Class 4A this season?
by MIKE BLACKERBY Winning at the highest level often breeds a culture of confidence. That’s why you can almost feel
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5STAR PHOTOS: Oliver Springs football practice (Aug. 12, 2020)
OLIVER SPRINGS — 5Star Preps photographer Danny Parker snapped these photos of the Oliver Springs football team from its Wednesday’s practice.
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5STAR PHOTOS: Oak Ridge football practice (Wednesday, Aug. 12)
OAK RIDGE — 5Star Preps photographer Danny Parker snapped these photos of the Oak Ridge football team from its Wednesday’s practice.
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PREVIEW: Greenback Football makes necessary adjustments to huge graduation hit
by MIKE BLACKERBY Graduation took a mighty toll on Greenback with the departure of its much-decorated Class of 2020. Indeed,
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5STAR PHOTOS: Central Bobcats Football Practice (Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020)
By DANNY PARKER FOUNTAIN CITY — 5Star Preps photographer Danny Parker snapped these photos from Tuesday’s practice at Dan Y.
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PREVIEW: Powell football ready again for rigorous 5A gauntlet
By MIKE BLACKERBY There’s another donnybrook brewing in Region 3-5A. And once again, Powell figures to be right in the
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