By JESSE SMITHEY Before area teams begin their journeys toward achieving state championship glory, it might be best to pause for a minute and reflect on area football programs that may be celebrating past championships won. So let's take a look … [Read more...]
The 5Star Preps 2021 Preseason Top 20 Football Teams
By JESSE SMITHEY By East Tennessee's championship standards, the 2020 season was an average one. Only two of TSSAA's nine state championships made their way into the 5Star Preps coverage area. Alcoa won its sixth consecutive Class 3A … [Read more...]
5STAR PHOTOS: Alcoa vs. Columbia (Ga.), South-Doyle vs. West
ALCOA -- Big night of area scrimmages. 5Star Preps was on hand to catch a couple: the Alcoa football team hosted Columbia (Ga.), as well as South-Doyle hosting West. Check out some of the action below. To see the full 65-picture gallery, … [Read more...]
SCRIMMAGE REPORT: Alcoa Tornadoes vs. Columbia (Ga.)
By JESSE SMITHEY ALCOA -- Consider it a rare occurrence when an opponent looks better than Alcoa in a cursory pregame eye test. The six-time defending Class 3A state champions played host to Columbia High, a Class 5A program out of Georgia, on … [Read more...]
2021 Tennessee-Kentucky Future Stars All-Star Game (8th Graders)
NASHVILLE -- Some of the top eighth-grade (Class of 2025) football talents in the states of Tennessee and Kentucky squared off in the Future Stars All-Star Games on Saturday at Brentwood Academy. 5Star Preps was on hand to catch it all. Check … [Read more...]
5STAR PHOTOS: Alcoa, Farragut, Halls, Sequoyah at 7-on-7 (Thursday, June 17)
ALCOA -- The Alcoa Tornadoes played host to a 7-on-7 day with Halls, Farragut and Sequoyah on Thursday, June 17. 5Star Preps was on hand to catch it all. Check out some of the action below. To see the full 51-picture gallery, make sure … [Read more...]
QB Caden Buckles preparing for a different kind of season in 2021 with Alcoa
By JESSE SMITHEY ALCOA -- Caden Buckles, admittedly, rode a wave of elation and adulation into the offseason following Alcoa's sixth consecutive Class 3A state championship this past December. And rightfully so. After what he'd been through … [Read more...]
2021 SPRING PRACTICE REPORT: Alcoa Tornadoes
By JESSE SMITHEY Day One of spring practice commenced for the Alcoa Tornadoes on Monday. The six-time defending state champions in Class 3A went for some 90 minutes, taking the first step in what is expected to be another championship-caliber … [Read more...]
THE NEXT STEP, part II: Alcoa offensive linemen Lance Williams, Bubba Jeffries chasing more Power 5s
BY JESSE SMITHEY They're picking up Power 5 offers. But Alcoa offensive linemen Lance Williams and Tyler "Bubba" Jeffries have two more seasons of high school football remaining. What are they doing to improve and ensure they remain on the … [Read more...]
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