BY JESSE SMITHEY Before you know it, the 2022 calendar will already be flipping its pages. So take a moment to pause and appreciate some of the top moments and storylines that happened in the 5Star Preps coverage area during 2021. Here is … [Read more...]
Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame to recognize six athletes from Class of 2021
The Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame will recognize six area high school athletes from the Class of 2021 for their career accomplishments during the GKSHOF induction ceremony Tuesday, Aug. 24 at the Knoxville Convention Center. While these … [Read more...]
2021 All-5Star Preps BOYS Track & Field team
All-5Star Preps 2021 Track & Field Teams FIRST TEAM FIRST-TEAM RUNNERS Christian Langlois (Bearden, senior): The 5Star Preps Boys T&F Athlete of the Year and Tennessee signee placed first in the Large Class 100 (10.43 seconds) and first … [Read more...]
5Star Preps 2021 Track & Field Boys Athlete of the Year: Christian Langlois, Bearden
BY MIKE BLACKERBY Christian Langlois’s finish to the 2021 high school track and field season was nothing short of spectacular. The Bearden senior – the 5Star Preps Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year – went from being one of the faces in the … [Read more...]
Bearden sprinter Christian Langlois shines at state; HVA girls T&F finishes second overall
By JESSE SMITHEY MURFREESBORO - Christian Langlois had just finished his 100-meter dash Thursday afternoon when a competitor, from Nashville's Hillsboro High School, looked at Langlois' jersey and asked where Bearden is … [Read more...]
GOING TO STATE: Division I Large Schools Section 1 Championships at Science Hill
By MIKE BLACKERBY Hardin Valley dominated the track and field team competition, and a pair of local sprinters dazzled Saturday at the Division I Large Schools Section 1 Championships at Science Hill in Johnson City. The top four finishers in each … [Read more...]