By JESSE SMITHEY After a struggle through an unpredictable regular season, the 5Star Preps prediction model has rebounded so far in the playoffs. We're winning 85.5 percent of our postseason predictions through two rounds, and have eight … [Read more...]
PREVIEWS: Rhea County at Powell, Central at West, Farragut at Maryville
The field of teams from the 5Star Preps coverage area is dwindling fast in the TSSAA high school football playoffs. In Division II, all area teams have been eliminated. Five teams still carry the 5SP banner in Classes 5A and 6A. Here’s a look at … [Read more...]
ROUND 3 PRIMER: Team Notes, Player Notes heading into the TSSAA State Quarterfinals (2021)
BY JESSE SMITHEY The field has been whittled down, for sure. Some 46 teams from the 5Star Preps coverage area qualified for the 2021 TSSAA State Football Playoffs. Just 12 teams remain. And only eight games this Friday night will involve … [Read more...]
EARLY GLANCE: Round 2 of the TSSAA State Football Playoffs
BY JESSE SMITHEY Twenty of the 60 TSSAA playoff games slated for Friday, Nov. 12, involve teams from the 5Star Preps coverage area. Here's a quick and early glance at all 20 of those contests. We'll have predictions and more game breakdowns … [Read more...]
The BIG ROUNDUP (Round 1, 2021): Anderson County, Farragut, Elizabethton, Maryville updates
By DAN FLESER In the BIG ROUNDUP for Round 1 of the 2021 postseason, we take a closer look at ... Anderson County's second-half surge Farragut's double-overtime win Maryville, Elizabethton victories and much more ... … [Read more...]
TSSAA Football Playoffs BRACKET BREAKDOWN – 2021
BY JESSE SMITHEY Brackets on brackets on brackets. Nine of them, to be exact. And we have a crash course for you to use and get up to speed on all you need to know heading into the 2021 TSSAA State Football Playoffs. It all … [Read more...]
The 5Star Preps Top 20 Football Teams – Week 11 (2021)
By JESSE SMITHEY After another tough run full of Covid cancellations and scheduling difficulties this fall, the finish line of another regular season nears. And the postseason begins next week. Get caught up on playoff scenarios and news and … [Read more...]
Noah Vaughn hits running back milestone and Maryville coasts past West, 35-7
By ETHAN STONE MARYVILLE - It was business as usual for the Maryville Rebels on Friday night. But hidden in the Rebels’ 35-7 decimation of the visiting West Rebels was a personal milestone for breakout running back Noah Vaughn. … [Read more...]
5Star Preps Top 20 High School Football Teams – Week 10 (2021)
By JESSE SMITHEY Welcome to crunch time. After two blah weeks full of byes, the high school football schedule ramps back up here in Week 10 and again next week in Week 11. Get caught up on the 5Star Preps Top 20 teams heading into this final … [Read more...]
5STAR PHOTOS: Maryville Rebels at Hardin Valley Academy Hawks – Week 9 (2021)
This gallery from Tanner Walker includes images from the Maryville Rebels at Hardin Valley Academy Hawks football contest from Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Here are 49 TOTAL PHOTOS of all the action. Pictures are presented by Austin White of Realty … [Read more...]