OAK RIDGE -- The South-Doyle High School football team visited Blankenship Field in Oak Ridge to open the 2021 season Thursday night. And 5Star Preps was there to catch it all. Check out some of the action below in this 58-photo gallery from … [Read more...]
Senior RB Shawn Gary, South-Doyle defense score 28-20 win at Blankenship Field in Oak Ridge
By MIKE BLACKERBY OAK RIDGE – The much-hyped 2021 high school football season opener lived up to its billing. So did two of the top stars in the 5Star Preps coverage area. … [Read more...]
JAMBOREE PHOTOS: Austin-East, TKA, South-Doyle, Halls, Powell, Bearden, Farragut, Central
NEYLAND STADIUM -- The Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic KickOff Classic returned to the campus of the University of Tennessee again. And 5Star Preps was there for all four hours of the grand football event. Check out some of the action below in … [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 SCOOP — South-Doyle at Halls (July 30, 2021)
By MIKE BLACKERBY South-Doyle running back Shawn Gary was plenty good as a junior. With the start of the 2021 high school football season less than three weeks away, Gary looks like he has taken his game to even another level. … [Read more...]
5STAR PHOTOS: South-Doyle at Maryville 7-on-7 (June 22, 2021)
MARYVILLE -- The Maryville High School football team hosted South-Doyle in a 7-on-7 passing and lineman practice day on Tuesday, June 22. 5Star Preps was on hand to catch it all. Check out some of the action below. To see the full 65-picture … [Read more...]
2021 SPRING PRACTICE REPORT: South-Doyle Cherokees
By MIKE BLACKERBY The buzz is about something old and something new in South-Doyle’s spring camp. Once again the Cherokees are going to have another really good football team, but the gauntlet of challengers will be different in 2021. Optimism … [Read more...]
THE NEXT STEP, part III: South-Doyle running back Shawn Gary ‘can be a Power 5 guy’
By MIKE BLACKERBY What a difference a year makes for South-Doyle football player Shawn Gary. This time last year, the relatively unknown Gary was penciled in as a possible two-way contributor at defensive back and wide receiver. Heading into the … [Read more...]