BY JESSE SMITHEY CHATTANOOGA — Davey Gillum, the Anderson County High School football coach, thought his Anderson County football team had maybe faced all the adversity it was going to see. From the recent years of frustrating playoff losses to … [Read more...]
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5STAR PREPS Top 20 Football Teams – Week 4 (2022)
By JESSE SMITHEY Four teams in the 5Star Preps Top 10 lost on Friday. So, a few shifts have been made in the rankings heading into Week 4. It's Alc0a-Maryville Week. Greeneville and Morristown West face off in a battle of … [Read more...]
The 2022 5Star Preps Top 25 Football Teams
By JESSE SMITHEY Welcome to the first week of the high school football season. Felt good to read that didn't it? Well, the 5Star Preps staff has worked tirelessly from winter to spring and through summer to preview teams and spotlight … [Read more...]
Transfer QB Matthew Clemmer getting into Maryville mindframe to lead the Rebels in 2022
By JESSE SMITHEY Slipping into a Maryville Rebels shirt for the first time for spring practice was admittedly a bit surreal for Matthew Clemmer. Imagine having spent the previous three seasons at an in-county rival school, suffering … [Read more...]
Which teams have the most difficult schedules in 2022?
By JESSE SMITHEY Some absolutely brutal schedules await some of the area's top teams again this fall. Which ones have the toughest? Have a look at these 15 schools' slate of games. … [Read more...]
Oak Ridge QBs show glimpses in 7v7 at Webb; Fulton’s Marcellus Jackson evolving as starting QB
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BY DAVE LINK Oak Ridge football coach Scott Cummings got a first glimpse of his new team in action Thursday afternoon at Webb School of Knoxville. Cummings, hired last December to replace veteran Joe Gaddis, watched his skill players go at it … [Read more...]
7v7 REPORT: Webb Spartans at Alcoa Tornadoes – June 15, 2022
BY JESSE SMITHEY ALCOA — Zach Lunsford, the Alcoa High School starting quarterback heading into this fall, thought he was ready to grip the reins of the Tornadoes offense when thrust under center as an unproven sophomore in the early weeks of the … [Read more...]
South-Doyle Football hires Paul Shelton from UC Davis
BY JESSE SMITHEY The South-Doyle High School football program's search for a new head coach not only attracted candidates locally but also piqued some interest from the West Coast, it seems. But while Paul Shelton -- the new head coach at … [Read more...]
WAY TOO EARLY TOP 15 Football Teams for the 2022 season
BY JESSE SMITHEY Only a couple days have passed since the end of the 2021 high school football season. That should be plenty of time for you to have caught your breath and now turn your attention to 2022. Hey, this is Tennessee. We eat, … [Read more...]
2021 SPRING PRACTICE REPORT: Farragut Admirals
By JESSE SMITHEY For the Farragut football team, the postseason result in 2020 didn't match the product on the field the latter half of the regular season. A first-round playoff loss, 17-14 to Bradley Central, sent the Admirals into the … [Read more...]