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Celebrating the 2020 prep football season and Alcoa's 19th state football championship.
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Blackman: The Tornadoes permitted 27 yards on 37 plays during their 35-7 season-opening bludgeoning. They didn’t even allow Blackman to cross …
NASHVILLE — Grey Carroll exited middle school with the hope of being in position to be named Tennessee Titans Mr. Football at some point in hi…
COOKEVILLE — Not many athletes get to end their high school careers in the most ideal of fashions.
When Grey Carroll approached Caden Buckles before Alcoa’s state quarterfinal game against Gatlinburg-Pitman on Nov. 20, he wasn’t trying to ac…
COOKEVILLE — It hasn’t been easy for Isiah Cox to watch the Alcoa football team’s playoff run from the sidelines the past five weeks.
COOKEVILLE — When Grey Carroll arrived at Alcoa, he expected to win a few state titles with the football team.
CHATTANOOGA — Alcoa coach Gary Rankin fully expected a battle at Red Bank on Nov. 27 in the Class 3A semifinals.
Nothing seemed to go right for the Alcoa football team in the first half of the state quarterfinals against Gatlinburg-Pittman on Nov. 20.
Alcoa football coach Gary Rankin didn’t immediately know why the game stopped late in the fourth quarter of the Class 3A second-round matchup …
It’s not often the Alcoa football team goes three-and-out on its first drive of the game.
The Alcoa football team took its first postseason step toward the state championship on Nov. 6.
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Lenoir City: The Mountaineers entered their season opener at Lenoir City hoping to snap the program’s 25-game losing streak. Their defense did…
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William Blount: Maryville answered a Bryston Williams touchdown that trimmed its lead down to 14-7 in the second quarter with a 52-yard touchd…
Lou Burchfield was all smiles as teammate after teammate walked over to him on the bench and expressed what it meant to play alongside him.
MURFREESBORO — A lack of rain and the new turf field gracing Ray Hughes Stadium were the only differences that separated the Nov. 27 semifinal…
Dobyns-Bennett trumped Maryville in time of possession — more than doubling the amount of time Maryville had the ball — but that did not stop …
DJ Burks would not mind playing Bradley Central every week.
Maryville's first-round matchup with Science Hill in the Class 6A playoffs was cancelled Thursday because of COVID-19 contract tracing sidelin…
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Maryville: The Governors entered the season confident after earning a spot in the playoffs for the first time in 12 years in 2019, and while a…
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Loudon: For the second consecutive season, Greenback’s opener against rival Loudon was interrupted by lightning, and just like in 2019, the Ch…
Greenback’s earliest exit from the playoffs since 2014 and first losing record since 2009 might appear troubling from outside, but a closer lo…
COALFIELD — Greenback ended its season Nov. 13 by coming up inches short on two drives inside the Coalfield 2-yard line.
ELIZABETHTON — Micah Franklin insists he didn’t experience any anxiety during the hours before Greenback’s playoff game against Unaka.
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The King’s Academy: Inclement weather postponed the Battle of Boyds Creek until Saturday morning. Seymour wore down The King’s Academy with it…
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Seymour: All Jonathan Sellers wanted was for his team to play hard for 48 minutes and an opportunity to redeem himself during the Lions’ seaso…
SEYMOUR — In the aftermath of The King’s Academy’s 35-14 loss to Nashville Christian in the Division II-A quarterfinals, TKA coach Jonathan Se…
SEYMOUR — After The King’s Academy fell to Nashville Christian, 35-14, at home on Friday in the Div. II Class A quarterfinals, Lions’ coach Jo…
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