Football

Some 16,000 high schools nationally fielded football teams last season. Of that number, only two from Tennessee would crack the MaxPreps top 50, Alcoa’s six-time defending state champion Tornadoes finishing the season in the No. 49 spot.

Tracey Cooper never had a doubt. If JaRon Toney got behind “Moses” as much as he could down the stretch, the state record for rushing touchdowns in a season didn’t have a chance. Cooper felt the nickname “Moses” was the ...

Their father, Roger, was a starter on the offensive line on the first state championship team Alcoa ever had. Roger Robinson’s 1977 championship season was one spent opening holes for running back Greg Osborne and blocking for quarterback Andre Earls. ...

Offensive linemen are often an afterthought with most fans, but then most offensive linemen aren’t Seantrel Henderson. At 6-foot-8, 300 pounds, the senior from Cretin-Derham High School, St. Paul, Minn., will be a featured attraction at the U.S. Army All-American ...

Milan has scored more points. Alcoa has been tougher to score on. The Tornadoes have the best running back the state has ever known when it comes to finding the end zone. Milan has one of the best linebackers you’ll ...

Philip Juhlin knew Maryville had a chance to be good long before the Rebels played their first game. Buddy Jones put to rest any concerns in that regard one night in front of a local movie theatre. Jones and teammate ...

You have to get up and walk it off after sitting and staring at Jaron Toney’s numbers for too long. The Alcoa High School senior needs one more rushing touchdown to break a tie with former Riverdale standout Ralph King ...

The Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Awards will be presented to the top 10 backs and linemen in five classifications of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center in ...

They’re too young at too many positions. Graduation took far too heavy a toll in May. In the season opener with Huntingdon College five weeks ago, the Maryville College football team lost its starting quarterback to a concussion, the injury ...

And just think. Next week, DeAndre Purdy. The district gauntlet Maryville is currently running will see the Rebels face three of the state’s top running backs on three consecutive Friday nights. Make that two Friday nights and a Thursday. The ...