High School Sports

Caroline Jenkins lit up when the public address announcer at William Blount High School announced her name as the most valuable player of the 2011 Blount County volleyball tournament Monday night. Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving player, her ...

William Blount High School was notified by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association earlier this week that junior linebacker Trace Fuller is no longer eligible to play for the Governors football team and the school must vacate its win over ...

Heritage kicked off the 2011 cross country season in a fashionable manner at the Cherokee Classic 5K last Saturday. On the Lady Mountaineers side, veteran anchors Lauren Barnes (21:14.40) and Joy Elfstrom (23:06.70) both performed admirably, finishing 17th and 48th, ...

They don’t have a specific night dedicated to their sport. They don’t have students decked out in body paint, cheering them across the finish line. They don’t have thousands of rowdy fans attending their events. They’re awfully good at what ...

Heritage junior Trevor Clifton is one of 17 top high school prospects named to the USA Baseball 16-under junior national team late Friday night in Cary, N.C.

Kingston decided not to guard her; So Kylie Russell torched the place. The former Alcoa guard’s seven 3-pointers in a district-tournament win over the Yellow Jackets two years ago remains one of the top five shooting performances of the last ...

McKenzie Sherman cemented her place as one of the area’s top receivers this spring. With selection to the exclusive Queen of Diamonds Showcase South in September, the Heritage High School junior is about to go regional.

Ever since their acquaintance in the first grade halls of Foothills Elementary School some 11 years ago, Maryville’s Andrew Rouse and Andrew Bowerman have always been linked together. Same first name, same love of the game of baseball and, most ...

Dr. Brian Bell’s first hire as Director of Schools for the City of Alcoa is a doozy. Bell confirmed Wednesday morning that former University of Tennessee assistant head coach Tony Jones Jr. has been hired as the new boys basketball ...

As a junior at Heritage High School two years ago, Kathryn Inman played in four games, made three of eight field goals attempted, was 0-for-2 from 3-point range and went 5-of-6 from the free-throw line to finish with a season ...

As I sit here today at the 2011 Maryville High School baseball banquet, I cannot help my emotions. A gigantic smile comes to my face when reminiscing about the last three months of my baseball career. I remember the emotional ...

It takes a special kid to play for his father, the other side of the coin little different. In Maryville College’s Marc and Pepe Fernandez, the Scots could hardly have gotten it more right. Marc Fernandez committed last month to ...

There’s little David Lethco didn’t accomplish on a soccer field the last four seasons at Maryville College. Come this fall, the Rebel All-State forward is looking to do much the same at Maryville College.

Blount teams take bitter with sweet in Murfreesboro for the state championships.

The 2011 BlueCross Spring Fling didn’t play to the opening Blount County would have hoped Tuesday afternoon. The Maryville High School baseball and softball teams both fell in openers of their respective state tournaments. The Lady Rebels, who fell, 6-1, ...