Tennessee High School Football News

While the high school football season doesn't start until August, prep players across the state have been busy pushing themselves to get faster, stronger and mentally tougher through spring and summer conditioning.

Tennessee has updated its official football roster to reflect the arrival of newcomers and the departure of a few walk-ons.

That dreaded time for high school football in Tennessee is rapidly approaching as the TSSAA's mandatory dead period is scheduled to take hold June 23. The association defines "dead period" in their handbook as "no coaching, observing, or contact between coaches and players in sport involved.

About 10 years ago I first heard the phrase, "It is what it is." I believe it was former Tennessee quarterback Casey Clausen who used it a lot, especially when talking about a Volunteer loss.

Junior Reid parlayed his high school football career at Humboldt High School in the mid-1970s into a college scholarship at the University of Tennessee and a temporary free agent contract with the Oakland Raiders.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents are investigating the death of an elderly man who was found dead inside his Morgan County home.

You are going to give us an extra week of practice in pads while you have a heat index policy in place? Yes, I know.

Johnson County's football team skidded to the close of 2012 on a downward spiral.

Then, the opportunity for the Blue Devils to play their season-opening football game on a Thursday night landed in his lap on Thursday afternoon.

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football head coach Russ Huesman announced James Stovall is set to join the Mocs for the upcoming season.

The TSSAA Board of Control wrapped up its summer meetings on Wednesday with a number of decisions being made that affected West Tennessee.

I'm writing this from a hotel room in western North Carolina. It's Jonathan Crompton's hometown, actually, though they've yet to name anything after him as far as I can tell.

THE DAILY TIMES Maryville quarterback Nick Meyers run for a touchdown with Alcoa's Jarod Crenshaw trying to bring him down during the Rebels win over the Tornadoes last season.

14. They violated NCAA rules while trying to recruit the same player, running back Lache Seastrunk.

New Lancaster Christian Academy football coach Rocky Peeler will have a former University of Tennessee football player and an ex-college quarterback coach on his coaching staff this fall.

Ricky Woods doesn't want the attention surrounding the Trenton Peabody Golden Tide football team to be focused on him.

The Daily Times alcoa's lonnie lewis and Ezekial Koko bring down Loudon's Tyler Ferguson during a game last season at Alcoa.

David Martin can't help but be excited these days. The Stewarts Creek first-year football coach has started to see the beginnings of Stewarts Creek's high school football program take shape in front of his eyes.

At approximately 1:16 a.m., Chattanooga Police responded to a shooting at 1101 Arlington Ave.,where they found the victim.

While CeeLo Green headlined the Coca Cola Stage at Riverbend a few miles away, Lookout Valley quarterback Van Scribner was the headliner and MVP as Team Tennessee defeated Team Georgia, 10-7 in the 10th Annual Tennessee-Georgia All-Star Football Game at McCallie.