POWELL - The Jefferson County Patriots had to fend off a feverish second-half rally, but they came out victorious for the third time in the 2021-22 season.

GREENEVILLE - After a successful two-day stint in Jacksonville, Fla., the Lakeway Christian Academy Lady Lions returned home with an explosive performance.

DANDRIDGE - It's been a rough start to the year for the Jefferson County Patriots.

DANDRIDGE - For the second time in nine days the Jefferson County Lady Patriots were victorious over District 1-4A power Science Hill.

RUTLEDGE - It's been an up and down week for the Jefferson County Lady Patriots.

DANDRIDGE — The Maury Middle Hornets have been on a roll to start conference play in the Middle 8, but before league play opened up they started the year with a title in the annual Tommy Bettis Classic.

DANDRIDGE — Before Middle 8 Conference play opened up this week, the Jefferson Middle Lady Elks got off to a strong start to the year by claiming the 2021 title at the annual Tommy Bettis Classic held at Maury Middle School.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - It's been a strong start to the year, and stellar trip down south for the Lakeway Christian Lady Lions.

FARRAGUT - Tuesday wasn't the start to the week the Jefferson County Patriots were looking for.

RUTLEDGE - Games like Tuesday's could be pivotal for the outlook of the Jefferson County Lady Patriots' season.

RUTLEDGE - The start to a week-long stay in Grainger County resulted in the Jefferson County Patriots' first loss of the year on Monday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Make it a 4-0 start to the year for the Lakeway Christian Academy Lady Lions.

FARRAGUT — Coming off a comeback effort to start the season, the Jefferson County Patriots suffered a pair of defeats on Saturday.

JOHNSON CITY — Saturday had to feel a little like redemption for the Jefferson County Lady Patriots.

WHITE PINE — It wasn’t a perfect start to the year for Curtis Staples’ Lakeway Christian Academy Lions, but the group now has a foundation to build on after Saturday’s two-game opener to the season.

WHITE PINE — Opening the season with three games in two days, the Lakeway Christian Academy Lady Lions came out unscathed in the opening weekend.

WHITE PINE — It takes an extraordinary athlete to accomplish some of the things Madi Hawk has.

STRAWBERRY PLAINS - It was an up and down night for Rush Strong during its homecoming event.

It’s been a dominant start to the week for the Lakeway Christian boys’ and girls’ middle school basketball programs.

GREENEVILLE — Carson-Newman (1-9, 1-7 South Atlantic Conference) coughed up three fumbles and Tusculum (5-6, 3-5 SAC) threw the ball late to seal a 48-13 win over the Eagles in the season finale for both teams Saturday at Pioneer Field.

Any title is hard to come by. It takes an entire season of work and hardships to bring home the hardware teams around the state begin the year chasing.

WHITE PINE — Bree Ooten has been dedicated to the game of soccer from a very early age.

KNOXVILLE — Early season basketball is hardly ever polished, but coaches can learn a lot about their teams in those first few games.

KNOXVILLE — At times it wasn’t pretty, but the Jefferson County Lady Patriots are still 1-0 to start the season.

DANDRIDGE — Sometimes you just know what you want.

DANDRIDGE — The Maury Hornets are 3-0 to start the year.

It was a perfect three-day slate for the Lakeway Christian Academy Lady Lions middle school team to close out last week.

The first week of the Middle 8 Conference basketball season is in the books.

WHITE PINE — It was apparent early on that Keyveon Roller would be destined for great things in his wrestling career.

DANDRIDGE — The path to a scholarship in collegiate athletics is hard to come by.

When Omarian Mills broke free for a 53-yard touchdown run in the fourth, for a moment it looked like the Jefferson County Patriots were destined to lock up their first postseason win in nearly two decades.

STRAWBERRY PLAINS — Rush Strong is on the cusp of victory. But the season's first wins will have to wait for another day.

JEFFERSON CITY - Middle 8 Conference play has officially tipped off.

SEYMOUR — Monday resulted in a pair of narrow road wins for the Lakeway Christian Academy middle school basketball programs.

NASHVILLE - The Lakeway Christian Academy Lions entered the playoffs elated to be a part of the postseason. 

CLEVELAND — Capitalizing on opportunities is key to having postseason success.

STRAWBERRY PLAINS — In their home opener of the 2021-22 season, the Rush Strong Plainsmen and Lady Plainsmen came just short of a pair of come from behind victories on Thursday night.

HENDERSONVILLE — It's been a season-long battle for Lucas Bales.

JEFFERSON CITY - On a rainy Homecoming weekend, the Carson-Newman Eagles used a pair of second-half goals from Tim Vercelli and Harry Whitehead to knock off No. 11 Limestone, 2-0, to earn their 11th SAC regular season championship on Saturday.

Rush Strong School’s cross-country team completed a strong season by taking 13 athletes to the Tennessee State Cross Country Championships October 23, at Victor Ashe Park in Knoxville.

JEFFERSON CITY – For 56 minutes, Carson-Newman and Mars Hill battled to a near stalemate. 

BLOUNTVILLE - Two things were painfully persistent for Jefferson County during Friday’s regular season finale: a steady rain and West Ridge’s time-consuming rushing attack.