Jesse Smithey, Author at Knox TN Today

The 2025 and 2026 matchups between Grace Christian and Sevier County have been classics. After a...

Jesse Smithey Oct 14, 2026 0 4 min read

You won't have to wait long for the needle to be moved. The early weeks of the 2026 high school...

Jesse Smithey Aug 5, 2026 0 4 min read

Langston Reed, a 6-foot-2, 275-pound athlete from Collierville High School who's known more for...

Jesse Smithey Jul 22, 2026 0 5 min read

When Webb School of Knoxville hired George Quarles back in early December of 2025, the splash hire...

Jesse Smithey Jul 15, 2026 0 4 min read

June would have been the perfect month for Halle Bailey to relax. July would have sufficed, too....

Jesse Smithey Jul 9, 2026 0 6 min read

Down time doesn't exist in the high school sports world. This is the fourth 5Star Preps notebook...

Jesse Smithey Jul 1, 2026 0 6 min read

The TSSAA Dead Period is upon us, as all teams and athletes across Tennessee take a breather for a...

Jesse Smithey Jun 24, 2026 0 5 min read

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) wasn't the first state association to...

Jesse Smithey Jun 17, 2026 0 7 min read

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