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Knox County teams have 25-16 record in playoff finals

by Steve Williams | Nov 12, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

  By Steve Williams The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association has crowned 255 state champions in football since 1969. Twenty-five of those have been high school teams in Knox County. On average, that would be about one state champion every two years for...

From 12 playoff qualifiers in 1969 to 231 this year

by Steve Williams | Nov 5, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

Editor’s Note: When the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association started its football classification system in the fall of 1969, The Knoxville Focus’ Steve Williams was a senior at Clinton High School and covering the Clinton Dragons for his hometown newspaper,...

Longtime workers help make Game Days happen

by Steve Williams | Oct 21, 2018 | Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:, Williams

  By Steve Williams High school football teams usually have only five home games during the regular season each year, so it is a special occasion each time one is on the schedule. A lot of folks behind the scenes help make it happen, too! You got to have a chain...

This 26-point loss provides hope instead of despair

by Steve Williams | Oct 8, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams Tennessee’s football team didn’t get a win at Georgia, but it gave its fans hope. My how this 26-point loss felt so much better than the 26-point loss to Florida the week before. It inspired me to look at the remainder of the season in a different...

The fallout from Vols’ awful loss to Florida

by Steve Williams | Oct 1, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

  By Steve Williams This was the game that would give us a clue on how the 2018 football season might go for Tennessee. The 2-1 Vols had showed promise in a first half comeback against a good West Virginia team in the opener. They started slowly against ETSU but...
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