By Ken Lay Ben Baumgardner has always dreamed of playing professional ice hockey. He may now get the chance to lace up his skates and play in NHL arenas. He came one step closer to realizing his lifelong dream recently when he signed a contract to play for the Essa...

By Steve Williams The better the weather, the better Josh Sobota performs in the discus and shot put events. That was the case recently as the Bearden High senior set personal records in both events. He threw the discus 194 feet, 7 inches – his personal record – at a...

By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Twenty-six flights and more than 3,300 military veterans: the numbers backing the history of Knoxville’s Honor Air are impressive but the real story is the precise organization it takes to run events behind the scenes. Prestige...

  By Ken Lay As a softball player at Hardin Valley Academy, Jayden Blosser has competed on the state’s biggest stage. Blosser, a senior catcher for the Lady Hawks, has played in the Class AAA State Tournament as a freshman. She’s also been a part of two district...

  By Steve Williams It had been a rather quiet off-season on the local high school football coaching scene until about two weeks ago. Before then, only two schools had undergone head coaching changes since the end of the 2017 campaign. Jerry Cooper stepped down...