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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
by Steve Williams | Sep 17, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Well, it’s Florida Week. Sorry if that doesn’t come across with the same passion as I have expressed in the past. There are reasons for that. First and foremost, one Tennessee win over the Gators since 2004 can alter the hopes of even die-hard fans....
