by Steve Williams | Dec 17, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams One recent coaching hire that really surprised me was Liberty University, the largest Christian college in the nation, hiring Hugh Freeze. How did this guy get a job there? I guess the Flames care more about football and scoring touchdowns than they...
by Steve Williams | Dec 3, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Halls High’s football team won the state championship in 1986, but it’s still hard to believe the Red Devils survived their first round game and advanced. Saying Coach Larry Kerr’s team got a scare on that Nov. 7 night 32 years ago in Halls is...
by Steve Williams | Nov 26, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Knoxville has had its share of special TSSAA playoff games and moments over the years, and not all of them have to do with winning a championship or coming up just a point short. When the classification system was adopted in 1969 and the first...
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...
