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Heritage dismisses former Tennessee football assistant coach
Heritage High School (Maryville, Tennessee) parted ways with head football coach Joe Osovet . Osovet, who was placed on administrative leave on Oct. 2, was relieved of his coaching duties Wednesday after nearly five seasons with the Mountaineers. Blount County Schools released the following statement. "Blount County Schools has decided to relieve Joe Osovet of his duties as the head football coach at Heritage High School, effective immediately," Blount County Schools said in a press release. "Mr. Osovet's employment status as a teacher remains under review as part of an ongoing personnel investigation. "We recognize the importance of stability and continuity for our student-athletes, families and the Heritage High School community. Our focus remains on supporting our students and ensuring that the school's football program can move forward in a positive and productive manner. Because this remains an ongoing personnel matter, Blount County Schools will not provide additional details at this time." Osovet served as Tennessee's tight ends coach in 2020 under head coach Jeremy Pruitt . He was also the Vols' director of player development (2018) and director of football programming (2019). Osovet had an 18-27 record at Heritage. The Mountaineers (3-5, 1-4 Region 2-4A) will host Gibbs High
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Tennessee high school football program facing consequences for recruiting violation
A major recruiting violation has led to a Tennessee high school football program being placed on restrictive probation and being barred from postseason play this season. Wynton Jackson of the Knox News Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported on Wednesday, Oct. 21, that Karns High School football coach Lee Warren had been accused of trying to recruit a player that was not already at Karns. This led to an investigation by the Tennessee Sports Secondary Athletic Association. The resulting investigation concluded that the accusation was confirmed and reached Level 3 of the TSSAA's recruiting rule violations. Level 3 is considered "targeted recruiting.” That includes "direct, private, or third-party contact initiated by a person directly or indirectly associated with a school to a specific student-athlete enrolled at another school to solicit or encourage that student-athlete's enrollment," per the TSSAA Bylaws. "We learned of the situation when a voicemail was shared with our staff, which appeared to indicate that a Karns High School staff member was asked by the head football coach to contact the mother of a student who was not enrolled at Karns and encourage him to attend Karns High School and participate in football," a letter from
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Friday Frenzy Live Week 10: High school football highlights from around East Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Temperatures may be cooling, but the race for the high school football playoffs is heating up. Friday Frenzy Live is back to bring you live whip-around coverage of Week 10 from across East Tennessee. 6 Sports reporter Sam Rothman and 6 News anchor Bo Williams will break down highlights from Week […]
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Cosby defeats Hampton to set up winner-take-all region game vs. Jellico
HAMPTON — As this high school football season progressed, it became apparent that the top three spots in the Region 1-1A standings would be determined in the final two weeks of the regular season when Cosby visited Hampton in Week 10 before hosting Jellico in Week 11. The first half of the equation was solved in the Eagles’ favor as they traveled to face the Bulldogs and came away with a huge 46-30 victory on the road at J.C. Campbell Stadium on Friday evening, setting up a winner-take-all contest for the region crown as Cosby hosts the Blue Devils this coming Thursday at Virgil Ball Stadium. After Hampton dropped down to 1A a season ago and dethroned the Eagles from atop the region, Cosby (8-1, 6-0) repaid the favor by eliminating the Bulldogs (6-3, 4-2) from title contention, setting up the de facto championship game versus Jellico (9-0, 6-0) in the regular-season finale and clinching a home first-round state playoff game in the process. “I’m just really proud of the kids,” said fourth-year Eagles head coach Levi Cooper. “We talk about it all the time, Friday night comes down to so much of how you prepare through the week. And,
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Oak Ridge’s big plays not enough in region loss
Two of the most spectacular plays by a high school receiver and punter in Tennessee this season weren’t enough to carry Oak Ridge to victory against Hardin Valley Academy in a key Region 2-6A showdown Friday night, Oct. 16. Despite those highlight-reel moments, the Wildcats fell 32-21 to the...
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More than a road | Farragut family works to preserve generations of history as new school brings change
Long before the neighborhoods, traffic and construction equipment, Boring Road was surrounded by open farmland. There were cows to milk, horses to ride and fields that stretched toward Kingston Pike. For generations of the Boring family, it was home. Today, much of that countryside has disappeared as Farragut has grown...
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MC welcomes Dr. Sarah Young and nine other faculty members
This year, MC has welcomed 10 new faculty to campus, including Dr. Sarah Young in the Education department. Young discussed her background and journey to MC: “Getting into education started in my undergrad work. I was taking a psychology class, and I did an internship with the college’s early childhood development group, which was for preschool. I didn’t really know what I wanted to do when I went to school, but after I did that internship, I loved it.
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Community School of the Arts Begins a New Chapter After 34 Years
It’s Tuesday afternoon, and little snatches of music drift through the otherwise quiet halls of Church Street United Methodist: a piano melody that starts out haltingly but gradually finds its footing, the bright tinkling of triangles in a percussion circle, stray notes escaping from the classrooms. Meanwhile, in an art room, a group of students is so engrossed in their work that no one even lifts their head when I start taking photos.