Boyd-Buchanan coach Grant Reynolds said during the week that staying on the positive side in turnovers would be paramount in Friday’s Class 2A high school football quarterfinal against Cascade. His team overdid it.

Ooltewah High School senior Sara Kelley signed scholarship papers Friday morning to continue her softball career at Carson-Newman College.

Boyd-Buchanan's defensive backs are ready to play Cascade right now. They were ready Wednesday. Actually they were ready before that. Wednesday was the day one of them exclaimed, "This is what we've been waiting for all year!"

For the last decade or so, what Boyd-Buchanan has been able to accomplish offensively can be directly linked to the quarterback position. In keeping with the theme, the 2009 Buccaneers' offensive success has been determined almost literally as Crowe flies.

Red Bank's Keon Williams went from averaging less than 2 yards per carry on his first-half touchdown runs to averaging 44 on his second-half TD runs. In all there were six -- the key reason the Lions are advancing to a Class 4A high school football state quarterfinal.

Brainerd's passing game is in good hands -- 10 or more of them, at least.

Brittany Hoffman's perfectly placed shot provided the perfect ending to a near-perfect season.

Brittany Hoffman scored both goals, the difference-maker coming with 1:44 to play, and Christian Academy of Knoxville defeated Notre Dame 2-1 in the Class A/AA girls' high school soccer final Saturday afternoon at GPS.

In what many may have projected to be at least a quarterfinal matchup, Farragut defeated host Ooltewah 24-7 on Friday in a first-round game in the Class 6A high school football state playoffs.

Usually when athletic teams are placed in a playoff bracket, those that win and move on tend to face tougher competition next time out.