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A Hardin Valley state title ‘is not in the bag’

by design | Nov 1, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams Did Hardin Valley Academy’s cross country team show some chink in its armor with the TSSAA state championships coming up? Andrew Shultz, a senior member of the team, wasn’t pleased with the Hawks’ overall performance in the Region 2 Large Class meet...

Central starts slow, storms back to defeat Gibbs, 34-23

by design | Nov 1, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Bill Howard Midway through the second quarter Friday night at Joel Helton Field, Knoxville Central High School had four possessions against regional rival Gibbs. The result? Two punts, a lost fumble, a missed field goal, and a 9-0 deficit on three Gibbs field...

The Knoxville Focus for October 26, 2020

by design | Oct 25, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Dwayne Sanders – Christian, coach, mentor – honored with gym dedication By Bill Howard If you didn’t know Dwayne Sanders, there are at least two things about him you can be sure of. The first is that he died way too young: he was 52 when he died of cancer in April of...

Lakeshore Park’s Master Plan approved

by design | Oct 25, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Knoxville’s largest and most popular park’s 2020 Master Plan was approved by the city council Tuesday with some requests and suggestions from nearby landowners. Lakeshore Park, the former site of the East...

Congressman Pat Sutton of Tennessee Part Two

by Ray Hill | Oct 25, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Pat Sutton, congressman from Tennessee’s Seventh District, had been renominated over a strong opponent in the 1950 election and reelected that fall. Clearly ambitious, Sutton, like several other Tennessee politicians, was carefully watching Tennessee’s...

CAK (9-0) gets first ‘title’ with 48-21 win over GCA

by design | Oct 25, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams The first of many possible titles this football season came CAK’s way Friday night. How does “Knox County’s only undefeated team” sound? Coupled with West’s first loss to Knoxville Catholic, Christian Academy of Knoxville earned that distinction with...

Farragut Middle repeats as MAC JV Champion

by design | Oct 25, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ken Lay The Middle-school Aged Conference has been sanctioning football for two years and the league already has a repeat champion. The Farragut Middle School junior varsity football team became the first squad to win back-to-back titles Thursday night. The...

Catholic and TKA were tough foes for state champs

by design | Oct 25, 2020 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams Knoxville Catholic and The King’s Academy followed somewhat similar paths in last week’s TSSAA state volleyball tournament at Murfreesboro. Both finished in third place and gave the eventual state champions their toughest competition. In its...

The Knoxville Focus for October 19, 2020

by design | Oct 18, 2020 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Senate candidate Bill Hagerty addresses Republicans at Lincoln Day Dinner By Ken Lay United States Senate candidate Bill Hagerty is on the campaign trail as the 2020 election cycle enters its home stretch. The former ambassador to Japan was in Knoxville early last...

Publisher’s Positions

by Steve Hunley | Oct 18, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Jacobs Chief of Staff Investigated Bryan Hair, Chief of Staff to Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, is under investigation, along with Paul White, Director of the county’s Parks & Recreation Department. That is according to a press release issued...