Sports
September 9, 2026 by Jake Nichols
KNOXVILLE — Zoi LeCours thought someone was right behind her.
The Farragut senior was happy to be wrong.
On Saturday, Sept. 5, LeCours crossed the finish line 12.7 seconds ahead of CAK’s Sophie Lee, claiming first place in the girls 5k portion of the Victor Ashe Fall Classic to open her senior year.
“It was kind of crazy,” said LeCours, who clutched her trophy mere moments after her finish of 19 minutes, 2.61 seconds. “The whole race, I was just on everyone’s tail. Then I passed a CAK girl on the last hill, and I could have sworn she was right behind me. But everyone said I won by like a mile. I was kind of in shock but really happy about it.”
The individual title made for a strong start
for FHS, which claimed third placed in boys and girls team results with scores of 153 and 103, respectively.
“We talked before the race, and that was obviously the goal,” FHS coach Garrett Jones added. “Hardin Valley, West and Maryville have a lot of good runners, too, and we wanted to go out and be competitive. She put together a good race plan, battled hard and came home with it. We’re super proud of her, and now we’re chasing Gina Rouse’s record.”
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September 9, 2026 by Jake Nichols
The Farragut golf team has seen plenty of success throughout this regular season.
But last Thursday, Sept. 3, was even more special.
The Admirals defeated Bearden by 16 strokes, 160-176, while the Lady Ads outshot the Lady Dawgs by 20 strokes (79 to 99).
Farragut senior Quinn Beck led all participants with a 37 — good for 1-over through nine holes at Fox Den Country Club — to pace the Admirals.
Meanwhile, classmate Harper Holmes finished one shot behind Beck to lead her group with a 38.
“Quinn, he’s one of our more steady players,” Farragut coach Ryan Mahoney said. “He’s always in the top one or two, just depends how his putter is working that day. He’s really been playing well the last couple days. He shot 1-under at Cherokee, and it’s fun to see.“
“Then Harper had a couple rough rounds early in the year, but she has really turned it around,” Mahoney added. “She shot 2-over including a double-bogey so really a solid round of golf.”
Oliver Gerwin and Brady Beaver shot 40 apiece for the Ads while Will Feehan finished with a 43 with a 45 from Bryce Coulter. Behind Holmes, Sophie Williams shot a 41 with Olivia Coleman notching 45.
Bearden’s J.D. Chapman led the Dawgs with a 41, followed by Aiden Morgan and Karson Messer with 43 apiece. Heath Kolar rounded out their top scores with a 49.
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September 9, 2026 by Alan Sloan, Special to farragutpress
While key pressbox personnel in Eddie Courtney Stadium apparently will be unconvinced in their location — if not exposed to rain — in working home games of the 2026 season for the Farragut High School football team, certain boosters likely will face the same unconvince when Admirals kick it off each Friday they play at home.
Why? Three pressbox-adjacent awnings had to be removed by order of Knox County Schools, which happened because “Knox County hires inspectors, structural engineers every two or four years to periodically inspect bleachers. When they came (in late June) there was a problem,” FHS principal Dr. Jon Bartlett said.
The awnings were made out of “aluminum and metal roofing,” and they were installed “above the press box, I think it was 2020-2021 (school year) to protect coaches… on the two sides I think it was probably 2024 when they were to protect people from the weather,” which Bartlett added was a “good place for our Quarterback Club to go up there and sit; and it was overflow (seating) for the pressbox personnel” given the stadium’s “pressbox can only hold 20 or 21 people in there by the order of the fire marshal… you’ve got 50 or 75 people that need to be dealing with pressbox duties.”
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September 9, 2026 by Jake Nichols
Last Friday, Sept. 4, Geoff Courtney posed a question in the east end zone of Eddie Courtney Stadium.
His team’s 30-7 loss to Upperman glowed on the distant scoreboard, and Courtney wanted to know how his team would answer.
“We’ve had as tough of a stretch as anybody around,” he said. “What is that going to make us; how are we going to respond?”
The Admirals (0-3) will have a chance to answer that question this week, as they travel to Bradley Central (1-2) for their Region 2-6A opener on Friday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m.
“Just like I know they will,” Courtney said when asked about his team’s response. “They’re a tough group, and they’ve responded every time in the offseason and throughout the summer.”
Farragut will be taking on a Bears team that stormed back to beat Hardin Valley 43-40 last week. But aside from the opposing team’s film, the Ads also can glean several lessons from their own output against Upperman in their home opener.
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September 9, 2026 by Jake Nichols
Over Labor Day weekend, there were plenty of wild college football matchups to enjoy.
But last Friday, Sept. 4, a notable slate of high school football games shook up the How the West was Won rankings, too.
Christian Academy of Knoxville remained unbeaten with a 31-14 trouncing of Notre Dame, as junior quarterback Seaton Moffett went 11-for-15 for 157 yards and one passing touchdown. He added eight touches for 86 rushing yards and one score, while Isaac Kannah took the ball 18 times for 152 yards and a touchdown.
Marvin Wyrosdick led the Warriors with eight tackles. Wyatt Howard added seven more tackles with one pass breakup, an interception and a defensive touchdown. Up next, the Warriors will face Oneida this week.
Catholic gutted out a 21-20 comeback win over Lipscomb Academy in Nashville. The Irish trailed by 14-0 after a lightning delay, but they thundered back with a pair of scores from Kruise Buntyn. He scored on runs of two and 27 yards — the second of which brought KCHS within six at 20-14 with less than four minutes left.
Buntyn followed with a 34-yard catch to put the Irish at the Lipscomb 4-yard-line with less than a minute left, and Ryheem Lee zipped into the end zone to cap an 80-yard drive for the win.
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September 9, 2026 by Bill Howard, Correspondent
It was a hard-fought district-opening battle between volleyball rivals Farragut and Hardin Valley last Thursday night, Sept. 3, at HVA.
In the end, the Lady Hawks came away with a 3-0 win. The set scores were 25-11, 25-22, and 25-18. HVA improved its season record to 11-2, (1-0 District 4, Region 2)
Hardin Valley coach Eric Boden was happy with his girls’ overall play.
“I was really pleased with our defense and blocking,” he said. “We talked a lot about the game plan in our Wednesday practice and talked about what we wanted to do as a team. I thought our team went out and executed really well. We dug a lot of balls, stayed in system and served tough. We really wanted to get Farragut out of rhythm and put pressure on their passers.”
“The first set was pretty bad but the last two were close,” said FHS coach Whitney Lee. “I was pleased that we made adjustments through the match, but none of us were pleased with the end result.”
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