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Stott has assisted in UT ranking Top-5 nationwide
October 15, 2025 by Ken Lay, Correspondent
Knoxville — The University of Tennessee soccer team is in the midst of a historic 2025 season.
The Lady Vols have recorded 11 shutouts this season and are ranked in the top five in multiple collegiate women’s soccer polls.
Tennessee (11-1-2 overall, 5-1-1 in the Southeastern Conference) will continue to write its epic narrative as the campaign rolls on.
But one former local high school star has made some personal history in 2025.
Sophomore forward Alivia Stott has scored six goals this season, including five in one match.
Stott, an all-state player who won multiple district, region and state championships during her prep career at Bearden High School, scored five goals in the second half of the Lady Vols’ 9-0 victory over Eastern Kentucky on Aug. 16 at Regal Soccer Stadium.
She shares a single-game scoring record with Allison Campbell, who accomplished the same feat in 1998.
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October 15, 2025 by Ken Lay, Correspondent
After earning the No. 4 seed in the District 4-AAA Tournament, the Farragut High School girls soccer team opened postseason play on Saturday afternoon.
And for the second consecutive year, the Lady Admirals began the district tournament with a victory over Maryville.
Farragut notched a 2-0 victory over the Lady Rebels at Farragut Soccer Stadium.
This marked the second consecutive year the Lady Admirals blanked Maryville to open postseason play. FHS eliminated the Lady Rebels with a 1-0 victory in last season’s district tournament.
Farragut also defeated Maryville, 4-0, earlier this season, but Lady Ads’ coach Jessie Stephens Burkhart said nothing in the district ever comes easily.
“Everything in our district is hard, hard, hard,” Burkhart said. “We played well (in the tournament quarterfinals).
“(Goalkeeper) Emery Wylie had a clean sheet.”
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October 15, 2025 by Ken Lay, Correspondent
Sevierville — Two area high school golf teams won state championships last week.
The Hardin Valley Academy boys and Christian Academy of Knoxville girls claimed state titles while the HVA girls posted a runner-up finish.
The Hawks won their first Division I Class AA State Championship in school history.
Eli Glenn led the Hawks with a two-day, 36-hole total of 141 and rebounded in the second round with a score of 68 after shooting 73 on the first day of the tournament.
Hunter Mousa had a two-round total of 143 for Hardin Valley, which won the tournament with a team score of 519. Conner Williams and Jacob Sheffield each carded a two-day total of 144, while Arjun Patel finished with a 148 to round out the scoring for the Hawks.
Bearden High’s Charlie Culbertson posted a second-place individual finish with a score of 140, two shots behind Low Medalist Cody Walter of Walker Valley.
Hardin Valley girls take second in Class AA: The Lady Hawks, who came in third last season, posted a runner-up finish in 2025.
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October 15, 2025 by Ken Lay, Correspondent
Gatlinburg — Concord Christian School notched another victory last week in its first full varsity football season in nearly a decade.
The Lions shut out the Georgia Force, 35-0, Saturday afternoon at Gatlinburg-Pittman High School.
The Force is a team comprised of home-schooled athletes from the Atlanta Area.
Concord coach Steve Matthews wasn’t quite sure what to expect heading into the contest, but he was pleased with the Lions’ performance in the victory.
“Our guys played really well,” Matthews said after watching his team improve to 4-3 on the season. “We’re going to keep working and keep getting better in practice.”
Quarterback Kohbe Ward was perfect through the air as he completed 8-of-8 passing attempts for 197 yards. He also hurled four touchdown passes.
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October 15, 2025 by Bill Howard, Correspondent
In the second round of the District 4-3A Volleyball Tournament at Maryville High School last Tuesday night, Farragut High School faced top-seeded and undefeated (in the district) William Blount High School.
Two things resulted from that match: the Lady Governors showed why they’re the best team in the District, and the Lady Admirals showed why no team should ever look past them.
Blount won the match three sets to one. But all four sets were close, and, according to FHS coach Andre Alves, his girls might well have won the fourth.
“You know, we could have had that last set,” Alves said. “We gave them a run; we fought hard. I’m proud of the product we put out there.”
In the first set, WB built a 9-3 lead, then traded points with FHS to a 25-19 win. An 11-3 run by the Lady Governors midway through the second set led to a 25-20 set win, and a two-sets-to-none lead.
Down 14-12 in the third, FHS won six of the next seven to lead 18-15. Blount scored three straight to tie it, but the Lady Admirals won seven of the final 11 to take the set 25-22.
Each team had scoring streaks in the final set: 5-1 by WBHS to open the set, five in a row by FHS followed by five in a row by Blount. When the Lady Admirals scored four straight late in the set, it was tied at 19
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October 15, 2025 by Bill Howard, Correspondent
After winning its first two matches in the District 4-3A Volleyball Tournament, Hardin Valley Academy had to face top-seeded and undefeated (in the district) William Blount High School.
The Lady Governors took the match three sets to none, sending the Lady Hawks into the losers’ bracket where they had to face Maryville High School Thursday night to stay alive. Two nights earlier, HVA beat the Lady Rebels in four sets in the second round.
Thursday night turned out to be revenge night for MHS. After winning the first set 25-20, HVA dropped the next three, by scores of 25-19, 25-22, and 25-15.
“After that first set, I thought we had some really good momentum and were gonna propel in, and Maryville made a few adjustments and served tougher against us,” HVA coach Eric Boden said. “Maryville’s a really good team.”
The Lady Hawks led 7-2 and 12-6 in the first set. Four in a row by MHS kept it close, but HVA then won 10 of the next 15, and closed it out from there.
It was tied at 10 in the second set when the Lady Rebels ran off five straight. Two more runs of four straight — the second when leading 21-17 —were instrumental in taking the set.
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