Opening Week of Baseball Season
March 12, 2020
Baseball season is back. The Ads started their season this week at West. The season opener was a nail biter that ended up in Farragut losing to West 2-0. On the mound for the Ads was Tennessee signee, Drew Patterson. He threw four shutout innings only giving up two hits five strikeouts and gave up zero runs. ...
Upcoming Champions League Fixtures
March 9, 2020
Champions League is continuing this week with four new fixtures ready to kick off. The games this week include RB Leipzig vs. Tottenham, Valencia vs. Atalanta, PSG vs. Dortmund, and Liverpool vs. Atletico Madrid. The host cities for these matches are Leipzig, Germany; Valencia, Spain; Paris, France; and Li...
Anticipation for Farragut’s Upcoming Baseball Season
March 5, 2020
As we approach the start of the baseball season, the baseball team of Farragut High School has been doing much to prepare. They are conditioning, scrimmaging, and creating a unified team. Farragut’s baseball team has a very difficult task, upholding their deferent reputation and glorious victories. The Far...
Knoxville’s New Urban Wilderness Gateway Park Project
Ellyx Martinez and Christian Rees
March 4, 2020
To many residents of downtown Knoxville, the Urban Wilderness is a staple of the blend between city and backcountry that makes Knoxville such a distinct place to live. Back in 2015, the the city of Knoxville won a $100,000 grant that solidified Baker Creek as the center point for the Urban Wilderness ...
Boys Lacrosse Team Obliterates Opponent in First Game
Alexis Masengill and Dylan Edrada
February 27, 2020
With spring quickly approaching, it means the end of basketball season, and the beginning of new seasons. Baseball, boys and girls lacrosse, boys soccer, and track are all starting their seasons with fresh minds and hope for success. So far, Farragut athletics has been extremely successful. The boys ...
Evolution of John Fulkerson
Joshua Jarnagin and Will Stevens
February 24, 2020
Tennessee Men’s Basketball has had many polarizing players to come through it’s program. From Grant Williams, Admiral Schofield, Bernard King, and Dale Ellis, it is nothing new to have players that attract the media, but there is something different about one player that is on the roster this season. John...
Seniors Reflect on their Basketball Career
Will Stevens and Joshua Jarnagin
February 21, 2020
As the 2019-2020 Farragut High School Basketball season comes to a close we asked a couple of our senior boys how they feel like they did this past season, and over their career as a whole. We caught up with Noah Pack and Jack Wrapp, two senior guards who have played for Farragut all four years of their...
The XFL: The Newest Football League
Brandan Pierce and Nate Ernstberger
February 19, 2020
The XFL is a new professional football league made and run by Vince McMahon. This is the second time the XFL has been around; the first time it started on February 3, 2001 and ended 10 weeks later in 2001. With no success the first go around they are trying again in 2020 with 8 new teams. Lots of ex-NF...
National Signing Day
February 11, 2020
As the class of 2020’s last year of high school is coming to an end, the athletes of this class are making tough decisions of if and where they are going to continue their academic and athletic careers. On November 13th, twelve of Farragut’s student athletes signed to play at the collegiate level...
Super Bowl Showdown in Miami
George Evans and Matias Landau
February 4, 2020
This Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs faced off against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV. The Chiefs had previously won only one Super Bowl, Super Bowl IV. Half a century later they are back to try and secure another, but on the other side stand the 49ers with five previous Super Bowl victories.Â...
MLB Hit By Cheating Scandal
Eugene Lee, Writer
January 24, 2020
The MLB has been embroiled in a cheating scandal involving the Houston Astros as the team have been found guilty of using technology to steal pitching signs from opposing teams. Katherine Acquavella and RJ Anderson from CBS Sports reports that the Astros used the center field camera of Minute Maid Par...
Florida State Hires Mike Norvell
Frankie Musco, writer
December 19, 2019
Florida State Football has been through the ropes within the last couple of years. In the 2013-2014 season, FSU won the BCS National Title. In 2018, under first year Coach Willie Taggart, FSU did not even make a bowl game. Previous of that season, FSU has been bowl eligible to 36 straight years. To put th...
