As high school football teams across Tennessee work toward resolving on-the-field questions before the season kicks off, most coaches are cautiously optimistic that the newly tweaked playoff format will do away with the confusion of last year’s system.

What started as a fun idea has turned into a tradition and the one event I get asked about more than any other that I cover.

High school football teams across Tennessee begin practicing in pads today for the season which kicks off August 20. Teams in Georgia and Alabama will begin full-pads practice soon after and with just weeks remaining before opening kickoff, here are five key questions to be answered this season:

I’ve let it be known through the years when I thought the TSSAA has made poor decisions — like moving Spring Fling to Memphis and taking the state football championships to Cookeville. Those are two decisions I still think caused a step backward in facilities and atmosphere for the athletes involved.

The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association voted Wednesday to implement a new concussion policy beginning immediately.

Despite running one of the most successful prep programs in the area, Steven Roberts has been fired as baseball coach at Marion County High School.

Months before the first snap of his junior season, Chad Voytik already had a football scholarship offer from a Southeastern Conference program.

The Tennessee Sports Writers Association has released three of its spring sports all-state lists, with 27 area players among those who were honored.

After more than four hours of competition among 11 football teams from area high schools, the second annual 7-on-7 passing scrimmage at Signal Mountain came down to the final play of the day Saturday.