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Blount Press Row is a new website and Blog created to once again give attention to Blount County Sports. Stefan Cooper Editor
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11/09/2026

Friday was both good and bad in The Village.

The good news was Eagleton College and Career Academy routed West Greene in a Class 2A playoff opener to advance. The bad news for the Royals was the loss of starting running back Kingston Burns-Jenkins for the rest of the season with a broken arm.

Click over to https://blountpressrow.com and see "Better, Faster, Stronger" for our recap. Go Royals!

11/02/2026

Alcoa waited 12 months for another shot at Anderson County and the Region 2-4A championship. When the moment finally arrived, the Tornadoes didn't waste the opportunity.

Click over to https://blountpressrow.com and see "Pound The Rock" for a BPR short film of a big night at Goddard Field. The national anthem was an absolute smash!

10/19/2026

Some unfortunate Eagleton penalties negated some of his most impressive runs, but there was no mistaking what running back Kingston Burns-Jenkins was adding to the Royals' looming postseason hopes with a strong night on Friday.

Eagleton routed Polk County on "KBJ Day" in The Village on Friday. Click over to https://blountpressrow.com, check out the video and see what we mean.

Nice work, Kingston.

09/28/2026

Eagleton has some things to fix on offense, but the Royals look ready defensively for a big visit from region leader Tellico Plains on Friday.

Click over to https://blountpressrow.com and see "Rumble in The Village" for a look back at an Eagleton/Greenback clash that went down to the wire on Friday.

09/14/2026

Three weeks after the high schools had their turn, the Alcoa Middle and Maryville Junior High football teams staged their annual battle of Pistol Creek.

The unbeaten Tornadoes had some real monsters on the defensive side of the ball, and it proved decisive. Click over to https://blountpressrow.com and see "Jurassic" for a recap of the action. The high schools in both camps have some big things on the way.

09/03/2026

Some big news out of Jefferson City over the past week as two Blount Countians got the start for Carson-Newsman in its season opener with Tiffin last Thursday.

One of the two, redshirt freshman and former Alcoa Tornado Eli Graf, tacked on an achievement we've never seen before. Click over to https://blountpressrow.com and see "Doubling Down" to learn more.

Congrats, Caleb and Eli. Go Eagles!

05/18/2026

Alcoa opens against Liberty Creek at the Class AAA state softball tournament on Tuesday in Murfreesboro.

The Lady Tornadoes have displayed remarkable versatility in this year's postseason run. Click over to https://blountpressrow.com and see "The Everything Store" for a recap of the dismantling of Watertown in Saturday's sectional championship.

Hit and run, homers, ace pitching, they pretty much did it all.

05/15/2026

Update: The Alcoa/Watertown sectional championship softball game this afternoon at Dawn Marsh Field is at 3 p.m. instead of announced 1.

The Alcoa Lady Tornado softball team unleashed the full arsenal in a Region 3AAA championship game win over Soddy-Daisy earlier this week. Third baseman Grayson Burgess run ruled the Lady Trojans with a three-run shot in the Alcoa fifth.

You can check it out by clicking over to https://blountpressrow.com and having a look at "The Karate Kid."

The win moves the Lady Tornadoes into Saturday's sectional round, where they'll host Watertown at Dawn Marsh Field at 3 p.m. If you're up for a doubleheader, the Maryville Lady Rebels, the Region 1AAAA champions, host Knox West at John Sevier in a AAAA sectional at 7:30.

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