4A football, to your new nightmare. Last year's 4A state champions, Pearl-Cohn, took notice when Alcoa made the jump. Firebirds coach Tony Brunetti talked with Nix the day Alcoa's proposal was ...

"You never know in those situations when someone's a sitting head coach," Batten said. "I talked about our vision ... engineering Class 3A back-to-back state runner-up finishes in 2021 and 2022, ...

Ryan Colins, Alcoa, boys head basketball coach GATLINBURG-PITTMAN (18-6, 4-4): Quinn Koykendall 13, Wade Whaley 9, Jeremiah Anderson 8, Devon Winder 7, Craig Huskey 6, Ethan Sorhn 2; HIGHLANDERS 45.