BEARDEN — As Knoxville Catholic High School sophomore goalkeeper Xander Levins was preparing to leave for his team’s match Saturday afternoon, April 5, he told his parents not to bother coming.
A former Bearden High School star football player (Class of 1994) who was good enough to play college ball at Tennessee Tech (Class of 1998), Brad Taylor comes back home for a fourth time — beginning his second stint as Bulldogs football head coach in 2025.
“This is a new-old opportunity that I’m excited about, and I can’t wait to get started,” said Taylor, offensive coordinator at BHS from 2001 through 2004 who, after one season as an assistant coach at CAK, returned as offensive coordinator in 2006 before taking over as Bulldogs head coach in 2007.
“Classic” might be overused to describe ballgames, but it’s hard not to apply it to Hardin Valley Academy’s baseball game versus Farragut on FHS’s John Heatherly Field Monday, April 7.
With no outs in the bottom of the eighth, first baseman Travis Brummitt Jr. hit a fly ball to center field. It was deep enough to score pinch runner Eli Tittle from third, giving the Admirals a wild, come-from-behind 10-9 win.
The District 4-4A victory improved FHS’s record to 5-1 in district — avenging a 3-2 loss at HVA early in the season — 15-6 overall. The Hawks fell to the same 15-6 overall record, 4-1 in 4-4A.
At home on Bellamy Field against Knoxville Central High School Friday, April 4, Farragut’s softball team benefited from the axiom that “all runs count, no matter how they’re scored.”
The Lady Admirals jumped to a 5-0 lead in the first inning despite getting only two hits. Errors and shaky pitching by the Lady Bobcats contributed greatly to the five runs, and unfortunately for Central, lasted throughout the game.
