Practice in full pads for the Fulton Falcons begins on Monday, and as the anticipation of the season approaches, you will begin seeing more football season previews online, on the TV, and on the newsstands. The first preview article of the year is out on the Falcons thanks to Tyler Wombles of the UT Daily Beacon. You can read it here: Race for State: Falcons ready to reassert dominance. Thanks to the Daily Beacon for the coverage on high school football!
For many years, the gold standard of the Tennessee High School Football previews has been Murphy Fair's statewide publication. Murphy contacts every high school in the state, and the publication features a preview of almost every team statewide. Fulton QB Xavier Malone was named to his Class 5A Preseason All-State team. The magazine is no longer sold at a retail outlet in the Knoxville area, but information on ordering is available here: Murphy Fair's Tennessee High School Football
The oldest local magazine that covers area high school football is the Kick-Off magazine that is published by Sports Time Publishing. They are free and are usually available at Food City and other outlets around this time of year. I haven't seen this year's edition, but they are great collector's items.
New this year is the Gridiron Preview published by 1461 Media Productions. That company his headed up by former Fulton Football player Aaron Miller. We are excited about Aaron's new venture, and be looking for the magazine in a few weeks.
Don't forget that the annual News-Sentinel PrepXtra magazine will usually be released around the time of the jamboree. By the way, Fulton will face Hardin Valley in the 58th Annual Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic Kick-Off Classic at West on August 11th. Our friends at the Knox Focus always publishes an in-depth series of preview articles as well.
August 4th will be the date that the Northeast Tennessee Pigskin Preview will be released. It focuses on Region 1 teams, but there will some coverage of the Knoxville area. Xavier Malone and J'Coryan Anderson recently posed for this magazine picture.
Football time at Fulton is here! The Falcons will have their first scrimmage on August 1st at Anderson County.
