Seymour-Carter

Seymour outscores Carter 18-3 to end game, winning district consolation game 85-60

BY BRIAN HAMILTON SEYMOUR – Seymour led Carter throughout most of the game, building a 17-point lead early in the fourth quarter before Carter used a 7-0 run to cut the deficit to 10. The Eagles would answer by closing the game on an 18-3 run to win 85-60 and claim a 3-seed in the region tournament. “I didn’t want to blow a timeout at that time, because I think that’s going to help us later on, that adversity, that chaos right there,” Seymour coach Clint Sharp said. “I called one (timeout), but they still went on a run, so …

Austin-East vs Seymour

Austin-East wins double-overtime thriller over Seymour in district semis

BY BRIAN HAMILTON SEYMOUR – Austin-East and Seymour battled it out Saturday night for the third time in eight days and the result was no different — a hard fought slugfest where neither team deserved to lose. Seymour took the first game last Friday night 50-45, and Austin-East won the second game at home 69-66 last Monday night. On Saturday, the teams battled back and forth and it took two overtimes to declare a winner. The Roadrunners missed a potential game-winner in regulation, but down three in the first overtime, Antonio Stewart nailed a three to force double overtime. Austin-East …

Cocke-Seymour

Cocke County uses 20-0 run to take down Lady Eagles and advance to district title

BY BRIAN HAMILTON SEYMOUR – Cocke County used an early 20-0 run to jump out on Seymour and never looked back, as the Lady Red defeated the Lady Eagles 56-20 en route to their third consecutive district title game. “Everybody is zero and zero right now,” Cocke County coach Boddie Bible said after the game. “Everybody wants to beat the number one seed coming and we’ve played here a couple of weeks ago and Seymour played us a good game. I challenged them to guard and we guarded phenomenally tonight. We fouled them a few too many times on jump …

Smoky Mountain Sports Boys Top 10 Rankings (2/15/26)

Bearden (30-1, 12-0 Class 4A District 4) Maryville (24-3, 6-0 Class 4A District 2) Alcoa (15-11, 8-0 Class 3A District 5) Fulton (18-8, 9-1 Class 3A District 3) Gatlinburg-Pittman (20-4, 8-0 Class 2A District 2) Sevier County (15-7, 4-2 Class 4A District 2) Lakeway Christian (20-9, 14-2 Division II East Region District 1) Seymour (18-7, 7-2 Class 3A District 3) Austin-East (15-11, 7-2 Class 3A District 3) Farragut (21-9, 9-3 Class 4A District 4)

Seymour vs Austin-East Boys

Seymour uses stifling defense to defeat Austin-East for first time in 21 years

BY BRIAN HAMILTON SEYMOUR – Austin-East and Seymour played on Friday night for the first time since November 2009, but it felt like the two teams were heated district rivals who have played twice annually for the last 20 years. Austin-East came into the contest having won the last 11 against the Eagles, but none of that mattered to Seymour, since most members of this year’s team were just being conceived in 2009. None were alive the last time Seymour defeated Austin-East on February 22, 2005. That win was the only time the Eagles have defeated the Roadrunners this century, …