Heritage-South Doyle

Heritage outscores South-Doyle 16-1 in fourth to win 57-29

BY BRIAN HAMILTON KNOXVILLE – It’s only been a few weeks since Heritage lost Aleyah Smyth — a key contributor on the 2025 state title team — to an ACL injury that ended her high school career. The Mountaineers have rallied, despite losing their senior leader, having won 4-of-5 games since, heading into Friday’s district matchup at South-Doyle. “It was tough the first few games,” Heritage head coach Rick Howard said of losing his senior guard. “Tonight, they played great together tonight and the chemistry was there. We’re not ready to peak yet, but we’ve got to just keep getting …

GP vs South-Doyle

South-Doyle hands Lady Highlanders second loss in TKA tri-match

BY BRIAN HAMILTON SEYMOUR – South-Doyle had to rally from a 25-23 loss to Gatlinburg-Pittman in the first set to win the second set 25-15 and the third set 15-7, but the Lady Kees overcame the deficit to win 2-1 and hand the Lady Highlanders an 0-2 start to the season. “We came in with one game plan and one girl said she didn’t feel good, so we were like, ‘if she goes down, we’ve got to switch things around,’ and that’s what happened that first game,” South-Doyle head coach Allison Jacobs said after the match. “She played through it …

Sevier County vs Warren County

Bearettes throttle South-Doyle in Winter Shootout

BY BRIAN HAMILTON SEVIERVILLE – South-Doyle had barely finished their pop-tarts and coffee before the Bearettes had jumped down their necks in a 10 a.m. tip Friday morning. Sevier County scored early and often, en route to a 75-19 thumping of the Lady Kees. “We always want all the teams to have a good experience,” Sevier County coach Jonathan Shultz said of the Winterfest Shootout tournament. “We want to bring in some big-time competition. We’ve got several teams in from out of the area who we don’t get to see very often and that’s what makes it neat.” South-Doyle is …

Daniel Tarwater

Sevier County downs Cherokees 83-51 in first round of Winter Shootout

BY BRIAN HAMILTON SEVIERVILLE – While Sevier County is severely limited due to injuries, from leading scorer Jett Sutton, to starting power forward Parker Newman, to defensive stalwart Roman Gibbons, among others, the Smoky Bears came out strong against South-Doyle on Friday afternoon. Sevier County took an early lead and never looked back, as the Smoky Bears shredded the Cherokees 83-51. South-Doyle played as tough as it could, given that Vito Henderson nailed six three-pointers, but it wasn’t quite enough to take down the Smoky Bears. “I don’t think we played to our capabilities today,” Sevier County coach Ken Wright …

South-Doyle vs Fulton

Historically bad shooting performance dooms Lady Kees in loss to Fulton

BY BRIAN HAMILTON KNOXVILLE – It might not be too rare to see a team go scoreless in the first quarter, but for a team to go scoreless in the first half and for almost three quarters, it is definitely a rarity. That’s what happened at Jody Wright Arena on Thursday night. The Lady Kees had multiple shots and layups that just seemed to either bounce or roll off the front rim. For most of the game, it appeared that there was some supernatural force diverting South-Doyle’s shots anywhere but through the net. Credit Fulton’s swarming defense just as much …