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 …
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 …
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 …
Top 10 After Three Weeks of Play
BY DANIEL SPARKMAN After three weeks, our number of unbeatens has dropped to five. This week we saw The King’s Academy and Morristown East both fall from the ranking following losses. Seymour and Grainger rejoin the Top 10 after improving to 2-1 on the season. Lakeway Christian Academy has made it to Week 4 unbeaten and has sprung out to an incredible start for the three-year old program. Here is our Week 3 Top 10: Alcoa (3-0) Maryville (3-0) Sevier County (3-0) Morristown West (3-0) Jefferson County (2-1) Lakeway Christian (3-0) Gatlinburg-Pittman (2-1) South-Doyle (2-1) Seymour (2-1) Grainger (2-1)
Week 2 Top 10
BY DANIEL SPARKMAN Our Top 3 stay the same after Week 2. A serious of losses changes the rest of the pack, we see Carter, Pigeon Forge and Grainger fall from the Top 10 and The King’s Academy rejoin with newcomers South-Doyle and Morristown East. South-Doyle finished the 2021 season at 6-5 after making it to the First Round of the Class 4A State Playoffs. They enter our Top 10 after a solid victory at Grace Christian – Knoxville. Morristown East finished last season at just 2-8, they enter our Top 10 after a win over Knoxville Halls and their …