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 …

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South-Doyle pummels Gibbs in season finale 45-7

BY BRIAN HAMILTON KNOXVILLE – South-Doyle ended the season with a statement, defeating Gibbs 45-7 after dropping back-to-back games to rivals Central Knox and Carter. “We had a great meeting on Monday and talked about how this game was do or die,” South-Doyle head coach Carter Duncan said.” The Cherokees jumped out to a quick 21-0 lead after one quarter, behind three Shawn Gary touchdown runs of 5, 11, and 2 yards. Martin faked a handoff to Gary and went into the end zone untouched to put South-Doyle in front 28-0 with 5:16 remaining in the first half. South-Doyle held …

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South-Doyle falls to rival Central Knox 35-21

BY BRIAN HAMILTON KNOXVILLE – It was Thursday Night Rivals. It was South-Doyle’s homecoming. It was also wet, as both teams battled heavy rain throughout the game. The rain let up just enough for the homecoming court to remain dry at halftime, but started back heavy in the second half. Central Knox was able to take advantage of South-Doyle miscues and take a 35-21 win back to Knoxville against its traditional rival. The Cherokees got off to a quick start against the Bobcats, as running back Shawn Gary ran 60 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage. …

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South-Doyle takes down Fulton 43-21 after slow start

BY BRIAN HAMILTON KNOXVILLE – Shawn Gary and Nick Martin answered the call for South-Doyle on Friday night. The Cherokees were coming off back-to-back losses after a 4-0 start, and after a slow start to Friday’s contest, the two leaders were not going to watch their team’s season go down in flames at Fulton by losing three straight. South-Doyle would score 30 consecutive points in the first half, cruising to a 43-21 win that was never really in doubt in the second half. The Falcons took an early 7-0 lead when quarterback Raysean Jackson hit Marcellus Jackson for a 6-yard …