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Bearettes overcome early deficit to defeat Morristown East for 5th region championship in six years

BY BRIAN HAMILTON SEVIERVILLE – The last two meetings between Sevier County and Morristown East were in the district and region championship games last season, with the Lady Hurricanes winning both. TSSAA realignment moved Sevier County to District 2, while Morristown East stayed in Region 1, and the two teams had not met since. Bearettes coach Jonathan Shultz said that he was eager for the possibility of this matchup once he saw the region tournament brackets. “When the (regional) bracket came out and we were both the 1-seeds, I saw that there was a good opportunity for us to try …

Smoky Mountain Girls Basketball Top 10 Rankings (2/15/26)

Bearden (26-3, 12-0 Class 4A District 4) Cocke County (26-4, 10-0 Class 3A District 3) Gatlinburg-Pittman (23-3, 8-0 Class 2A District 2) Alcoa (20-7, 8-0 Class 3A District 5) Sevier County (18-5, 6-0 Class 4A District 2) The King’s Academy (23-8, 11-2 DII East Region District 1) Heritage (23-5, 6-2 Class 3A District 5) Northview Academy (20-5, 7-3 Class 3A District 3) Farragut (20-9, 10-2 Class 4A District 4) Morristown East (20-6, 6-2 Class 4A District 1)

Smoky Mountain Sports Girls Basketball Top 10 Rankings (2/8/26)

Cocke County (24-3, 9-0 Class 3A District 3) Bearden (23-3, 11-0 Class 4A District 4) Gatlinburg-Pittman (21-3, 6-0 Class 2A District 2) The King’s Academy (22-7, 11-2 Division II, Class A East Region District 1) Alcoa (19-6, 8-0 Class 3A District 5) Sevier County (14-5, 4-0 Class 4A District 2) Northview Academy (18-4, 6-2 Class 3A District 3) Morristown East (19-6, 5-2 Class 4A District 1) Heritage (21-5, 6-2 Class 3A District 5) Farragut (17-9, 9-2 Class 4A District 4)

Smoky Mountain Sports Girls Basketball Top 10 Rankings (2/1/26)

Cocke County (24-3, 9-0 Class 3A District 3) Bearden (21-3, 9-0 Class 4A District 4) The King’s Academy (20-6, 10-2 Division II, Class A East Region District 1) Alcoa (17-6, 6-0 Class 3A District 5) Northview Academy (17-3, 5-2 Class 3A District 3) Gatlinburg-Pittman (18-3, 5-0 Class 2A District 2) Morristown East (18-5, 4-1 Class 4A District 1) Sevier County (13-5, 3-0 Class 4A District 2) Heritage (19-5, 4-2 Class 3A District 5) Farragut (16-8, 9-1 Class 4A District 4)

Smoky Mountain Sports Girl’s Top-10 (11/26)

Week 2 Top-10 Rankings Gatlinburg-Pittman (5-0) (11) Bearden (4-0) (8) Heritage (5-0) (1) Sevier County (4-1) Northview Academy (4-1) Seymour (3-1) The King’s Academy (2-2) Farragut (4-2) Morristown East (4-1) Pigeon Forge (3-0)

Smoky Mountain Sports Girl’s Top-10 (11/19)

Week 1 Top-10 Rankings Gatlinburg-Pittman (2-0) (13) Bearden (1-0) (7) Heritage (2-0) Sevier County (2-0) Northview Academy (3-0) The King’s Academy (0-1) Seymour (2-0) Alcoa (2-1) Farragut (2-1) Morristown East (3-0)