Preseason Girls Rankings 2023-24 Gatlinburg-Pittman (14) Bearden (6) Heritage The King’s Academy Sevier County Northview Academy Seymour Alcoa Farragut Jefferson County
Highlanders defeat West Greene 86-66 to earn berth in region semifinals
BY BRIAN HAMILTON GATLINBURG – The Highlanders withstood a scoring barrage by West Greene’s Leyton Frye, who finished with 33, to outlast and outscore the Buffaloes 86-66 and earn a berth in the regional semifinals next Tuesday. “We played them last year and he did the same thing last year,” Gatlinburg-Pittman head coach Rashid Moore said of Frye. “He had probably 25 or 30 last year against us. We watched their district consolation game quite a bit and I don’t know the point total, but he might have had 40. He scores at a really high rate, so the game …
Smoky Mountain Sports Girls’ Top 10 Basketball Rankings (2/16)
Alcoa (27-3) Gatlinburg-Pittman (22-5) Heritage (24-5) Seymour (22-9) Sevier County (21-7) Northview Academy (20-9) King’s Academy (20-9) Cocke County (18-10) Jefferson County (16-11) Morristown-West (16-10)
Smoky Mountain Sports Girls’ Top 10 Basketball Rankings (2/5)
Alcoa (24-2) Heritage (22-3) Gatlinburg-Pittman (20-5) Sevier County (20-6) Seymour (18-9) Northview Academy (18-8) Cocke County (16-9) King’s Academy (16-8) Maryville Christian (17-11) Morristown-West (14-10)
Smoky Mountain Sports Boys’ Top 10 Basketball Rankings (2/5)
William Blount (24-4) Alcoa (18-7) Gatlinburg-Pittman (18-5) King’s Academy (21-6) Carter (18-8) Maryville (16-10) Cocke County (16-9) Lakeway Christian (15-8) Morristown-East (12-9) Northview Academy (15-11)