Sevier County Archives

Bearettes mount fourth quarter rally to snap Cocke County win streak

BY BRIAN HAMILTON SEVIERVILLE – Sevier County defeated Maryville on Monday night to win Class 4A District 2 and followed that up on Tuesday night by mounting a furious fourth quarter rally to take down a Cocke County team that was ranked in the top-5 of Class 3A. The Bearettes trailed by three at the end of every quarter, except for the last one, coming away with a convincing 47-40 win. “They’re a really good team, so when you have the opportunity to make a play, you’ve got to make it, and in the fourth quarter, girls stepped up and …

Smoky Bears maul Fighting Cocks 74-39 on senior night

BY BRIAN HAMILTON SEVIERVILLE – Sevier County came into Tuesday night’s senior night looking to bounce back from a 57-37 district loss to Maryville on Monday night. Both teams battled throughout the first half, but the Smoky Bears outscored the Fighting Cocks 40-17 in the second half. Sevier County trailed 3-0 in the first minute, but would lead the rest of the way, bouncing back with a resounding 74-39 win. “We had chances last night, but I felt like we just didn’t play with the intensity that we needed to,” Sevier County head coach Ken Wright said about the Maryville …

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

Bearden (25-1, 9-0 Class 4A District 4) Maryville (19-3, 3-0 Class 4A District 2) Alcoa (14-9, 7-0 Class 3A District 5) Fulton (15-7, 9-0 Class 3A District 3) Austin-East (13-10, 5-1 Class 3A District 3) Gatlinburg-Pittman (16-4, 5-0 Class 2A District 2) Heritage (17-6, 4-2 Class 3A District 5) Sevier County (11-6, 2-1 Class 4A District 2) Farragut (18-7, 8-2 Class 4A District 4) Seymour (14-7, 3-2 Class 3A District 3)

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)

Sevier County sinks Admirals in BankFirst Classic

BY BRIAN HAMILTON JEFFERSON CITY – Sevier County wasted no time letting everyone know that 2024 wasn’t a fluke. On a rainy Saturday night in Burke-Tarr Stadium at Carson-Newman, the Smoky Bears dismantled a 6A Farragut team for a 27-7 win. “Farragut’s a good football program, we know their coach, we know their players and we knew nothing would be easy on either side of the ball, ” Sevier County head coach Todd Loveday said. “I felt like we played well. We played really mature, until we took what they gave us and capitalized a few times when we had …

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