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Jason Davis/The Mountain Press Seymour s Nick Smith, left, and Sevier County s Ross Heatherly were both listed on the Toyota East All-Star team roster, which was release Thursday. Local gridiron stars Heatherly and Smith tabbed for East-West All-Star Game
Two senior prep football players from Sevier County have been selected for the third-annual Toyota East versus West Tennessee All-Star Classic, the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association announced...
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Cobey Hitchcock/The Mountain Press Seymour senior guard Casie Cowan drives past G-P defenders and dishes a no-look pass to a teammate at the block during Monday’s county jamboree. The Lady Eagles lost 18-12 to the Lady Highlanders on Monday, but they turned things around on opening night with a big 64-46 win over visiting William Blount. Cowan had 14 points. Lady Eagles open season with big 64-46 win over WB
SEYMOUR — The Seymour Lady Eagles basketball team got off to a great start to the 2009-10 season on Tuesday night, taking down the William Blount Lady Governors 64-46. But it wasn’t all pretty f...
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Smoky Bears’ Farragut picks King College for baseball future
SEVIERVILLE — Michael Farragut is a renaissance man of sorts on the baseball field. Whether it be fielding the middle infield, batting for a high average at the plate or picking up a big win on ...
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Dakota Cogdill makes a move in the paint against South Greene. Bears, Bearettes split Hall of Fame games
SEVIERVILLE — The Smoky Bears Hall of Fame game home opener was a doozy Tuesday night. The Bears played a smart game, filled with grit and hustle to outlast the South Greene Rebels 71-66 in over...
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Cobey Hitchcock/The Mountain Press G-P senior Leah Bryan draws a foul on this play, driving to the basket against the Seymour Lady Eagles. G-P won the one-quarter scrimmage 18-12. Jamboree signals start to prep hoops season
PIGEON FORGE — With football season in the rearview mirror, basketball fans were fired up Monday night to see their hoops stars kick-off the season in style at the Sevier County Basketball Ja...
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Cobey Hitchcock/The Mountain Press G-P senior Colin Meier (21) couldn’t contain the edge against A-E’s Travious Blair (20) on this second-quarter play. G-P dreams dashed with 64-0 loss
KNOXVILLE — The Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders football team expected a battle, but what they got was a bad dream.
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Tigers hoping to achieve with homegrown talent
PIGEON FORGE ­— Everyone has already counted them out, except themselves.
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Cobey Hitchcock/The Mountain Press G-P junior guard Beka Owens (42) makes some moves toward the basket during practice this wee. The Lady Highlanders are looking to score more this season. Lady Highlanders try to be offensive in new district
GATLINBURG — The Gatlinburg-Pittman Lady Highlanders hoops squad wants to get offensive this season. After suffering through a 10-16 campaign a year ago — struggling to find any offensive compli...
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Sevier, Seymour place several on All-IMAC teams
Sevier County and Seymour had several players honored by the IMAC Conference Tuesday.
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Alex McCandless for Heisman
SEVIERVILLE — A week after getting the surprise news that he was a state finalist for the Wendy’s High School Heisman award, Alex McCandless got another surprise on Monday.
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