MORRISTOWN — IMAC Conference, welcome to Sevier County.

The Seymour Eagles defeated the Morristown West Trojans Tuesday night 6-2, guaranteeing the 2-AAA District Baseball Tournament would be played in its entirety in Sevier County.

Not bad for the two local teams’ first year in the Inter-Mountain Athletic Conference.

The Bears and Eagles finished one and two in the district’s regular season, thanks to both teams’ wins Tuesday night.

“We knew if we won tonight we’d host, but if we lost we could fall all the way to fourth,” Seymour coach Scott Norman said. And they played like it.

The Eagles jumped out to a 6-0 lead over the homestanding Trojans, thanks to big hits from sophomore Ben Whisler and junior Logan Sawyer.

Whisler had a three-run double in the second inning to push the squad up 3-0, while Sawyer delivered a two-RBI hit in the fourth as part of a three-run rally.

The six runs were plenty for Seymour’s army of pitchers, who held the Trojans to just one earned run.

“We came up here and we more or less did a committee type-thing,” Norman said on the Eagles’ pitching approach.

“(Corbin) Weaver threw an inning and he did well. We went to (Brandon) Timmerman, he had a five-pitch inning and a 10-or-12 pitch inning, then we went to freshman Hunter Neff, who came in and got them for an inning.

“We tried to get him into the fifth, but he walked the lead-off hitter so we went to (Keegan) Newport,” Norman said.

Newport closed the door to earn Seymour the win, and he’ll still be ready for the district tournament.

“Newport can throw on two days rest, and he’s going to kind of be our closer,” Norman said.

The Eagles will host one side of the 2-AAA tournament bracket, and will open with an 8 p.m. game at Don Doyle Field against seven-seeded Cherokee.

Jefferson County and Morristown West will play in the site’s early game, which begins at 5:30 p.m.

The winners of each side of the double-elimination bracket will play at Sevier County High School next Wednesday at 6 p.m. for the tournament championship.