Bryson City - Christmas was not kind to the Maroon Devil basketball team.  The senior laden Devils were a preseason pick to finish near the top of the tough Smoky Mountain Conference.  For their pair of games on Friday and Saturday the Devils were without 5 players, who were out injured, including 3 starters.  Without two of their top three scorers … [Read more...]

Bryson City - Smoky Mountain used a 7-0 run over the final 3 minutes of the game to pull away and take a 71-64 win.  Home standing Swain, after trailing for much of the game, charged back to tie the score at 56 with 6 minutes remaining in the game.  Following a Nick Millsaps lay in the Maroon Devils took a brief 58-56 lead.  Then Bradley Vestal hit … [Read more...]