Bryson City - The visiting Hayesville Yellow Jackets used a strong 3rd quarter to pull away from Swain and take an 81-51 conference win.  Hayesville senior Dwain Cook led all scorers with 19 points to go along with 10 rebounds.  For the Maroon Devils it was the Jackets trapping defense that gave them fits in the 2nd half and allowed Hayesville to … [Read more...]

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...]