King College recently opened up the new year with a game against North Greeneville (SC) on Wednesday, Jan. 3. Former Blue Devil, Logan Lyle, contributed five points and five rebounds in the 79-74 win to extend King’s record to (10-3) (2-0).
King wrapped up the weekend against Mount Olive College on Saturday, Jan.7, with a 80-60 win. Lyle chipped in two three-pointers during the win.
Alisha Mainer, a former Unicoi County High School Lady Devil and senior at Milligan College, had nine points and a team-high eight rebounds in the Lady Buffaloes’ win over Bryan College on Saturday, Jan. 7, in Dayton, Tn. More...
Updated January 10, 2012 04:55:23 PM
Alumni football coming to Erwin this spring
Dust off your old cleats! Alumni football is coming to Erwin.
Gridiron Alumni is planning several full contact alumni football games. Gridiron Alumni travels the nation pitting old football rivals against each other one more time.
Players are needed to sign up and the first 40 players on each team get to play. The team that gets 30 people registered first gets home field advantage. More...
Updated January 10, 2012 04:45:09 PM
Junior varsity squad stumbles early in new year
The Unicoi County High School junior varsity Blue Devils (7-7) (1-2) recently got back into the swing of things after not playing a game since participating in the Bluff City junior varsity tournament held at Sullivan East during the month of December.
The Devils encountered some turbulence against Happy Valley’s junior varsity squad on Friday, falling in a close 45-40 game which saw the Devils rally late behind the three-point shooting of Taylor Lafever, who finished with 15 points, all from behind the arc.
“The past two games we’ve just been out hustled,” coach Michael Smith said after the game. “We just haven’t got back to the way we played when we played in the tournament over at Sullivan East.” More...
Updated January 10, 2012 04:59:55 PM
Middle school teams split series with Hilltoppers to open new year
Starting the new year with a game in Erwin was an ideal situation for coach Kerri King’s Unicoi County Middle School Lady Devil varsity squad, with her girls claiming their tenth win of the season by taking down the Science Hill Lady Hilltoppers by the score of 53-29 during middle school action in Unicoi County last Thursday.
Hannah Rice led the offensive efforts for the middle school Lady Devils, draining 17 points in the win. Abbey True followed right behind in double figures with a 10-point performance. Deah Seward continued right behind with a nine-point game. Keelie Hall and Haley Peterson chipped in five points each. Ashlie Padgett, Neelee Griffith and Ashley Edwards tallied in the final points with four, two and one point each respectively.
The Blue Devil squad traveled to Johnson City and fell to the eighth grade Hilltoppers, who extended their record to 13 wins. More...
Updated January 10, 2012 04:59:26 PM
Winning Streak Continues
Chemistry is a key component of athletics which involves how a team reacts with one another and the style of play they can bring into a game.
The chemistry built up by the Unicoi County High School Blue Devil basketball team (16-3) (2-1) will play a significant role in where they’ll finish at the end of the regular season.
The Devils began developing new chemistry during last week’s slate of games due to some different players getting inserted into new roles after two players recently left the team. More...
Updated January 10, 2012 04:58:43 PM
Victory gives Lady Devils top spot in conference
Coach Josh Epperson’s team had the perfect medicine for the losing streak that hit them during the final week on 2011: win two games by considerable margins.
Unicoi County (14-5) (3-0) took over sole possession of the top spot in the Three Rivers Conference by knocking off Happy Valley, who was 2-0 in the conference prior to the game, on Friday with a 68-35 win.
The Lady Warriors stuck around at the end of the first half, trailing only by seven. But in the second half the Lady Devils would hold the home team in check with a fiery defensive effort that allowed only eight points in third. At the same time, the Lady Devils doubled their 24-point total from the second quarter to 48 points by the end of the third quarter. More...
