I have just heard that Morristown West (4-A) will be playing Swain County (1-A) from the Smoky Mountain Conference (SMC) in Western North Carolina. Does anyone know the date and place? I understand that Morristown West is a school with a great winning tradition In football. I'm afraid I don't know a great deal about the Eastern Tennessee schools but I will tell you what I know about the SMC.
From 1963 to present SMC schools own (36) state football titles (6 of which belong to Swain County). The most notable of the players from the SMC include Heath Shuler (Swain) and Carl Pickens (Murphy). You guys there in Volunteer Country may have heard of these two.
Meanwhile....back to the present, Swain returns almost all of it's defense and a pretty good stable of running backs. I don't think the QB situation has been worked out yet, but there are a couple of guys that look very promising. If the Devils don't get beat to death in the first four games (two 4-A teams, and two 3-A teams), they should do OK.
Somebody please send me directions on how to get there if the game is in Morristown!!