The Seymour Lady Eagles dropped to 2-3 on the season after Tuesday’s loss at much improved Sevier County.

The Bearettes appear to be a team on the rise under head coach Billy Ward.

Seymour head coach Ed Irvin took his two-time defending district champion Lady Eagles to face the Bearettes on Tuesday and, to say the least, the veteran prep volleyball coach came away from the intra-county match impressed with AAA Bearettes.

Seymour, an A/AA volleyball program, was handed 25-12, 25-19 and 25-21 losses in the best of five match. The Lady Eagles held on for their only win, 25-23, in the third game of the match but Sevier County rallied back to win the fourth and final game 25-21 to take the match.

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