Hoops jamboree a success

Fourth-annual preseason basketball event raises over $2,200 for SHS assistant coach The fourth-annual Seymour High School Basketball Jamboree was a rousing success Monday night at the SHS gymnasium. Once again the proceeds raised during the evening’s festivities went to Lady Eagles’ assistant coach Dennis Berrier and his ongoing battle with cancer. Over $2,200 was reportedly raised for the cause at the event that featured a brief glimpse of all five county high school boys and girls teams in a one-quarter (12 minute) exhibition period. The boys and girls teams from the Berean Christian Academy were also on hand to compete in tip-off to the 2006/07 basketball season. At the halfway point of the night, a three-point contest and a slam-dunk contest was held to the delight of the crowd, made up largely with students from the participating schools. Some interesting contests involving the county team are scheduled to take place in the coming days with several Hall of Fame games. Caption: Sevier County High School senior James Feezel claimed the county slam dunk contest Monday at the preseason jamboree, displaying an array of high-flying dunks including a backwards, two-handed jam thrown off the backboard in the finals to take the top prize. Caption: All of the prep basketball squads in Sevier County converged at Seymour High School Monday night for the fourth-annual preseason jamboree that the school holds to help raise money for assistant Lady Eagles coach Dennis Berrier and his ongoing battle with cancer.