Cherokee rising junior Tye Mintz passed for 1,872 yards last football season.
CHEROKEE – Tye Mintz remembers back when everything in front of him was unfolding too quick to comprehend.
Not fondly, it must be said. But those days are long gone.
The Cherokee rising junior is settling into his third year as the Braves starting quarterback.
Mintz passed for 1,872 yards and 17 touchdowns with 15 interceptions in 2015. The 6-foot, 200-pound signal-caller’s faith in himself and everyone around him has never been higher in the lead-up to the Braves’ Aug. 19 season opener at Trinity Academy (Tenn.).
“Everything is really coming along great and I believe 100 percent in my team,” Mintz said.
“Everything happens pretty fast when you become (a varsity quarterback) and I struggled with that at times. But now I have complete confidence in my team. We’re just looking to progress and improve with every game.”
Holden Straughan (33 receptions for 404 yards), Isaiah Evans (25 receptions for 260 yards) are a couple of the receivers that Mintz will have to choose from.
The Citizen-Times will publish its annual Western North Carolina football preview in the Aug. 14 edition of the newspaper. More preseason information on Cherokee and 30 other mountain teams will be available then.
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