Wolverines want back in WHC championship mix
Storm Wheeler, right, is one of the top returning players for Polk County football. COLUMBUS – Last year was an anomaly at Polk County. Three football teams shared a piece of the Western Highlands...
View ArticleBack injury sidelines Claffey for 2016
All-state linebacker Charlie Claffey (35) averaged 10 tackles per game for Christ School in 2015. A back injury could spell the end for Charlie Claffey’s high school football career. The rising senior...
View ArticleSpecial crop of quarterbacks for WNC
Erwin senior Damien Ferguson. ASHEVILLE – Damien Ferguson drops back now and everything comes naturally. It didn’t always look so easy. The preseason Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year...
View ArticleHokies offer Leota
Virginia Tech has offered a football scholarship to Asheville High rising junior Andrew Leota. ASHEVILLE – Asheville High rising junior Andrew Leota is ready to dive head-first into college football...
View ArticleHowell to Mars Hill
Erwin rising senior Cameron Howell has committed to play college baseball for Mars Hill. Erwin rising senior Cameron Howell has committed to play college baseball for Mars Hill. Howell was an...
View ArticleCatching up on commitments
Recent Asheville High graduate Reggie Battle has committed to play college football for Mars Hill. As of today, there are 247 Western North Carolina athletes who have committed or signed to play...
View ArticleMcKeithan gets invite to San Diego All-American event
Roberson rising junior Aaron McKeithan has been invited to the Perfect Game Underclass All-American Games which are Aug. 15 and 16 in San Diego. Roberson rising junior Aaron McKeithan has been invited...
View ArticlePeterson makes WWBA 16U all-tournament team
Murphy rising junior Royce Peterson has been named to the Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association 16 and under national championship’s all-tournament team. Murphy rising junior Royce Peterson has been...
View ArticleMcPhail to Montreat
Recent Asheville High graduate Jalaan McPhail has committed to play college basketball for Montreat. Mont ASHEVILLE – Montreat basketball was holding a spot for Jalaan McPhail. He has claimed it. The...
View ArticleCorrales, Parker to play for Emory & Henry
Recent Murphy graduate Ozzy Corrales has committed to play college football for Emory & Henry (Va.). A couple of Cherokee County football rivals will be on the same side in college. Andrews...
View ArticleSolid summer in the Cape for Gahagan
North Henderson graduate Zack Gahagan, far left, is playing his summer baseball for the Brewster (Mass.) Whitecaps. North Henderson graduate Zack Gahagan seems to be getting exactly what he wants out...
View ArticleSilver to join NCHSAA hall of fame
Former McDowell girls basketball coach Mike Silver will be inducted into the NCHSAA hall of fame next April. Former McDowell girls basketball, softball and volleyball coach Mike Silver is part of the...
View ArticleWNCJGA Black Mountain results
Pisgah’s Nick Boone. Results from a Western North Carolina Junior Golf Association tournament played July 18 and 19 in Black Mountain: Boys 16-18 Grad Year Hometown Nicholas Boone* 71 73 144...
View ArticleWNCJGA Connestee Falls results
Brevard’s Will Byrd Results from a Western North Carolina Junior Golf Association tournament played June 22 and June 23 at Connestee Falls: Par 72 Boys 16-18 Name Will Byrd 72 76 148 Isley...
View ArticleWNC camps, clinics and tryouts
Coach Stephanie McCormick and Western Carolina will host a girls basketball camp next week. Coach Stephanie McCormick and Western Carolina will host a girls basketball camp next week. CAMPS, CLINICS...
View ArticleWNCJGA Maggie Valley Open results
Golf Results from the Western North Carolina Junior Golf Association’s Maggie Valley Open which was played Monday and Tuesday in Waynesville: CR 68.6 Slope 125 Boys 16-18 Par 72 6130 yards...
View ArticleHodge named state cheerleading coach of the year
Roberson’s Bree Hodge, far right, has been named the N.C. Cheerleading Coaches Association’s coach of the year. Roberson’s Bree Hodge has been named the N.C. Cheerleading Coaches Association’s coach...
View ArticleSilver humbled by NCHSAA hall of fame nod
Former McDowell coach Mike Silver will be inducted into the NCHSAA hall of fame next April. OLD FORT – Twenty-five years have transpired since McDowell’s only state championship in girls basketball....
View ArticleRattlers go out on top
The Carolina Rattlers softball team. The Carolina Rattlers softball team won the ASA Cherokee Summer Sizzler’s high school division last weekend in Cherokee. The Rattlers were undefeated in their...
View ArticleSwain gets new gym floor from local company
Swain County’s new gym floor. Another week, another new gym floor in Western North Carolina, compliments of Carolina Hardwood. Swain County is the latest school to employ the Haywood County company...
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