Johnson-led Greenies roll in rivalry game
Christ School’s Drew Johnson. ARDEN – Not many high school quarterbacks get to learn from a guy who played their position in the NFL. Christ School’s Drew Johnson is making the most of that rare sort...
View ArticleUndefeated Falcons sweep Sugar Jets
West Henderson players celebrate a point in Saturday’s 3-0 sweep of Enka. HENDERSONVILLE – Entering the third round of the NCHSAA 3-A volleyball playoffs, there was a sense of familiarity between West...
View ArticleSaturday's NCHSAA tennis championship results
NCHSAA From the NCHSAA: 1A Championship – Community School of Davidson’s Deininger and pair from Chatham Central take crowns Marisa Deininger from Community School of Davidson only dropped three games...
View ArticleSaturday's WNC volleyball box scores
Volleyball Coaches, please report your scores by calling (828) 232-5863. Box scores may also be e-mailed to apearson@citizen-times.com. Twitter users are encouraged to tag the Huddle with scoring...
View ArticleIngles Athlete of the Week: Abbie Trantham
Abbie Trantham is a junior volleyball player at Enka. Name: Abbie Trantham School/team: Enka High School/Enka Sugar Jets Age/school year: 16/junior Sports: Volleyball GPA: 3.8 Favorite subject in...
View ArticleCareer night for Dowdle
Reynolds alum Rico Dowdle is a freshman for the South Carolina football team. COLUMBIA, S.C. – Former Reynolds standout Rico Dowdle ran for a career-high 127 yards and scored the first touchdown for...
View ArticleBrown leads Mars Hill to OT win
Erwin alum Austin Brown is a quarterback for the Mars Hill football team. Erwin graduate Austin Brown had 266 yards of offense in Saturday’s overtime win for the Mars Hill football team. The Lions...
View ArticleBlues, Greenies receive playoff assignments
NCISAA. There will be no rematch this year. The Asheville School and Christ School football teams received their playoff assignments on Sunday — the Greenies (8-1) are a No. 2 seed in Division II and...
View ArticleBears receiver Morgan goes over 1,000 yards
Pisgah senior Trey Morgan became the season’s first Western North Carolina receiver to surpass 1,000 yards on Friday. Pisgah senior Trey Morgan became the season’s second Western North Carolina...
View ArticleMore WNC quarterbacks reach 1,000, 2,000 yards
Owen sophomore Kendrick Weaver. Christ School senior Drew Johnson (2,273 yards) and Asheville High senior Devon Davidson (2,015) are the latest area quarterbacks to pass for 2,000 yards, and four more...
View ArticleCoaches vs. Cancer tickets on sale Tuesday
Coaches vs. Cancer Tickets for the Coaches vs. Cancer Shootout go on sale Tuesday through the UNC Asheville box office. Full-day general admission tickets are $10 each. Matchups for the fourth annual...
View ArticleJackets, Falcons rolling in volleyball playoffs
The Hayesville volleyball team. HAYESVILLE – Before either one of Western North Carolina’s two undefeated volleyball teams can lose a match, they have to lose a set. Good luck with that. The Final...
View ArticlePolk baseball coach steps down
Polk County. Polk County baseball coach Ty Stott has resigned after more than two decades with the Wolverines. Stott won 262 games in 21 seasons. Included in that number were five conference...
View ArticleLuster is back in Brevard-Pisgah rivalry
Tanner Pettit (33) and Brevard are home for Friday’s football game against Pisgah. Brevard has gone above and beyond many people’s expectations this football season. Coach Craig Pritchett inherited a...
View ArticleFerguson cleared to return for Thursday TV game
Damien Ferguson is expected to return to Erwin’s lineup for Thursday’s football game against Asheville High. Western North Carolina’s all-time leading passer will get his TV time on Senior Night....
View ArticleOrtiz fitting in quick at Mars Hill
Roberson graduate Erwin Ortiz is a freshman for the Mars Hill swimming team. Roberson alum Erwin Ortiz was the most recent Appalachian Swimming Conference Swimmer of the Week, and the good news kept...
View ArticleBig steps for Braves and Briggs
Shane Swimmer (3) and Cherokee are 6-4 overall and 3-2 in the Smoky Mountain Conference. Like a lot of places, change hasn’t come overnight at Cherokee. But there is no doubt it has come. The Braves...
View ArticleBrevard-Pisgah tickets go on sale Tuesday
Brevard’s team captains. Brevard is selling advance tickets for Friday’s home football game against Pisgah. Special thanks to the Blue Devils for this information: Due to the anticipated high volume...
View ArticleNCPreps football polls
Murphy is part of this week’s state football polls from NCPreps.com. NCPreps.com has published its Bakers Dozen state football polls for this week: 1A 1. Wallace Rose-Hill (9-0) 2. West Montgomery...
View ArticleMaxPreps state volleyball rankings
West Henderson is 27-0. The following Western North Carolina volleyball teams are in the top-50 of the latest computer-generated state rankings from MaxPreps: NCHSAA 4-A 14. Roberson NCHSAA 3-A 1....
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