Murphy The Maroon Devil faithful answered the call to arms last Friday night. With the biggest game of the year (so far) in Murphy the Maroon Machine rolled into town. Easily drawing as many if not a few more than Murphy's faithful, the Machine was loud and strong throughout the game, something not lost on Swain's Neil Blankenship. "Our fans, … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2012
Blankenship Enters Elite Company
In only his first year as head coach, Neil Blankenship entered some pretty elite territory Friday night. Blankenship, in only his first year, now has more wins in his first season as head coach than any other head coach in our school history. The Maroon Devils under Blankenship are now 11-0 on the season and are Smoky Mountain Conference … [Read more...]
Devils Get Defensive
Murphy Heading into Friday's epic showdown between the State's two defending State 1A Champions, both teams were averaging 45 points per game. Fittingly enough it would be both team's defenses that drew rave reviews following the game. The Devils rode the strength of their defense to post a 21-7 win over arch-rival Murphy, and in doing so take … [Read more...]
Lady Devils Advance to State Meet
CHEROKEE - After winning the first meet in school history and earning their first Smoky Mountain Conference title, all that separated Swain County's girls cross country team from a perfect season was placing in the top 4 at Saturday's NCHSAA 1A West Regional and earning one of the coveted spots to the State Championship. Mission … [Read more...]
Bigmeat Qualifies for State Meet
Cherokee Swain's Russell Bigmeat ran his best time of the season at the Western 1A Regionals this past weekend in Cherokee. Bigmeat's time was 18:21.04 and good for 12th place overall, it was also good enough to qualify him to run in this week's State 1A Championship meet, which will be held in Kernersville this coming Saturday. Overall Swain … [Read more...]
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