Bryson City - Spencer McCoy won his 3rd straight NCHSAA Wrestling State Championship Saturday. McCoy defeated Mitchell's Will Atkins in the championship match. In the championship match McCoy outscored Atkins 10-4 to take the title. McCoy entered his senior season as a heavy favorite to repeat as State Champion, but all of that seemed to … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
Graham Allen Finishes As State Runner-up
Bryson City - Senior Graham Allen capped his senior wrestling season in the best way possible, by wrestling for a State Championship. Allen came up just short of his dream ending, but none the less had a tremendous tournament. Allen lost in the championship match to Triston Mabry of Mount Airy, who entered the tournament as the #1 seed in the … [Read more...]
Maroon Devils Travel In 1st Round Matchup
Bryson City - The Maroon Devils are in the NCHSAA 1A Basketball Playoffs. They will travel on Tuesday to East Montgomery for their first round game. East is 17-4 on the season and the number 4 overall seed in the bracket. Other notable first round matchups, along with their seedings: Hayesville (#3 seed 19-3) hosts South Davidson … [Read more...]
Maroon Devils Fall In 1st Round of SMC Tournament
Andrews - Rosman outscored Swain 28-20 over the first 8 minutes of their first round matchup Thursday. From there the Tigers held Swain at bay as they posted a 89-84 win to advance to the 2nd round of the SMC Tournament. Swain will not wait a full week to see what their playoff fate will be. Phinehas Little paced Swain with 21 points, while … [Read more...]
SMC Basketball Tournament Varsity Pairings
Cherokee - The Smoky Mountain Conference has released the pairings for the 2015 Smoky Mountain Conference Tournament which will be held at Andrews High School. Thursday is 4 versus 5 seeds Girls 6:30 game - Rosman (#4) versus Andrews (#5) Boys 8:00 game - Rosman (#4) versus Swain (#5) Friday is 2 versus 7 Girls 6:30 - Cherokee (#2) … [Read more...]