There’s the old saying that “Champions are made in the offseason”. Well, for high school and college athletes, the offseason is definitely during the summer.

Several members of the Cherokee boys and girls track and field teams traveled to Appalachian State University in Boone on Saturday, May 9 for the 1A West Regional meet.

This past Friday, I was taking photos at the annual Tribal Council Awards Day. As I was there, I began to notice a trend – a lot of the high school students receiving awards were also athletes.

The Cherokee Braves ended their 2015 campaign at the 1A West NCHSAA Regional golf tournament at the Meadowbrook Golf Club on Tuesday, May 5.

On a humid afternoon, Cherokee Choices hosted the annual Mother’s Day 5K and Dialysis Patient Fundraiser at the Kituwah Mound on Saturday, May 9. Over 100 people, including 95 runners, came out for the event.

Cherokee Choices and the Cherokee Youth Center (CYC) recently teamed up with the Sequoyah National Golf Club to provide a five-week co-ed youth golf clinic to members of the Cherokee community.

This is the Cherokee Braves varsity football schedule for 2015.

This is the 2015 schedule for the Smokey Mountain Youth Football League.