Lately, I’ve been watching a lot of the classic American television show Leave it to Beaver. One thing I’ve noticed is that Wally and the Beaver are always doing something involving exercise.

The Cherokee varsity track team hosted a meet in the rain on Wednesday, April 15. The Braves took second place out of five teams with a score of 50.5, and the Lady Braves took second place out of three teams with a score of 39.

Sports have to be the silliest endeavor that we do in our lives – throwing balls through a hoop, smashing into each other on a field, kicking a ball into a net, running in circles on a track, chasing a white ball around a course, etc. So, why do we love them so much?

Spencer McCoy, an EBCI tribal member who is a senior at Swain County High School, has agreed to play college football at Western Carolina University.

The eleventh season of the WSOP Circuit will wrap up under the bright lights of the ESPN cameras with the 2015 WSOP National Championship.

Kendall Toineeta, Lady Braves senior point guard, has been named the Player of the Year in the Citizen-Times All-WNC selections.

Both the Braves and Lady Braves varsity basketball teams did very well this year, and, as a result, both teams and their fans did a lot of traveling during the playoffs.

The Cherokee High School boys and girls track teams traveled to Robbinsville for a meet on Wednesday, April 1.