Reagan Barnard, Lady Braves senior forward, will be a Valkyrie next season. She signed a letter of intent on Monday, April 20 to play basketball at Converse College in Spartanburg, SC.

Merritt Grace Van Meter, a Creek and Cherokee professional pole vault athlete currently training for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, visited with the 4th and 5th grade members of the Cherokee Youth Center over the course of several weeks to provide mentorship and promote healthy decision making skills.

Children will get to learn the basics of basketball at a camp this summer named in memory of a former Lady Brave.

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.