Who is the best high school basketball team in the country? That question is posed on the front page of a website for the Dick’s Sporting Goods High School National basketball tournament to decide a boys and girls national champion team.

The Cherokee Middle School boys and girls track teams opened their season at Hayesville in a five-team meet on Monday, March 16. Both Cherokee teams took second place in the team results.

The Cherokee High School boys and girls track teams traveled to Hayesville for a six-team meet on Wednesday, March 18. Both Cherokee teams took fifth place in the team totals (boys 8 points, girls 7 points).

Kendall Toineeta, Lady Braves senior point guard, has been selected as the District Player of the Year by the N.C. Basketball Coaches Association.

The Cherokee High School men’s golf team took third place at The Smoky Mountain Country Club on Thursday, March 12 by carding a combined team score of 204.

Members of the Cherokee Youth Wrestling team have placed at two area tournaments recently.

Cherokee’s Tiffani Riggen, Peri Wildcatt, Eli Littlejohn and Brandt Sutton have been selected to play in the 1st Annual West vs Midwest All-Star game on March 21.

Those of you who are in or near my generation probably remember watching roller derby on television. It was wild. It was crazy. It was rough. It was fun.