Cherokee’s Tagan Crowe carded a 41 on Thursday, March 20 to tie for second place at the Cherokee Hills Country Club in Murphy. Behind Crowe’s stout performance, the Braves finished third collectively as a team.

Noisy wading has saved more trout’s lives than catch and release fishing ever did. It’s true, stomping and splashing about while wading will send trout into the next zip code, leaving you empty handed. Do this at every fishing spot you come to, and you’ll likely get...

The Lady Braves played staunch defense and pitched a 2-0 shutout against the Mitchell Lady Mountaineers at home on Friday, March 21.

Crystal clear blue skies and crisp temperatures marked the first day of spring as the Cherokee varsity girls soccer team traveled to Swain County on Thursday, March 20. A young Lady Braves squad played nice defense throughout most of the game, but came up a little short in the end 2-1.

The Cherokee Braves golf team hosted the Highlands Highlanders and the Hayesville Yellow Jackets in their first home match of the season on Tuesday, March 18.

The Cherokee Braves baseball team lost a home conference game against the Andrews Wildcats on Friday, March 14 by a score of 5-4.

Cherokee’s varsity track and field team traveled to Murphy for a meet on Wednesday, March 12.

Last week, we talked about how to choose the right fly rod. The second part to that discussion is understanding what is meant by line weight of a fly rod. Line weight is commonly abbreviated by WT. By understanding how the fly fishing industry determines a line weight...