The Cherokee Middle School Wrestling team traveled to Wake Forest University in Winston Salem to participate in the North Carolina USA Wrestling Championships on Friday, Feb. 7.  The teams were divided into two divisions, the 7th grade and 8th grade.  Julian Rubio led...

Kendall Toineeta, junior, has been named Citizen-Times WNC Player of the Week for the second time this season.  She opened the week with 26pts at home against Hayesville on Tuesday, Feb. 4.  Then, she scored 19 at Andrews on Thursday and finished with 38 at Murphy on...

The Lady Braves (20-2) and Braves (13-9) kept their 2014 swagger going as they swept Murphy in key away games on Friday, Feb. 7. The Lady Braves won 69-57 and the Braves won big 83-58.

Congratulations to the Cherokee Middle School boys basketball team who won the Smoky Mountain Conference tournament at Murphy High School on Thursday, Feb. 6.  More details to come on Monday.  (Photo contributed)        

On a cold, slightly snowy night, Cherokee’s varsity basketball teams warmed up the Andrews High School gym on Thursday, Feb. 6 by scoring a combined 168pts in their wins.

Several members of the Cherokee Middle School Braves wrestling team placed at the Smoky Mountain Conference middle school tournament held at Hiwassee Dam on Saturday, Feb. 1.

The Cherokee Middle School men’s basketball team has advanced to the Smoky Mountain Conference tournament finals on Thursday, Feb. 6 against the Swain County Maroon Devils at the Murphy High School gym at 7:15pm.

Natalie Welch, an EBCI tribal member, has been working for the past year with Wieden & Kennedy Entertainment on behalf of client Procter & Gamble on a project that will air on NBC on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 8pm.