Cherokee’s Gerald Mahan has been named to the Smoky Mountain All-Conference Cross Country team.  He placed 6th at the Smoky Mountain Conference Championship, 9th at the 1A West Regional Championship and 76th at the state meet. Dylan Johnson, Hayesville, was named...

Jayce Wolfe, an EBCI tribal member attending Smoky Mountain High School, was named All-Conference for the WNC Athletic Conference.  He is the son of Christina Panther and Blaine Wolfe.  Wolfe also plays on the varsity basketball team at Smoky Mountain. - ONE FEATHER...

Cherokee’s Kendall Toineeta and Lydia Lossiah have been named to the Smoky Mountain All-Conference Cross-Country team.  Toineeta placed 4th in the Smoky Mountain Conference meet, 13th at the 1A West Regional meet and 31st at the 1A state meet in Kernersville.  Lossiah...

NEWTON - Athletes representing the Qualla Boundary Special Olympics program participated in the SONC Western Bowling Tournament at Pin Station in Newton on Sunday, Dec. 2.  Shown (left-right) in the photo at left - front row – Nicky Etters, Gold medal; middle row –...

Swain and Murphy, both teams which contain EBCI tribal members, fell just short of state titles on Saturday, Dec. 1 at Carter-Finley stadium at N.C. State.

The Cherokee Braves varsity wrestling team traveled to Georgia over the weekend of Nov. 30 – Dec. 1 for the King of the Mountain tournament and came back with a fifth place finish.

The Lady Braves (4-0) defeated the Lady Black Knights of Robbinsville 71-57 on Friday, Nov. 30.  Avery Mintz led Cherokee with 18 points followed by Jordyn Thompson with 14. The first half was relatively close with Cherokee leading 23-22 after the first period.  The...

The Smoky Mountain Conference announced the All-Conference selections for football last week.  Cherokee’s Seth Littlejohn and Logan Woodard made the All-Conference team.  Neil Blankenship, Swain, was named the Coach of the Year and Matthew Maennle, Swain, was named...