Murphy 3 Cherokee 1 The Lady Braves lost to the Murphy Lady Bulldogs 3-1 on Thursday, Oct. 11. “A fifth place finish in conference standings gives us a good shot at making the playoffs,” said Arkansas who related the playoff bracket will be announced Oct. 18.  “Junior...

Cherokee’s cross country teams were among 10 total teams at a meet held at Hayesville on Wednesday, Oct. 10.  The Braves placed 5th overall with 141 points. Gerald Mahan led the boys with a time of 18:47.b for a 12th place finish.  He was followed by Brock Powell,...

Several Cherokee High School wrestlers have been named in the RetroRankings pre-season poll of 1A wrestlers.  Tavi Rivera, senior, is ranked #1 at 160lbs.; Sam Wahnetah, senior, is #2 at 285lbs.; Colby Yanez, senior, is #4 at 145lbs.; Raymond Taylor, junior, is #6 at...

Community basketball sign-ups are being taken at any gym.

Andrews 3 Cherokee 1 The Cherokee Lady Braves (10-10) lost 3-1 to the Andrews Lady Wildcatts on Tuesday, Oct. 2.  The match score was 22-25, 25-6, 25-17, 25-15.   Cherokee 3 Highlands 0 The Lady Braves defeated Highlands 3-0 on Thursday, Oct. 4. “This was a great...

The 3rd annual Chief’s Challenge to benefit the Madison Hornbuckle Children’s Cancer Foundation was a success.  What started out to be a rainy day turned out to nice and sunny for the one-mile sprint to the finish line. There were 199 registered participants who came...

Cherokee Youth Travel League Basketball sign-ups.  Start Oct. 8.  You may contact Dinah Grant 736-4930, Teresa Santa-Maria 269-8147, Sarah Teesateskie  554-6385 or Tim Smith 736-0698 to sign your child up.  Info you should be willing to provide is child’s date of...

Cherokee High School played host to a cross country meet on Wednesday, Sept. 27. Kendall Toineeta took 4th place in the high school girls race with a time of 23:21.28.  That race was won by Shawanda Martin, Robbinsville, with a time of 21:36.28.  She was followed by...