PHOTOS By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor   Andrews Wildcats 42 Cherokee Braves 21 Friday, Oct. 14; Ray Kinsland Stadium PHOTO ALBUM: Cherokee vs Andrews SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter 9:15 - ANDREWS: Donovan Bateman 42-yard pass to Cole Anderson, Ty Clark...

Runners took to the course at Kituwah on the beautiful fall morning of Saturday, Oct. 15 for the Smoky Mountain Conference (SMC) Championship meet, and Cherokee High School (CHS) and Cherokee Middle School (CMS) brought home a lot of hardware. 

The Cherokee Middle (CMS) and High School (CHS) cross country teams traveled to Robbinsville to participate in the Robbinsville Currahee Classic on the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 5.

The Cherokee High School (CHS) and Middle School (CMS) cross country teams traveled to Murphy for the Bulldog XC Meet on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 24. Ogana Swimmer, CMS Braves, won the middle school boy’s race with a time of 11:52.22, and Livia Crowe, CMS Lady Braves, won the middle school girl’s race with a time of 13:28.49.

The early morning fog was rising above the fields at Kituwah, the Mother Town of the Cherokee, as hundreds of cross country runners took to the course on Saturday, Sept. 17. 

  PHOTOS by SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Staff   East Gaston Warriors 13 Cherokee Braves 7 Friday, Sept. 16; Ray Kinsland Stadium PHOTO ALBUM: Cherokee vs East Gaston   SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter  7:20 - CHEROKEE: Chase Calhoun 1-yard run,...

Cherokee’s defense came up big in their first road trip of the year.  The Braves defense, led by Luke Climbingbear and Mato Grant with 11 and 8 tackles respectively, held Rosman to 144 total yards on the night as Cherokee got their first win of the year 34-8 over the Tigers. 

The fans at Ray Kinsland Stadium got their money’s worth on Thursday, Sept. 8 as the Cherokee JV Braves (2-2) took on the visiting Robbinsville JV Black Knights.